Spring Classics 2015

stumps wrote:You have no idea

stumps wrote:

You have no idea how much research i do… its about getting a balanced team who can get points consistently without having to make wholesale changes…

Well, granted, but still, it’s not having a lot of transfers just to ‘wing it’, in my mind… I think we want to make very (!) informed choices of who to transfer in… You’re doing your planning to set up the team ‘without having to make wholesale changes’, we’d like to plan on having a few more transfers so our research into who to bring in pays off, and we just want more transfers for this competition because it’s so different from the others… I’ll take nothing away from you for the amount of research you do… I just think it’s unfair for you to qualify ‘wanting more transfers to bring in different riders for this particular competiton’ as ‘disinterest in doing research’… I just don’t think that’s true… If you ask me anyone who plays this game with a passion must do a lot (!) of research! Including those of us who would love to get a few more transfers for this competition… :W

You have no idea how much
You have no idea how much research i do and its not about swapping in “big boys” as you seem to keep mentioning its about getting a balanced team who can get points consistently without having to make wholesale changes because you haven’t been arsed to do the work or simply because you have a load of transfers.

If that means swapping a “big boy” around so be it but it also includes swapping in and out lesser riders who have done well on similar courses and weather conditions previously.

As you point out GvA rode nearly all the races last year and is valued at 21.7 at the mo and Edvald Boasson Hagen is only 13 points so you can get very good riders without picking the “big boys”.

Nix wrote:You can do all the

Nix wrote:

You can do all the thought experiments or boast all you want.

Facts and mathematics (statistics) says that ….
The more trades you have, the more strategy and good planning is rewarded, and the less luck is a factor.
Conversely, the less trades you have, the less strategy is rewarded, and the more luck is a factor.

I’m not boasting about anything, i’m trying to get across that if you put the work in you usually get the results. In cycling luck is always a factor regardless of amount of transfers, just look at stage1a of the Andalucia race with 2 big crashes.

Also there’s a saying …….”lies, damn lies and statistics”.

Also your later comments about not wanting to do purist races and eye sticking in my opinion shows that you dont have the interest in spending time doing your homework for races and only want a lot of transfers to make up for that lack of interest 😕

Nix wrote:chiv30

Nix wrote:

chiv30 wrote:

Enrique/Nix

I’ll be honest you are both just starting to regurgitate your previous posts .
For a real world scenario on the spring classics of a purist game go look at last year’s forum fun only purist spring classics thread , rosters had to be submitted prior to the start with one team overhaul between classic types everyone had to research yes luck would have been a factor but research was important if you wanted a good points haul (barring rider crashes etc)

No transfers still fun and still most ppl scored most races and it made it a tighter comp.

Now I’m not sure how they are going to be setup this year but I’d suggest with both of you just going over old ground then Dave et al have probably stopped even looking at this thread and have made their decision

I’m not sure who you are talking to. I’ve never played a purist game and never will – even though I am a paid up premium player and was last year. Why would I want to look at an old thread about one? I’d rather stick a fork in my eye.

You purist guys are like a cult. I understand how the game works perfectly. I am not interested in the subjective beliefs of purist players about a type of game I do not intend to ever play. It simply isn’t relevant to me.

To clarify then “Enrique/Nix”

Im sure that points out who i was addressing the post towards.

I play both im not a “purist guy” and always have done
The reason i pointed you in the direction of an old forum purist thread was purely to illustrate the fact that your numbers games you have been quoting simply dont ring true if you look at the setup and rules that were imposed in that game

ie no transfers rewarded the people willing to do the research looking for the value riders to get points during a classics race

Btw the comment about wanting to stick a fork in your eye is more telling on how you feel about transfers than all of your numbers put together

No surprises in the races
No surprises in the races enrique

i dont know the values, left that to dave as he needs to some extra bits yet

I know about bole but that is in a 2.1 race not a world tour race which was sort of the point i was making

I’m all for more
I’m all for more transfers!

Still not convinced about this years limited transfer count and lack of prizes, which was a great incentive last year.
The limited transfers stops people stage hunting more, but the incentive to stage hunt has gone with no more daily prizes up for grabs. 😕 8}

TERatcliffe26 wrote:… ive

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

… ive already loaded into the game the 13 races which will happen…

That’s great! Thanks!… Any surprises in the races?…