Posts by ruggedfox28

stormybadger8 said:She’s good enough to make even you lose🤣.
I’m calling it now: a 12-2 blowout.😁

God bless 'em, we'll see...😛

@stormybadger8 I’m not really following you... 🤣

..that offer you're making is still stuck in Round 1 😬

stormybadger8 said:Nico Rosberg vs. Michael Schumacher.
Kovalainen - Petrov
Daniel Ricciardo - Jean-Éric Vergne
Jenson Button - Lewis Hamilton
Narain Karthikeyan - Pedro de la rosa

Nico Rosberg - Michael Schumacher
Heikki Kovalainen - Vitaly Petrov
Jean-Éric Vergne - Daniel Ricciardo
Jenson Button - Lewis Hamilton
Narain Karthikeyan - Pedro de la Rosa

stormybadger8 said:Go ahead, send it over. 😁
Who knows, maybe it'll help me manage my fantasy league, or I'll stumble onto some genius idea. 😁

What's your email again? I accidentally deleted the one from 😬

stormybadger8 said:Look, instead of everyone giving their blessing, I'd rather see all three methods actually put to the test.😁

Let's try this for VN Barcelona:
WayOut - uses the current system. (basically the official results)
Dorian - uses his new method
Bjesomar - uses his own criteria

Everyone just post your results in this thread.
Then we'll see who's actually the fastest (and therefore the simplest) and how it works in the real world.👍
That's probably the best way to figure out which system we should stick with for next season.🙂

If it helps, I can compile everyone's predictions into one single post before the race starts so you guys don't have to deal with the hassle.🙂

As long as I don't have to lift a finger because everyone else handles the automated spreadsheets... 😍 🤣

William Bennett53 said:Go ahead and set up the automation for this new proposal of mine now, so we can hit the ground running next year without any unnecessary headaches. 🙏
It’s clear the referendum passed by a landslide, so there is really no point in keeping this debate wide open.
I actually doubt even darkmarlin16 agrees with it; it just seems like, being the staunch conservative he is, he feels a bit sentimental about seeing the previous, flawed system finally go into the history books.

Glad you're as hyped about this as I am

🙂

..but let's be real, there's zero chance that Bjesomar's criteria will work without some massive software overhaul

😬

Just when I thought there was nothing left to tweak, I managed to automate my spreadsheets just a tiny bit more 😬

🙏 🙏

@TBF1D - honestly, I should probably just email you my Excel file so you can admire this little masterpiece 😬

It might involve a hair more work than whatever you're doing with those hot dogs, but hey, at least it’s way cleaner and easier to read 😉

Something’s fishy here... it’s all way too polite and everyone’s acting way too agreeable on this topic..

..I can smell a rat... feels like that eerie calm right before a massive storm hits. 😬

..I mean, what kind of rule is it where we only apply it to a specific chunk of the standings? To me, that just sounds wrong... how we'd say it down here in California..

And another thing... regardless of which part of the rankings we decide to use for this rule, I personally have zero intention of wasting 30-45 minutes just to move up 1 to 10 spots..

What kind of rule even targets just a segment of the field? If I don't count everyone, there’s always going to be some smart-aleck looking for an excuse to claim we aren't following the book, just so they can demand their own special exceptions.. That’s how you end up creating a mess of precedents and people hunting for loopholes..

I've already blown two whole free afternoons just tweaking things and building spreadsheets so I'd waste less time on the data entry side, and the more I talk about it, the more worked up I get about scrapping this rule entirely!

darkmarlin16 said:Honestly, Bjesomar's criteria are pretty solid, you bunch of losers ☕

I mean, if we're talking about a position that's sitting outside the points, there’s really zero reason to even bother counting it 😉

So, when am I gonna see those standings posted?

You managed to be so contradictory in just two sentences that you basically deserve a ban just for trolling (or maybe even for being an asshole)..

You're telling us we're "BSing" because we want to scrap Bjesomar's rule, while claiming Bjesomar's rule is totally fine—just not good enough to use for those "less important positions"

🙂 🙂

Terry Carter2 said:Honestly, I’ve been preaching this for a while now: we need to push for a much higher level of automation across the entire competition!
I don't have anything against getting rid of Bjesomar's criteria; in fact, I’m all for it if it means making the management of this whole thing simpler and more streamlined. However, the newly submitted prediction should take precedence over the joker prediction, even if the latter was sent in first.
😁

You bet! 🙂

You're taking the words right out of my mouth... If they just scrapped Bjesomar's rule and replaced it with something more logical—like giving priority to whoever submitted their picks first—it would actually make sense. They’d probably have to add a little disclaimer, though, saying that only picks for the current round count toward that priority. Otherwise, using a Joker pick would basically be a self-inflicted wound if you ended up in a tie...

Terry Carter2 said:Bjesomar mentioned he’d put together a program to calculate that specific criterion!
😁

Yeah, well, he said that last year too, and nothing ever came of it... 😬

..and even if he did whip up some little script for that rule, what then? Does every future commissioner need to download his software just to be eligible to run this thing? Because it feels like that rule gets invoked constantly?!

..let's get real here and simplify how we run this competition. It's getting way too complicated and bloated. Honestly, if it wasn't for you, Terry Carter2, doing most of the heavy lifting, this whole thing would have wrapped up in three days...

The spreadsheets are massive, and there's room to screw up at every single turn. We need to automate as much as possible. Without these automated Excel sheets, this would easily drag on for over a week🤣 🤣 ☕

stormybadger8 said:Well, nobody ever said it was "better."🤷
It’s just easier for the host, and it basically forces you to keep submitting new predictions.

If you aren't the type to send in fresh picks constantly, it isn't "better" for you. It's better for the people running the show and for the players who actually bother to update their guesses regularly.

I haven't really looked at it from that angle...

But why even nag people?? That’s what always confuses me about these competitions. If they don't want to play, or if they can't spare 20 seconds to just copy-paste a prediction, then why did they even sign up in the first place? It's not like someone's holding a gun to their head...

Matthew Young35 said:Of course, even in that scenario, someone would be disqualified after failing to submit an entry three times in a row.

So how is that actually better than a joker pick? You know, using the most recent prediction—which is definitely going to be way more accurate to the actual grid than some guess made at the start of the season?

Quote : The Best F1

Matthew Young35 said:Here are some thoughts to chew on for the upcoming season.
Everyone can submit their own "default" prediction; if you fail to send in a specific forecast for a race, we'll just go with your default one.

Honestly, I think it's a pretty stupid idea. Someone could just show up at the start of the season, drop a default standings table, and then basically never bother updating it for the rest of the year... plus, that table becomes totally useless after just three or four races anyway, since team strength and speed are constantly shifting...

The Joker prediction actually makes way more sense here... since it actually accounts for the last forecast posted...

Quote : The Best F1

stormybadger8 said:Hey, let me know if I copied these right... standings... .

Hey, if you don't mind, maybe try setting them all to the same total width... I think it would look a lot cleaner that way...🙂

I'll get it sorted... 👍

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maminho said:UPDATE:
If they’re actually gonna make it work, they might as well throw some numbers and team colors on there too... 😉

Those numbers and team colors aren't making it into the charts. They don't serve any purpose and just make everything a cluttered mess...

Christian Williams61 said:Look, we have jokers for stuff like that—why are you being so stubborn about your specific prediction?

Lately, I've been getting the feeling that a few people are just participating in this competition to mess with my head...😬

Matthew Young35 said:Here are some thoughts to chew on for the upcoming season.
Everyone can submit their own "default" prediction; if you fail to send in a specific forecast for a race, we'll just go with your default one.

Look, if you can't spare 20 seconds every two weeks to make a prediction, why even bother entering the contest in the first place?

William Bennett53 said:this whole debate really highlights the core issue here... you've been part of this league since day one and if I recall correctly, you were even one of the founders. yet suddenly you're acting like you don't know the rules: you're looking for loopholes and offering deals that fly right in the face of the official regulations. in this specific case, you're just screwing over ruggedfox28 and eventually you're gonna push him to insult you just so he gets banned. why not just read the rulebook to see how to swap out a teammate instead of asking him for special favors?

I have never stooped to that level by insulting anyone (at least not directly 😬) on this forum, nor have I ever picked up a single penalty or even a warning for being disrespectful... unlike some people, I have a line I won't cross.

..not sure what I'd have to do to trigger him into making me snap and start hurling insults..

he's exhausting as hell, but he doesn't mean any harm😉

William Bennett53 said:shutting down the Paddock is a total joke...
I mean, we all need to realize that the Paddock is basically the social glue for the whole NASCAR sub-community here. It’s where the leftover crowd hangs out to talk shop and share news. Sure, the actual race threads get tons of hits and posts, but that only really blows up during race weekends.

So, killing the Paddock would honestly suck for the entire forum.

Personally, I think the Paddock needs some serious deregulation. Like, just punish actual insults and let everything else sort itself out naturally.

Since when was anything besides straight-up insults or heavy trolling even punished in the Paddock?

It’s always the same three guys catching heat and getting banned, always for the exact same reasons, and then they just come right back to this forum to start the same drama all over again?

..and then one of them acts like he's some kind of moral compass! 🤣

..blathering on about private chats involving Panglossa and Ferstar, while he's been privately cozying up to Patagonia for over a year... how does he have the nerve to accuse anyone else of doing what he does every single day?

..he's got the guts to claim that Ferstar and I are provoking darkmarlin16, but won't say a word about how he treats Ferstar when he's making fun of her on multiple levels...

I don't even need to break down every stupid thing he's ever typed... not to mention half the stuff he's pulled is totally exaggerated and makes zero sense...

..now I see him mentioning some beers with the mod and claims of looking the other way, yet he's out there bragging in the Paddock about how he was drinking with the mod...

We all know which little clique is always causing trouble in the Paddock. Just look at the history of warnings and bans for those three... and it's not just on the NASCAR board. Any one of those three individuals has more strikes and bans than everyone else on the NASCAR board combined—if you're smart, that's enough to draw your own conclusion about what's actually going on here. 😉

..and then you claim the Paddock is the "social foundation" of the NASCAR community? Honestly, it's more like an exhaust vent for the life-long social frustration of people who find their only sense of achievement by virtually poking the bear and annoying a forum that's otherwise perfectly fine... because clearly, it's the only thing they're good at.

Since when did the Paddock become such a huge issue??!! Why won't anyone just call it like it is? The problem is a handful of guys—the first two are just trolling for kicks, and the third one is basically an arsonist, stirring the pot exactly when he knows it’ll cause the most chaos.

And let's be real about this whole thing... people love to complain about a couple of women spamming the Paddock with fashion posts and outfits. Like, we should actually be stoked to have any female presence at all on a male-dominated subreddit, otherwise, it would just be a total testosterone swamp... but if we're being honest, they only "spam" when they're talking about gender stuff, whereas the guys are out here spamming nonstop about football, politics, and whatever else...

If you go through with shutting down the Paddock, you're doing exactly what those three were aiming for in the first place... you'll end up screwing over everyone else by closing the door on them too..

👎

cosmicridge5 said:Jenson Button - Lewis Hamilton
Michael Schumacher - Nico Rosberg
Paul di Resta - Kimi Raikkonen
Pastor Maldonado - Daniel Ricciardo
Sergio Perez - Kamui Kobayashi

Jenson Button - Lewis Hamilton
Michael Schumacher - Nico Rosberg
Paul di Resta - Kimi Räikkönen
Pastor Maldonado - Daniel Ricciardo
Sergio Perez - Kamui Kobayashi