The Great Grand-Tour-Game 2012

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I'm so unfamiliar with the game, I can't calculate anything!
I did get the winner, today, but no idea how the GC thingy works.

Seems I only had 1 rider in the correct place, but 5 or 6 just one place out.
Checking the rules, I think about 15 points, but I'm probably wrong.

Anyhow, I don't expect to be Touring, next month.

think it is (for GC):
-1 point for having your guy in the top 20.
-1 additional point for having him in the correct place.
-If your rider is 21-30 you receive 0.5 point.

and for the stage, 1 point for the winner, 0.5 for top 3.

 

[macnir]

Well I'm definitely out. Nice game, thanks Foxxy for your last-minute invite
I'll be back next year

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Unofficial Europe-Final-Standings:
23,0 FoxxyBrown1111
22,0 Sylvester
22,0 The Hitch
21,0 Froome19
20,5 jsem94
20,0 Eshnar
19,5 DominicDecoco
19,5 minessa
19,5 search
19,0 Kazistuta
18,0 AntonioRossi*
18,0 Hartog*
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18,0 mortand (WC)*
17,5 Dekker_Tifosi
17,5 spalco
17,0 al_pacino
17,0 cycladianpirate
16,0 Ruudz0r
15,5 The Amateur
14,5 jens_attacks
14,5 vladimir
14,0 Bavarianrider

Unofficial World-Final-Standings:
22,5 Timmy-loves-Rabo
22,0 Jakob747
21,5 roundabout
21,0 kirill-loko
20,5 barmaher
20,5 boomcie
20,0 aarnold517
20,0 gooner
19,5 18-Valve. (pithy)
19,5 Duartista
19,5 Ferminal
19,0 gerundium*
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19,0 Mellow Velo*
18,0 Sasquatch
18,0 Tuarts
18,0 Vitapen
17,5 FF'Wilco
16,5 macnir
16,5 sucotash
16,5 Waterloo Sunrise
16,0 Jan the Man
10,0 Eric8-A

* subject to change when tie breaking steps applied later today

 

[AntonioRossi]

if I don't go through because of .5 of a point I will blame rasmussen. Why did he have to finish 4th today??!!

 

[Mellow Velo]

if I don't go through because of .5 of a point I will blame rasmussen. Why did he have to finish 4th today??!!

So, you and me could be the respective, first best LOSERS, then?
I'm European and would have got through there.

Foxy top scores? Must be a fix!

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

So, you and me could be the respective, first best LOSERS, then?
I'm European and would have got through there.

Foxy top scores? Must be a fix!

It seems you make the cut as wild card qualifier.

And yes, the game was rigged for me.

 

[boomcie]

Good to be advancing to the next round, even after being very unlucky throughout the whole game. My stage picks turned out badly any way they could and I have only Purito in the right place (of 14 correct top 20 picks).

Greatest game around. Most straightforward, most complete, most fair, most relying on actual knowledge of the sport.

Thanks Foxxy, you da man!

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Thanks for all the flowers Boomcie.

 

[spalco]

Thanks from me too, although the game didn't go that well for me. I probably would have just needed to lock up the Cav stages to get to the next round though. Everything very close together.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

I tought you made it with the last stage working out so good for you. Anyway, let´s see if the very last spot is for you...

 

[boomcie]

Thanks for all the flowers Boomcie.

You're very welcome.

@TLR you were so damn lucky, lol.
I don't think you would have made it without all those correct placings in the end .
+Kreuziger in second place?

Jakob had some very remarkable picks. Looking forward to see if he will also surprise at the Tour.
Hitch & Foxxy very solid.
Sylvester: nice top 20.

@Hitch, where was Zaugg in your top 20? I heard you call him out many times before the start of the Giro.

The ones that picked these riders for their top 20, please explain:
Vladimir - Minguez (?)
Jens - Bandiera (?)
Bayerische - Martin Velits (?)
...

 

[cycladianpirate]

Well, I've fallen at the first fence....

Thanks again for all the hard work Fox and good luck to the survivors at Le Tour

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Official Final Standings European Division:

Link; https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GqezmVrU6UUZ3lDoyKaTMdn-zEIK2RHsWNsYvsWTdPs/edit?pli=1

23,0 FoxxyBrown1111 (1st)
22,0 The Hitch (2nd)
22,0 Sylvester (3rd)
21,0 Froome19 (4th)
20,5 jsem94 (5th)
20,0 Eshnar (6th)
19,5 search (7th)
19,5 minessa (8th)
19,5 DominicDecoco (9th)
19,0 Kazistuta (10th)
18,0 AntonioRossi (11th)
18,0 Hartog (12th)
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18,0 mortand (WC) (13th)
17,5 spalco (14th)
17,5 Dekker_Tifosi (15th)
17,0 cycladianpirate (16th)
17,0 al_pacino (17th)
16,0 Ruudz0r (18th)
15,5 The Amateur (19th)
14,5 vladimir (20th)
14,5 jens_attacks (21st)
14,0 Bavarianrider (22nd)

For the breaking steps, see at the linked page, which is also mentioned in post #1.

For complaints (if there might be a error, please check your results in the linked page), please leave a PM.

 

[AntonioRossi]

sweet that was exciting till the last stage

 

[DominicDecoco]

It's been great fun. Every time my betting failed I came here for a bit of encouragement. Pretty much with the same amount - or lack of - succes as the betting, though. Luckily my 3/3 Cav predictions gave me yet a chance in the next round. Looking forward to that as well.

Good job, Foxxy..!

 

[jsem94]

Feels good to make the cut. For the Tour though, I'll do much more prep - I only spent about an hour on this for the Giro.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Feels good to make the cut. For the Tour though, I'll do much more prep - I only spent about an hour on this for the Giro.

My too. I suddenly got a message from Foxxy saying there was not alot of time to send in the fantasy team. I just mixed something up in 20 minutes. Will hopefully do better next time.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Not a good result by me but started to late when I had no real time to observe the stages. So hopefully I can enter again next year and take my revanche!

Great game though and thanks for hosting it your doing an awesome job FoxxxyBrown!

Edit: And congratz to the people advancing to the next round ofcourse.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Good to be advancing to the next round, even after being very unlucky throughout the whole game. My stage picks turned out badly any way they could and I have only Purito in the right place (of 14 correct top 20 picks).

Greatest game around. Most straightforward, most complete, most fair, most relying on actual knowledge of the sport.

Thanks Foxxy, you da man!

No wonder I avoided the drop by the skin of my teeth, then.
Still, I live to FAIL another day.

Feels good to make the cut. For the Tour though, I'll do much more prep - I only spent about an hour on this for the Giro.

4 times longer than me. A babe in the woods. Too many games, so little time.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Official Final Standings World Division:

Link; https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uut1kUmoNm41p-j47AL_xTPk2lVxC-agDxc2RHTCiWQ/edit?pli=1

22,5 Timmy-loves-Rabo (1st)
22,0 Jakob747 (2nd)
21,5 roundabout (3rd)
21,0 kirill-loko (4th)
20,5 barmaher (5th)
20,5 boomcie (6th)
20,0 gooner (7th)
20,0 aarnold517 (8th)
19,5 Ferminal (9th)
19,5 Duartista (10th)
19,5 18-Valve. (pithy) (11th)
19,0 gerundium (12th)
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19,0 Mellow Velo (13th)
18,0 Tuarts (14th)
18,0 Sasquatch (15th)
18,0 Vitapen (16th)
17,5 FF'Wilco (17th)
16,5 macnir (18th)
16,5 Waterloo Sunrise (19th)
16,5 sucotash (20th)
16,0 Jan the Man (21st)
10,0 Eric8-A (22nd)

For the breaking steps, see at the linked page, which is also mentioned in post #1.

For complaints (if there might be a error, please check your results in the linked page), please leave a PM.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Official Final Wild-Card Standings:

19,0 Mellow Velo (1st)
18,0 Tuarts (2nd)
18,0 Sasquatch (3rd)
18,0 Vitapen (4th)
18,0 mortand (WC) (5th)
17,5 spalco (6th)*
---------------------------
17,5 FF'Wilco (7th)*
17,5 Dekker_Tifosi (8th)*

* Tie-Breaker: spalco, with 20 scores advances as last qualifier to the TdF, winning the final wild card spot over Wilco (19 scores) and Dekker-Tifosi (18 scores).

 

[mortand]

Yes! Just dragging myself through on a wild card.

Y'all know what that means; be afraid, be very afraid

 

[The Hitch]

Feels good to make the cut. For the Tour though, I'll do much more prep - I only spent about an hour on this for the Giro.

My too. I suddenly got a message from Foxxy saying there was not alot of time to send in the fantasy team. I just mixed something up in 20 minutes. Will hopefully do better next time.

No wonder I avoided the drop by the skin of my teeth, then.
Still, I live to FAIL another day.


4 times longer than me. A babe in the woods. Too many games, so little time.

Spending little time is not neccesarily a disadvantage. i had exams so could not devote any time to games and only entered this one because foxy pmd me.

Because by the time you get past the first few stages, there are so many factors at play, you have as much chance with a general idea of who is a good climber/sprinter as with well thought out ideas of how the race will develop.

If i had spent a while thinking about it i probably would have picked cav for some of the stages he crashed in, rather than the 3 he won.

Similarly the gc, if you have a well thought out idea of who will come 4th 5th 6th 10th 11th etc, and one person in the middle somewhere gets injured or underperformed, your whole chain has been broken.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

But it also works the other way around: If you spend a whole night like me, searching for the last sleeper, and scratching the head about who has the advantage on a sprint where stones may confuse a sprinter helps too.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Yes! Just dragging myself through on a wild card.

Y'all know what that means; be afraid, be very afraid

Oh yes, i know.
Tought you were lost without trace. Now you suffer trou the TdF, and then win it all again at the Vuelta....