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Purist prize in TdF

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  • July 3, 2012 at 10:49 pm #16241
    Gkam84

    Hello you lovely bunch. Just dropping in because i have found some wifi so got my tablet going.

    I’m playing as a purist this tour as i wont have regular access to change my team or even see highlights.

    So my question is, If there is a nice prize for purist winner overall in the TdF, do the same rules as the BMC bike for overall winner apply? I.e. You have to be a paid up player?

    Just thought i’d check. I know there is a long way to go, but after looking at the table, there are only a few of us playing purist, so chances are better 😉

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  • July 8, 2012 at 4:40 pm #689709
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    londonplayer

    Gkam,
    I’m happy to pay the
    Gkam,

    I’m happy to pay the £10 but I didn’t because I didn’t realise it was necessary under the rules – which, if I’m correct, you don’t need to.

    And I only paid £7 for my main team 😀

    July 8, 2012 at 4:37 pm #689707
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    Gkam84

    londonplayer

    londonplayer wrote:
    Technically, the Purist competition isn’t a Premium comp. Am I right in thinking that?

    The reason I ask is that I am running my main team, where I have paid to go premium, and then I am running a Purist team, where I haven’t paid to go premium. My understanding is that there is no distinction between Premium and non-Premium teams in the Purist comp. as Dave’s intention was to try to allow each Premium player to run a Purist team but it’ll have to wait until next year.

    The whole TdF is not a premium comp, not just the purist. But only premium players can win overall in transfers, so that should be the same in purist.

    Its not only premium players who can run two teams under Dave’s statement, anyone could run a purist and transfer team, which is why it should only be premium players that can win overall prizes in either league.

    I choose not to open another account as i think the new “have two accounts” is wrong after there being the rule last year that one team per person, that’s now out the window.

    So why should people with two accounts have two chance’s to win something? Unless they pay £10 to have both their accounts premium?? X( X( X(

    July 8, 2012 at 4:33 pm #689705
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    Gkam84

    Sorry for the confusion
    Sorry for the confusion folks.

    It just happens that the unlimited period is on the rest day this year because of the start of Tour de Pologne.

    So I can make changes in the unlimited window to my TdF team then?

    July 8, 2012 at 4:13 pm #689703
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    londonplayer

    Technically, the Purist
    Technically, the Purist competition isn’t a Premium comp. Am I right in thinking that?

    The reason I ask is that I am running my main team, where I have paid to go premium, and then I am running a Purist team, where I haven’t paid to go premium. My understanding is that there is no distinction between Premium and non-Premium teams in the Purist comp. as Dave’s intention was to try to allow each Premium player to run a Purist team but it’ll have to wait until next year.

    July 8, 2012 at 4:03 pm #689701
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    drheaton

    Yeah, you’ve confused me now,
    Yeah, you’ve confused me now, I don’t remember any grand tour or other tour having an unlimited window mid race.

    July 8, 2012 at 3:19 pm #689699
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    rcorbin

    Rest days are not unlimited
    Rest days are not unlimited transfers though.

    July 8, 2012 at 11:52 am #689697
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    Gkam84

    drheaton wrote:Nope, purists

    drheaton wrote:
    Nope, purists have never been able to make transfers mid tour.

    Ok, just did a search now that i’m on a computer and not my tablet.

    As a purist, you were able to make changes during the unlimited parts of a tour last year.

    27th February 2011

    dave_atkinson wrote:
    I don’t know that. But I *do* know that in the unlimited transfer windows the game doesn’t log changes. That means you can make changes at those points and still be a purist. You can look at the stage listing to see when those points are.

    22nd August 2011

    drheaton wrote:
    Nope, you can only make changes in ‘unlimited’ transfer windows so you can’t make any changes at all through the Vuelta. I have a purist team and actually quite enjoy it

    July 6, 2012 at 7:47 am #689695
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    mattbibbings

    Cheers BigMong
    Cheers BigMong

    July 5, 2012 at 11:47 pm #689693
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    TheBigMong

    You don’t have to do
    You don’t have to do anything–you’re automatically in. For example, at the end of the first stage, the purist league contains… everyone. It’s only as people start making transfers that they are removed from the purist competition.

    July 5, 2012 at 10:33 pm #689691
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    mattbibbings

    New guy question,
    I just set
    New guy question,

    I just set up my Team for this TdF. If I leave it pure for the whole Tour (I have so far) am I automatically a Purist and eligable for the purists comp? Or did I miss a trick and not enter somewhere?

    Team “1 more hill” btw

    July 5, 2012 at 1:20 pm #689689
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    drheaton

    TheBigMong wrote:Nope, no

    TheBigMong wrote:
    Nope, no transfers allowed during a stage race, period. That’s what makes the purist competition so damn hard during these grand tours. Many sprinters will surely abandon before the end of the tour, so it’s a big gamble on whether they’ll nab enough points early on to make them worth their spot on your roster. This is why most of the current top ranked purists in the TdF will drop like a stone in the coming weeks, and people with more GC and KOM oriented teams will begin to climb through the rankings.

    Throw in all the unforeseen abandons due to crash injuries, illness, acts of god, strategic planning for the Olympics and other upcoming races, etc. and doing the TdF pure is quite the challenge.

    But that’s why purist fantasy competition best reflects the real competition, and that’s why we love it. B-)

    Spot on, it’s a totally different challenge and it’s great fun.

    July 5, 2012 at 1:15 pm #689687
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    TheBigMong

    Nope, no transfers allowed
    Nope, no transfers allowed during a stage race, period. That’s what makes the purist competition so damn hard during these grand tours. Many sprinters will surely abandon before the end of the tour, so it’s a big gamble on whether they’ll nab enough points early on to make them worth their spot on your roster. This is why most of the current top ranked purists in the TdF will drop like a stone in the coming weeks, and people with more GC and KOM oriented teams will begin to climb through the rankings.

    Throw in all the unforeseen abandons due to crash injuries, illness, acts of god, strategic planning for the Olympics and other upcoming races, etc. and doing the TdF pure is quite the challenge.

    But that’s why purist fantasy competition best reflects the real competition, and that’s why we love it. B-)

    July 4, 2012 at 11:37 pm #689685
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    Gkam84

    I’m pretty sure purists got
    I’m pretty sure purists got to make changes in unlimited periods last year such as rest days and thats how i have set my team up. So that day the tour de suisse starts i was going to make my tdf changes aswell.

    July 4, 2012 at 9:25 pm #689683
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    TERatcliffe26

    im getting confused with
    im getting confused with something…what that is im now not sure

    July 4, 2012 at 7:57 pm #689681
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    JAndrewHill

    Yep. Thats why my, friend’
    Yep. Thats why my, friend’ hugh has a purist squad. With guys like hesjedal in, ready for week three. I have, oops, sorry, hugh has not gone premium for the purist as there did not seem to be a point. Go goss (is whazt hugh would be saying this week).

    on an aside, hugh tweeted chris boardman today and got a reply. Hugh suggested that chris and ned should do one of their sketches and recreate the flecha hoogerland incident from last year. Chris reckons ned is not up for it. Lol.

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