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Posted on 01-08-2013 18:15

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Hey guys. The plan here is to do a video story similar to what edibletoast did all those years ago (2011!). I will create a team with members of PCM.Daily and hopefully it will all go to plan!

The story won't start until the Expansion Pack has been released but I want to get stuff prepared before then so I would like up to twenty-nine of you to register a cyclist. Here are the rules:

-Firstly, real names please. Or at least "fake real names" if you know what I mean. I don't want a cyclist called Amanda Hugnkiss or JRod365 (just an example, I don't think he exists!) If you provide a stupid name I won't pick you.

-All cyclists must be 18 or over, so if you are under 18, just move your year of birth to whenever you want. But it has to be before 1/1/1996.

No other limitations about your cyclist. He can be whatever nationality and type of cyclist you want.

Attributes

Let's be honest, this is what you guys care about. Nobody wants to be a 55AVG no hoper, so here are the rules:

-The maximum attribute is 74. You can have as many 74's as you can fit in based on the allotted points but it's not a good idea to be 74 in five attributes but rubbish all round. Spread the points around. (Unless, of course, you actually want a rider who sucks in everything but a couple of attributes, like a pure sprinter who can't climb at all).

-The points you will have are based on your age. You must distribute the points (but you don't have to use them all if you don't want to) across the 13 attributes. No exceptions. Here are the different point scales:

-Over 30 (Born on or before 31/12/1983) 875 points
-27-30 (Born between 1/1/1984 and 31/12/1986 860 points
-23-26 (Born between 1/1/1987 and 31/12/1989 845 points
-20-22 (Born between 1/1/1990 and 31/12/1992 825 points
-18-20 (Born between 1/1/1993 and 31/12/1995 805 points

Development

If everything goes to plan and the story makes it past January, you may want to know how your rider is going to improve. No riders will have any potential at the start of the game and your cyclist will improve as he gets results (both individually and as a team member). So, the younger your rider, the quicker he will potentially improve. The team leaders at the start, who will all be older, (if anyone that age registers!) will soon be usurped by the younger guys, if they get results.

If a rider wins a stage, he will be automatically given a point straight away to improve in whichever attribute he chooses. If he wins a race, he will be given more. It's complicated but basically, if you do well, you'll improve.

As a sidenote, I also mentioned that team results count, so if you are nothing but a bottle carrier, you will still get points if the team leader is successful. Hence, a leadout man could actually improve more than the sprinter if he does his job properly. What I'm trying to say is, you don't have to be a leader to do well!! Please don't all make stage racers with 74 MO and 74 TT. Pretty please. I'll just lose motivation straight away if you're all the same type of rider.

I think the team will have to be Pro-Conti although I might see if it's fair to put is in the Continental ranks but with thirty riders, that might be overkill!

Applications

To apply, simply fill in the form like below. This is actually the rider I will be entering. It's only fair that I can have a bash too, right?!

Name: Jordan Birtles
Date of Birth (dd/mm/yy): 01/11/1990 (22 years old)
Nationality (+ Region where applicable): Great Britain
Number of Points: 825

FL 72
MO 58
HIL 68
TT 69
PRL 71
COB 50
SP 68
ACC 66
DH 62
FTR 50
STA 67
RES 67
REC 57

Sorry about the MASSIVE wall of text but I tried to explain it as well as I possibly could. Please don't apply if you're not a forum regular either because I will need to be able to contact you at short notice via the forum for point allocation and other game related things.

Any other questions, just ask. On your marks. Get set....

Current Team

Name	Age	Nationality	FL	MO	HIL	TT	PRL	COB	SP	ACC	DH	STA	RES	REC	FTR	Total Points Used	User
Waldo van Maxfield	32	Belgium	72	57	70	62	74	74	72	66	62	72	65	60	65	871	The Rider
Samuel Bekele	29	Ethiopia	70	74	74	71	68	52	62	72	71	67	69	70	55	875	fcancellara
Artom Ivanov	27	Russia	73	60	70	70	67	74	59	64	62	74	70	67	50	860	AndySchleck
Klavdij Rakovec	26	Slovenia	70	74	72	74	72	52	56	69	67	63	67	74	50	860	bajbar
Akira Yamada	26	Japan	69	73	70	74	74	54	61	67	66	65	68	69	50	860	kyanto
Christian SchrÃ¶der	25	Germany	64	73	74	66	73	50	64	72	69	67	64	59	50	845	knockout
John Saint Ledger	25	Great Britain	69	70	68	73	71	52	64	66	62	64	68	65	53	845	ryant
Bill Cassidy	24	Cuba	68	62	70	60	63	51	68	74	65	66	64	61	73	845	Spilak23
Nick Van Der Valde	24	Canada	71	51	67	70	73	72	60	70	66	71	68	56	50	845	Miguel98
Sander Diepeveen	24	Netherlands	68	60	62	71	69	65	63	63	59	67	67	67	64	845	Marcovdw
Steven Ntanga	23	South Africa	73	70	73	54	57	52	71	74	70	68	65	68	50	845	Jesleyh
David Kumano	23	Kenya	66	73	73	65	65	50	62	74	74	60	65	68	50	845	FroomeDog99
Hamza MujagiÄ‡	23	Serbia	60	73	73	70	68	50	55	68	66	66	68	70	58	845	admirschleck
Andrew Goudelock	23	USA	67	73	73	71	66	50	58	65	68	67	63	62	62	845	emre99
Zsolt Varga	23	Hungary	74	59	72	52	55	74	71	71	74	70	65	56	52	845	Kaimelar
Ryan Rodriguez	23	Canada	62	73	72	66	66	57	58	64	60	68	65	68	66	845	Bikex
Timm Bauer	23	Germany	73	56	71	58	63	54	73	74	65	67	69	67	55	845	cio93
Marc Bennett	23	USA	65	69	70	63	63	55	68	69	67	65	63	63	65	845	bennettWPS
Tyler Gibson	23	USA	70	59	68	63	64	73	67	68	65	68	67	63	50	845	547984
Mike Smith	23	USA	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	845	Mresuperstar
Jordan Birtles	22	Great Britain	72	58	68	69	71	50	68	66	62	67	67	57	50	825	brewers90
James Douglas	21	Australia	67	74	73	71	64	64	51	65	65	63	56	58	54	825	Cycleman123
Owen Meek	21	Great Britain	64	74	69	64	50	50	60	71	62	64	70	67	60	825	owen10ozzy
MÃ¡tÃ© GÃ¶mbÃ¶cz	20	Hungary	74	60	72	55	55	50	74	74	59	65	63	74	50	825	fernando97
Stephen Kelly	20	Ireland	69	55	71	52	53	74	73	74	53	67	67	67	50	825	Dippofix
Juku Juurikas	19	Estonia	71	54	60	53	58	57	73	71	63	63	64	65	53	805	maximus
Roger Gochnauer	18	Switzerland	61	73	70	70	65	61	50	61	61	61	61	61	50	805	francopell
Alex Fischer	18	Denmark	64	67	70	60	61	54	62	66	60	64	65	62	50	805	mvhoogdalem
Jeffrey Bakker	18	Germany	67	54	59	74	74	50	66	60	63	61	63	60	54	805	SSJ2Luigi
Nic Hashir	17	USA	70	60	65	50	50	65	74	71	60	60	60	60	60	805	NTTHRASH

Edited by brewers90 on 03-09-2013 20:31

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Posted on 01-08-2013 18:24

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form by pm or just post?

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Posted on 01-08-2013 18:27

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Right, I'll be in somewhere this evening(not available next week, but hope that isn't a problem

)

Hope a lot of guys will participate, your last community story was good as well

Oh, and I have the same question as Luigi above.

Edited by Jesleyh on 01-08-2013 18:27

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Posted on 01-08-2013 18:27

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Forgot that. Whoops!

Please post here. I don't want 4000000 PMs!!

Posted on 01-08-2013 18:32

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Name: Timm Bauer
Date of Birth (dd/mm/yy): 10/09/1989(23 years old)
Nationality (+ Region where applicable): Germany (Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg)
Number of Points: 845

FL 73
MO 56
HIL 71
TT 58
PRL 63
COB 54
SP 73
ACC 74
DH 65
FTR 55
STA 67
RES 69
REC 67

547984

Posted on 01-08-2013 18:33

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This is kind of like Team U25, right? Anyway, I'll join this as I didn't get to join NTTHRASH's.

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Posted on 01-08-2013 18:40

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@547984, yes but this is gonna be a video story (hopefully!)

@SSJ2, wtf have you done

Please sort that out, it's not hard to copy and paste the original is it. There's no DH either

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Posted on 01-08-2013 18:44

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Alakagom: Max stat of 74

Name: David Kumano
Date of Birth (dd/mm/yy): 24/12/1989 (23 years old)
Nationality (+ Region where applicable): Kenya
Number of Points: 845

FL 66
MO 73
HIL 73
TT 65
PRL 65
COB 50
SP 62
ACC 74
DH 74
FTR 50
STA 60
RES 65
REC 68

A young African climber, who should be able to lead at times.

Posted on 01-08-2013 18:45

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Name: Steven Ntanga
Date of Birth (dd/mm/yy): 04/August/1989 (23 years old)
Nationality (+ Region where applicable): South Africa
Number of Points: 845

FL 73
MO 70
HIL 73
TT 54
PRL 57
COB 52
SP 71
ACC 74
DH 70
FTR 50
STA 68
RES 65
REC 68

Ah no! Now I click Preview reply, I see that Cio has almost the exact same kind of cyclist in mind.
Okay, changed a bit then.

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Posted on 01-08-2013 18:45

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Alakagom wrote:
Name: Maxime Mertens
Date of Birth: 03/10/1984 (31 years old)
Nationality: Belgium (Wallonie)
Number of Points: 875

FL 72
MO 70
HIL 80
TT 70
PRL 65
COB 50
SP 68
ACC 75
DH 67
FTR 50
STA 73
RES 71
REC 64

One of most experienced riders in the team, hoping to give the experience to the largely young team, and lead the team in the results as well as mentoring the kids in the art of cycling.

There are so many things wrong with this!

I expected better from an admin. Maximum attribute is 74 and your date of birth makes you 28 not 31!

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Posted on 01-08-2013 18:46

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Damn Alakagom, it's a long read indeed, but you should've tried at least

547984

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Posted on 01-08-2013 18:47

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Name: Tyler Gibson
Date of Birth (dd/mm/yy): 11/8/1989 (23 years old)
Nationality (+ Region where applicable): USA (Texas) (Doubt it has a region

)
Number of Points: 845

FL 70
MO 59
HIL 68
TT 63
PRL 64
COB 73
SP 67
ACC 68
DH 65
FTR 50
STA 68
RES 67
REC 63

I'm going to change FTR to 50, sorry if you already started on db.

Edited by 547984 on 01-08-2013 20:29

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Posted on 01-08-2013 18:47

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brewers90 wrote:

There are so many things wrong with this!

I expected better from an admin. Maximum attribute is 74 and your date of birth makes you 28 not 31!

Lol. I am on my mobile, readying for a party. So you should understand, lol

Clearly don't have the head for this now, will do it after I come back, although that's unlikely too. Much likier tomorrow

Good idea though, although I think keeping this up will be difficult, if you get past March results wise and still have motvation, it might turn out to be a great story.

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Posted on 01-08-2013 18:48

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Name: Stephen Kelly
Born: 17/03/1992 (21)
Nationality: Ireland

Flat: 69
Mountain: 55
Hills: 71
Cobbles: 74
Time-Trial: 52
Prologue: 53
Sprint: 73
Acceleration: 74
Resistance: 67
Stamina: 67
Recuperation: 67
Fighter: 50
Downhill: 53

Number of Points: 825

Edited by Dippofix on 02-08-2013 11:26

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Posted on 01-08-2013 18:48

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Ah, a cobbler, that's good, we were all horrible on the cobbles

@Dippofix I'm pretty sure that's more than 825 points, haven't counted them though.

Ah, you missed downhill!

Edited by Jesleyh on 01-08-2013 18:52

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Posted on 01-08-2013 18:49

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Jesleyh wrote:
Name: Steven Ntanga
Date of Birth (dd/mm/yy): 04/August/1989 (23 years old)
Nationality (+ Region where applicable): South Africa
Number of Points: 845

FL 73
MO 70
HIL 73
TT 54
PRL 57
COB 52
SP 71
ACC 74
DH 70
FTR 50
STA 68
RES 65
REC 68

Ah no! Now I click Preview reply, I see that Cio has almost the exact same kind of cyclist in mind.
Okay, changed a bit then.

Sorry mate, this is the kind of rider I use since the very first of those member stories

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Posted on 01-08-2013 18:50

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No problem, I like my current rider stats as well

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Posted on 01-08-2013 18:51

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Dippofix wrote:
Name: Stephen Kelly
Born: 17/03/1992 (21)
Nationality: Ireland

Flat: 71
Mountain: 61
Hills: 73
Cobbles: 74
Time-Trial: 59
Prologue: 61
Sprint: 71
Acceleration: 74
Resistance: 69
Stamina: 70
Recuperation: 71
Fighter: 71

Number of Points: 825

Ah yes, the old trick of leaving out downhill and hoping noone notices ; )