 With the Vuelta a Espana well under-way, it's time for yet another edition of the Weekly News.
Contador to win the Vuelta
Not very surprisingly, 66 % of you think that Alberto Contador is going to win the Vuelta. He hasn't been destroying everyone else just yet, but we'll see what's going to happen today in the big mountains. Runner-up is Alejandro Valverde with 10 % of the votes followed by Robert Gesink with 7 % and TdF 2008 winner Carlos Sastre with 6 %. Our current poll is about how many riders you think will return a positive doping test during the Vuelta. The majority of you are rather positive (or pessimistic, depending on how you see it) since 25 % you think that 0 riders will be tested positive. The poll is still open.
Any large databases in sight?
With PCM Fusion being stopped, there's an empty room in the PCM World: A large database with more teams than the original database. Currently, it seems like there's only one other database in the making which adds more teams to the game: The PCM Giga Pack 2008. We don't know much about it so far, but it's made by the the Portuguese guy named Jan_Ullrich11, and the pack will have a size of approximately 1.30 GB -- meaning something like the largest ever (in terms of MB/GB) pack released to PCM. You can read more about it in this thread.
PCM.daily meets PCM-Portugal in a scratch race
A few weeks ago, PCM.daily met PCMBenelux in a elimination match - and lost. Since then, some guys found out that you can change the number of rounds and eliminations in the game and thereby create new "modes", e.g. scratch race which is way more suited for online matches than elimination which was .. well, not very good ;) Therefore, we are going to try out this "new" mode in a match against PCM-Portugal, and as last time, we first have to go through a qualification to find the best 8 players. There's two spots open for the qualification, and if you are interested, you need to sign up right away in this thread. Good luck.
Ladder Reminder
Speaking of online playing, we'd like to remind you that we launched a Keirin Ladder a while ago. Unfortunately, it hasn't been used since the 18th of August 2008, so it can't really be called a huge success ;) If you've any suggestions to how we can improve it, and what would make you use it, feel free to write it in the comments section of this article. If you'd like to know more about it, you can read more about it in this news article.
Management Game continuing - with help
Earlier this week, Crommy announced that we could use some help running the Management Game, and several people quickly showed up. We're very happy to know that people are so willing to help, and you can already see the result of their efforts in the Results forum where the Tour of Columbia, Dauphine Libere and Tour de Suisse is currently being run. If you're interested in running the races, you can read more in this thread. Also, we might also "out-source" some of the Continental races - more about this later.
Yes, the site still doesn't fully work
Unfortunately, we still have problems with the site due to our move to the V7 version of the CMS that we use. First of all, the site doesn't render perfectly in Internet Explorer in small resolutions. To help this, I'd suggest using Firefox instead. Not just for the sake of PCM.daily, but also for you personally since it's simply safer and faster ;)
Unfortunately, the next problem can't be solved by using another browser. The "submit screenshot"-function still doesn't work. I have no idea how to solve the problem, and the technical admin, AaB-ern, has no idea either. We're trying to get help from outside sources, but still no luck.
Want to become a crew member?
We haven't really added anyone to the crew for a while, and it's about time to bring in some fresh people with new ideas to continue the site's progress. Therefore, if you're interested in helping out running PCM.daily, you can apply to become a crew member by sending me a private message. We're basically looking for 'creative' people who can come up with new ideas and initiatives for the site (like Crommy and SportingNonsense). Also, we're also interested in people with good writing skills to write articles (cycling and PCM-related). When writing the application, please specify what you're good at, and what you think you can bring to the site. Thanks a lot! |
