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#TheSound V3Issue5 Previews!
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| 547984 |
Posted on 03-03-2014 23:46
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Yes that's what I meant. Wasn't too clear on that
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 04-03-2014 06:13
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sammyt93 wrote:
TheManxMissile wrote:
547984 wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
It beats me why anybody would post in their HQ specific riders they want, particularly posting them in some sort of ordered scale such as 'must have'. People who do that are just asking for trouble.
This. I never fully understood that concept, and I feel it doesn't add too much to the game either. 
However specifically bidding to force a manager into overpaying on a rider you had no interest in is also banned in the rules.
"10. Suspicious activity or foul play is not allowed. You can and will be punished if you do such a thing. We reserve the right to disqualify bids from a manager on a certain rider, to prevent deliberately antagonising bids."
Although it is hard to prove on the bigger name riders. Though i hope no-one in the game would stoop to such tactics
I think they mean they don't understand why you'd flag up your targets to other managers who may not have spotted them yet, or at least that's part of the reason why we've stayed relatively quiet about our targets so far.
What i do is listing the obvious ones, which are no surprises to anyone. I would never list a rider that i really want and will try to pursue him as first option. (but i try to inform their managers about our interest in their HQ, if that is contracted rider). 
Sorry Manx if you see my comment as ruining your initiative, i only wanted to clear this situation before it was too late.
If you still see no differences, here is my example what i thought, on my actual rider Andrea Palini. I searched database and done all stat updates on potential targets, that was a three days long work. Thanks to that, i realized that Andrea Palini could become punchy leader for PCT team in two seasons (with kind help from PT team, which happened at least in first season with Andrea). I am sure that some managers were aware of Andrea, people like rjc43 or Stevenag, who are amongst others focused on Italy. But these probably decided to go for other options and Andrea slipped under the radar. Result is potential 78hilly rider going to my team for 50k. If he was part of the pre-transfers article about potential talents, i doubt this could happen. Even more when all divisions will have transfers at same time this year....
I think that making post transfer Sound with list of bargains or great steals that was done would be much more fun, than potential worsening of atmosphere between managers.
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 04-03-2014 06:16
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 04-03-2014 06:30
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I seriously dont see what the issue is. Most Managers recognize the strongest talents, yes some may go under the radar but who really cares. It happens in real life so all this is completely unnecessary. I would have let Manx do his thing.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 04-03-2014 06:51
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Luis Leon Sanchez wrote:
I seriously dont see what the issue is. Most Managers recognize the strongest talents, yes some may go under the radar but who really cares. It happens in real life so all this is completely unnecessary. I would have let Manx do his thing.
Well, if nobody cared, we would not have this discussion, dont you think?
I think you will understand after you first transfer season madness.
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 04-03-2014 06:52
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 04-03-2014 06:53
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Ok then. Dont need another discussion.
Bring on the transfer season
Edited by Luis Leon Sanchez on 04-03-2014 06:54
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 13-03-2014 13:10
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Transfer "Livestreaming"?
So as we were hounded out of doing a transfer issue #TheSound has a new idea to annoy people! (just kidding)
For most of the next week we will take over @B3B_FDJ twitter, which is partly ours, and run some "livestreaming" about transfers. Now we get the rules and not to influence anything, so it's mostly going to be unofficial confirmations. We plan to throw in some commentary on the big battles (Herklotz and Bakelants spring to mind) along with updates on who is transfer listed. No rumors, just facts about what's happening.
Ideas are welcome along with any criticisms of the plan.
(Basically we all love transfer season and i want to add a bit more to it. Everything will be handled with tact and discretion and stay well inside of the rules)
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| SotD |
Posted on 13-03-2014 13:28
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I think that is a good idea, and won't spoil anything.
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| Heine |
Posted on 13-03-2014 13:29
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I like the idea... But I feel that I'm getting more and more pressured into using twitter...
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 13-03-2014 13:31
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Heine wrote:
I like the idea... But I feel that I'm getting more and more pressured into using twitter...
It's mostly just people joking around or re-directing to HQ posts, so don't worry. All the serious chat still happens in the forums
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 15-03-2014 17:53
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So we've been Live-Tweeting as much as possible now, and i'm enjoying it. After the transfer period finishes i will try and gather all the tweets together into one big manuscript of the Transfer season
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 31-03-2014 21:05
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Starting to put ideas together for Issue #3. Going to interview someone about the transfer period (either a new manager or buyer of one of the big talents). Also going to look more in depth at the new real big talents (Hirt, Kudus, Ewan, Mohoric and Herklotz). Whale Watching should be nice as well, if i can make it work well in the layout i've got.
Not sure when it will be ready, probably not for a few weeks. Just an update that it is now underway
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 31-03-2014 22:04
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A piece on Kudus would be nice. If you want an interview from a talent buyer then let me know, I'd happily help  |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 31-03-2014 22:05
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FroomeDog99 wrote:
A piece on Kudus would be nice. If you want an interview from a talent buyer then let me know, I'd happily help
Pfff. There is only one real talent buyer.
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 31-03-2014 22:12
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cio93 wrote:
FroomeDog99 wrote:
A piece on Kudus would be nice. If you want an interview from a talent buyer then let me know, I'd happily help
Pfff. There is only one real talent buyer.
Puma is the king if talent development, I'll give you that. Anyway, Kudus will own Herklotz if you don't train him as I'm going to put all my future cash into the Eritrean. |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 31-03-2014 22:13
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cio93 wrote:
FroomeDog99 wrote:
A piece on Kudus would be nice. If you want an interview from a talent buyer then let me know, I'd happily help
Pfff. There is only one real talent buyer.
Alakagom?
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| cio93 |
Posted on 31-03-2014 22:20
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FroomeDog99 wrote:
cio93 wrote:
FroomeDog99 wrote:
A piece on Kudus would be nice. If you want an interview from a talent buyer then let me know, I'd happily help
Pfff. There is only one real talent buyer.
Puma is the king if talent development, I'll give you that. Anyway, Kudus will own Herklotz if you don't train him as I'm going to put all my future cash into the Eritrean.
Well, Demare could make Sagan look like a wannabe dual-threat with the right amount of training, so I might have to give ground there eventually. 
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 01-04-2014 06:25
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cio93 wrote:
FroomeDog99 wrote:
cio93 wrote:
FroomeDog99 wrote:
A piece on Kudus would be nice. If you want an interview from a talent buyer then let me know, I'd happily help
Pfff. There is only one real talent buyer.
Puma is the king if talent development, I'll give you that. Anyway, Kudus will own Herklotz if you don't train him as I'm going to put all my future cash into the Eritrean.
Well, Demare could make Sagan look like a wannabe dual-threat with the right amount of training, so I might have to give ground there eventually.
With cash that Milka is able to throw around during transfers, i would not be shocked by actual Sagan developing in Demare-beater. 78 hill already,now just sprint training forever
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 01-04-2014 06:38
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You forgot Mullen. And Harrison and Horton. (And Christie, and Dunne)
But seriously, something on the biggest talents in the CT would be sweet, it's not like there aren't any (pretty much the whole Signal Iduna team springs to mind).
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| Roman |
Posted on 01-04-2014 07:00
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Well roturn, I believe the first thing Sagan really needs is some, big big training in some sharp and steep hills. Only then we can think about some serious sprinting training hours.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 03-04-2014 19:56
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Rearranging some of my issue planning. Basically merging the next two into just the one edition. Still going to do a feature interview on Talents (person selected just need to confirm), and the an article on the development system. Will have an expanded Sound Wave section because i need to cover the new squad and plans. Finally Whale Watching should be good and a nice set up for the future (assuming i get permission from the higher ups).
Targeting to publish next weekend, perhaps with some divisional predictions.
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