F1FG Forum Racing Game

[resir014]

Welcome to the first forum racing in the GeneRally forums.

Rules

1. Race start times will be randomly picked, as long as there is no accidental favouritism towards a particular player or time zone.

2. Race starts will be signaled in the thread, for example:

Australian GP starts at 16:35 GMT, lasting one hour.

All you have to do is to post "finish" at the time of the race. False started (players who finished before the race starts) will be DSQed.

3. You can join by just posting ##Join and the team name (eg. ##Join Ferrari). Teams must be past, present or future F1 constructors.

4. There are 2 members per team.

5. There will be a maximum of 26 participants (13 teams) in the game. Once all the teams are full (all teams will be F1 of course!), there will be a possibility to create new teams, but only if all previous teams are full at the time.

6. If you do not participate for 4 races in a row without reason then you can/will be replaced. You will be allowed to re-join a season even if you quit or are replaced earlier, so long as there is a place for you.

7. The race will last for a length of time, which will be stated with the start time. Once it has ended, no one can finish, even if spots are empty.

8. Finishing twice in same GP will result in DSQ from that race.

9. You are not allowed to edit your Finish posts in between the start/finish of any GP, and if you do, you will receive a DSQ for that race.


Points system

1st: 25 points
2nd: 18 points
3rd: 15 points
4th: 12 points
5th: 10 points
6th: 8 points
7th: 6 points
8th: 4 points
9th: 2 points
10th: 1 point

Any finishers thereafter will not receive any points.


Season calendar

1. Bahrain
2. Australia
3. Malaysia
4. China
5. Spain
6. Monaco
7. Turkey
8. Canada
9. Europe
10. Great Britain
11. Germany
12. Hungary
13. Belgium
14. Italy
15. Singapore
16. Japan
17. Korea
18. Brazil
19. Abu Dhabi


Entry List

Brawn GP: Rendy/
McLaren: bhz/
Minardi: gibernau_fan/
Renault: Paw/

[Rendy]

##Join Brawn GP <-- Like this?

[resir014]

##Join Brawn GP <-- Like this?

Exactly.

[bhz]

##Join McLaren


EDIT: Also, let's say you randomly choose a starting time that is normally a time when you are fast asleep (say, 3 a.m. your time)? How will you start the race?

[resir014]

##Join McLaren


EDIT: Also, let's say you randomly choose a starting time that is normally a time when you are fast asleep (say, 3 a.m. your time)? How will you start the race?

Start times will be random and only I will know. Check Rule #2.

We need a minimum of 12 players before starting the first race.

[Martyn]

##Join Minardi

[bhz]

No...that's not my question

You said start times will be random, and that you will start the race
What if the start time chosen is a time when you (resir014) are fast asleep (e.g. 3am?)
How will you log on to post the "Start GP" message?

[resir014]

What if the start time chosen is a time when you (resir014) are fast asleep (e.g. 3am?)

No, I won't pick such time

All start times will be randomly picked by me, so I won't start the race while I'm fast asleep.

[Paw]

So you need to take in consideration, that when you're not sleeping, many of us are!


##Join Renault

[bhz]

What if the start time chosen is a time when you (resir014) are fast asleep (e.g. 3am?)

No, I won't pick such time

All start times will be randomly picked by me, so I won't start the race while I'm fast asleep.

So this will be biased toward people who are in the same timezone as you (they'll be awake when you are)

[1nsane]

And uhh... I kind of didn't get the whole idea of this game. Is the one who says finish quickest the winner? Or is there somekind of a random number generator that randomizes the positions this way or something?

And indeed, there will be no chance for those guys who happen to live on the other side of the globe since they will most likely be asleep while you post the start message.

[resir014]

And uhh... I kind of didn't get the whole idea of this game. Is the one who says finish quickest the winner? Or is there somekind of a random number generator that randomizes the positions this way or something?

Yep. Just the one who posted "finish" the quickest wins.

See an example here.

And indeed, there will be no chance for those guys who happen to live on the other side of the globe since they will most likely be asleep while you post the start message.

And by the meaning random, I choose it, whether day or night, as long as it doesn't disadvantage some continents.

[bhz]

And uhh... I kind of didn't get the whole idea of this game. Is the one who says finish quickest the winner? Or is there somekind of a random number generator that randomizes the positions this way or something?

Yep. Just the one who posted "finish" the quickest wins.

See an example here.

And indeed, there will be no chance for those guys who happen to live on the other side of the globe since they will most likely be asleep while you post the start message.

And by the meaning random, I choose it, whether day or night, as long as it doesn't disadvantage some continents.

So you WILL post "start" if you're fast asleep?
If not, people who are sleeping when you're awake (a.k.a. the opposite side of the globe) are at disadvantage

[resir014]

So you WILL post "start" if you're fast asleep?

At least BEFORE I went to sleep

Also, the race doesn't end immediately after I started it. There are gaps (like 4 hours, 1 day, or more, it's all random) before I end it

[bhz]

So you WILL post "start" if you're fast asleep?

At least BEFORE I went to sleep

Also, the race doesn't end immediately after I started it. There are gaps (like 4 hours, 1 day, or more, it's all random) before I end it

And by the meaning random, I choose it, whether day or night, as long as it doesn't disadvantage some continents.

If there are some hours which you won't post the start message at (ex. 2am your time), people where it is 2pm their time when it is 2am your time (other side of globe) will have disadvantage. Big disadvantage.

Until this problem is fixed, I will

##Leave McLaren

[Paw]

The only way to cure this would be either to use some bot or have another guy to start the race from other side of the globe.

[resir014]

Gah, every forum games I created are such a fail

Unfortunately, because this is how the game works, there are no actual fix to Rule #1. That's it.

[1nsane]

Hehe, well.. It just sounds a bit complicated for an international forum, that's all. If you can work that part out, there should be no problem why it wouldn't work.

[Hangman]

What if the winner of the last race started the next race?

[Paw]

It may be good, but...
If someone starts, he can't participate. So nobody would like to be winner, because he would get 25 points and 0 in the next, and for eg. 2. and 3. place in two races he would earn 33 pts.

[Hangman]

Subtract the biggest amount of wins achieved by one player from the results counted towards the championship.

[resir014]

OK guys, I think I just found the solution to the problems on Rule #1. I'll explain it to you.

Race starts will be signaled in the thread, for example:

Australian GP starts at 16:35 GMT, lasting one hour.

Then players will post "finish" at the time of the race. False started (players who finished before the race starts) will be DSQed.

There are also several rule changes on Post #1, marked with red.

How do you like this idea?

[Paw]

But you'll STILL post: "race starts!", or the time of post (if it's after 16.35 for example) will decide?

[resir014]

But you'll STILL post: "race starts!", or the time of post (if it's after 16.35 for example) will decide?

No. You just post finish right at 16:35 GMT (make sure to check your time settings in the forum) without my command and it's done.

So if you post finish at 16:34 GMT that's a jump start, and you'll be DSQed

[Trigger Happy]

Can somebody explain me system of this game? Did I understood it well, that it's based on idea ''post a reply asap after start of the race'' and who will be faster will receive more points?