USA Pro challenge

Gkam84 wrote:… We can set

Gkam84 wrote:

… We can set the deadline to whatever, but SOMEONE moaned like f**k about deadlines being all over the place…

Who was that?… 😕

Gkam84 wrote:… The reason I

Gkam84 wrote:

… The reason I put it at 4pm (16.00) (8am local time)… because stage two, starts at 17.10 tomorrow…

Thank you a for the explanation… According to the USA Pro Challenge site (http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/stages/2014/stage-2 ) Stage 2 starts at 11:10am tomorrow local time in Aspen, CO, though, which would be 18:10 London time, unless I’m mistaken… :W

I set it up and handed over
I set it up and handed over to TER as I was going to be away the final weekend, but I’m not anymore.

The reason I put it at 4pm (16.00) (8am local time), consistency on every stage being the same deadline and because stage two, starts at 17.10 tomorrow. So I had to cut off before that.

This is the only competition
This is the only competition I’ve seen where one could have done a reasonably decent purist team only with 3 credits guys… I couldn’t say why I didn’t actually try it…

JAndrewHill wrote:… But who

JAndrewHill wrote:

… But who am i differing from?

I don’t know… 😕 But I stand by your right to differ… =D>

allezrider wrote:Whilst I

allezrider wrote:

Whilst I sympathise with enrique, having also failed to enter a team (couldn’t get in last night, assumed deadline would be c18:00 so missed 14:00 deadline), everybody was faced with the same situation. Time waits for no-one – if you missed the bus would you expect to call the bus company and get them to send it back for you?

While I sympathize with your attempt to draw an analogy that involves public transportation, and, as a fellow player I am truly sorry you missed the 1400 deadline, I do believe that resetting a deadline, which unfortunately was, in my opinion, not set at a reasonable time for a race that starts at 1400 on another continent several time zones away, I believe that resetting the deadline does not entail the logistical problems of having said bus company either send another bus or have one return to the station for you.

I believe resetting the deadline is way easier and far more reasonable than your scenario. Although it was announced, I don’t think anyone save Wig_Billy made any mention of the wide gap between the race start time and the game deadline, and even Wig_Billy was not clear about how many hours difference there were:

Wig_Billy wrote:

I know you guys at road.cc are paranoid about late transfer deadlines these days, but you’re taking the piss with the deadlines for this race.

ray silvester wrote:

enrique would….

You’re damn right I would. You are talking to a guy who, granted, previous to the events of 9-11, had an attendant stop an airliner that had already boarded and was beginning to taxi to the runway because they had mistakenly thought they had all their passengers on board, and have it return to the terminal to pick up the Finance Director of a company I used to work for who was delayed on another flight.

That said, maybe this is all an honest oversight, but I see no problem with correcting it by reopening the stage, or, at the very least, delay the deadlines for all future stages.

I do think, you, and (!) any and all (!) others who missed the deadline deserve the chance to still put in a team.

I think it’s reasonable to have that opportunity especially when the race start is still over 5 hours away right now.

In fact, I find it ridiculous that that opportunity isn’t given to people like you. I believe a mistake should be admitted and the problem resolved. This is, I believe, an international game, with international participation, and I think the game managers know it and realize it.

I think you should honor the commtiment to running a game that operates reasonably professionally and accommodate your international ‘guests’ within reason. And I think resetting the deadline is (!) within reason. And don’t get me wrong, I love this game. I just beg to differ.

Try hard ; )
Try hard ; )