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  • August 22, 2012 at 11:47 pm #16642
    thefatcyclist

    Hi guys,just a note to say i’ve abandoned the fantasy game. I’ve been thinking about it fo a while, and decided I can’t do this anymore. reasons.
    1. Time,
    2. Whilst many of you find playing the gane enhances your enjoyment, I have increasingly felt the opposite. Instead of enjoying the racing, all I can think of is,”Damn I was going to put him in my team>”
    3.I have not gotten to grips with the key on a daily basis, picking the winner is now secondary to picking the breakaway guys. This is no reflection on Dave and the Game engine, just i’m crap at it.
    4. It’s all gotten a bit serious on the forum and the banter has gone out of it.
    5. I missed the american premier race completely through stupidity.

    So today is my last day, and i’m asking Dave to remove me from the game, because I can’t bear to see me drop like a stone till season end. Unless i’m on page 1 no good for me.

    All the best guys and I will drop in from time to time to see how things are going.

    😀

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  • August 31, 2012 at 10:40 am #696751
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    enrique

    leortp wrote:Come on, come

    leortp wrote:
    Come on, come on, it’s just a game.

    Ha ha! 🙂 Good one! But, no, it’s not just a game, it’s a competition. It’s about testosterone. It’s about guts and glory and knowledge and world domination. It’s about your self esteem! You put everything! :O at stake every day at this game. It’s life and death. It means more – at least to me – than my marriage! 😀 Well, at least my wife thinks so! 😉 I have no life! 😉

    August 29, 2012 at 5:16 pm #696749
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    leortp

    Come on, come on, it’s just a
    Come on, come on, it’s just a game.

    http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/were-playing-a-game-its-not-supposed-to-be-fun.jpg

    August 28, 2012 at 9:14 pm #696747
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    giff77

    I’ve resorted to a pin and
    I’ve resorted to a pin and blindfold

    August 28, 2012 at 8:03 pm #696745
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    drheaton

    That’s the way it goes
    That’s the way it goes sometimes, I made random un-researched changes for a Tour de Suisse stage and ended up winning it… The more I research the worse I usually do X(

    August 28, 2012 at 7:25 pm #696743
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    thefatcyclist

    I forgot to change my team
    I forgot to change my team over the rest day and scored my highest this tour FFS, have lost 2 TT changes tho’

    August 27, 2012 at 8:32 pm #696741
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    JAndrewHill

    I am no procycling
    I am no procycling expert….i wztch it on eurosport when I can and itv4 whenit is on…and I just try and pick those that wikipedia said did well last year….is that why my sock drawer s empty??? But its fun…and the odd day when you pick voight and he rides away to win makes others think you know more than you do.

    August 26, 2012 at 6:46 pm #696739
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    Raleigh

    Gkam84 wrote:Its the same

    Gkam84 wrote:
    Its the same 5-10 guys posting ALL the time and hardly anyone else.

    Tru Dat.

    😀 😀

    August 26, 2012 at 6:37 pm #696737
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    drheaton

    Where I’m not sure who to
    Where I’m not sure who to pick I check the stage odds and use that as a guide, generally bookies are sensible and its easy to pick up on whose in form like Degenkolb, Bouhanni and Davis which helped me pick the top 4 for stage 2.

    August 26, 2012 at 6:00 pm #696735
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    onlyonediane

    Any consolation, I forgot to
    Any consolation, I forgot to put in a team for the USA race. I am languishing in the premium league. However, I do enjoy putting a team together and read everyone’s forum comments. Glad you are still in the game.

    August 26, 2012 at 4:30 pm #696733
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    thefatcyclist

    Would I stick around if it
    Would I stick around if it was finish line only? The game engine is fine.
    That is part of the game and real racing. It is not the weighting in this respect per se that is affecting me, it is my obvious lack of a deeper knowledge than just the headline participants. Clearly I don’t know as much about the procycling,as I need to, and do not have the time to increase that knowledge, and due to my nature that is a demotivating point. I could just follow trends, research the top players teams, look at the dream teams etc, but that is being wise after the event. Degenkolb in the Vuelta is an example. I had Viviani and Swift in my pool of sprinters, Bennati, Bouhanni, Degenkolb were in my mind, but I was not in a position to include them, as any strategy I have for this race is mountain based.

    August 26, 2012 at 4:22 pm #696731
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    giff77

    enrique wrote:enrique wrote:

    enrique wrote:
    enrique wrote:

    Sometimes I get frustrated, too, Fatty. I wish there was a game level, like the Purist leagues, where one could just pick the top 9 finishers, no budget constraints, no Star Rider/Domestique restrictions, no transfer limitations… :)

    In all seriousness, what would be the point in that? I score average, am placed not too badly. But I enjoy the challenge of pulling a team together with the constraints there is. Otherwise you would pick the top 9 big guns for a particular stage and leave it at that. I’ll never win a bike but hey who gives a stuff. That’s why it’s called fantasy cycling 😀

    August 26, 2012 at 4:10 pm #696729
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    enrique

    enrique wrote:Fatty, out of

    enrique wrote:
    Fatty, out of curiousity, if the game switched to just finish line points, would you stick around? :)

    Sometimes I get frustrated, too, Fatty. I wish there was a game level, like the Purist leagues, where one could just pick the top 9 finishers, no budget constraints, no Star Rider/Domestique restrictions, no transfer limitations… 🙂

    August 25, 2012 at 9:40 am #696727
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    giff77

    YeahH!!!!
    YeahH!!!! 😀 😀

    August 25, 2012 at 8:54 am #696725
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    thefatcyclist

    Thanks for all the comments
    Thanks for all the comments guys. I’ll see it out till the end of the Vuelta and then see what is what. 😀

    August 24, 2012 at 12:16 am #696723
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    Gkam84

    I suppose everyone has
    I suppose everyone has different opinion’s. To me, someone being out in the break all day, even if they don’t win, Its worth some glory.

    If there was no bonuses, in the racing, not the game. No-one would go in the break, If there was no KoM or sprint points, you’d have a VERY boring race, where everyone just take it easy at half the speed and worked up to the sprint at the finish or drag up hill.

    The game, while not being exactly like pro racing. Mirrors it to that extent having break away points.

    Take those away and the game becomes pointless, excuse the pun 😉

    It would make for a VERY boring game if all anyone was playing for was finish line points (|:

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