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  • April 26, 2014 at 7:46 pm #21264
    Joelsim

    When is this going to open please? Getting pretty close now.

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  • April 27, 2014 at 9:36 pm #788797
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    TERatcliffe26

    arsene wrote:I agree with you

    arsene wrote:
    I agree with you Gkam. The budget for Romandie is quite right imo. I didn’t like Trentino too much, because everyone had the five best riders. 8|

    I think the budget for Trentino was set before the startlist was known, so in effect took into account riders such as Quintana, Nibali etc may have ridden (could be wrong on how the calculator works).

    However you still needed to have been paying attention to lesser cycling races to know that Meintjes was going well and likely to be the best 3 credit rider pick (unless you got lucky)

    April 27, 2014 at 9:18 pm #788795
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    arsene

    I agree with you Gkam. The
    I agree with you Gkam. The budget for Romandie is quite right imo. I didn’t like Trentino too much, because everyone had the five best riders. 8|

    April 27, 2014 at 8:19 pm #788793
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    Gkam84

    I’m quite happy for err on
    I’m quite happy for err on the side of slightly above for the Tours, gives everyone, even without much knowledge a chance.

    I’d like to see tighter budgets for smaller tours, gives those with knowledge a little head start and makes it much more interesting, rather than everyone picking the same few GC riders and then hoping to pick some break/high finishers.

    April 27, 2014 at 7:36 pm #788791
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    chiv30

    I’ll be honest after looking
    I’ll be honest after looking at the roster and the budget …..15 ish would have been about right I think , as Simon has said this may just turn into a lottery but it is what it is :/

    April 27, 2014 at 7:19 pm #788789
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    simon F

    Gkam84 wrote:As has happened

    Gkam84 wrote:
    As has happened this season already, it is boring if you give to much budget and everyone picks just certain riders. I would have had it at 130, forcing people to only have a maximum of 3 top value riders

    There is some truth in what you say but if the budget shrinks too much the game just becomes a lottery – if you’re lucky enough to start with the rider who gets in the break 2/3 days running you win, otherwise, tough shit. It’s a fine balancing act not to veer too far one way or the other – mostly it’s about right but sometimes it leans too much one way or the other. Personally, I’d prefer to err on the side of a slightly higher budget but the game’s the game – you can only play with what you’ve got.

    April 27, 2014 at 5:39 pm #788787
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    enrique

    Gkam84 wrote:As has happened

    Gkam84 wrote:
    As has happened this season already, it is boring if you give to much budget and everyone picks just certain riders…

    I’m at a loss, I’m racking the few brain cells I have trying to figure out which competition you’re referring to this season… I’ve never felt there was such a thing as too much budget… or that people were just ‘picking certain riders’… 😕

    April 27, 2014 at 5:33 pm #788785
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    enrique

    drheaton wrote:Oh no, you

    drheaton wrote:
    Oh no, you can’t pick the four best riders, what a disaster. It’s almost like being a real team manager…

    Hi, sweetie! 🙂 I’d missed you! 🙂 Welcome back, sweetie pie! 🙂

    April 27, 2014 at 5:18 pm #788783
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    Gkam84

    As has happened this season
    As has happened this season already, it is boring if you give to much budget and everyone picks just certain riders. I would have had it at 130, forcing people to only have a maximum of 3 top value riders

    April 27, 2014 at 5:11 pm #788781
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    Joelsim

    Agreed. It would be rubbish
    Agreed. It would be rubbish to get to the point where everyone has the same set of best riders.

    April 27, 2014 at 4:46 pm #788779
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    drheaton

    Oh no, you can’t pick the
    Oh no, you can’t pick the four best riders, what a disaster. It’s almost like being a real team manager…

    April 27, 2014 at 4:07 pm #788777
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    Gkam84

    I go on what the game itself
    I go on what the game itself says is a reasonable budget, the game said 132, so I made it 130…

    Its based on the riders who are listed.

    The startlist will be updated later tonight.

    April 27, 2014 at 3:53 pm #788775
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    enrique

    Gkam84 wrote:Dave’s bumped it

    Gkam84 wrote:
    Dave’s bumped it up…

    Dave’s more reasonable than you are…

    Gkam84 wrote:
    … the game is getting far to[o] easy…

    Why would you say that? 😕 Even if I managed to place my team 3 times in the Top 10 in the 3 most recent competitions, I wouldn’t say this game is too easy… I think your standards for what’s easy and hard are off with respect to this game… I may be wrong, but I can’t see anyone else saying this game is ‘getting far too easy’… I may be wrong, of course… 😕

    Dave, I’ve got a compelling reason to raise the budget to 151.3. My Dream Team for Stage 1. See below 🙂

    40.0 Christopher Froome
    28.8 Tejay Van Garderen
    37.8 Michal Kwiatkowski
    29.7 Tony Martin
    3.0
    3.0
    3.0
    3.0
    3.0

    April 27, 2014 at 3:32 pm #788773
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    livestrongnick

    Meersman and Howard need to
    Meersman and Howard need to be removed as they are in Turkey 😀

    April 27, 2014 at 3:24 pm #788771
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    Gkam84

    Feel lucky, you have 15 more
    Feel lucky, you have 15 more to the budget than I had it set at.

    I had it at 130, Dave’s bumped it up….disappointed it, I wanted it to actually be a challenge because the game is getting far to easy

    April 27, 2014 at 3:06 pm #788769
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    enrique

    Sanderville wrote:I’m already

    Sanderville wrote:
    I’m already struggling… I need a bigger budget. My human rights are being violated…

    Man, this race is going to be hard! Can’t we get a higher budget? I’m already looking at 4 high value riders and 5 3.0 ‘fillers’ 🙁

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