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Fantasy TDF 2010 chat
A sticky forum topic for any Fantasy TDF - related chat. Plus any questions about the game...
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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- ktache 49 min 41 sec ago
I had been disappointed not to find Giro highlights on Quest, just seen an ad for it on DMax. Happy now.
- Justanotherhuman 1 hour 18 min ago
What's that crap on the left, been in auckland. Really makes those white lines and foldable plastic wands look like a 3 year thought of the idea
- Simon E 1 hour 30 min ago
She will not get many votes for her pledges or policies. Most of the votes will be simply because she wears a blue rosette. The bollocks she spouts...
- dubwise 1 hour 53 min ago
Clown passes me within a few inches, apparently he gave me plenty of room....
- Ride On 2 hours 12 min ago
Replies much appreciated.
- chrisonabike 2 hours 45 min ago
You mean like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkCpA91NqBw
- chrisonabike 2 hours 49 min ago
Thanks to locals for reviews. And obviously the people who got this through!...
- Rendel Harris 4 hours 57 min ago
Welcome, hope it works!
- ROOTminus1 5 hours 36 min ago
And if I tried to inspire you that critical thinking isn't just about finding problems with someone else's logic?...
- jonah1961 5 hours 52 min ago
Same here Luca, I subscibed this morning but wonder whether the creaky website takes a while to update?
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Right, Ive signed up...dont know that I will do very well but hopefully my gaggle of riders will do themselves proud.
Yeah same here. I am away the first wk of the tour so will get the highlights but no more than that. Hopefully I'll come back to my team doing well though!
I've done my usual: "Pick the names I know and guess the rest." selection....
Even set up a Billy-No-Mates league : 1437
You vs me then davep. Bring it on
Hi, I've made my initial selections and would love to join a league if anyone will have me
Why not join the Billy-No-Mates league?
Am also signed up, and joining the Billy-No-Mates league - thanks DaveP. great idea this - always have the crap bored out of me by mates talking about fantasy football, now i can retaliate!
Its looking good, I was on an Arsenal FC forum the other day and they were talking about their mini-league.
I see even the Bike Radar forumites are talking about having a league in this competition.
Can only be good for Tony and Dave that.
do i have to have a league code or something to join a mini league ? love to join if anyone has one.
1361 is our office league, you are more than welcome to join that.
If any of you are in Worcestershie, I've set up a league whose title pays homage to the Kevin Costner cycling movie classic.
League number: 1368
Plus there's DaveP's Billy-No-Mates league : 1437
Have you got a code for that Arsenal mini-league? Quite fancy taking on some fellow Gooners
so i figured that the best policy was to pick a random team to make up the 150 points and see what gives... as opposed to subing/changing as the tour progresses. but hey im not know for picking winners.
have put my lot in with the billy no mates lot if thats okay. ta.
thanks for replies jimmythe cuckoo and davep I have joined the billy no mates league, two chances of being laterne rouge now!
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nice game - chapeau
Finding the transfers a pain with the 2 riders per team rule causing problems with points limit. Say I'm trying to change Wiggins to Menchov and Freire to Cavendish, not enough points to do the sprint swap first, too many Rabo riders to do the GC swap first. The end result is OK I'd have enough points, and only 2 riders from rabobank
c'est la vie
bon chance
Same here.
Want to replace Wiggins with Cantador who is more expensive so have to replace another guy with a cheaper rider first. Unfortunately I can't do that as the replacement I want to bring in whois cheaper is a Sky rider and I can't do that as the replacement list blocks out the Sky riders as I already have 2 of them. Ultimately my team will meet the price and team member requirements.
Maybe this transfer system can do the removes first then the adds or apply them both together?
Nik
Both good points, Dave's the man who would need to see if this is possible, he looks after the gaffa tape and string side of the site - back tomorrow but after the stage starts so nothing doing before then I'm afraid.
Same problem here; I can't replace Farrar with Cavendish because Cav's more expensive, but that wouldn't be a problem if I could replace Wiggins with VandeVelde. But I can't do that because I've already got Farrar and Millar. This could get annoying...
just signed up to the billy no mates league. The I agree about the transfers, being able to set them up at the same time would be the solution (though I dont know how hard thatd be).
Also the scoring is hard to work out, ive got big points for gerrderman and farrar that I cant work out how i got, but not complaining. Would it be possible to get breakdown of the scores (a google docs spreadsheet of all the riders scores each day would surfice) juts being too geeky.
James
Both Gerrderman and Farrar got stage points and GC points points.
* 20 points for first position on the stage down to 1 point for 20th position
* 5 point bonus for every other member of the stage winner's team
* 10 points for overall leader in the GC down to 1 point for 10th position
* Intermediate sprint points as awarded for the stage (not stage finish)
* Intermediate KoM points adjusted* for the stage (not summit finishes)
* 5 points for the White jersey leader down to 1 point for 5th position
* 20 point bonus for the most combative rider. We love those guys.
* Lanterne Rouge: 10 point bonus for rolling in dead last. At least you tried.
* KoM points are adjusted as follows. Basically the number of riders who score is the number of points on offer over any col.
* Cat 4 & Cat 3: as awarded
* Cat 2: 6 points for first down to 1 point for sixth
* Cat 1: 8 points for first down to 1 point for eighth
* HC: 10 points for first down to 1 point for 10th
Nikalway beat me to it, thanks
Miffed, you should have 18 points for Farrar (14 stage + 4 GC position), 12 for Gerdemann (11 + 1). Anything else and something's broken, so let us know.
I'll flag the Google Doc spreadsheet request to Dave, don't know if that is doable.
And someone on Twitter asked if we could let people see which riders others had in their teams, so that's on the list too
thanks, getting confused between GC and on the day points.
Hello chaps. Point taken about the transfers. I'll make changes to the system so that those transfers will be possible. That change will prob go live later this eve so you may want to hang fire on your stage 2 moves till tomorrow morning...
As for rider points, well as of (probably) monday you'll be able to click on a rider's name to see their points breakdown from within the game.
Other riders: you'll be able to see who scored what for other teams in stages that have been completed. You won't be able to see anyone's current team. Again, rollout for that on monday...
Glad I transferred Lars Boom into my side today, thought he might want to represent as the race left Holland
Ah, just heard Simons correction read out on eurosport by Carlton Kirby. Can't have been another MacMichael, could it?
Missed that, Gandberg (busy setting up report) - he didn't read out my tweet about how in Italy, Captain Birdseye goes by the name Capitano Findus, did he?
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