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Nice little bonus idea?

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  • March 14, 2013 at 5:16 pm #18225
    msw

    Just a thought – how about at the end of a competition (or perhaps at the end of the overall) any points you haven’t spent are added to your score? It should have a minimal impact as you would still need to have a complete team but is a nice tiebreaker and a little reward for buying economically.

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  • March 17, 2013 at 8:23 am #722431
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    enrique

    JAndrewHill wrote:How about

    JAndrewHill wrote:
    How about players lose 1 pt if a rider in their squad does not start a stage [or finishes] outside the time limit…

    Well, if there were any good reason to lose a point, I’d pick the ones above…. But I’ll say this, I always wanted to have a good reason to be awarded extra transfers, and well, still think in terms of a previous thought – awarding the lowest 5 ranked teams, or another number, an extra transfer at the end of a competition…. something small and irrelevant to keep people in the game long after their chances of winning are gone… Just thinking…

    March 16, 2013 at 7:02 pm #722429
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    Gkam84

    Enrique, I’m pretty sure
    Enrique, I’m pretty sure thats how it was going to work last year for the big prizes, had there been a draw.

    JAndrewHill – Bonus points should go to EVERYONE, not in my regional league + me, so I can win something 👿

    March 16, 2013 at 5:09 pm #722427
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    JAndrewHill

    How about players lose -1pt
    How about players lose -1pt if a rider in their squad Does not start a stage, does not finish or gets disqualified (eg. for finishing outside the time limit).
    (The DNS should not count for a one day race or first day of a stage race..)

    And a +10pt for anyone from the northwest for coming from the north west ;0)

    March 16, 2013 at 5:07 pm #722425
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    enrique

    drheaton wrote:An old idea I

    drheaton wrote:
    An old idea I had was selling unused transfers at the end of a race for the cost of an additional transfers, 10 points…

    Well, changing the subject, I wouldn’t sell the transfers, but (!), I’ve always wanted to suggest that they be used as a tie-breaker.

    The game rules say:

    In the event of a tie, the following criteria, where applicable, will be used to determine the winner:

    • Highest single stage score posted within the competition
    •Most scoring riders on the stage
    •Highest scoring individual rider on the stage
    •Coin toss

    I would suggest two tie-breakers go before the current ones.

    My suggestions, which would take place BEFORE any of the above, would be:

    1. Lowest budget on the stage. Meaning the team owner would be rewarded for getting the highest point total on the stage with the least use of the more expensive riders.

    2. Most transfers left. Meaning the team owner would be rewarded for planning out well and using the least amount of transfers to get the highest score.

    Just thinking out loud here. 🙂

    March 16, 2013 at 11:51 am #722423
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    drheaton

    An old idea I had was selling
    An old idea I had was selling unused transfers at the end of a race for the cost of an additional transfers, 10 points.

    But to be honest the game is about picking the best riders each day, encouraging lazy easy picks (like the old Lanterne Rouge points for last on GC) isn’t part of how the game works.

    March 16, 2013 at 11:30 am #722421
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    sm

    Ah, I see your point. I only
    Ah, I see your point. I only play as a purist so such a tactic would not be possible.

    March 16, 2013 at 11:21 am #722419
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    Gkam84

    NO again.
    Why would you want
    NO again.

    Why would you want rewarded even more for just picking an easy choice.

    We’d have people filling their teams with GC guys at the end of the tour, NOT what the game is about….

    March 16, 2013 at 10:20 am #722417
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    sm

    How about bonus points if
    How about bonus points if your rider is in the top 20 GC positions at the end of a tour? At the moment the points are skewed towards stage winners rather than picking the overall GC at the end of the competition. Having the winner at the end of the tour is surely more valuable than winning a stage or leading the GC overnight?

    March 15, 2013 at 8:01 am #722415
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    ray silvester

    enrique wrote:msw

    enrique wrote:
    msw wrote:
    Well… clearly not a great idea after all, I will have to form my own breakaway league of low-scoring misers.

    Actually, I wouldn’t mind joining a league where the object would be to get the lowest points possible in a competition… Call it Reverse Fantasy Cycling.. and, without picking “grayed out” riders, see if you can make it through a whole competition without scoring a single point! That’d be fun! :)

    Steady on enrique…..GKam’s already trying that 😉

    March 14, 2013 at 10:35 pm #722413
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    enrique

    msw wrote:Well… clearly not

    msw wrote:
    Well… clearly not a great idea after all, I will have to form my own breakaway league of low-scoring misers.

    Actually, I wouldn’t mind joining a league where the object would be to get the lowest points possible in a competition… Call it Reverse Fantasy Cycling.. and, without picking “grayed out” riders, see if you can make it through a whole competition without scoring a single point! That’d be fun! 🙂

    March 14, 2013 at 9:28 pm #722411
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    msw

    Well yes, but you would get
    Well yes, but you would get 123 per competition, not per stage – plus whatever your team of 3pt domestiques earned of course – I had half-conceived it as applying at each point where unlimited transfers are available. Never mind though – clearly not a great idea after all, I will have to form my own breakaway league of low-scoring misers.

    March 14, 2013 at 9:18 pm #722409
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    Simon_MacMichael

    Well, everyone starts with a
    Well, everyone starts with a pot of money/points, the game is how you spend that, so no points for spending less than you have available.

    😕

    Hang on. You are Arsene Wenger and I claim my five pounds…

    😉

    March 14, 2013 at 8:58 pm #722407
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    Gkam84

    NO…….
    That makes no
    NO……. 👿

    That makes no sense to me at all. You are trying to pick the best team you can to make the most points. Not pick a cheap team just to get bonus points.

    I could pick a team of riders for 27 points, knowing I would get 123 every time 👿

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