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Post by Ab Normaal on Jan 28, 2014 14:15:59 GMT 1
Bij mij ook geen probleem!
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Post by Ab Normaal on Jan 28, 2014 14:14:56 GMT 1
Congratz Maxz! It seems that Aragao wins where ever he starts. Curious about his stats.... thx mate for aragao's skills u've to look for Eddy Merckx skills! They are similar! Ronde van Vlaanderen was on the top in his wishlist.... We got it Then it is more like Cancellara and Boonen. Otherwise Aragao will also ride the Giro, Tour and Vuelta
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Post by Ab Normaal on Jan 28, 2014 13:11:44 GMT 1
Congratz Maxz! It seems that Aragao wins where ever he starts. Curious about his stats....
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Mood
Jan 24, 2014 17:54:57 GMT 1
Post by Ab Normaal on Jan 24, 2014 17:54:57 GMT 1
Well, we can test this in a fun race.
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Post by Ab Normaal on Jan 24, 2014 10:29:56 GMT 1
The only thing I'd tweak right now (to see the impact before tweaking more) would be that the impact of attacking early should be greater. Attackers should tire more then they do for staying away in a break. Attacking early should be the type of thing where you build a gap and then lose it as the stage progresses and you tire while the peloton stays fresh... even if the best helpers in the chase are riding at 70% with similar skill. I think at least 10 riders in a group should be needed to avoid this sort of tiring. This would also open up a lot of strategic decisions for races. Let's say you have four big climbs each a quarter of the way through the route (with one big final climb). You'd have to make decisions of if you try early with a rider, save for the last climb and hope the gap has been closed enough to let you win, or attack at one of the middle climbs and hope the timing of it will mean your rider will be strong enough to distance opponents and won't tire early enough to lose whatever gap he builds. I believe we have fatigue from riding in the attack already... but it's just too small to matter. I'm for upping that impact significantly and seeing how that works out. I agree completely, but I don't know a lot about programming and I have no clue if this is difficult to programm or not.
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Post by Ab Normaal on Jan 23, 2014 14:50:40 GMT 1
I think this rivalry is more from the Italians than the Dutch. I don't know the others quite well but Maxz is a really nice guy and he plays the game well. I don't have any trouble with it if he wins the division.
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Post by Ab Normaal on Jan 23, 2014 10:50:25 GMT 1
I completely agree with both Ab Normal than Chakra! The calendar has a perfect mix of races ( add to max 5 races without orders, for a total of 10 in a season: 5 only flat, 2 only mountain, 2 hill, 1 dhill). The ITT and TTT are perfect as number! if only it were possible to increase the number of races in order to run EVERY day! when you do not run like today is sad connect! running every day also increase the revenue for all, there would be more 'victories and more fun for everyone!!!The engine now is STABLE! Change anything now would mean risking new problems and dropouts!!!
Each engine there will always be someone unhappy!
Now a new break for BUG is not really allowed!Now I have to agree with Stenes completely. We have to watch out Stenes. if this goes on, we become friends and that between an Italian and a Dutch man ... I think your fellow country men wouldn't like that!
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Post by Ab Normaal on Jan 22, 2014 12:48:57 GMT 1
In my opinion the calendar is great the way it is now. 5 stages without attackpoints is enough. The amount of timetrials is enough, there are a lot of flat stages, hill stages and mountain stages. Also a combination of everything.
You can win jerseys with all kind of riders. Only thing that could be added is a Downhill classic. The influence of downhill is minimun in this engine.
Apart from that I think there are races for everybody and everybody has a few races he hasn't got suitable riders for.
So, I am very satisfied with the calendar.
I do agree that all races end in succesfull attacks, but that is also the fault of us managers. We all do attack, so there is nobody to do the work and helpers are most of the time lesser riders than the attackers which mostly are the best suitable riders per team for that race.
What then should be changed is that the influence of the speed of the peloton should be much higher than a small group or a single rider, just like in real life.
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Post by Ab Normaal on Jan 21, 2014 14:26:36 GMT 1
1/2 you are right, i have the same impression BUT our group 4.8 is too easy. The BIG important thing is that helpers DON'T count if you have an attacker. So we could finish on a mass sprint only if i want (because i have the best flat players from our group). For finish on a mass sprint, for example in 1.1, then 6/7 teams need to have Final sprinter + helpers. Teams with flat 10 or better. In our group is impossible to have final sprinters in one day races/3 days races. Maybe in France we could have 3. I use few times, it looks good (i use today with a climber), but i dont have an impression about. Maybe it need to cost 1p. 4. Is not expensive. If you cannot afford buy/train a cyclists to be your captain. When you want to use it?? You use only in Italy, France and Spain. You're right about our division, but I checked division 1:1 and it seems even worse there. The first 10-20 cyclists finish in (short) flat stages alone or in tiny groups, before the bigger group. But regarding the 'Save Fitness'...maybe I don't have enough cyclists with strong leadership. In 1:1 there hasn't been a single race that ended up in a mass sprint, except the stages without attackpoints. Even if you use 4 helpers you cannot get a single attacker back.
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Post by Ab Normaal on Jan 19, 2014 23:34:21 GMT 1
One of the best sportgames is Sportpools. It is a Dutch game, and now, it finally has been translated into English. It is about Tennis and Cycling. Tennis is ok, but the Cycling is absolutely brilliant. It contains pools for the three big tours (Giro, TdF, Vuelta) and one-day-races. The big tour pools are unique. You have to select a team and you have 20 black points to spend. Every rider has black points from 0 to 5. The best riders have 5. You also have to select a secret weapon, which is alway a rider with 0 black points, and a loser. The loser will bring you penalty points. But if you decide to take a loser with black points, you can add that to your total of 20 black points for your team. So, if you take a loser with 3 black points, you can spend 23 on the other riders. If you are interested (and I am happy that I got to know this game, highligths of the year), then read the rules. We can also play in a Peloton subleague. If you have questions, I am happy to answer them! Website: www.sportpools.net
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Post by Ab Normaal on Jan 14, 2014 13:33:11 GMT 1
and flat... congratz ebo for the double... ITA-NED challenge starts again 3-2 Levelled at 3-3
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Post by Ab Normaal on Jan 13, 2014 13:37:05 GMT 1
and flat... congratz ebo for the double... ITA-NED challenge starts again 3-2 Maybe better make it ITA - NED - ROW Funny by the way that managers from a country with so many notorious mountains are better in the flat/hill races while the managers from a country which is as flat as a pancake are specialized in mountains.
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Post by Ab Normaal on Jan 10, 2014 11:49:28 GMT 1
Pecorone, you are right that it was really on short notice, put it back from the 22nd to the 8th on the evening of the 6th. So I understand that you are a little upset on that. But the chance that missing the points on this tour means promotion/relegation or not is very small. Setting everything back will cost IP and Nike a lot of time.
And on the other hand, all experienced players know that this isn't the most structured game of the world. I played this since the end of the first season and EVERY season it is the same. One week nothing, then start on the next Wednesday. It is also a little naive to think that there won't be races for three weeks without people complaining.
So, you are right that 1,5 day is (too) short and you have a point. But the damage isn't that big. Try to leave it the way is is and try to get over it. It is a pity if you leave this game just over this!
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Post by Ab Normaal on Jan 9, 2014 12:12:05 GMT 1
Yes, I am very sorry for everyone who missed out the first small tour, but I do agree with Maxz on this on. Every season we start on Wednesday after one empty week. Keep that in mind for next season!
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Post by Ab Normaal on Jan 8, 2014 15:48:45 GMT 1
Congratz mate! You are welcome to it! Have you studied the calendar?
Can you honestly say who is the favourite this season? There are more mountains than last season so I do think that the Lions and Bloedzak will perform better than last season because they have better mountain riders than us allrounders who ended up on spot 2, 3, 4 and 5.
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