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Kevin Rudd's Hairdryer said:Dennis Lillee
will10 said:So the game was spoilt to some extent last year by Haussler and Cobo being in every team, and now Breschel will be in every team. Thanks for that.
will10 said:I think Hugo should set some sort of rule to restrict pre-season discussion of teams/riders for the 2013 game. It only has a negative influence on the game.
Netserk said:I think it shouldn't be all about who can finds the best bargains, but more about analysing the riders. When you are allowed to name riders before, you can also use it confuse people, or even make them pick non-good picks. For me this is just another part of the game![]()
will10 said:Naming someone like Haussler last year, or Breschel this year, effectively makes it a 32 rider game as opposed to 33 as everyone picks him, which is ultimately less interesting. There's some good banter and bluffing on this thread which is great but I think it would be better to have none at all until after the deadline, rather than some good and some massive spoilers.
Hugo Koblet said:Honestly I think that we should keep name dropping out of the thread. Sure, it's interesting to discuss various riders and a lot of those mentioned probably don't influence anyone's picks, but I fear a scenario like last year where a certain Vuelta winner was revealed and had a huge influence on the game.
We can discuss picks when the new season starts![]()
will10 said:I think Hugo should set some sort of rule to restrict pre-season discussion of teams/riders for the 2013 game. It only has a negative influence on the game.
Timmy-loves-Rabo said:I think the problem is the long wait until the game starts. Boredom etc.
I propose we screw these 'little races' next year and the game ends on november 15th or something and the game enter date deadline is dec 1 or something. Then we can discuss and banter all december long. Anyway I don't mind people revealing some of thier team or making discussions, but maybe naming names after names just for the sake of it ala the last couple days is a bit meh.
I get the whole "it's just a game, relax" the game is about "analzing riders" etc. But still, to some degree a cool aspect of the game is missing obvious picks. Those who study the CQ ranking hard (personaly I went with riders whom I see doing well, and not the "popular bargains" anyway so yeh) probably deserve the right of some "mystery".
The glass half full thing, you know![]()
will10 said:So the game was spoilt to some extent last year by Haussler and Cobo being in every team, and now Breschel will be in every team. Thanks for that.
LOL, that is a bit of a fail.Eric8-A said:I remember last year, I accidentally sent my team to someone that wasn't Hugo.
The Hitch said:ACF's alleged posting of his team for 20 seconds, originally struck me as a rash grab for attention (like most of his actions) but after continuing to read this thread and seeing people continue to throw names around, I now see it as a clever and just protest at the spoiling of the game.
Last year, much of the chatter started dying down by March and even more so by April.
My point being that there is an expiry date on when conversation of this will turn people away and wouldnt it be better to have these discussions after everyones team is revealed than to waste them now?
Of course thats just me presenting the "dont throw names around argument". I understand that those who say " we can post what we want", also have a case.
will10 said:To use an obvious example, velogames don't publish your teams until the race has started. Now why do you think they do that?