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Post by Schizm on Dec 5, 2011 12:28:59 GMT 1
Race reports are up now for the funraces, they give the races a story and are a nice extra when we get a glance of the new race engine. This thread is started to suggest and discus improvements on that race report (please do not use this to discus the new race engine itself).
My first suggestion is that the informations in blue ' The cyclist in the first group enter part xx' should be replaced by a message saying : 'xxx km to go , Peloton still grouped' or 'xx km to go, Xxx, Yyy and Zzz lead the peloton with an advantage of xx:xx '
Secondly I would like some more excitement at the end something like "Looks like Xxx, Yyy and Zzz will be battling it out in a sprint" " Zzz was clearly the best and wins the race" or "No, Qqq comes up from behind with an incredible speed and takes the win , Ohoh Zzz looks really devistated'. In fact I think the whole reports could use some grouping , now there is always only one name per line.
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Post by Il Padrino on Dec 5, 2011 16:14:08 GMT 1
Keep in mind that funraces don't have intermediate sprints and there's indeed grouping in these sprints. But I agree that certain events might benefit from more grouping, like falls. FYI: The intermediate results after each part are disabled at the moment. When enabled, you will be able to view the results in absolute times, relative to the leading group/cyclist and relative to the preceding group. (so you know you don't need to suggest this )
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Post by Quatannens on Dec 5, 2011 16:19:57 GMT 1
In the race I participated, there was a (useless) comment after the race ended. The race ended and this sentence appeared: 06:41:51 Van Santvoort from Zhiemgala is one of the guys who gets the peloton going 06:41:24 Bregge has won this race!!! So if it's usefull, just drop it If the race has already ended there still could be some information about time losses (in tours), so when the rivals are ending...
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Post by NikeBoy on Dec 5, 2011 18:21:59 GMT 1
This means that, 27 seconds after Bregge had won the race, Van Santvoort was getting the peloton ready for the peloton sprint. So yes, it could be usefull ...
A general statement : We have added only very few sentences for the race report. Barely enough tp get the report up and running. More, much more should be added to make it a more colourfull report.
Indeed, afterwards also a couple of events should be grouped : falls, flats, but especially attacks, to make the report more and more realistic. This is ongoing (and neverending) work.
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triplef
Amateur Team
Team Camargue
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Post by triplef on Dec 5, 2011 19:48:31 GMT 1
One suggestion : Put the team name after the cyclist name, maybe in parenthesis or abbreviated.
Sometimes, the report will say Rider X from team Y does something ..., but most of the time, you don't know to which team the cyclist belongs.
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Post by NikeBoy on Dec 5, 2011 21:04:07 GMT 1
One suggestion : Put the team name after the cyclist name, maybe in parenthesis or abbreviated. Sometimes, the report will say Rider X from team Y does something ..., but most of the time, you don't know to which team the cyclist belongs. Very good point !!
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Post by Quatannens on Dec 5, 2011 21:08:13 GMT 1
In the example I gave the first group contained 44 cyclists, the last comment was about a cyclist in group 2...
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Post by NikeBoy on Dec 5, 2011 21:17:26 GMT 1
In that case it was a (already known) bug which should be solved in the next funrace. Thanks for clarifying ...
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Post by lee1950 on Dec 5, 2011 22:12:40 GMT 1
One suggestion : Put the team name after the cyclist name, maybe in parenthesis or abbreviated. Sometimes, the report will say Rider X from team Y does something ..., but most of the time, you don't know to which team the cyclist belongs. Very good point !! I would like this, too. In order to keep the race reports cleaner, you might consider adding team abbreviations (Hill Hounds = Hound. Zatarra Cycling Team = ZCT. etc.)
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czukay
U23 Developm. Team
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Post by czukay on Dec 5, 2011 23:55:33 GMT 1
I think successful attacks should be put in a different colour as it's really difficult to find them at the minute.
Also when someone regains contact with a group I think it should be mentioned. The winner in my race was dropped by his group at the start of the last part of the race and three entries later, none of which included him, we're told he won.
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