Ok, not much happening here anymore...
Let me recapitulate: Basically done, respectively 'we' agree:
- Old fantasy classics, wrong climate: All mentioned, incl proposals for when. Up to Leso then to decide when exactly they are.
- Old ones or new ones, with the right climate: 3 old ones, cat 3 proposed, 2/3 new ones proposed cat 2, seems ok, could be 1-2 more, but actually would work, we don't need to forcibly fill it just to have stuff, let's rather keep an eye on new cool races and propose them for 2013!
- Swap Pavé-Sachsen Pavé: Approved it seems. Good.
Open:
- Tour du Jura: Open. Use an old version? Kick it? New designer? My opinion still: 1. Cut (to come back if ZL comes back, no problem) 2. old design 3. new designer
- Dec Tour runner up in January? No opinions there at all it seems. And I don't really have one either.... sometimes pro, sometimes contra. But since nobody has an opinion that maybe means keep the status quo?
Short +/- from the ape:
+ Reward a second dec tour designer.
+ Better stage race than the real ones. (Hopefully)
- Closes another spot, where other fantasy stage races could be ridden... like this there is no spot for another 7-10 days "main tour" really, sometimes somebody designs 7-10 day tours, like this... really no place to put them anymore.
Anyway, what does leso think? And the rest of course.
Ah, new idea, not really, had it years ago, but only post it now
Designers day "Cup". Easy idea, hard to explain.. mmh, how to start. Ok, it's similar to NoPiks World Tour, or OLs and Lizards "Winter world tour", but different.
Ok: 2 days each in November/December/January. On these days there are 6 different one day races. Each race is only offered ONCE. Designed by 6 different designers. Who are the designers? I say:
-lesossies: Not only does the calendar but this year has designed lots of races too
-Woddel: While a lot of the other designers took a designing break, he did almost the whole calendar by himself.. (ok, with leso help)
-Aux: Still designing a lot
-OL: Same as Aux, maybe less than last year, but still designing a lot of the real races
-RKL: See Aux and OL, less then in the past, but still there
Nr 6 I actually don't know, who else has designed a lot of real races this year? Or any? But for me clear, if the idea is accepted, then if they want, the real race designers get a spot for sure.
Then each of these guys chooses a time, or is given a time spot.9-11/14-16/17-19/20-22/23-24
Let's just say leso gets 20-22. Then on these 6 dates there will be a fantasy race designed by lesossies sometime between 20-22. And one by Aux for example at 23-24. etc. And the designer then has to keep a ranking in the forum. So Leso would design 6 fantasy races, whatever he likes (but the climate should work...), he offers them at 20-22. And it's only raced then, and as cat 1 of course. Same day, a Woddel, a Aux, a OL a RKL, plus a ?? race, all raced just once too.
Brilliant idea me thinks. Any thoughts?