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  • June 21, 2013 at 4:49 pm #19168
    sanderville

    I’m already struggling. One of the cheap fillers in my purist team has pulled out and there are so few cheap riders on the roster that I had to downgrade one of my mid-league riders to accommodate the change.

    If any more cheap riders drop out then I’ll be screwed. Or seriously compromised.

    I need a bigger budget. My human rights are being violated. I’m going to call Strasbourg.

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  • July 20, 2013 at 9:37 am #744023
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    ray silvester

    It seems(I might be
    It seems(I might be wrong)that good performances effect a rise in price far more than a poor performance effects a fall.

    Andy Schleck for example started the season at 3.0 and has not really done much yet he’s trebled in price to 9.2 but I doubt anyone has gone in the opposite direction.

    July 20, 2013 at 7:00 am #744021
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    natalie

    What a bunch of whiners and
    What a bunch of whiners and sourpusses! Enjoy the game!

    July 19, 2013 at 10:11 pm #744019
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    enrique

    stevemarks wrote:You get to

    stevemarks wrote:
    You get to choose one rider for free at the start of the competition and he is not transferable. Then you have 150 credits to play with for eight guys…

    I like it, but, I would have it as a tiebreaker…

    July 19, 2013 at 9:29 pm #744017
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    stevemarks

    enrique wrote:stevemarks

    enrique wrote:
    stevemarks wrote:
    … Is it possible to have a banker included in the team lineup?…

    I don’t get how this works 😕 What’s the banker do for you and how do you use him?… :?

    You get to choose one rider for free at the start of the competition and he is not transferable. Then you have 150 credits to play with for eight guys. As I said a lot of people will have put in Froome or Sagan but with the extra breakaway points they may not be the highest scorers. It just means that you have more credits to play with for medium/cheap guys and the added interest of finding the perfect Banker who will make you the most points in a purist kind of way.

    Simples

    July 19, 2013 at 8:05 pm #744015
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    enrique

    Dave Atkinson wrote:… it’s

    Dave Atkinson wrote:
    … it’s an ongoing process…

    That it is! 🙂

    July 19, 2013 at 8:02 pm #744013
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    Gkam84

    Dave Atkinson wrote:Gkam84

    Dave Atkinson wrote:
    Gkam84 wrote:
    Holy Moly, enrique has come up with an idea I like.

    YES, in a 9 rider per team race, it would be quite easy to make one rider from each team a super cheap guy

    no it wouldn’t.

    because you don’t know the final squad until the day before the race.

    Don’t spoil it. I never said anything about a rider in the race. Just ONE rider from each team that will be taking part. He doesn’t have to be on the startlist 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿

    July 19, 2013 at 7:13 pm #744011
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    dave atkinson

    enrique wrote:
    I can’t

    enrique wrote:

    I can’t believe you took it as anything but a joke 😀

    it wasn’t a joke, except in the sense that as a good idea, it was a joke.

    you posted it here, and you started another forum topic to try and resurrect it when everyone rubbished it on this one.

    enrique wrote:

    Just trying to liven things up a little 😀

    don’t.

    July 19, 2013 at 7:12 pm #744009
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    dave atkinson

    Gkam84 wrote:Holy Moly,

    Gkam84 wrote:
    Holy Moly, enrique has come up with an idea I like.

    YES, in a 9 rider per team race, it would be quite easy to make one rider from each team a super cheap guy

    no it wouldn’t.

    because you don’t know the final squad until the day before the race.

    July 19, 2013 at 6:59 pm #744007
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    enrique

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:… that

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
    … that team you present is exactly why things changed, when you are able to pick a team such as that it is too easy…

    Today’s stage is an example of why I think you overestimate the effect of being able to pick the 4 highest value riders and put them on your team. How many stages have been won by a breakaway this year? And what do people do on stages like today? Pick the 4 highest value riders and stick with them? No, obviously. The true players and risk takers gambled today and won big time! So I’d be ok with being able to fit in the 4 Top Rated riders in your team along with 5 no-name DS’s! You can have fun pickijng them, but you certainly aren’t going to win the competition! Would the scores be much closer tan they are now? Probably. But I think that makes it more exciting! 🙂

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
    … back then values were not based on form…

    I like the fact that values are based on form, I just wish there were sort of, two or three tiers more distinctly visible, something like:

    10-15 Stars, at a value of 25 to 40,

    20-25 All-Rounders, at a value of say, 10 to 25,

    and then a bunch (!), maybe 140+ of DS’s all below 7.5, and at least 10 at the 3.0 level, sort of a proportion for each competition, something predicatble (!) instead of just (!) value formula driven which would give the values a more stable structure within each competitio,

    Now you could say, Enrique –

    drheaton wrote:
    You’re just pulling these numbers out of your arse aren’t you?

    and I would have to say, categorically – Yes! 😀

    It’s just an idea… But one I like (!)

    July 19, 2013 at 6:55 pm #744005
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    Stumps

    You dont have to load your
    You dont have to load your team up with 3.0 pointers. I have 2 in my team today and still had enough credits to get a team that scored 120+ points on the stage.

    Admittedly those lower valued riders who scored well for me wouldn’t necessarily have been in my original team but i disagree about changing value’s of riders so that there are more 3 pointers.

    The game is the same for everyone so just accept it and try to enjoy it without going to the umpteenth degree in disecting it during the season when its obvious it aint going to change until the end of the season.

    July 19, 2013 at 6:55 pm #744003
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    enrique

    stevemarks wrote:… Is it

    stevemarks wrote:
    … Is it possible to have a banker included in the team lineup?…

    I don’t get how this works 😕 What’s the banker do for you and how do you use him?… 😕

    July 19, 2013 at 7:49 am #744001
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    stevemarks

    Sorry for including this
    Sorry for including this suggestion here and now, but I wanted to get it in print while it was fresh in my mind.

    Is it possible to have a banker included in the team lineup?

    IE; you have to pick one rider (or maybe two, one sprinter one GC) for free before the competition starts, he costs nothing then you have 150 points for the other eight.

    I know most people will choose the same rider in lots of competitions, but that may not necessarily be the best choice, and adds another aspect to the game. Knowing you have a banker in your team allows you a little more flexibility to play with your other riders.

    Could it work or is it making the game too purist like some some people?

    😕 😕

    July 19, 2013 at 7:32 am #743999
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    northstar

    Gkam84 wrote:Holy Moly,

    Gkam84 wrote:
    Holy Moly, enrique has come up with an idea I like.

    YES, in a 9 rider per team race, it would be quite easy to make one rider from each team a super cheap guy

    But if that rider is worth more then it is false engineering and doing it for the sake of it.

    The game is supposed to be a challenge, not a walk in the park for toys to be spat out the pram.

    July 19, 2013 at 12:35 am #743997
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    enrique

    Gkam84 wrote:Holy Moly,

    Gkam84 wrote:
    Holy Moly, enrique has come up with an idea I like…

    I aim to please 🙂 … and entertain 😉 …

    July 19, 2013 at 12:32 am #743995
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    enrique

    Dave Atkinson wrote:you can’t

    Dave Atkinson wrote:
    you can’t just feck about with the rider value half way through a grand tour. please don’t be daft.

    Lighten up, Mr. Atkinson! 😀

    I can’t believe you took it as anything but a joke 😀

    Just trying to liven things up a little 😀

    Please don’t be daft enough to believe everything I write.

    In the words of Jeremy Clarkson:

    “I don’t believe what I write, any more than you (Alastair Campbell) believe what you say” 😀

    Just kidding, though if it wasnt such a serious game, wouldn’t it be fun? 😕

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