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Post by negru on Jun 19, 2014 13:56:05 GMT 1
I didn't check the race, Brusch has a low downhill skill, his sprint is reasonable. I didn't really expect him to win the race (he does not have a history of winning), but i hoped he'd get a few good points. Therefore, i am pretty pleased with his result today.
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Post by negru on Jun 17, 2014 23:57:31 GMT 1
Puscasu is not the monster he used to be. I had bad planning on training, therefore he is still somehow behind with important skills. Still he, is one of the best in my squad, and i have great expectancies from him. I think he won the division award when we have been together in the same division, in the past. I am proud to still have 5 of the original 12 cyclists in my team: Puscasu, Stanga, Bratiano, Filipescu and Bochinsky. I started with them and they are still here. One of the accomplished objectives was to get them to the first division to compete there .
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Post by negru on Jun 17, 2014 0:30:28 GMT 1
Hi All,
First, sorry i did not say anything until now, it has been a crazy period professionally speaking and my time was really limited. Hi to all of you my team cycled before, especially Chakra and Joachim from my first season in div.2. After a few seasons, is interesting to be together again.
First of all,thanks heppie for your great weekly work, it is very interesting to follow.
I have no objective this season, appart from staying financially healthy. It looks like i took some bad decisions last season (to sell part of my flat cyclists), looking at this season. Still, they were old or not performing well enough.
I still consider myself a flat team, i have no expectancies from the mountains, even if my team is better balanced compared to the past.
My experience in the first division was pretty bad, i had higher hopes compared with what happened. For me, it was totally unexpected, and adding the fact i didn't have much time, it was a disaster. For the moment, the team is a little bit in reconstruction and finding a way to be competitive in the future in the first division. Which i hope to be in two-three seasons from now. This is why i have no objectives for this season, the only plus in promoting would be good money for nothing (from supporters).
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Post by negru on Jan 10, 2014 18:05:06 GMT 1
From the moment i saw the first race on 22nd i was sure it won't happen, that the season will start earlier. It didn't make sense, it was a clear mistake people will complain or leave the game, so i started to check it everyday. Unfortunately, I was also sure that to move it again this week will create other problems. I thought the season will start next week with no update during the weekend (i think this happened before). It made more sense to me, at least for the ones not able to log in too often. I undestand the users who feel nervous abot this, i just hope the game will still resist, as i still have fun with it. But i think that this type of things happening every season should stop!
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Post by negru on Jan 7, 2014 11:48:21 GMT 1
yeah welcome cirao and zio gelies... and evcont (again ) and de mechelaars too... I guess we'll have a equilibrate season with no favourite as EGV was in the past... Good luck to everybody! Nice to see you again.It took me more than planned to join you, but finally i'm here. Hope just not to relegate this season! Good luck to everybody this season!!
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Post by negru on Nov 10, 2013 20:09:01 GMT 1
I think that first thing to know is the IP's wish on the game. Nike is full in, it easy to see. IP does not have the time, this is something i know he stated in the past. Therefore, as people already said, it is important to know what IP wants to happen with this game.
I'm newer here than some of you, i just started the last season before Version 1 went down, but i understood this game is IP's passion. It is clear, given that he worked for version 2 of the game, that he still loves having this game. Seeing the new poll with kickstarter, i believe he didn't loose all his interest in the game.So he should have his say on what he believes will happen.
I don't consider myself as core user of this hame, however i enjoy it a lot and it is for some time the only game i play on pc/console/internet. Because i feel there is not so much random and things have sense. Maybe i'm mistaken in this, but i think is more strategy and luck, and therefore it makes sense for me giving my spare time to it.
I would gladly at this moment pay more than the annual supporter thing just to have the game going, with less trouble as server space and so on. For myself the number of players is not such a big issue, as long as the number is not diminishing and i have fun playing the game (human players beside me). Though i understand that with a such small number the game is not able to finance itself.
As a criticism, i also think that the number if people involved is too low. I think is not possible for only two people to take care of all aspects of the game (from code writing to taking care of the database, communication, marketing and so on) and that most of the time, only two people will lack some of the necessary skills.
I support any idea which will keep the game up and running. And hope at some point IP will find the time to tell us what's going to happen.
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Post by negru on Nov 10, 2013 19:57:46 GMT 1
+1
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Post by negru on Jun 13, 2013 14:23:04 GMT 1
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Post by negru on May 13, 2013 10:15:16 GMT 1
I have a question regarding the new engine. From what i understand, the idea is to reduce the number of attack capable to win the races, at least on the flat races. I am a flat based trainer and i can say in the end it doesn't affect me much, i have all types of cyclists in the team.
But what i am afraid of is the following: Now everybody attacks in other stage with other cyclist, so in the end there are a lot of cyclists with a chance to win stages. If this will not be possible anymore, only a buch of cyclists will win stages (the ones with the highest sprint skill). And it will be less fun as less teams and only a few cyclists will win the mass sprints.
Also, at the moment almost everybody stays in the peloton on flat parts, doesn't matter how low the skill. If everybody will get in the same time at the finish (with the peloton), what sense does it make to train flat anymore (at least for a higher skill than 7)? One more question regarding this: if most flat races will finish in mass sprints, wouldn't it make sense that intermediary sprint points to be awarded with more points as otherwise it won't make anymore sense to attack?
Just asking, i'm having fun with the game and i'll continue playing whatever, i just think that there will be people complaining anyway, doesn't matter the engine), and that it would be better to change for better and not for worse.
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Post by negru on May 10, 2013 13:33:11 GMT 1
Congratz Maxz with the victory But I keep finding this a strange Engine. My prediction: 0 mass sprints in the first 2 stages of a three day tour. And this should be impossible. Huge error in this engine. So all three day races will be very predictable. Put the rider that suits the best to the course in attack on point one and his changes that he will stay away are 100%. It doesn't always work like this. Ask Max in our series last season. There were just a few, right, but there were also flat races finished in mass sprint. What is true is that helpers need to go at higher effort. 70% is just not enough. But with helpers running at 80-85%, a mass sprint is pretty possible. I think the engine is realistic, nobody thought when it was created that no one will have an interest to chase from the peloton and go at higher effort, as long as you need a team too large and the cyclists will participate to a very low number of races. I think the problem is still the fitness, and the main one is the way it regenerates. maxz: Do you really think that Gurule would have been able to beat Puscasu today?
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Post by negru on May 10, 2013 13:23:54 GMT 1
He only rode at 80% today. And i'm happy that he beat Drouin today.
Sometimes i'm just curious how much would be the value of Puscasu today, considering also his age and leadership.
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Post by negru on May 10, 2013 12:07:32 GMT 1
Pretty frustrated with today. The one with really good chances to win tomorrow's stage is injured. From this point of view not too good start of season and i hope i won't repeat the great number of injuries i had last season.
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Post by negru on May 9, 2013 12:20:36 GMT 1
I think that anybody with some free time can do it. I liked it a lot more than it is today, as it was clear were the attack point is. It was easier and took less time. But at the moment i have no free time so i am not able to do it. If anyone makes it, i hope it will be posted here.
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Post by negru on May 9, 2013 1:01:16 GMT 1
haha come on... u did it with bratiano... i was waiting for puscasu.. Puscasu is the heavy artillery, i keep him to surprise the others. Just kidding, it didn't look to me that this tour profile suits him. I still hope for at least a couple of stages with him in TdF, and if he can win a few other stages, very well. I still don't know what the other teams can do, except Rats, so i play easy. I also have a big problem with free time these days. I see that you meet another Romanian flat trainer this season. More than sure he has his own Puscasu, so it will be an interesting season. I hope that Puscasu will be one of the best cyclists this season, but it depends on the competition and on my tactics.
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Post by negru on May 9, 2013 0:57:35 GMT 1
1:1 time: 03:39:36 2:1 time: 03:43:35 2:2 time: 03:43:04 You know very well that this statistics don't say too much. We had this discussion in the past. I don't know about other divisions, but Bratiano raced alone the whole race today, and from what i've seen, most played their cyclists at 70%. Pretty hard to compare between divisions.
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