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  • March 9, 2014 at 9:31 pm #20895
    drheaton

    This competition is pretty much ready to go and should be open tomorrow.

    Some things to note on scoring, there is only one category of climb in the race which means all climbs score the same points in this race and in the fantasy game which will be 5, 3, 2 & 1 for the first four over the summit.

    The race starts with a TTT on Wednesday afternoon followed by 5 stages before an ITT to finish.  So far the start time for the first stage is the only one that has been announced.  Hopefully the rest are confirmed before the race starts but if not we'll need to set early transfer deadlines to make sure that the window closes before the stage starts each day so bare that in mind and check the 'stages' page for the race each day to make sure you know when the deadlines will be for each stage.

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  • March 12, 2014 at 1:37 pm #779555
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    backflipbedlem

    Twybaydos wrote:Did anyone

    Twybaydos wrote:
    Did anyone not pick Arredondo?

    Feel like I’m missing out!

    March 12, 2014 at 1:36 pm #779553
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    dave atkinson

    Twybaydos wrote:Did anyone

    Twybaydos wrote:
    Did anyone not pick Arredondo?

    arredondo: CHECK šŸ™‚

    March 12, 2014 at 1:35 pm #779551
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    dave atkinson

    enrique wrote:chrisdstripes

    enrique wrote:
    chrisdstripes wrote:
    [W]was hoping for 150 credits…

    Me too!

    It seems like it’s at the discretion of whoever’s managing the game. Do you guys add up the total value of the field to gauge how much the whole field of riders is worth before setting the budget or something like that? šŸ˜•

    Just wondering. šŸ˜• Will the budget ever go above 150? For example for the Tour? :D

    we now have a handy back-end tool that works out an average rider value based on the startlist, and does a back-of-a-fag-packet calculation to suggest a competition budget.

    it doesn’t set the budget though, that’s still at our discretion

    it suggested a good budget for TA might be 152 šŸ‘æ

    March 12, 2014 at 1:34 pm #779549
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    Twybaydos

    Did anyone not pick
    Did anyone not pick Arredondo?

    March 12, 2014 at 1:31 pm #779547
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    cherrypicked

    some similarities but also
    some similarities but also some differences…

    Daryl Impey (OGE)
    Michael Hepburn (OGE)
    Julian David Arredondo (TFR)
    Kristian Sbaragli (MTQ)
    Mark Cavendish (OPQ)
    Wout Poels (OPQ)
    Bernhard Eisel (SKY)
    Andrey Amador (MOV)
    Sacha Modolo (LAM)

    Gone for less penalties and probably less credits.
    Borghini could be a good 3.5 pick…

    March 12, 2014 at 1:30 pm #779545
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    backflipbedlem

    Used my Purist team to go for
    Used my Purist team to go for the TTT.

    2 OPQS
    2 Orica
    2 Mov
    2 Sky
    1 Tinkoff

    And filled my Standard with Sprinters for tomorrow.

    March 12, 2014 at 1:11 pm #779543
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    Joelsim

    Well window closed, so that’s
    Well window closed, so that’s that then. The race is on and I have played it safe and hedged my bets, understanding that there will almost certainly be some penalty points tonight.

    OPQS
    Poels
    Cav

    OGE
    Meyer
    Impey

    SKY
    Sioutsou

    MOV
    Inxausti

    TREK
    Arredondo

    CDALE
    Borghini

    BELK
    Goos

    Tricky one indeed.

    March 12, 2014 at 3:29 am #779541
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    enrique

    Dave Atkinson wrote:… the

    Dave Atkinson wrote:
    … the budget *could* go over 150 for the grand tours, there’s nothing stopping it. it *might* for the TdF…

    That would be very lovely, thank you! šŸ™‚

    March 11, 2014 at 10:41 pm #779539
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    chiv30

    My 2p …..I think for purist
    My 2p …..I think for purist you should keep the 150 budget on stage races such as T-A where there’s a strong field and every type of stage possible after all once your purist is picked there’s no changes so there isn’t the tactics of sprinters /tters in then out which in turn still make your original picks a lot harder than std ….

    As I said just my 2p šŸ˜•

    March 11, 2014 at 9:40 pm #779537
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    Joelsim

    It’s a level playing
    It’s a level playing field.

    (Now where have I heard that before?)

    March 11, 2014 at 9:19 pm #779535
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    JAndrewHill

    Still loving it….even
    Still loving it….even though ive been pretty useless/unlucky this year.

    March 11, 2014 at 8:57 pm #779533
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    dave atkinson

    drheaton wrote:enrique

    drheaton wrote:
    enrique wrote:
    chrisdstripes wrote:
    [W]was hoping for 150 credits…

    Me too! šŸ˜ Dan, what’s the criteria for setting the budget? The 150 budget seems comfortable for the Classics. A 140 budget feels a little pinched. I get the impression the fields at Tirreno or Paris Nice are just as stacked as the Classics. Is the budget set by the game manager at their discretion or is there a calculation based on the weight of the values of the rider field? It feels weird when you guys say:

    Gkam84 wrote:
    … I set it up for Dave and changed it to a certain number, It was set at 125 before and then Dave settled on 140….

    or…

    drheaton wrote:
    Be glad that I changed it, Gkam had set the budget at 130 originally :evil:

    It seems like it’s at the discretion of whoever’s managing the game. Do you guys add up the total value of the field to gauge how much the whole field of riders is worth before setting the budget or something like that? šŸ˜•

    Just wondering. šŸ˜• Will the budget ever go above 150? For example for the Tour? :D

    Budget is totally discretionary based on the relative strength of the field when compared against a grand tour (which will probably have a budget of 150). While the field for TA is pretty strong it’s not grand tour strong as shown by the fact that there are only 8 riders proved over 30 credits and that most of the main GC guys are in the 20-30 credit bracket.

    150 credits is the maximum budget as far as I’m aware and the variation was only brought in to deal with the situations that arose last year where field were relatively weak in the smaller races meaning you could pick near perfect teams.

    yeah, it’s a tough one with only 140 credits to spend, this. but hey, noone wants it to be too easy all the time, do they? where’s the fun in that?

    the budget is set by hand. we decide it when we know who’s racing. we *could* set it by algorithm based on the value of the riders in the field. but it’s fun to throw a tricky one in from time to time. and everyone’s in the same boat.

    the budget *could* go over 150 for the grand tours, there’s nothing stopping it. it *might* for the TdF, the others, unlikely.

    March 11, 2014 at 8:14 pm #779531
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    JAndrewHill

    Its impossible. Too many good
    Its impossible. Too many good riders and I cant afford more than five…and then its four for under a fiver. Might have a chance if im lucky.

    March 11, 2014 at 6:08 pm #779529
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    livestrongnick

    STEVESPRO 79 wrote:This is a

    STEVESPRO 79 wrote:
    This is a right lottery….I never thought that I would say this but I wish there was a `Lucky Dip` button for this race…..

    Having said that how my season is going so far I could probably use a Lucky Dip button for every race….. ~X( šŸ˜• :/

    I made this suggestion at the end of last season, really wanted it for my purist selections as I’m piss poor at that….. šŸ™

    March 11, 2014 at 1:21 pm #779527
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    Joelsim

    I’ve already changed my team
    I’ve already changed my team a number of times, and I’m still not happy with it.

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