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National Championships Discussion 2013
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 26-02-2014 00:08
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SportingNonsense wrote:
sammyt93 wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
mb2612 wrote:
One day more.
The random nature of these races is not helping me sleep at night either.
At least you are more likely to have a decent race!  I've been sat here waiting for Luxembourg, with a much greater likelihood of having a breakaway defeat me.
then next year you should accept anyone who wants a luxembourgian team so you've an excuse to add more riders and get some decent AI.
Flawed logic! Adding both a new Luxembourg team and riders makes it more likely I get outbid. The answer is to just add Luxembourg riders  (Although I havent actually added any for the 2014 DB ... yet)
I didn't say the new riders had to be good enough to challenge you, just good enough for the AI to make it a proper race, you could always add lots of sprinters and cobblers then make it a Mountainous NC.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 26-02-2014 00:10
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All those mountains to choose from in Luxembourg!
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 26-02-2014 00:15
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SportingNonsense wrote:
All those mountains to choose from in Luxembourg!
didn't know the topography of the country, figured there must be one if the Schlecks can climb so well, but looking at it you could always make a hilly route in the north of the country and conveniently forget to add any good puncheurs.
Edited by sammyt93 on 26-02-2014 00:15
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 26-02-2014 06:07
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rjc_43 wrote:
Well, also a similarly crap Russian National Champs. Still, I doubt that'll be my concern next season.
I feel really bad for you, 3 seconds, that is nothing on the long course. At least you will not have such a hard thinking about certain rider leaving the team.
Congrats to all the winners though!
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 26-02-2014 06:07
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| Heine |
Posted on 26-02-2014 11:16
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Luxemburg seemed to acctually be a logical NC, then that happens 
Delgado might just have secured himself a new contract, I had originally planned to let him go to free agency, but might sign him now (and maybe sell him to one of the venezuelan teams). Based on the venezuelan flag you could possibly get a really kick-ass jersey, so might keep him only for that
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 26-02-2014 11:23
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Well, that's balanced out my anger with the fact that SN was screwed over by the AI just as much.
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 26-02-2014 11:47
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Strange things happening to Schleck. We'll never know what the AI was thinking.
I like PCM 2013 in that regard; next season we'll have more information on tactical AI choices.
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 26-02-2014 12:00
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My guess is he didn't want to pull them back to him and they weren't prepared to work with him but I've no idea why he didn't counter the attack or attack to close the gap. That said with him coming 5th he may well have been exhausted from the chase.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 26-02-2014 12:11
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Heymes  I keep the jersey, with the rider I least expected to take it!
Terrible tactics by Vesuvio not to chase, forcing Schleck to exhaust himself to chase across. But then genius by Frank to get Heymes to attack and let the others think he would chase it down.
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 26-02-2014 13:38
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Well that's ruined my spreading of bad mood-y-ness.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 26-02-2014 14:01
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*writes Delgado on his shortlist*
Congrat's to Heine, dominant win by Delgado.  |
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 26-02-2014 14:40
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I'm confused. Heymes rode for AirBaltic, right?
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| cio93 |
Posted on 26-02-2014 14:41
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He was loaned out to them, loanees rode for their 2013 teams wherever possible.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 26-02-2014 14:46
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Yeh, Heymes has been loaned to ANFreeman's team for both of the past two seasons, to get from Level 1 to Level 2 initially, and then Level 2 to Level 3.
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 26-02-2014 15:16
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Aaah, right; got it.
That's actually quite funny then. The AI makes Schleck screw up but, without knowing it, actually does a good job for his team.
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| ggDonovan |
Posted on 26-02-2014 15:38
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What a pity. Abreu was "close"...
BTW I didn't have the oportunity to post a banana for Haddi, the new moroccan champ!
PS: I hope I won't have to release him because of the new salary...
Edited by ggDonovan on 26-02-2014 15:39
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 26-02-2014 17:11
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ggDonovan wrote:
What a pity. Abreu was "close"...
BTW I didn't have the oportunity to post a banana for Haddi, the new moroccan champ!
PS: I hope I won't have to release him because of the new salary...
I'd also like to mention that he's African - and my team is African...
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 26-02-2014 17:18
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Even when two big teams (who together have more riders on the road than all other teams combined) are not in the break, they just let the break win...
Tsmoha and the other reporters are doing a great job producing all these reports and it's an insult to their hard work that the majority of races are absolute rubbish.
Also the value of NC jerseys goes down, because quality is no longer a requirement to get them.
Is there a PCM version of which we are sure it can handle these types of line-ups? If so, might it be an idea to use that PCM for the NC's next year?
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 26-02-2014 17:22
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I don't understand why people are so upset with weaker riders taking the NC titles.
If we want only the the top riders to win, why have these races to begin with and not just give the jersey to the best rider from that country?
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 26-02-2014 17:34
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alexkr00 wrote:
I don't understand why people are so upset with weaker riders taking the NC titles.
If we want only the the top riders to win, why have these races to begin with and not just give the jersey to the best rider from that country?
Agreed. Nationals irl are never always won by the favorite or the best rider. And this is more fun. Value is only attached by managers, and some will value having the NC regardless of who that rider is
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