Re: Grand Prix Management PBeM

From: jjf@zetnet.co.uk (JJF)

Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000

In article <53giar$l60@badger.wmin.ac.uk>,
          clemenr@westminster.ac.uk (Ross Clement) wrote:

> JJF (J.J.Farmer-CSSE94@cs.bham.ac.uk) wrote:
> : Just to elaborate, I am intending the game to have imaginary teams, drivers,
> : engines, etc, with each player managing and making decisions about his/her own
> : team & the race results decided by a computer, as opposed to the Autosport
> : Fantasy F1 type of game which is based on the real races.
>
> Why have imaginary drivers. It might compete a bit with Pick6, but you could
> have a system where everybody picks a combination of driver/chassis/engine.
> The actual GP results could be analysed, and the engines/drivers/
> chassis(can anyone tell me how to spell the plural of this word?) would
> be given points. Your team would receive the points scored by its
> combination (even if the actual combination you specify doesn't actually
> exist in the real world).
>
> A problem with this is that everyone would pick more or less the same
> team. This could be prevented by dividing the points gained for (e.g.)
> each driver by the number of people who have chosen that driver. Then
> there would be a real incentive to look for mid-pack drivers/engines/
> combinations that are under-rated and are unlikely to be picked by
> others. It wouldn't take much effort for the players, as you'd make
> your decision once at the beginning of the year, and then just wait
> for the results (like the newspaper fantasy GP team games).
>
> I'm not sure if this is anything like what you're suggesting, or
> whether I'm suggesting a whole new game.

Erm, I think you're suggesting a whole new game here, in all nothing like
what I was suggesting.  Sorry!  :-)  I am trying to produce a more involved
game...  sort of "Ultra Cricket" (a great PBeM cricket game) with cars!

JJF.
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References

Grand Prix Management PBeM
JJF <jjf@the18thhole.com>
Tue, 08 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Grand Prix Management PBeM
J.J.Farmer-CSSE94@cs.bham.ac.uk (JJF)
Wed, 09 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Grand Prix Management PBeM
clemenr@westminster.ac.uk (Ross Clement)
Wed, 09 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000