Spring Classics 2015

I think you guys run a great
I think you guys run a great fantasy competition (No information about whether there is a prize for coming in first place in the Tour of Oman purist comp notwithstanding). However, for next year my suggestion for the Spring Classics would be doing a purist comp where players can select any riders at the beginning of the comp and then have to stick with the riders throughout (picking the riders for the cobbles, ardennes, and other classics would be similar to having to pick gc guys, sprinters, and tt’ers for purist comps in the stage races, where you know that some guys won’t be scoring in certain stages) and then doing a standard competition with unlimited transfers between the stages.

I’ve enjoyed the change that gives a fixed number of transfers at the beginning in the stage races, but think that it just doesn’t work for the spring classics. Because we don’t know the startlists ahead of time for the races, it is almost impossible to come up with a sound strategy for budgeting the transfers. And having a standard team that only has about half the cyclists riding the races just isn’t a lot of fun (who wants to waste transfers on 3 pointers?).

Either way, with or without prizes, I’ll still be playing. It’s just a suggestion to make it better next year or in the fall classics.

Check the PCS startlist
Check the PCS startlist before you press go.

I think the following riders
I think the following riders are missing from the game:

Luca Braidot
Marco Aurelio Fontana
Nicholas Pettina
Giuseppe Sannino
Simone Velasco

All in Team Italy

BigBear63 wrote:Just received

BigBear63 wrote:

Just received a roster change for Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) with Tejay Van Garderen taking his place. According to the Strade Bianche definativo startlist and BMC team website Van Avermaet is starting the Strade and Van Garderen is still in Paris Nice.

This format for the Spring Classics is fast becoming more trouble than its worth. At least last year the unlimited transfers between races helped to avoid last minute cock ups with inaccurate roster changes. This year it means leaving every race until the last minute to save wasting transfers.

Is Avermaet in or out? ~X(

I feel your pain. I picked my team this morning when I had a spare ten minutes, 6 wasted transfers 🙁

Just received a roster change
Just received a roster change for Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) with Tejay Van Garderen taking his place. According to the Strade Bianche definativo startlist and BMC team website Van Avermaet is starting the Strade and Van Garderen is still in Paris Nice.

This format for the Spring Classics is fast becoming more trouble than its worth. At least last year the unlimited transfers between races helped to avoid last minute cock ups with inaccurate roster changes. This year it means leaving every race until the last minute to save wasting transfers.

Is Avermaet in or out? ~X(

Lads, will you be updating
Lads, will you be updating rosters before Strade Bianche? Would find it useful since for example we’ve only got Gerrans from OGE etc.

enrique wrote:Dave, does the

enrique wrote:

Dave, does the game engine let you… return to the original rider values before the competition began?…

I do have the previous values stored somewhere. I’d be happy to post them if you want, although I guess given all the changes you’d rather not mess with the values again… It’d be nice to revert to the pre-competition values just to be able to fit in lower valued riders… Was reverting to the old values ever a possibility? I’d imagine so… 😕 Wouldn’t it have been the preferred option?…

Dave Atkinson wrote:chiv30

Dave Atkinson wrote:

chiv30 wrote:

Everyone was told we couldn’t have a purist comp as once the game was setup you couldn’t add transfers …..this obviously wasn’t strictly true because you did exactly that when you (admittedly) dropped the ball on the rider values so him asking about that is totally valid

As I said earlier , spring classics always causes problems…..

to be honest i didn’t really consider the possibility of setting up a competition with no transfers, then adding some at another point. that is possible. i can’t help thinking it’d be a bit confusing, especially since i’d have to take them away again immediately whatever the transfer-enabled race was started.

That wasn’t a dig Dave it was just illustrating that although Enrique can be annoying he does (sometimes) come up with valid points and ideas .

Perhaps if the current game mechanic stays next season it’s a possible alternative for those that enjoy the purist side , you guys would just have to be on the ball that’s all