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Suggestions/requests for the 2014 season

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  • August 26, 2013 at 5:30 pm #19702
    drheaton

    Autumn is here, the Vuelta has started and we're beginning to think about the World Championships.  That means that it's the traditional time for me to open up a 'suggestion' and 'request' thread where you can outline how you'd like the game to change for next season and what you think has worked particularly well this year.

    Despite the fact that I'm now involved in a small way with running the game (namely, updating start lists and results) as in previous years this is very much unofficial and just a place for everyone to get together and bounce some ideas around.  Nothing may come of them but Dave has always been great at incorporating good ideas from the community where possible.

    For reference, you can find the 2012 and 2013 threads here:

    "Suggestions for the 2013 season"

    "Suggestions for 2012 season"

    So, what do you think has worked well this year and what would you like to see change?

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  • October 13, 2013 at 9:06 am #753721
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    Ghedebrav

    Something else that occurs to
    Something else that occurs to me – a tiny point but do Lanterne Rouge points get factored into form/value? If so, I don’t think they should…

    October 13, 2013 at 8:35 am #753719
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    dave atkinson

    chiv30 wrote:Can I suggest

    chiv30 wrote:
    Can I suggest that if a player is premium next year then the premium races automatically show on the dashboard when they open rather than the current std or previous race, not sure if it’s just me but as a premium member it’s a pain having to switch from a std comp team toa premium ccompetition ( it sounds stupid but if I’ve paid for premium races then I’d prefer them to take priority on my dashboard as its less likely to miss the start) other than that , as I’ve said before great game and appreciate everyone’s efforts involved in it =D>

    yes, although it’s not always possible as races overlap

    October 13, 2013 at 8:26 am #753717
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    chiv30

    Can I suggest that if a
    Can I suggest that if a player is premium next year then the premium races automatically show on the dashboard when they open rather than the current std or previous race, not sure if it’s just me but as a premium member it’s a pain having to switch from a std comp team toa premium ccompetition ( it sounds stupid but if I’ve paid for premium races then I’d prefer them to take priority on my dashboard as its less likely to miss the start) other than that , as I’ve said before great game and appreciate everyone’s efforts involved in it =D>

    October 10, 2013 at 4:24 pm #753715
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    northstar

    jimmythecuckoo

    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    livestrongnick wrote:
    How about an ‘Auto pick team’ button like in Fantasy Football

    Not a bad idea for those of us who only remember to pick a team at the last minute and sometimes not at all.

    Aside from this change, i wouldn’t take too many major changes – you’ve pretty much got the best fantasy cycling game around imo.

    October 10, 2013 at 12:31 pm #753713
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    James Warrener

    livestrongnick wrote:How

    livestrongnick wrote:
    How about an ‘Auto pick team’ button like in Fantasy Football

    Not a bad idea for those of us who only remember to pick a team at the last minute and sometimes not at all.

    October 10, 2013 at 12:20 pm #753711
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    dave atkinson

    pricing prior to the season
    pricing prior to the season would be fairly straightforward, you could just base it on current ranking in the game.

    without giving it a proper look i’m not sure whether it’s a lot of work or not, to be honest. assuming you can select your 30 riders there’s nothing in the current interface for stage selection that really needs to change

    October 10, 2013 at 12:08 pm #753709
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    drheaton

    I’d say 25-30 riders because
    I’d say 25-30 riders because that’s the size of a normal WT squad. Your problem would be pricing prior to the season, picking races that count and people complaining when they realise that they didn’t pick anyone for the Tour de France…

    If it’s a lot of effort then I wouldn’t bother, there are already games out there offering something similar and I don’t think road.cc needs to offer everything for everyone.

    For anyone interested in squad/draft based games you can check out the game that was mentioned in the forum a little whole ago (http://road.cc/content/forum/50618-another-deeper-fantasy-idea) which is draft based with limited teams. Also I will be running a league on another site which offers something similar next year for road.cc people to join (http://www.pdcvds.com/), depending on what I end up doing this may or may not be draft based too (so each rider only exists once and can be had by one team).

    October 10, 2013 at 11:55 am #753707
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    dave atkinson

    Yorkshie Whippet wrote:Leave

    Yorkshie Whippet wrote:
    Leave the game as is! There’s nowt wrong and I like it.

    If you are going to change, how about like a proper team ie choose 40 or so riders at the start. Pick a team out of those for each race. If a rider gets dropped from a team, for injury or doping, you get to pick another.

    i’ve always avoided the whole squad/draft scenario because i thought it involved a lot of work. however, i’ve had a thought.

    the thought is that premium members could have a third team option. so as well as ‘standard’ and ‘purist’ there’d be a ‘draft’ option, which would restrict your team selection to the riders you picked at the start of the season.

    then all we’d need is a mechanism for picking the 30/40/howevermany riders before the TDU starts. oh, and it probably wouldn’t work for women’s races

    anyway, one for me to think about

    October 10, 2013 at 11:47 am #753705
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    Yorkshie Whippet

    Leave the game as is! There’s
    Leave the game as is! There’s nowt wrong and I like it.

    If you are going to change, how about like a proper team ie choose 40 or so riders at the start. Pick a team out of those for each race. If a rider gets dropped from a team, for injury or doping, you get to pick another.

    October 9, 2013 at 12:06 pm #753703
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    Anonymous

    I love the game as it is –
    I love the game as it is – going premium next season so I can play MOAR. Glad to see that the amount of money available for each race will change: that’ll mix it up.

    One idea – what about a real ‘full year’ competition with a ‘Team Manager mode’ for Premium? Pick 30ish riders at the start of the season; your full squad is entered in every race (if they’re riding) and scores points (maybe a maximum of nine riders scoring). Could build in a transfer window before/after the Tour perhaps?

    October 8, 2013 at 11:36 pm #753701
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    monica

    I have to admit it’s kind of
    I have to admit it’s kind of fun to have unlimited transfers in between all these races… It makes me wish we could have unlimited transfers every day in the Grand Tours! đŸ™‚

    October 8, 2013 at 12:46 pm #753699
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    Stumps

    I notice the “like” button
    I notice the “like” button has already been brought in =D>

    October 7, 2013 at 7:47 pm #753697
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    sm

    monica wrote:it’d be kind of

    monica wrote:
    it’d be kind of nice to have a button that would clear all your riders with one mouse click especially when you have unlimited transfers between races.

    I quite like getting rid of them one by one. Makes me feel big. Like Alan Sugar in The Apprentice!

    October 7, 2013 at 6:54 pm #753695
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    livestrongnick

    How about an ‘Auto pick team’
    How about an ‘Auto pick team’ button like in Fantasy Football that can pick a random selection of riders for you. I know i’d find this useful for 1 day races for my purist teams. Also handy if your short on time to research your selection? :B

    October 7, 2013 at 6:20 pm #753693
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    monica

    I know this isn’t a big one,
    I know this isn’t a big one, but it’d be kind of nice to have a button that would clear all your riders with one mouse click especially when you have unlimited transfers between races. Thanks! đŸ™‚

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