Re: Group Pick'em 2016
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:18 am
Alonso joker please....
Should be a good choiceIcemanjee1 wrote:I would like to use my Group 1 joker on Lewis Hamilton.
Is this the Group Pick'em equivalent of a dummy pit stop?! Good thing we don't have rules against such manoeuvresTypingChicane wrote:Now that the leader I'm trying to catch has chosen the same joker, I'd like to scrap my Alonso joker please.
I could pick Button instead but I'll save my group 5 joker for now.
Okay, so maybe you all knew what you were doing after all!Exediron wrote:You all think you're so clever, with your McLaren jokers, and your Red Bull jokers... but what if I do... THIS?!
Tier 6 joker on Romain Grosjean, please.
Good spot! The funny thing is that I even specifically touched upon that in the write-up, then managed to forget a few lines later! I've edited that up now.Herb wrote:Thanks for that! Hamilton turning his season around has done the same for mine.
Hate to be that guy, and I wasn't even intentionally checking, but TypingChicane cancelled his Alonso joker, but it's been included in his winning team score breakdown (and his Verstappen points aren't mentioned).
Think the points are right though!
Perhaps you could introduce a token system (just at a time when F1 will be scrapping it).Jenson's Understeer wrote:As an aside, next season we'll definitely have a system whereby everybody is allowed a certain amount of selection changes over the season. I was against it before we began because I didn't want to see the people who made the smartest picks penalised by allowing those who didn't to change their mind, but having done half a season I can see I was wrong. Red Bull's resurgence, for instance, means we're probably going to see the same three people filling the podium in any weekend where Red Bull don't have a nightmare. We also all picked Ricciardo against Kvyat, but Verstappen's elevation might mean we'd get people switching from Daniel to Max, giving us more variation in the results. The jokers have helped but there is still a limitation there, and compared to the other games we have on here, I feel like this one doesn't require (nor receive) the participation those do. It would still be limited, although I've not really thought about how much so. Whether it would be x number of changes over the course of season, transfer 'windows' between certain races (which might be the best solution as it would ensure any advantage people have is maintained over a few races, but not over a whole season), or perhaps even another system entirely. Or it might be that I try and tie it into the jokers, something along the lines of we all have x jokers and y transfers, but the more transfers you use, the less jokers you get (and vice versa).
That's a good possibility as well. What I like about the joker system is it is quite straightforward: you get one for each driver group and that is that. Allowing everybody x number of changes in each group would be equally straightforward. Having x number of tokens and different amounts for different groups isn't as straightforward, although I'd like to think we're all smart enough to be able to understand it without too much confusion! But in that situation then I would have to seriously consider whether to have the joker system running alongside it, too. As you say, it really would start getting complex then.TypingChicane wrote:Perhaps you could introduce a token system (just at a time when F1 will be scrapping it).Jenson's Understeer wrote:As an aside, next season we'll definitely have a system whereby everybody is allowed a certain amount of selection changes over the season. I was against it before we began because I didn't want to see the people who made the smartest picks penalised by allowing those who didn't to change their mind, but having done half a season I can see I was wrong. Red Bull's resurgence, for instance, means we're probably going to see the same three people filling the podium in any weekend where Red Bull don't have a nightmare. We also all picked Ricciardo against Kvyat, but Verstappen's elevation might mean we'd get people switching from Daniel to Max, giving us more variation in the results. The jokers have helped but there is still a limitation there, and compared to the other games we have on here, I feel like this one doesn't require (nor receive) the participation those do. It would still be limited, although I've not really thought about how much so. Whether it would be x number of changes over the course of season, transfer 'windows' between certain races (which might be the best solution as it would ensure any advantage people have is maintained over a few races, but not over a whole season), or perhaps even another system entirely. Or it might be that I try and tie it into the jokers, something along the lines of we all have x jokers and y transfers, but the more transfers you use, the less jokers you get (and vice versa).
Something like: you get 100 tokens. A team group 1 swap costs 50 tokens, a team group 2 swap 30 tokens, a team group 3 swap 25, and a team group 4 20. And then something similar for driver swaps, but with lower token costs, maybe 35 (group 1), 25 (group 2), 20, 15, 10, 5.
If you'd want to have more game dynamic over the season, you could just increase the number of available tokens, so people could swap drivers just for a couple of races and the swap them back if they'd want to. I think in that case, the joker system needs to be scrapped; the game would be in danger of becoming too complex if you laid a new system on top of the current joker system.
Anyway, just thinking aloud here.
Jenson's Understeer wrote:I'm going to get the joker ball rolling for Spa and use my DG4 joker on Sergio Perez.
Exediron wrote:Group two joker on Kimi Raikkonen, please!
Jezza13 wrote:Gunna have a bit of a gamble for Spa (pending Hamilton taking an engine penalty)
G3 joker on Ricciardo thanks.
If Hamo doesn't take a penalty, please cancel joker.
Schumacher forever#1 wrote:Joker on Rosberg please!
Herb wrote:G2 joker on Raikonnen please.
TypingChicane wrote:As long as we're all throwing jokers around, I'll have two please: Rosberg and Grosjean.
All noted. I have to quote my own here as well otherwise I guarantee I'll forget itcoulthards chin wrote:Rosberg joker please
Well, that joker turned out to be a total joke! Fits nicely with the rest of my season in this competition...Exediron wrote:Group two joker on Kimi Raikkonen, please!
Shame really cos Kimi looked good today. Thanks VettelExediron wrote:Well, that joker turned out to be a total joke! Fits nicely with the rest of my season in this competition...Exediron wrote:Group two joker on Kimi Raikkonen, please!
Yeah, the joker curse has clearly struck again... at first I was rueing failing to enter a Pérez joker (forgot the deadline was FP1), but maybe I'm actually better off this way!Herb wrote:Shame really cos Kimi looked good today. Thanks VettelExediron wrote:Well, that joker turned out to be a total joke! Fits nicely with the rest of my season in this competition...Exediron wrote:Group two joker on Kimi Raikkonen, please!
I think that's a pretty apt summary of events! Exediron and Herb probably deserve a shout-out, too, for their wasted Kimi Raikkonen jokers.Remmirath wrote:Aaand my result for this race went straight to the pits at turn one.
Jenson's Understeer wrote:Jenson's Understeer loses a single place for the second round in a row but is at least now 17 clear of Exediron, having made the same selections but benefitting from superior luck.
All parts of my write-up are made in an entirely factual and not-at-all even slightly biased mannerExediron wrote:Jenson's Understeer wrote:Jenson's Understeer loses a single place for the second round in a row but is at least now 17 clear of Exediron, having made the same selections but benefitting from superior luck.
theferret wrote:Time to go big or go home
Italy: jokers on Perez and Wehrlein please!
NotedJezza13 wrote:Predicting a good showing from FI in Italy. Problem is what driver to plum for.
Hmmm. Hulk or Perez??
Decisions, decisions.
G4 Italian joker for the Hulkmeister thank you.
Mayhem wrote:Hamilton joker
TypingChicane wrote:I'd like a Raikkonen joker please.