Small countries

[philam]

HI,

I am new in this game and I have a team in Denmark. However, it is quite difficult for me because I was put in Division 1.1 with 5 teams who have been playing for long time.
As a newbie, it is very difficult financially and sportively to start in a division where you can at best reach an 11th place (because it is not an important race and only 4 out of the 5 best teams put substitute cyclists) in a race.

I have two suggestions:
first, when there are not enough teams in one country to make more than one division, why don't you gather different countries in one. I mean, in football, Denmark, Sweden and Norway have been playing a common turnement (called Royal League). You could do the same here. Small countries (with few players) could be put together in a regional league. If one country has more than a definite number of players, then it becomes an independant league.

second, if the previous suggestion is not possible, then funds given to a team that starts the game should depend on the level of the team belonging to the same division. You should not get the same money if you start in division 4 or in division 1.

In my case,
I (Philius) am with:
DominatriX:
Formée le : 16/05/2007
Courses gagnées (cette saison) : 20
Courses gagnées (total) : 86

Epo Riis:
Formée le : 27/05/2007
Courses gagnées (cette saison) : 8
Courses gagnées (total) : 39

(F)egyház:
Formée le : 29/07/2007
Courses gagnées (cette saison) : 3
Courses gagnées (total) : 12

Steel:
Formée le : 18/06/2007
Courses gagnées (cette saison) : 5
Courses gagnées (total) : 10

EasyOn:
Formée le : 30/07/2007
Courses gagnées (cette saison) : 3
Courses gagnées (total) : 4

And the classement is:
1. DominatriX 20 4 6 2 5514
2. Epo Riis 8 2 0 4 2611
3. (F)egyház 3 1 0 1 1451
4. Steel 5 0 1 0 1211
5. EasyOn 3 0 0 0 1024
6. Philius 0 0 0 0 114
7. TrikkeRteam 0 0 0 0 45
8. Danish Psychoz 0 0 0 0 8
9. Team SVIN ! 0 0 0 0 2
10. Team Rar 0 0 0 0 0
11. Team Vojens FTW 0 0 0 0 0
12. GetafeCFdk 0 0 0 0 0
13. Team Moviezoo.dk 0 0 0 0 0

There is not reel interess in starting in such an unbalanced league.

[gelies]

it' something gong on from long time....small countries will die soon if nothing will be done....
There are few major countries, all the others will always have problem, peloton it's not ready yet for all those country! A lot of people think that starting in his own country will be fun, but when realize that there are only 5 other teams which probably started long before him, will soon quit!


I really hope something will be done for this!

[Heloo]

Seems like this discussion is continued here:

peloton.proboards44.com/index.cgi?board=pelotonsuggestions&action=display&thread=1205664545

Anyway Il Padrino said he was considering to do something about it, hope that is a hopefull thought for you philam

[philam]

I am fed up with the situation in the Danish league also because I am not Danish but French. Could it be possible for me to restart a new team in the the French League ? The problem is that I am living in Denmark
I would like to play this game but there is no pleasure until now due to the big differences between old teams and new teams.

[andrei]

I think the user has to choose by hisself where toplay..

[ianwright]

Not true, I'm English and when i started i was put in the U.S league. Unfortunatley there is only 20-30 active users across 3 divisions and only 8 in the top division. This greatly hinders the competitveness of the country whereas the U.K is far more competitive and could easily integrate the U.S without much effort.