Post by Garfield (RadioShack, commish) on Jan 22, 2020 18:29:43 GMT 1
This is a continuation of the old thread.
As you know very well, I've been toying with a couple of new ideas for some years now. I'm a bit nostalgic knowing that with the collapse of both Life Behind Bars and Wall Street, we're left with just the Quick Fix series between next week and November. If more people feel the same way, maybe not too late to add one or two more?
When - brainstorming next week, roster completion February 1-22, scoring from UAE Tour
What - two unrelated ideas:
Nations Cup
Exact same picking format AND relative scoring format as Country Roads, but for 13 geographic regions: South America, North America, Down Under, Asia & Africa (incl. Kazakhstan*), Iberia, British Isles, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Italy, Sprechen Sie Deutsch?, Eastern Europe. Like this.
* - and probably Russia to balance the game
Man in the Mirror
Now this one is trickier, mostly a mathematical experiment inside my head. We usually bid within a salary cap, or a CQ cap, and/or limited roster space. What if none of these existed? The easiest way to implement this is to count both negative and positive scores, which is a mechanic we successfully used in Wall Street. Meaning if you bet 2400 on Alaphilippe this season, you score 263 if he scores 2663, but -401 if he scores only 1999. Even the ranking presentation becomes tricky, because some people might own 3 cyclists while others invest in 33. For easier presentation, I would propose to bid (and pay) a monthly salary (to be paid 7 times, April 1 - October 1) instead of a yearly one. Let's say minimum monthly salary 100CQ, our usual calendar, and 20CQ increments during the bidding. Here's a proof it's actually much easier than it sounds: presented here is a fictional situation in mid-May (i.e. following 2 payslips) where only Joel and Davy own actual cyclists, yet Davy might have overpaid and is currently projected to end the year below people who didn't risk signing anybody.
What do you think? And would you want to play either next month already?
As you know very well, I've been toying with a couple of new ideas for some years now. I'm a bit nostalgic knowing that with the collapse of both Life Behind Bars and Wall Street, we're left with just the Quick Fix series between next week and November. If more people feel the same way, maybe not too late to add one or two more?
When - brainstorming next week, roster completion February 1-22, scoring from UAE Tour
What - two unrelated ideas:
Nations Cup
Exact same picking format AND relative scoring format as Country Roads, but for 13 geographic regions: South America, North America, Down Under, Asia & Africa (incl. Kazakhstan*), Iberia, British Isles, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Italy, Sprechen Sie Deutsch?, Eastern Europe. Like this.
* - and probably Russia to balance the game
Man in the Mirror
Now this one is trickier, mostly a mathematical experiment inside my head. We usually bid within a salary cap, or a CQ cap, and/or limited roster space. What if none of these existed? The easiest way to implement this is to count both negative and positive scores, which is a mechanic we successfully used in Wall Street. Meaning if you bet 2400 on Alaphilippe this season, you score 263 if he scores 2663, but -401 if he scores only 1999. Even the ranking presentation becomes tricky, because some people might own 3 cyclists while others invest in 33. For easier presentation, I would propose to bid (and pay) a monthly salary (to be paid 7 times, April 1 - October 1) instead of a yearly one. Let's say minimum monthly salary 100CQ, our usual calendar, and 20CQ increments during the bidding. Here's a proof it's actually much easier than it sounds: presented here is a fictional situation in mid-May (i.e. following 2 payslips) where only Joel and Davy own actual cyclists, yet Davy might have overpaid and is currently projected to end the year below people who didn't risk signing anybody.
What do you think? And would you want to play either next month already?
Soudal U23 or whoever - rather than just picking the same characters for each game.
WorldTour but the women's?
