Suggestions/requests for the 2014 season

pricing prior to the season would be fairly straightforward, you could just base it on current ranking in the game.

without giving it a proper look i'm not sure whether it's a lot of work or not, to be honest. assuming you can select your 30 riders there's nothing in the current interface for stage selection that really needs to change

Can I suggest that if a player is premium next year then the premium races automatically show on the dashboard when they open rather than the current std or previous race, not sure if it's just me but as a premium member it's a pain having to switch from a std comp team toa premium ccompetition ( it sounds stupid but if I've paid for premium races then I'd prefer them to take priority on my dashboard as its less likely to miss the start) other than that , as I've said before great game and appreciate everyone's efforts involved in it

Something else that occurs to me - a tiny point but do Lanterne Rouge points get factored into form/value? If so, I don't think they should...

Not an actual suggestion for the game but as I enjoy the pick three riders theme, how about a season long pick any three riders?

I know Dave had mentioned there would be different budgets for different races next year, I'm just wondering how that might work, what would be like the smallest budget and how high it could go. I personally kind of liked the budget always set at 150, except, of course for the Tour, where I thought idea of raising the budget seemed reasonable given the higher rider values.

My only change would be to include women's racing next year. I also enjoyed the smaller races, but occasionally the confirmed start list came out very late and half the riders I picked did not ride. Otherwise enjoyed the game more than last year - the badges were a nice addition as was the ability to enter purist and standard teams at the same time.

Woman's races are coming....

Yes I think some of the small races may get cut, because they were a nightmare to get start lists for.

I think its better to stick to World Tour races, as "certain" website's that helped us seem to want to make money now and are not interested in linking up.

Although, they just recycle and publish publicly available information. They seem to think someone (team's) should pay for it.

I am thinking about setting up a site, either as part of roadcc game or on my own, to include historical race data

The smaller races are more of a challenge than the WT races, include the women's races but don't remove the smaller races.

Firstly, thanks for a great game and the time you all put into it. I've thoroughly enjoyed it.

When you do the 'pick 3' sub-game we are able to filter out the relevant nationality (FRA, ESP, ITA for example); I've never been able to do this for other nationalities, for example GBR, NED (or HOL) or BLG/BEL/BGM. I think this would be a useful function especially for the more obscure races which tend to attract committed riders from the host nation.

Can we have more smaller races please? I like the challenge of finding out more information on lesser riders and then having that knowledge when they step up. it adds to my enjoyment of the whole thing.

A Season Long Purist

would just be an extra option in the competition selection that is always open. Pick 9 riders and thats it. done and done before the TDU starts.

I love the smaller races, but I absolutely understand the issues with those that do not provide accessible information ahead of time. My only suggestion is a small one: to add a badge for 20,000 pts. Many of us reached 10,000 pretty early in the season and did not have much else to go for after that, in terms of badges. Over all the game is great and I appreciate all the work you guys do. I guess I have to start watching the ladies race now...

The fact that we've already played the above mentioned races means that they should be easier to run next year knowing the in's and out's of the jerseys etc!!

I'm easy and will play what ever races you can chuck in. Maybe a couple more to finish of october? ie; chronos de nations?

I like the Spring classics but suck at them, maybe just stick to the Major ones!
On the otherside the Autumn classics where a nice addition which i was great at!

From my point of view I love the smaller races, as I like the element of people having to know more about the lesser teams, and also I think you can focus on them as you know they are going to be over after about 5 days, rather than continually having to be switched on for 3 weeks like a grand tour

As for overlapping, I really dont mind it, as if im playing one race then im on the site anyway and dont mind playing another. In terms of the overlapping, most are big WT races and part of the premium, and new layout was to allow both races like PN and TA to be in the game. As for you the Oman/Volta, I much prefer the Volta as a race, as I find both Qatar and Oman rather boring compared to most.

Id like San-Luis in too, and coincides with getting people into the game when the TDU is going on, but maybe too much too early in the season.

Another clash is the Giro and ToC, but I love the ToC as it is on at night after work, and also doesn't clash in terms of TV coverage, and I always find the american races pretty interesting

I was just looking at the Rankings page and wondering if it's up to date as far as including the last points from the last races. Just wanted to see the totals for all riders after the whole season. If they're not up to date, can they be updated to reflect the last points garnered from Beijing? Thanks!

Gkam84 wrote:

I think its better to stick to World Tour races, as "certain" website's that helped us seem to want to make money now and are not interested in linking up.

I guess I don't understand what you're trying to say, Gkam. I have no idea what you're talking about. What was it that these "certain" websites did for you, helped you with, with respect to the smaller races? Startlists?

What do you mean that "someone (team's) should pay for it"? Pay for what? Again. start lists? Or what other information is it they want you to pay for?

And, just to make it clear, when you say you think we should stick to the World Tour races, does that mean you're proposing we get rid of anything that's not World Tour, like all the Early Classics races we had, the Giro del Trentino, the Tour de Mediterraneen, the Tour of Oman, Tour of Qatar, the Volta ao Algarve, the Tour of California, the USA Pro Cycling Challenge and the Tour of Britain?

If that's what you mean, I guess I don't get what it is that's difficult about getting info for these races.

I 'd like to see your ideas on setting up a site with historical race data. That sounds pretty cool, actually, although PCS has done such a great job with that that I would hope you can come up with an awesome design or include Roadcc FC scores in some way so it doesn't replicate PCS. If it's as slick in design and function as the Roadcc game is, I know I'd stop visiting PCS immediately! Good luck!

I wonder if a ranking system could be possible in some shape way or form - perhaps for the overall points total? Not 100% on official UCI terminology so bear with me. Could be done by putting different badges that only recognise Grand Tour and Mounment achievements, or if it was done around point scoring it'd be something like:

For all World Tour Races you get 100% of the the points
for all 2.1 you get 75% of the points
for all 2.2 you get 50%

this way it should appease those people who can't keep up with all the races as it won't affect their overall standing too much - the people who do all the races still get badges, stage wins etc. to play for, and it mirrors real cycling a bit more in that yeah it's great if you win a smaller race but it's not as good as winning a stage in a Grand Tour or a monument.

Or perhaps having a seperate ranking system that just tots up points from the monuments and world tours so people can prioritize? Maybe this exists by virtue of premium and non premium rankings actually?

picking a team of nine riders for the whole season is pretty pointless, in my opinion.