[nina...]

I love it. It’s beautiful. Wow. I like the flexibility of being able to choose riders with so much flexibility. And it’s fast! Wow! I’m going to like this a lot! Thanks!

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[nickobec]

orli wrote:
1. Än unlimited

orli wrote:

1. Än unlimited budget which means you could choose any 9 riders without any limitations. No 2 rider per team rule. No distinction between star riders and domestiques.

No, the challenge is finding the riders within your budget. I do agree with ditching the star/ds distinction.

orli wrote:

2. PC points and KM points would be awarded exactly as they are in the actual race and would include finish line points.

Would you like to explain the PC points and KOM points systems in TDF, the Giro and the Vuelta and the differences between them in a couple of paragraphs, so the average player could understand them?

And because they are so different, ie 45 PC points for a flat stage win in the TDF, 20 for an intermediate sprint in the TDF, 25 for a stage win in the Giro etc, it is going to make each race very different game wise depending on the scoring system used in the race.

orli wrote:

What do you think? Am I crazy?

Yes

[sanderville]

Well done, Dave. I like
Well done, Dave. I like everything about the new game so far. You’ve certainly made good use of some of the feedback from last year. Chapeaux.

[TERatcliffe26]

Limitations are what make it
Limitations are what make it some kind of challenge in my opinion

[orli]

Dave, the season has barely
Dave, the season has barely started and I’ve got the weirdest suggestion for next year…

I know it’ll sound outlandish but here goes…

Could we set up another competition, which runs parallel to the current ones, like the purist league and the ‘transfer’ league do?…

This is what my “dream league” would have, and it’s just a thought…

1. Än unlimited budget which means you could choose any 9 riders without any limitations. No 2 rider per team rule. No distinction between star riders and domestiques.

2. PC points and KM points would be awarded exactly as they are in the actual race and would include finish line points.

3. GC, PC and KOM rankings would be the same as in the ‘transfer’ game.

4. No Young Rider points awarded.

5. Two rider per day transfers as in the current game.

What do you think? Am I crazy? I think it’d be fun! 😀

[lucas]

I like all the info that pops
I like all the info that pops up when you click on a rider name. It helps out a lot when you’re curious about how well they’ve done, etc… There’s things I still don’t understand about the graphs, but I’ll try to play around with it to get the gist of it… As far as points to date, would you consider adding a section that states how many points the rider has scored in the current competition, or is that available some where else? Myabe it could be a part of thhis page, too:

http://fantasy.road.cc/riders

Thanks! 🙂

[Alan Tullett]

I think it’s more the fact
I think it’s more the fact that you can have 4 star riders of any category that makes the first stage so key, especially if it’s a sprint. But over a long tour with lots of different stages there’ll be time to catch up. People are going to move up and down the table a lot with so may points being on offer for each stage. Even in this short tour, stage 4 and 5 are a bit different so there will be changes and chances to catch up.

[fico]

If it was up to me I’d go
If it was up to me I’d go back to the old stage scoring (20,19,18,17,16,15…) as opposed to the newer one (35,30,25,22,20…). I have to admit I’ve screwed up my team, but with the GC bonus (10,9,8,7…) and the PC bonus (5,4,3,2,1…) if you screw up on your first day I think you might get into such a huge hole you might not ever be able to recover! 🙁 I like the old system more! 🙂

[Hansemann]

There seems to be an error in
There seems to be an error in the “list of stages”.
The WORLD CHAMPS – Time Trial is on 21.sep (not 17. oct) and the WORLD CHAMPS – Road Race is on 25.sep (not 23. oct)

[lucas]

cherrypicked wrote:I am also

cherrypicked wrote:

I am also interested to know how the rider values are determined?

Just wondering, Dave, do you have a system for coming up with the riders? Or is it more of a gut feeling thing? Was it based on last yaer’s results?

cherrypicked wrote:

I wonder if the star riders vs domestiques is actually even required, given the point restriction.

I’d kind of like it if we got rid of the distinction bewteen star riders and domestiques. I agree that given the point restrictions there’s no need to have the limit of 4 star riders and 5 domestiques. And! 🙂 I’d like to have more (!) flexibility and stack my team with star riders and be foreced to choose really, really cheap domestiques! Will you think about it, Dave? Thanks! 🙂

By the way, great game! I’m hooked! 🙂

[seanieh66]

Much better than last year’s
B-) Much better than last year’s already and it hasn’t even started yet 😉

[cherrypicked]

Great new interface, and I
Great new interface, and I also like the simplification of rider categories, along with the reduced points.

I wonder if the star riders vs domestiques is actually even required, given the point restriction. Perhaps this would allow for more possibilities?

I am also interested to know how the rider values are determined?

[CadenceKings]

Looks fantastic.
I can’t
Looks fantastic.

I can’t wait to get the year going. I only joined in time for the TDF last year so can not wait to speculate on a whole season and the Olympics.

[yourpaceormine]

Gkam84 wrote:yourpaceormine

Gkam84 wrote:

yourpaceormine wrote:

Front end of the game is really good, much easier to use. Thank you to whoever redesigned it. 🙂

Still managed to make a mistake (user error mind) :/ didn’t read the box about team name so sorry to say I have very unimaginatively named team. If the press ask I’ll say it was down to Europaceormine being embroiled in a super team takeover during the off season B-)

Go here http://fantasy.road.cc/account you can still change your team name, you could change it at anytime last year, so it might be the same again

Thank you very much

[Raleigh]

Days until next win would be
Days until next win would be more useful. But the UCI aren’t releasing that information unless you pay them for it…

[manolo]

Hmmm…. how about days since
Hmmm…. how about days since last win?… 🙂

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