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| matt17br |
Posted on 13-04-2015 13:48
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Come on, we all know that Matt can't ride at all on ice, have a bit of pity at least 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-04-2015 15:12
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matt17br wrote:
Come on, we all know that Matt can't ride at all on ice, have a bit of pity at least
Pity? You should know better than to ask pity from me 
Anyway, Matt won his race, so he shouldn't complain 
Now seriously, with Ardennes, Matt will be more focused on what's coming up and see Trondheim as a good training for the Ardennes Cross, I reckon 
Thanks, shonak! |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 13-04-2015 19:20
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Ian Butler wrote:
This is my way of saying sorry for the short "report" from Sochi. Hope you like this report better
Well apology declined. You better give me a real apology in the Ardennes. Either that or sleep with one eye open.
Spoiler  (but I still want that apology you promised)
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
[ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT]  Xero Racing
5x  x5
2x  x2
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-04-2015 20:34
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Oh jandal, so much to learn...
On a more serious note: with 3 races left, this is how it stands qua podium spots:
| Name | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | Dries Cornelis | 6 | 6 | 1 | | Francis N. Vague | 6 | 3 | 4 | | Elliot Cook | 4 | 4 | 4 | | Sylvain Lipawsky | 3 | 2 | 3 | | Shay Gormley | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Hafthor Eldfjallsson | 2 | 2 | 1 | | Rudy Verboven | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Lachy Bauer | 2 | 0 | 1 | | Michael Bollinger | 1 | 3 | 1 | | Matt Mazzarelli | 1 | 3 | 1 | | James Carlisle | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Mikel Hammarling | 1 | 0 | 4 | | Mustafa Moli | 1 | 0 | 1 | | Thijs Van Lookeren | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Robert Wells | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Fred Markson | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Max Power | 0 | 2 | 0 | | Ali Acord | 0 | 2 | 0 | | Ronnie Hira | 0 | 1 | 2 | | Tariq Faizullah | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Kimi Hakinnen | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Jack Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Christian Schiltz | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Andrew McLaughlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Timi Kokkonen | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Sven Welling | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Josiah Bennett | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Gregory Bernard | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Farai Olujimi | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Eddie Goldenberg | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Also, I'm looking forward to Arenberg with Bakari!
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 13-04-2015 22:13
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Tronheim is officially my favourite race on the calendar (not biased at all) but in Sylvain's it isn't anywhere near.
I love how he crashed, then attacked a lap later, mustn't of been a bad crash.
Now, Arenberg. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-04-2015 22:55
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First, Ardennes
And, yes, the crashes on ice are very frequent but usually not very harming, it's not downhill or something.
Can't mention them all but I think just about everyone went down at least once |
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 13-04-2015 22:56
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I never get the hang of those names, Arenberg, Ardennes, there are a few other ones in the area as well.
Now, Ardennes. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-04-2015 23:01
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Yes! Very motivated for that race. Though I'm happy Trondheim is a personal favorite of yours
I'm happy to see the end of the season approaching. When I started this, it was an ambitious plan. I have always tried to keep the quality high. At some times, that's worked out better than other times, but I'm very happy with what the game has become.
I hope to keep the same active players for season 2 and let them all develop even further, as well as a handful of new active players to add even more depth to the game!
See you later for Ardennes Though I might throw in another Piece of History before the report! |
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 13-04-2015 23:11
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My opinion of Trondheim is not biased in any way.
I think your plan worked very well for this, as the quality is pretty amazing.  I don't think I need to clarify that I'll be back next season.
And there will be an update from Sylvain later today. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-04-2015 09:21
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Well, I went in a different direction with this Piece of History. I'm quite proud of it, hope you like it!
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 14-04-2015 10:17
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That's a very impressive piece, although quite sad with the death of a young rider.
Also, I was just wondering how transfers were run, do we/the riders decide, or do you, or is it your decision with input from us/the riders? |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-04-2015 10:48
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Thanks, trek!
Well, you control your riders, so mostly it's up to you.
However, I shake things up here and there. I make some transfers with inactive players, but I might also shake things up with a team with active riders. For example; if Cook, Vague and Lipawsky would join the same team, I would take matter into hands and make sure it can't go through, the team has too many leaders and probably can't afford them all.
So I leave it up to you. Those who aren't active or not interested at all where their rider ends up, I will do.
I think that's the best system for this game. |
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 14-04-2015 12:59
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Yeah, ok, I figured it would run something like that. Once the transfers start to come through though, can we get updates about inactive riders and team info to help with working out where our riders are going?
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-04-2015 13:28
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Definitely. I'll be providing the information as organised as I can. Not sure 100% how I'll do everything, but I'll come up with a way
Not sure if I'll do transfers first and then new players or vice versa, though... |
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| matt17br |
Posted on 14-04-2015 14:10
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Never noticed Bollinger was so succesful until today, wow 
I need to hurry up sending my tactics cause I don't want to see Matt fuckin' up the best cross of all, though when he won in the Flanders I didn't send in anything 
Also loved that piece of history, always interesting to read they are
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-04-2015 16:10
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With only 3 races left, I'll be preparing the next season slowly. I'm contacting some members, hoping they'll join. I'm also looking over the teams, riders and races to see what I'll adjust. I'm really close to having overlapping races next season, but I'm not entirely sure yet how managable that'll be. They'll come at shorter reports, but then I hope they're worth having...
24 Riders almost certain to remain in the peloton for season 2015 - 2016:
Spoiler Shay Gormley
Ronnie Hira
Lachy Bauer
Amadou Bakari
Sylvain Lipawsky
Pierre Lipawsky
Mikel Hammarling
Hafthor Eldfjallsson
Francis N. Vague
Blazej Dobransky
Christian Schiltz
Rik Van Fleming
Max Power
James Carlisle
Michael Bollinger
Dries Cornelis
Sven Welling
Guido Visconti
Tariq Faizullah
Elliot Cook
Rudy Verboven
Matt Mazzarelli
Mustafa Moli
Frederick Muller
Riders probable/possible to retire/disappear from the game, unless a PM reaches me within the next few days:
Spoiler Arda Akdeniz
Naveed Alinejad
Josiah Bennett
Ewan Wilson
Andrew McLaughlin
Thijs Van Lookeren
Matt Claveren
Craig Hepptern
Pierre Lavigne
Jannik Stolz
Nicky Van Drenthe
Sven Van Vliet
Philipp Smart
Bert Vos
William Burbank
Robert Wells
Mario Guido
Nic Hashir
Marcus Flinch
Ali Acord
Matthias Barthez
Vladimir Stoyevski
Nathan Starc
Lars Lejeune
Alfonso Munoz
Timi Kokkonen
Gregory Bernard
Abdullah Saboor
Lars Van Hennep
Mohuti Sow
Ketso Tembi
Milan Vermeulen
Riders retiring/disappearing from the game:
Spoiler Oleksandr Orlov
Alexey Tesler
Bohdan Honchar
Artem Sakalau
Jack Smith
Lue Khamse Khamphan
Tane Tahawira
Riders likely to join the game in season 2015 - 2016:
Spoiler Fred Markson
Eddie Goldenberg
Farai Olujimi
Len Leye
Peter Christianson
Pépé Renoir
Henry Georges
Ricardo Vieto
Milan Listerijn
These riders can all be claimed
Edited by Ian Butler on 14-04-2015 17:26
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-04-2015 16:33
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I'm asking around to see if there is interest for joining in season 2. For those interested, here are a few pieces of active players stating how time-consuming this is for them. (full text coming up when sign-ups open, with their opinion on the game)
When I play it takes me 10-15 minutes for each rider update, maybe 7-8 minutes if I write a short one, it take about 5-10 minutes for tactics and at least 10 minutes of other stuff, but more if you're more active. Although, it's all fun (trekbmc)
Overall this might only take you half an hour a week, or a few hours, but what you put in is what you get out, all the time is worth it. The world, it's seems real. It's amazing. (jandal7)
Reading a preview takes roughly 1-2 minutes, reading a race between 5-10 minutes (including re-reading certain paragraphs for interviews later or because they are so fantastically written). Sometimes longer when the report is really long and detailed. Writing something is between 10 to 20 minutes, up to half an hour. (Shonak)
The best part is that is not even time consuming. 10 minuts of average a day are enough to follow it closely and 20 when i write a blog post (matt17br) |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-04-2015 17:20
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And for those interested, the preperations for Season 2 have officially begun! I started a 2nd Excel file, this time for Season 2.
First job: import riders to most likely be part of season 2, in order of their UCI number. Already at 19
Here is a small look behind the screens (though I did cut off the stats, hehe)
Edited by Ian Butler on 14-04-2015 17:21
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 14-04-2015 17:25
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If you need help with the calendar just drop me a message
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-04-2015 17:28
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Will do, thanks for offering help!
One thing I can say for sure is that I'll need a second African race, besides Struibaai. And preferably within distance of Struibaai, too, so they can be combined into a weekend! |
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