¿Fantasy Tour de France?
06-30-19, 11:42 AM
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¿Fantasy Tour de France?
...is on hold. the usual vehicle-velogames.com-is not participating for the second year in a row. too far in to just stop playing until the vuelta tho. off the next two days so i’ll be shopping around for the best stopgap tdf fantasy site and post the particulars in other thread in the forum. one4smoke needs to recoup that “pictures only” race bible expenditure anyway.
sincerely,
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After some clever research (who else would think of https://www.google.com/search?q=fantasy+cycling+league) and insightful analysis, I note that:
- The NBC sports network's game doesn't seem to be up. Yet? At all?
- Eurosport's game is probably the 800 lb gorilla (~5 Greipels). The GCN guys are running their league there.
- There is an ASO "official" game, new as of 2018. Hmmm. What a coincidence re our VG woes.
I haven't researched the details, but I can already here Sean Kelly giving updates from their hosted game during lulls in the real action and praising the merciless virtual whooping I'm going to give to one4smoke, et al.
- The NBC sports network's game doesn't seem to be up. Yet? At all?
- Eurosport's game is probably the 800 lb gorilla (~5 Greipels). The GCN guys are running their league there.
- There is an ASO "official" game, new as of 2018. Hmmm. What a coincidence re our VG woes.
I haven't researched the details, but I can already here Sean Kelly giving updates from their hosted game during lulls in the real action and praising the merciless virtual whooping I'm going to give to one4smoke, et al.
06-30-19, 02:00 PM
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***spoiler alert!!!*** not using the aso jerkwad version out of principle. i’d rather snorkel in the shallows and get scraped up on the coral until the vuelta than condone their waterboarding techniques.
preliminary searching yielded a few prospects but i
need the better part of an hour to build up teams in the various options to see the interface/rules/etc. aiming for posting a workaround site by monday evening here in pdt-encumbered california.
preliminary searching yielded a few prospects but i
need the better part of an hour to build up teams in the various options to see the interface/rules/etc. aiming for posting a workaround site by monday evening here in pdt-encumbered california.
07-01-19, 07:22 PM
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After some clever research (who else would think of https://www.google.com/search?q=fantasy+cycling+league) and insightful analysis, I note that:
- The NBC sports network's game doesn't seem to be up. Yet? At all?
- Eurosport's game is probably the 800 lb gorilla (~5 Greipels). The GCN guys are running their league there.
- There is an ASO "official" game, new as of 2018. Hmmm. What a coincidence re our VG woes.
I haven't researched the details, but I can already here Sean Kelly giving updates from their hosted game during lulls in the real action and praising the merciless virtual whooping I'm going to give to one4smoke, et al.
- The NBC sports network's game doesn't seem to be up. Yet? At all?
- Eurosport's game is probably the 800 lb gorilla (~5 Greipels). The GCN guys are running their league there.
- There is an ASO "official" game, new as of 2018. Hmmm. What a coincidence re our VG woes.
I haven't researched the details, but I can already here Sean Kelly giving updates from their hosted game during lulls in the real action and praising the merciless virtual whooping I'm going to give to one4smoke, et al.
07-01-19, 08:27 PM
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^ which pales in comparison to the 1200 pt smackdown of the Dauphine's tail gunner. 
Who, unfortunately, was not you.
All small potatoes compared to the beat down possible in a grand tour. As evidenced by the one I took in the Giro!
Who, unfortunately, was not you.
All small potatoes compared to the beat down possible in a grand tour. As evidenced by the one I took in the Giro!
07-01-19, 08:49 PM
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07-01-19, 09:15 PM
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That WAS a beat down. I was content just to finish mid-pack.
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the only beat down worse than the last one is the next one. Stand by!
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okay...i think i found the best of the worst. it will be interesting...posting deets in a separate thread.
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I see what you tried to do there.
A reckoning is coming. Or so I reckon.
A reckoning is coming. Or so I reckon.
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