The Front Office BATracer career challenge -- season 2

[SnDvls]

Here's the thread for season 1


http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=60675

same rules and car set F1 2006 from season 1.

draft order is previous winner on down. If someone has dropped out or is not returning then they will be skipped in the draft order and everyone will move up one spot.

Defending champ FrogMan had to drop out so on the clock is killbrew...info was sent via BatRacer PM system. (game ID & Password)

Please reply back to me there on BatRacer with your pick so I can update it here and I will pass on the info to the next pick.

Pick Order
1. B. Grant (killbrew)
2. E. Liguori
3. K. Marshall (kurtism)
4. D. Strawhorne
5. M. Delian (brillig)
6. K. Coleman (TexasT)
7. C. Powers (Mr. Wednesday)
8. D. Gonzalez (kingfc22)
9. W. Brown (vex)
10. M. Jones
11. A. Young
12. C. Homan (Scoobz0202)
13. B. Hawkins (breeze)
14. M. Sbrana
15. T. Rodriguez (TonyR)
16. T. Breedlove (SnDvls)
17. J. Morrison (CU Tiger)

there are only 3 people from the last season who have never responded should they happen to respond prior to their original last season finish pick they will be sloted there. If it is after their original pick they will be slotted at the end. Those slots would be #9 (2 people) & #13. I don't think I'm going to push for more than the 16 we have, but will keep an even number of players of any of the 3 non responders do decide late to join.

[Killebrew]

A new team has been created "Renault". Buddy Grant is the team leader.

[SnDvls]

both Renault's are taken

kurtsim is on the clock

[kurtism]

First McLaren down.

[SnDvls]

update: one "probally" player has finally replied back so I've updated the "draft" order

edit: placed in #11 draft spot A. Young

[SnDvls]

dola: still 3 outstanding responses but all will continue as planned

[SnDvls]

1. B. Grant - Renault
2. E. Liguori - Renault
3. K. Marshall - McLaren
4. D. Strawhorne - Ferrari

brillig is up...he's out of town until Thursday so don't sit and wait for a PM until sometime Thursday or Friday.

[CU Tiger]

In game name is Jim Morrison, but looks like I am on the outsidde looking in for now?

[SnDvls]

In game name is Jim Morrison, but looks like I am on the outsidde looking in for now?

no you are in...I'll make sure we have an even number of racers. I have a few people that I can ask that have been great teammates to me in the past that can fill us out if needed.

[Brillig]

I picked the McLaren again...

One thing I just realized though - weren't we supposed to be picking in inverse order of finish?

[TexasT]

Not that I'm complaining :D , but that's what I thought. Is it my turn?

[SnDvls]

I thought it was in order of finish 1st to worst...did I read it wrong somewhere?

[SnDvls]

Not that I'm complaining :D , but that's what I thought. Is it my turn?


yes you are up....PM in batracer sent

[SnDvls]

I picked the McLaren again...

One thing I just realized though - weren't we supposed to be picking in inverse order of finish?

see bolded part from FM's original post. it was based on finish

The idea with this is to play an ongoing game of BATracer seasons in which your finishing position in one season determines your picking order for the choice of your car for the following season. This is not a team competition, your picking order will be determine by your individual position, although the more you and your teammate work together, the better you will both do and the better chance you will both have of getting a better car the following season. Obviously, with no data at the start of season 1, we will have a randomized draft order.

The challenge will be played with the F1 2006 carset, of which you can find the car comparison for the top 8 cars:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/BATracer/comparisonsF1-2006-missingsometeams.gif

Signups for the random draft will be open for the next 48 hours or so, at which point I will randomize the picks and we will start picking cars. After that, and until the draft is over, new players from FOFC will be welcome to sign up, but their names will be added to the bottom of the picking order.

My hope is that we will get more than 10 FOFCers interested and after that, I plan on advertising the challenge on the BATracer forum, not by making the series ID available in the open but by asking interested drivers to contact me by PM . From there, my plan with outsiders is this: (1) I reserve the right to reject anyone and black flags are BIG no-no's and (2) FOFCers will always have priority over outsiders. That second point means that if we ever have a waiting list, I will maintain two separate waiting lists, i.e. one for FOFCers and one for outsiders. To manage that, I have applied for a free ftlog forum which is the same kind of forum already used by BATracer... Obviously, I would open the doors of the challenge to outsiders after FOFCers would have picked their cars so for season 1 they would pick their cars after every FOFCer would have picked theirs.

I'm also asking one tiny thing of anybody who enters: please be committed. If you sign up for it, please do your laps. Nothing sucks more for a dedicated driver to see his teammate go AWOL in the middle of the season.

So who's up for this!

Please sign up below with your real driver name, i.e. the one on the account that you will use on BATracer.

FM

[FrogMan]

way it's always been in the E-race challenge is straight finishing order is the picking order. That way, you work hard to try and finish as high as possible...

Good luck with it guys!

FM

[SnDvls]

thanks for the clarification FM

[TexasT]

Will take the second Ferrari, of course!:)

[SnDvls]

Will take the second Ferrari, of course!:)

go ahead and sign up on batracer message with ID & pw are there

[SnDvls]

Mr. W you are on the clock...once TexasT picks his car on the BatRacer game we will keep moving forward.

[SnDvls]

kingfc is up Mr. W selected/started team Honda

[SnDvls]

vex is up all Honda's are taken

[SnDvls]

Scoobz you want in we need 1 more

[Scoobz0202]

I am Chris Homan, actually.

[SnDvls]

I am Chris Homan, actually.

ahhh..ok I'll update that...counting vex you are 4 picks away then

[vex]

BMW

[Scoobz0202]

Kind of off subject, but I had sent a message awhile back through Batracer to the leader of the FOFC clan for an invite, but never got a response. I was wondering if maybe if I posted here I could get an invite.

[SnDvls]

team BMW is now full...next pick is up

[SnDvls]

Scoobz is up

Toyota was the last car picked

[Scoobz0202]

I'll take the other Toyota.

[SnDvls]

RPI is up now

[Breeze]

RPI is up now

Actually, I'm Brett Hawkins...and I've made my pick.

[SnDvls]

ok sent to the next pick
we are almost done, 5 picks left

[TonyR]

Midland Selected

[SnDvls]

closing in on the home stretch

get your laps in

CU Tiger is up to pick

[CU Tiger]

My pick has been in for an hour or so...lets roll....

[SnDvls]

we'll be starting in the next 2 hours if we don't fill the last two teams. I don't want to delay this anymore than it already has been. Interest is waining as it is.

[Breeze]

i'm having a problem getting in. the system keeps telliing me it's too busy and unless I have kool tools I'll need to check back later. I've been checking back later all day. I got in at one point, but when I went to car setup, i got a <i>sorry for the inconvenience</i> message and that was it...

[SnDvls]

i'm having a problem getting in. the system keeps telliing me it's too busy and unless I have kool tools I'll need to check back later. I've been checking back later all day. I got in at one point, but when I went to car setup, i got a <i>sorry for the inconvenience</i> message and that was it...

I'm in right now so keep trying