[Gkam84]

Live on Eurosport 2 aswell
Live on Eurosport 2 aswell 👿

[Gkam84]

Good point drheaton, i never
Good point drheaton, i never thought about that, in theory, you could have alot of the GB squad if its left as is

[Gkam84]

So why do people have more
So why do people have more than one then?

Yeah thats the bit i was on about, where you cant win more than once 😀

[Gkam84]

drheaton wrote:Gkam84

drheaton wrote:

Gkam84 wrote:

Yeah the team values need to be sorted out and hopefully its a SEASON long credits system, non of this re-setting nonsense, if your in at the start, good on you, if you start late thats your tough luck

To be honest I completely disagree on this point, the way the prizes are dished out means that really it’s not a season long game. You get the big prizes, bikes worth £1k+, for the three GTs and the season long prize is ‘just’ a £200 Evans voucher so in prize terms the season long comp isn’t as important as the three GTs. As far as I’m concerned the Giro, TdF and Vuelta feel like separate competitions with major prizes and the season long prize tacked on the end.

If you don’t reset then going into the TdF the top 50-100 players from the Giro will have a massive advantage over everyone else and you run the risk of the same people winning every GT. If you reset then players who only want to play the GTs or even the TdF (and who are we to discriminate against them?) will have as much chance as anyone else to do well. Whatever happens those who make the right picks will do well but the reset evens the playing field for the start of each GT. ‘Forcing’ people to play the whole game would be counterproductive for the site and the game and if people feel like they’re not being given a chance they won’t play.

That all depends on IF Evans donate prizes again??

I think there should be season long credit though and if there are prizes going to be offered then its off benefit to play the whole season, if you just want to play a one off GT then you’ll just have to be lucky and pick well

There was only 7 stages before the Giro this year and the gain over others was not that much. But with the game going to be started in January next year, the gain could be much greater 😀

So say it did go that way and I happened to win one of the prizes for one of the GT’s, then that should automatically rule me out of a prize for the rest of the game, even the way it was re-set this season, it still meant that someone could go on to win Giro, TdF and Vuelta if they picked the right guys, so i would hope they wouldn’t win all the top prizes??

drheaton wrote:

Also, I don’t think the Consistency league works, the same people (person) who’s at the top of the season league is at the top of the Consistency league so it doesn’t really work as intended (ie giving something for people who joined mid season to try and win).

I agree with the consistency not working at all, It is the same person that is top in both, scrap it all together in my eyes

The other thing, is LIMIT everyone to 1 team, because i’ve seen on the forum that others have more than one, which if not in the rules it should be. Although, if you wanted to have 2 one for the normal and one for the pursuits, then name your teams the name but put (pursuit) afterwards??

[Gkam84]

I was looking for a Mr
I was looking for a Mr Epidural but couldn’t find him

[Gkam84]

She used Poles? then she
She used Poles? 👿 then she van der WALLE’d in pain and you’ve been nothing but de Greef to her since?

I haven’t got that one so you might need to give us another clue 😕

I still aint made any changes yet, just dont know who to drop

[Gkam84]

Yeah the team values need to
Yeah the team values need to be sorted out and hopefully its a SEASON long credits system, non of this re-setting nonsense, if your in at the start, good on you, if you start late thats your tough luck 👿 I feel if it had been that way right through i could have had more points as i would have been able to pick the team i wanted with the amassed credits and not limited because the game was reset

Also, as many more races as you can and more overlaps aswell because that was great having to balance two races between your nine riders

I would like to see more flexible choices, but still so you can only have one GC guy and then pick what you want a bit like this

Want 2 sprinters, then fine, you can only have 1 AR, same with climbers

But if you want 3 AR them you can only have 3 DS, slightly flexible, but not hugely

I dont want to see a team reset button, because thats just a cop out, if you make a mistake, thats your fault, dont go making it easy

[Gkam84]

Oh well, it is true then,
Oh well, it is true then, think its strange they are still going to be based in Luxembourg? So Two big American sponsors and one Japanese, but based in Europe 😕

Also, they have to shed some riders and will most teams filling up and with another merger and HTC folding, i’m thinking there are going to be a few riders looking for a new profession

So is this showing how companies feel about sponsoring cycling teams and events? i can see more pulling out over the next few years because of the way the whole cycling scene is set up

[Gkam84]

Got myself 2 pairs of socks,
Got myself 2 pairs of socks, a pair of trousers and pair of bibs and another pump to have a spare 😀

[Gkam84]

Its interesting to see what
Its interesting to see what everyone is changing, but dont forget, there are still quite a few climbs left, including 3 cat 1’s and then of course the time bonuses, so dont write froome and wiggo off yet 👿

[Gkam84]

Story is
Story is rubbish

http://blogs.bettor.com/Radio-Shack-and-Leopard-Trek-not-to-merge-in-2012-Cycling-News-a95170

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/9596/Contador-says-he-fears-a-Leopard-Trek-RadioShack-merger.aspx

[Gkam84]

There are a few reason’s i
There are a few reason’s i can think of,

1. Normally riders know they have the day off so will give it their all resulting in a few things, Moving up in rankings (cobo for example) meaning some of your riders could be left behind and you want to change out more than two guys

2. They give it their all and end up so knackered or injured that they drop out on the rest day

3. Some guys are just trying their best for the team knowing they will withdrawn at a certain stage because they feel they cant give anymore, thats normally a rest day

4. This one is specially aimed at La Vuelta this year, they want to do well at the world championships and feel they have done enough work to get in shape and its time to go, For instance, if Froome and Wiggo had lost 5 minutes today. i think Wiggo would have left and aimed at the worlds

So many more reason’s, but i think rest days give you a chance to reconfigure your team about a little after only having two changes a day

[Gkam84]

Just seen an advert on
Just seen an advert on Eurosport

“EVERY stage of this year’s vuelta LIVE on BRITISH Eurosport”

Lying gits X( X( X( X( X(

[Gkam84]

I wouldn’t be that hard
I wouldn’t be that hard pressed to be honest, they did 600 metres downhill 👿

Ah well, its all good then, only lost a few points on those around me

[Gkam84]

Well you can see what i think
Well you can see what i think above and this is without me having Cobo, so its going to lose me more points 👿

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