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General Career Discussion
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| eple |
Posted on 13-06-2013 23:04
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Stagiare
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Started a new career. Hoping this one will keep me interested for a while. Decided on a custom Belgian team. 40k budget for 2 years. I've set race difficulty to hard as well, so this will be quite a challenge. I found two "future greats" among the young riders. They turned out alright, but nothing specular. Keirsbulck looks like the biggest talent I've got.
Sponsors want the win in K-B-K and Omloop and a bunch of races I'm not invited for. Anyway, here's the team:
Edited by eple on 13-06-2013 23:05
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 14-06-2013 08:26
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Yeah, some of those guys should be able to develop quite good. At least they do in most of my games 
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| eple |
Posted on 14-06-2013 12:53
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Stagiare
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I hope they'll come along. I'm gonna try keep the squad Belgian.
I've started decently. The hard difficulty has given me some grief (after being used to winning almost everything ), but Eijissen has won 3 KOM so far, with a 2nd place in a short tour (lost with 1 second due to a last stage time bonus for his rival!!!). Van der Sande has 2 stage wins, a bunch of podium finishes and a 3rd place overall in a tour. Dunno how the season will turn out, but so far I'm one of the top non-uci teams in the CQ-ranking and I haven't even started the cobble-races yet, which should bring some decent results.
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 14-06-2013 21:16
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Started up Trentino.
Lost about a minute in the time-trial(ended halfway the rankings), but got another victory with the team at stage 2!
Slipped in an early break with Kok(71MO), and later on the stage, I slipped away with Dumoulin(71MO, 98 form due to Ardennes, awesome overall stats) in a late attack with Pirazzi, Siutsou, Di Gregorio, Montaguti & Caruso.(Also, 3/5 of them being 78FTR+ proves the theory about the fighter stat  )
We reached the break, Kok protected Dumoulin, and it got to a small group sprint, after everyone worked a lot in the downhill, and we won with a 2 minute gap. Dumoulin, 3rd best sprinter, wheelsucked the best sprinter(only 69SP) and got the win! Kok dropped, but no problem. Also, favourites like Porte, Basso, Van Garderen lost 3 minutes +, so I'm starting to get my hopes up.
C'mon Dumoulin, win Trentino!
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 15-06-2013 18:05
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Just had a really strange moment in my career.
I finished a stage of the Tour de Suisse, think it was stage 2 but it's not really important. After the podiums, as usual, it went to the newspaper page, with the "next" button in the bottom right corner. Every time I clicked it, it took me to Focus' home page on the internet and wouldn't advance. 
I don't understand how it can just create a hyperlink like that. The game has clearly learnt how to advertise new games with PCM13 just around the corner ! I had to go back to the main menu and reload and then everything was fine. |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 15-06-2013 18:08
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That happens to me sometimes, but never after a race. |
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| eple |
Posted on 15-06-2013 18:30
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Stagiare
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I've come to end of febuary in 2nd season and I'm barely threading water in terms of money. I simulated more than half of the season, but still got promoted fairly easy.
In the first season I was spending 35k of my 40k budget on riders, but staff was initially 40k on top of that. I got a cheaper scout, but eventually I had to fire the coaches and get a very cheap one.
I fired all staff in October, and in January I had about 65k balance. I had signed Phinney and Rabottini, in the hopes they would pay for themselves. With a few talents signed as well riders wage is 55k/40k. I got two cheap coaches, and atm I have to cover about 33k each month, which seems a bit too much, unless I get a big pay off soon.
Sponsor is also expiring and I can't afford to hire an agent, and I don't have any scouts. Bank balance is 8k 
It looking likely that I'll manage top 5 in continental ranking, but I might have to fire both coaches. Anyone know what happens if I can't make enough money? I assume I won't be able to sign riders/staff, but are there any other consequences? |
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| NTTHRASH |
Posted on 15-06-2013 18:47
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eple wrote:
I've come to end of febuary in 2nd season and I'm barely threading water in terms of money. I simulated more than half of the season, but still got promoted fairly easy.
In the first season I was spending 35k of my 40k budget on riders, but staff was initially 40k on top of that. I got a cheaper scout, but eventually I had to fire the coaches and get a very cheap one.
I fired all staff in October, and in January I had about 65k balance. I had signed Phinney and Rabottini, in the hopes they would pay for themselves. With a few talents signed as well riders wage is 55k/40k. I got two cheap coaches, and atm I have to cover about 33k each month, which seems a bit too much, unless I get a big pay off soon.
Sponsor is also expiring and I can't afford to hire an agent, and I don't have any scouts. Bank balance is 8k
It looking likely that I'll manage top 5 in continental ranking, but I might have to fire both coaches. Anyone know what happens if I can't make enough money? I assume I won't be able to sign riders/staff, but are there any other consequences?
Believe it or not, nothing happens if you go black other than the obvious; not being able to spend. Fire your coaches, because they only go so far. Once you get promoted, get a better sponsor at contract termination. 
"America. Show a nipple on television and the whole country goes ape-shit." -DubbelDekker
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| eple |
Posted on 15-06-2013 19:30
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Stagiare
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Alright, cheers. I might have to see how far I can go with this setup. If I can't make up the lost money I'll have to go coach-less for a while, because I'd like the opportunity to sign talents and riders in July.
I just started the cobbles-season with a bang though. Phinney, Keirsbulck and Ghyselinck all sat in the last group on Omloop, and Phinney was able to get on the wheel of Breschel and managed to overttake him and Boonen on the last 5 metes to win. In K-B-K I only manged 17th place, but if I can get some decent results that'll make a big difference. Got a wildcard for E3, G-W and RV
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| eple |
Posted on 15-06-2013 19:46
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Stagiare
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Should I prioritize an agent over coaches, or do you recon the current sponsor will increase significantly if they are pleased (as they have been so far)? |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 15-06-2013 19:50
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eple wrote:
Should I prioritize an agent over coaches, or do you recon the current sponsor will increase significantly if they are pleased (as they have been so far)?
I'd definitely prioritize an agent over coaches.
Sponsors offer more than the current one in a lot of cases.
Also, the financial system of PCM 12 sucks. So when I make a custom team f.e, I give myself some extra money(If I only need 0% budget, I give myself 10% at the start to get some trainers and not get broke)
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| eple |
Posted on 15-06-2013 20:13
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Stagiare
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Yeah, I thought I should have done that budget trick, leaving a little bit more wiggle-room for staff saleries.
I think I want to keep it Belgian though, so it would only be a local/national agent. Would it still be worth it, you think?
Phinney just managed a win in Le Samyn and 2 stage wins in West-Vlaanderen. Still have 1 stage left but looking likely he'll get the GC |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 15-06-2013 20:21
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eple wrote:
Yeah, I thought I should have done that budget trick, leaving a little bit more wiggle-room for staff saleries.
I think I want to keep it Belgian though, so it would only be a local/national agent. Would it still be worth it, you think?
Phinney just managed a win in Le Samyn and 2 stage wins in West-Vlaanderen. Still have 1 stage left but looking likely he'll get the GC
National agent, yeah worth it. Local pays awful budgets though.
I think you can get a 1,5-2,0 million budget(per year obviously) if you're lucky, with national. That can be a bit more or a bit less, I'm not sure. Idk what's your current budget?
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| aquilotti1 |
Posted on 15-06-2013 20:32
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just started my third year with ceramica-fondriest team. brought them up after two years to pro continental. now I have Atapuma and daniel Oss as my two big riders. Oss is completly sick the first part of the season so far. only that I came 11 th in the paris rubaix and didnt get paid for it!!!
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| aquilotti1 |
Posted on 15-06-2013 20:32
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just started my third year with ceramica-fondriest team. brought them up after two years to pro continental. now I have Atapuma and daniel Oss as my two big riders. Oss is completly sick the first part of the season so far. only that I came 11 th in the paris rubaix and didnt get paid for it!!!
Marco Pantani Lives!
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 15-06-2013 20:37
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If you're really bothered for not getting money, you can always edit the money you have(add the prize money) by opening the savegame with an editor -> Dyn_Manager
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| eple |
Posted on 15-06-2013 21:01
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Stagiare
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Jesleyh wrote:
National agent, yeah worth it. Local pays awful budgets though.
I think you can get a 1,5-2,0 million budget(per year obviously) if you're lucky, with national. That can be a bit more or a bit less, I'm not sure. Idk what's your current budget?
Minimum I think. 480k pr year. If I get that much I can afford to sign a few riders and still have plenty for staff!
Jesleyh wrote:
If you're really bothered for not getting money, you can always edit the money you have(add the prize money) by opening the savegame with an editor -> Dyn_Manager
I do that. Specifically I make a note of how much every time it happens and add it at the end of the season. It usually happens 2-3 times a season for me. It seems to depend on the variants so I'm guessing it a database issue? |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 15-06-2013 21:02
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Well, Searching for a national sponsor is a good idea then...
You'd at least double your money!
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| eple |
Posted on 15-06-2013 23:15
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Stagiare
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Thanks, Jesleyh. Always around to help
For E3 I had Keisebulck in 100 fitness! I played the waiting game and didn't chase at all, not even towards the end. Just trying to sit with the group not doing any extra work. It worked well, as I got 4th, 7th and 8th (Keiserbulck, Phinney, Ghyselinck respectivly). Phinney has 3 times as many points as nr 2 in the continental rankings, and my team is currently 6th overall in the CQ-ranking. Might actually get promoted if this keeps up, although I'm guessing the best Pro teams will pick up lots of points in the grand tours. |
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| anderspcm |
Posted on 15-06-2013 23:19
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I'm playing with a custom team, and I am in 2020. I've just finished Paris - Nice, where my star Will Parker won 4 stages, and finished 2nd in a stage too. He won the overall ranking + the points classification. I play on hard difficulti.
Will Parker won 4 stages because of he is such a multitalent, he climbs very well, and have a pretty good sprint, so he can outsprint most riders in smaller groups, which led to two of the wins
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