Kashiwa Neko Joins Final-Day Helicopter Race on a Rust Server, Then Heads Into Dungeons

REJECT — Kashiwa Neko spent Saturday night’s Rust stream on the last day of a community server event, joining a helicopter race in which pilots had to fly through a long line of gates to reach the finish. The first round was voided after about 30 players launched at once and their aircraft jammed up near the start. The organizers then split the field into experienced and beginner groups and ran it again.

Before the race, an organizer shared his screen to walk players through the controls: keep mouse movements small, turn off the Y-axis flip setting and raise the vehicle sensitivity. Three races had been planned, with a 10-minute limit, and the winner was promised a wish within reason. The first attempt was treated as a tutorial, and the limit was later cut to five minutes. Three pilots in the experienced group reached the finish. In the beginner group, time ran out. The organizer said a crash cost players 750 scrap.

Back at base afterward, Neko and a friend sorted gear and called in supply drops, which turned up mostly modest items; a rifle they were hoping for did not appear. They then took on a Normal-difficulty dungeon on the island. A boss with about 6,000 health proved too much for them, and they brought in another player to draw the enemy’s attention while they recovered gear they had dropped. They later gave up on the boss.

A second area, the Christmas-themed Chocolate Factory, ran so heavily that Neko’s frame rate fell to around 15. Neko restarted the game, got back to about 100 frames per second and went on to open locked rooms by tracing wires and placing fuses, with a hunt for keycards along the way.

Two Super Chats arrived during the stream, and viewers sent greetings and a tip that a shovel could be picked up by holding the E key. With about 15 minutes left before the server’s 2 a.m. restart, the group hurried home with its loot. Neko signed off after about four hours and ten minutes, said the group planned to play together again the next day, and said another stream was planned for early next week.