The Great Grand-Tour-Game 2014/15 "TdF Monster Edition"

[ILovecycling]

Great, thanks for the update, you are not an overpaid organiser

Im really looking forward to that fun again,otoh I should really start to follow every race again
See you in 2 weeks boys.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

OK guys. You are all welcomed back. Really looking forward this round.
I also have already an idea of whom to pick 1st final CG. It´s going to be either Porte or Contador. For the rest of my picks I have no clue though.

 

[al_pacino]

I'm in again.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

All right, everybody is welcomed back... But I still have some unread PMs in my outbox. I guess that means some guys couldn´t log in after the forum overhaul. Since it´s only 10 days until the deadline; hurry up to get your accounts running again, by contacting cycnews via e-mail...
Otherwise, good luck to all, looking forward the competition...

 

[Mellow Velo]

This place blows.
No idea whether the pm confirmation I sent got to you, since it keeps on saying you don't exist.
Would be posting, otherwise, but I'm in.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Re:

This place blows.
No idea whether the pm confirmation I sent got to you, since it keeps on saying you don't exist.
Would be posting, otherwise, but I'm in.

No I didn´t got your confirmation PM.

@ everybody else: To whom I didn´t reply with a PM stating that I received the confirmation... then that means I did not receive a confirmation PM, as I didn´t in the case of Mellow Velo.

If that is the case, just post your confirmation here in the game thread. Then I know you still take part (as the others who already confirmed via PM, or here in the thread).

I bolded the players who confirmed the participation already (inclusive those who confirmed that they are ready in case as replacements). Just have a look at the front page (post #1). I will update it every time I get new confirmations.
BTW, I was sending a PM to all qualified players. So I hope you all got my first "reminding" PM.

If things are still unclear, just post questions here.

Edit: @asdfgh101... You tried to send a PM, but it was deleted. So I am confused: Still taking part or not? For now I havn´t bolded you in the post #1

Thanks in advance. We will keep that great game running, no matter what.

 

[greenedge]

@Foxxy I just sent you a message confirming I can/ will play!
Hopefully it sent, but if not i'll confirm here

 

[diggercuz]

I too am in.

Glad i have a slow week at work to get all my predictions sorted just to see them all fall over at the end!

Looking forward to it.

 

[vladimir]

My confirmation seems to be stuck in the outbox, but of course I will take part in the Giro part

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

OK, I have updated the front page anew. Again: In bolded are the players I got confirmations from. @ others, open your PMs (if still around this place, and confirm your participation).
Thanks ahead.

 

[mortand]

Just in case the PM function's behaving badly, I'll confirm my participation here too.

 

[Sasquatch]

I hope you all are running scared.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Hopefully the PM function works when we are sending in our teams

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

It seems to work fine now. So I am confident all picks shall receive me via PMs...

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

My last post was a little fast. Not all good now. I just got informed by chance, that when I delete a PM from my "Sendbox", it gets also deleted respectively is unreadable for the recipients. Wow. WTF!

So basically I had send reminders, and some were for nothing if the recipent didn´t read it before I deleted a SEND pm! That is absurd, grotesque, annoying...

OK, so now I send a 3rd PM to those who weren´t able to read my PMs.

Edit: Learning by doing. Ofc I won´t delete send PMs anymore until everything is safe and done. It never crossed my mind that deleted PMs that were send could by deleted in the receivers post box too.

 

[ILovecycling]

Re:

My last post was a little fast. Not all good now. I just got informed by chance, that when I delete a PM from my "Sendbox", it gets also deleted respectively is unreadable for the recipients. Wow. WTF!

So basically I had send reminders, and some were for nothing if the recipent didn´t read it before I deleted a SEND pm! That is absurd, grotesque, annoying...

OK, so now I send a 3rd PM to those who weren´t able to read my PMs.

Edit: Learning by doing. Ofc I won´t delete send PMs anymore until everything is safe and done. It never crossed my mind that deleted PMs that were send could by deleted in the receivers post box too.

what?
thats a monster joke

 

[Arredondo]

I have send you a message Foxxy, but in case it doesn't work: I'm in too.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

OK, frontpage (confirmed participants so far) updated again... Tomorrow I will send PMs in which format the picks shall be send, and when the exact deadline for sending the picks will be.

 

[ILovecycling]

People from divisions Coppi and Defraye are missing, cmon folks

 

[fauniera]

Is it too late to join?

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

The deadline for sending picks will be coming Thursday at 13.10 GMT/UTC (therefore 48 hours before the start of stage 1) ...
I will send a PM tonight, in which format the picks shall be sent.

 

[vladimir]

Re:

The deadline for sending picks will be coming Thursday at 13.10 GMT/UTC (therefore 48 hours before the start of stage 1) ...
I will send a PM tonight, in which format the picks shall be sent.

Hi Foxxy!
Any reason why this early deadline? I was hoping ten create my team on Friday afternoon, as I have a very busy schedule this week. So consider this a friendly request to adjust the deadline from 48 hrs before start to 12 hrs

 

[diggercuz]

Just posted my picks.

Seriously got me thinking this one!

One thing i did note while looking at the profiles is how much i love this race.

Cant really say much more than Hitch did in the Giro stage by stage analysis thread.

Bring on the Giro!

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Re: Re:

The deadline for sending picks will be coming Thursday at 13.10 GMT/UTC (therefore 48 hours before the start of stage 1) ...
I will send a PM tonight, in which format the picks shall be sent.

Hi Foxxy!
Any reason why this early deadline? I was hoping ten create my team on Friday afternoon, as I have a very busy schedule this week. So consider this a friendly request to adjust the deadline from 48 hrs before start to 12 hrs

Hey... the deadline always was 48 hrs before the first stage. I had looked at the official site, where it´s stated that the first team rolls down the ramp at 15.10, a the time I am used to ("German summer time"). Now I converted it to "cycnews time". It shall be correct, even though it´s always confusing & hard to figure out this mishmash of CET, UCT, GMT, plus summer time, and the heck what else.

Just posted my picks.

Seriously got me thinking this one!

One thing i did note while looking at the profiles is how much i love this race.

Cant really say much more than Hitch did in the Giro stage by stage analysis thread.

Bring on the Giro!

Yes bring it on. I am ready too. Let the show begin...

 

[Sasquatch]

I hope I don't make a blunder like I did in the Vuelta. It was more a calculated risk than a blunder though....