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  • February 10, 2014 at 3:41 pm #20661
    drheaton

    Hello,

     

    At the end of last year I said I'd be setting up an off-site league in one of the other bigger fantasy games.  The game is the Podium Cafe VDS and it is a year long squad based game.  You get a budget, pick a squad based on a set of rules then that's it.  No transfers, no picking teams, nothing.  You just have to trust your guys to go out and get you some points.

    The game runs across both women's and men's racing the calendar is very extensive covering everything from Grand Tours to national championships.

    An intro to the game can be found here – http://www.podiumcafe.com/2014/2/3/5370538/fsa-directeur-sportif-2014-starts-now

    And the game itself is here – http://pdcvds.com/

    League's don't seem to work too well so if anyone else is interested in competing we'll need to add each other to our own personal leagues, that means if you 're in you need to post your DS name and team name in this thread.  I'll keep track of the results through the year.

    My details are:- DS name – drheaton Men's team – Mostly Hopeless Women's team – Right-handed OuOuOranges

    Competitors: (DS – Men's Team – Women's Team)
    TERatcliffe26 – TERatcliffe26
    shutuplegs – Avengers:Age of Nick! – Ladies 1st
    The Domestique – The Domestique
    raysilvester1 – Big Rays Riders
    Ghedebrav – Voodoo All Stars
    Twybaydos – Topsport Torquay – Topsport Torquay Femennile
    chiv30 – Carbon crutches and epo
    Pure fantasy – Pure fantasy – Pure fantasy women

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  • March 24, 2014 at 8:33 pm #773065
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    drheaton

    You may find this handy for
    You may find this handy for tracking your riders:

    http://www.whereismyvdsteam.com/

    March 24, 2014 at 8:31 pm #773063
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    livestrongnick

    wednesday we’ve got – Dwars
    wednesday we’ve got – Dwars door Vlaanderen
    – Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali

    March 24, 2014 at 5:20 pm #773061
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    Twybaydos

    Howard today
    Kreuziger,
    Howard today

    Kreuziger, Tejay, Arredondo, Bardet, Pozzovivo, Wilco, Zoidl, Atapuma, Geniez, Jeanneson, Degand and Lulu – this is the event where my second tier climbers are really going to shine.

    Or not

    March 24, 2014 at 4:04 pm #773059
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    Alan Tullett

    No points today but Mezgec
    No points today but Mezgec cost 8 so hardly a bargain.

    March 24, 2014 at 4:01 pm #773057
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    Alan Tullett

    ray silvester wrote:Alan

    ray silvester wrote:
    Alan Tullett wrote:
    Uran, Porte, Nieve, TvG, Atapuma, G Bennett, Rolland.

    Not playing premium this year but this game gives me plenty of interest especially after an unexpectedly good MSR. Not a bad purist team really.

    Part of me wishes I’d picked Contador now but I went for a young clean (I hope) team and as it wasn’t oriented to the classics I’m pleased with my start but can’t see TvG matching Contador somehow (and they both cost 16).

    But if Swift and Lobato do well that would help a lot, especially as very few have Lobato I reckon.

    I’ve got Lobato….top scorer on my team so far….and being widely touted as the premier Spanish sprinter now(surpassing Rojas I guess?)


    Ah yes. I’ve looked at your team now. Lobato top for me as well with Kwia and then Swift. You should catch me up soon if Boonen goes as well as expected. I think I’ve got more GC guys though!

    Good game actually. I saw something about it on the forum last year but was too late to do anything. Only saw a thread about it on the 27th and put in my team the next day. Gives some interest to nearly every race. Hoping for Hofland, D van Poppel, Trentin and Wynants for the Belgian races and got plenty of people for this one although nothing for today.

    Let’s hope Gerrans gets better soon. Hoping for something in the Ardennes from him.

    March 24, 2014 at 11:34 am #773055
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    drheaton

    Looking at the list of top
    Looking at the list of top scorers I’m kicking myself for missing Colbrelli and Vanmarcke, both relatively cheap riders scoring decent points. Also, Swift looks like a cracking deal right now, 1 credit, 305 points after only 20 last year.

    I considered Contador but decided that last year was the start of a major slide and that he wouldn’t reach his old heights again. Personally, I’m amazed he’s managed to reach his old level again although the proof will be over three weeks, at least for now he seems to be staking a claim to be considered a major contender for the Tour.

    March 24, 2014 at 11:28 am #773053
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    ray silvester

    Alan Tullett wrote:Uran,

    Alan Tullett wrote:
    Uran, Porte, Nieve, TvG, Atapuma, G Bennett, Rolland.

    Not playing premium this year but this game gives me plenty of interest especially after an unexpectedly good MSR. Not a bad purist team really.

    Part of me wishes I’d picked Contador now but I went for a young clean (I hope) team and as it wasn’t oriented to the classics I’m pleased with my start but can’t see TvG matching Contador somehow (and they both cost 16).

    But if Swift and Lobato do well that would help a lot, especially as very few have Lobato I reckon.

    I’ve got Lobato….top scorer on my team so far….and being widely touted as the premier Spanish sprinter now(surpassing Rojas I guess?)

    March 24, 2014 at 11:23 am #773051
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    TERatcliffe26

    J-Rod, Pozz, Basso,
    J-Rod, Pozz, Basso, Arredondo, Atapuma, Degand, Geniez, Stetina

    Safe to say im hoping for some points!

    March 24, 2014 at 11:08 am #773049
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    Alan Tullett

    Uran, Porte, Nieve, TvG,
    Uran, Porte, Nieve, TvG, Atapuma, G Bennett, Rolland.

    Not playing premium this year but this game gives me plenty of interest especially after an unexpectedly good MSR. Not a bad purist team really.

    Part of me wishes I’d picked Contador now but I went for a young clean (I hope) team and as it wasn’t oriented to the classics I’m pleased with my start but can’t see TvG matching Contador somehow (and they both cost 16).

    But if Swift and Lobato do well that would help a lot, especially as very few have Lobato I reckon.

    March 24, 2014 at 10:39 am #773047
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    ray silvester

    Uran,Rolland,Nizzolo,DeGendt,
    Uran,Rolland,Nizzolo,DeGendt,Jeannesson for me in Catalunya

    March 24, 2014 at 10:38 am #773045
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    livestrongnick

    Don’t know weather to or
    Don’t know weather to =)) or :”(
    Not a single point in San Remo for me…..
    Got Quintana, LuLu, Marczynski, Howard, Ferrari and Jens! in the Volta Cat this week 😕

    March 23, 2014 at 6:25 pm #773043
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    Twybaydos

    Results after MSR and the
    Results after MSR and the rest of the races today

    Men
    1.(1) Twybaydos Topsport Torquay 2395
    2.(2) Pure fantasy Pure fantasy 1920
    3.(4) raysilvester1 Big Rays Riders 1567
    4.(3) drheaton Mostly Hopeless 1445
    5.(6) TERatcliffe26 TERatcliffe26 1315
    6.(5) Ghedebrav Voodoo All Stars 1285
    7.(8) The Domestique The Domestique 1092
    8.(7) chiv30 carbon crutches and epo 819
    9.(9) shutuplegs Avengers:Age of Nick! 707

    Women (no change in positions)
    1. Twybaydos Topsport Torquay Femennile 2350
    2. Ghedebrav Voodoo All Stars 1875
    3. Pure fantasy Pure fantasy women 1370
    4. shutuplegs Ladies 1st 1245
    5. TERatcliffe26 TERatcliffe26 1225
    6. drheaton Right-handed OuOuOranges 745
    7. The Domestique The Domestique 585

    Combined (a count-back of overall place in each game rather than total score):
    1. Twybaydos 39
    2. PureFantasy 197
    3. Ghedebrav 215
    4. TERatcliffe26 323
    5. drheaton 367
    6. shutuplegs 419
    7. The Domestique 453

    March 23, 2014 at 5:10 pm #773041
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    TERatcliffe26

    6 and 8 for me, not too
    6 and 8 for me, not too bad

    Better for my women, 5th in one race (the one that scores more points) and 1st and 2nd in the other

    March 23, 2014 at 4:21 pm #773039
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    Alan Tullett

    3, 4, 8 in MSR. Better than
    3, 4, 8 in MSR. Better than my roadcc team!
    I was wondering if Swift was a good choice but came up trumps today! Lobato looks like a good choice as well if he can come 4th in that. Modolo earnt his keep as well.

    Now I need Porte and TvG to do something in Catalonia.

    March 16, 2014 at 6:33 pm #773037
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    drheaton

    Crikey Twybaydos, you’re
    Crikey Twybaydos, you’re creaming us.

    Nice to get going though and finally get some points on the board. Annoyed that Kwiatowski hasn’t managed to keep up in Tirreno, was hoping for a nice haul of points there.

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