F1 Silly Season 2010 - Page 8 - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

sperry · 2010-03-01, 03:30 PM

Is anyone having issues w/ the paypal integration?

I see two accounts created w/o paying... David (I'm assuming that's you skimonkey) and 7thBeatle (who I don't know). You guys have issues, or are you just waiting 'till later to pay?

skimonkey30 · 2010-03-01, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sperry

Is anyone having issues w/ the paypal integration?

I see two accounts created w/o paying... David (I'm assuming that's you skimonkey) and 7thBeatle (who I don't know). You guys have issues, or are you just waiting 'till later to pay?

I'm currently staying at the resort with unsecured wireless so I wasnt to keen on logging into my paypal account. I'll pay when I get back home. Dayna will sign up when we get home as well

sperry · 2010-03-01, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by skimonkey30

I'm currently staying at the resort with unsecured wireless so I wasnt to keen on logging into my paypal account. I'll pay when I get back home. Dayna will sign up when we get home as well

Cool. Just wanted to make sure it was working because I only got in about 2 or 3 hours of testing in the paypal sandbox before going live. I'm not sure my code will handle every possible error condition... well it will, but just by aborting and printing an ugly error message.

Nick Koan · 2010-03-02, 08:08 AM

Phew, lots of interesting little bits of news today.

Campos to be renamed Hispania Racing
Lotus announces sponsorship deal with CNN International
Lewis reveals his father is no longer his manager

and sadly
Peter Windsor replaced in Speed TV role

Nick Koan · 2010-03-02, 01:04 PM

USF1 looks to be over.

http://adamcooperf1.com/2010/03/02/t...f1-entry-list/

This is a link to Adam Cooper, one of SpeedTV's F1 reporters, personal blog.

EDIT:
Other places are reporting the same news now
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/formula-1-...actory-closes/
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81819

sperry · 2010-03-02, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick Koan

USF1 looks to be over.

http://adamcooperf1.com/2010/03/02/t...f1-entry-list/

This is a link to Adam Cooper, one of SpeedTV's F1 reporters, personal blog.

EDIT:
Other places are reporting the same news now
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/formula-1-...actory-closes/
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81819

What a shame.

What killed them I wonder? Plain old lack of funding? You gotta think they wouldn't have had such a terrible time getting money, what with being the only US team... then again times are tough. It's just a shame if the team failed to produce a car due to some logistics or technical issue rather than a funding problem.

Nick Koan · 2010-03-03, 01:31 PM

http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre...010_entry.aspx

FIA released the 2010 entry list.
No US F1 and no Stefan GP.

Campos changed its name to HRT F1 Team and they are the only team to not have two drivers.

Nick Koan · 2010-03-04, 12:51 PM

And the final driver was announced today.

HRT F1 launched their car for 2010 and announced that Karun Chandhok will be Bruno Senna's teammate.

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlin...0/3/10485.html

sperry · 2010-03-08, 09:36 AM

Wow, less than 5 days before picks are due for the 1st round of 2010!

If there are folks planning on playing this year, it's time to sign up!

BTW: anyone know who "7thbeatle" is? That's not Dayna is it?

Nick Koan · 2010-03-08, 09:36 AM

ITV had a pretty interesting look back at each year's rookie drivers from the past decade. A lot of famous names, and other names you probably already forgot.

http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?T...47873&PO=47873

Nick Koan · 2010-03-08, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sperry

Wow, less than 5 days before picks are due for the 1st round of 2010!

If there are folks planning on playing this year, it's time to sign up!

BTW: anyone know who "7thbeatle" is? That's not Dayna is it?

If its not Dayna, my guess would be Gavin.

sperry · 2010-03-08, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick Koan

If its not Dayna, my guess would be Gavin.

Yep, I just noticed that in the paypal receipt for his payment.

Nick Koan · 2010-03-11, 09:54 AM

You'd think things would now be over between the FIA and US F1... but its not

http://formula-one.speedtv.com/artic...ce-fia-action/

US F1 will likely face the WMSC for failure to show up for the 2010 season. Also, it looks like the bidding process for next year will have a 'reserve' team as well as one that is granted the official entry. It doesn't seem likely that US F1 will be given either the official or reserve entry for 2011.

sperry · 2010-03-13, 09:56 PM

So I was looking at the picks for Round 1... and 10 picks is a crapload of drivers to have to pay attention to.

I'm starting to second guess picking so many drivers this season. I was wondering if anyone else agrees.

I'm thinking we could wait for round 1 to be over, then change the number of picks to 5 drivers each round... I'd go back and update all the round 1 picks so everyone gets their 5 best scoring drivers from the round, and their other 5 drivers go back into their pool.

Opinions? If there's anyone strongly against a change now that the season's started, I won't make the change... but I'd really like the picks to be more easily manageable for everyone.

van · 2010-03-13, 10:43 PM

I concur. It seems too easy to exhuast my ten picks of the same driver this way, and less stategic.
Not that five pics is going to help me.

MattR · 2010-03-14, 06:45 AM

Scott, you may be on to something, the 10 picks feel weird, It feel like we're picking half the field. I think going to 5 would make it very challenging, in a good way

Tahoe C5 · 2010-03-14, 09:42 AM

OK by me Scott, either way I'm challenged.....as with most things :-)

Dean · 2010-03-14, 10:05 AM

I'm not playing, but to mirror other "Fantasy" sports leagues, you could make it a real challenge and only pick a 2 car team. Just a thought.

sperry · 2010-03-14, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dean

I'm not playing, but to mirror other "Fantasy" sports leagues, you could make it a real challenge and only pick a 2 car team. Just a thought.

Actually, when we first came up with the idea, we specifically didn't want to follow the normal fantasy model of "managing" a team. We wanted every person to be able to have a winning round at every round. Which is why we went with picking drivers per round.

Dean · 2010-03-14, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sperry

Actually, when we first came up with the idea, we specifically didn't want to follow the normal fantasy model of "managing" a team. We wanted every person to be able to have a winning round at every round. Which is why we went with picking drivers per round.

I was saying 2 drivers per round with the ability to change each round as you do now. Not the whole draft/trade/whatever or worse, stuck with the same two guys all season.

Just a little stricter than your 10 or 5 driver method. Again, just thinking outloud/text.

van · 2010-03-14, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dean

I was saying 2 drivers per round with the ability to change each round as you do now. Not the whole draft/trade/whatever or worse, stuck with the same two guys all season.

Just a little stricter than your 10 or 5 driver method. Again, just thinking outloud/text.

That idea stinks, Five drivers for me please.

sperry · 2010-03-14, 07:57 PM

5 picks it is!

It took a little time to fix the picks and make sure the results look right. And we ended up with a bunch of people scoring perfect rounds, just because everyone had 10 tries to get the top 5. But I think in the long run, it's going to make the season easier to manage, and allow for closer competition.

skimonkey30 · 2010-03-16, 09:13 PM

All F1 news articles/opinions aside........Sunday's race was seriously boring

sperry · 2010-03-16, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skimonkey30

All F1 news articles/opinions aside........Sunday's race was seriously boring

Well it was basically a practice session, so everyone could practice the new rules.

Nick Koan · 2010-03-22, 11:14 AM

It looks like Stefan GP is done. Not just done for 2010 (we already knew that) but done done.

Their deal with Toyota for the ex-teams resources was contingent on making the grid in 2010. Since that fell through, Stefan has nothing.

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.a...48012&PO=48012

Also, it sounds like there are reports of some shady financial reports coming out of Stefan GP

http://www.f1technical.net/news/14333

It sounds like this guy almost made a team out of nothing with some serious negotiating skills. Not a bad way to get to F1 if you can swing it. And even at times, it almost sounds more plausible than other teams claims *cough*usf1*cough*

2010-03-01, 03:30 PM	#176
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Is anyone having issues w/ the paypal integration? I see two accounts created w/o paying... David (I'm assuming that's you skimonkey) and 7thBeatle (who I don't know). You guys have issues, or are you just waiting 'till later to pay? __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2010-03-02, 08:08 AM	#179
Nick Koan JDM Cowboy Real Name: Nick Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Somewhere Posts: 8,642 Car: 2015 Mazda 3	Phew, lots of interesting little bits of news today. Campos to be renamed Hispania Racing Lotus announces sponsorship deal with CNN International Lewis reveals his father is no longer his manager and sadly Peter Windsor replaced in Speed TV role __________________ While a standard engine is powered by a belt connected to the crankshaft, a turbo engine runs on its own exhaust steam, making it more energy efficient. -- CNN

2010-03-02, 01:04 PM	#180
Nick Koan JDM Cowboy Real Name: Nick Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Somewhere Posts: 8,642 Car: 2015 Mazda 3	USF1 looks to be over. http://adamcooperf1.com/2010/03/02/t...f1-entry-list/ This is a link to Adam Cooper, one of SpeedTV's F1 reporters, personal blog. EDIT: Other places are reporting the same news now http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/formula-1-...actory-closes/ http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81819 __________________ While a standard engine is powered by a belt connected to the crankshaft, a turbo engine runs on its own exhaust steam, making it more energy efficient. -- CNN Last edited by Nick Koan; 2010-03-02 at 01:13 PM.

2010-03-03, 01:31 PM	#182
Nick Koan JDM Cowboy Real Name: Nick Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Somewhere Posts: 8,642 Car: 2015 Mazda 3	http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre...010_entry.aspx FIA released the 2010 entry list. No US F1 and no Stefan GP. Campos changed its name to HRT F1 Team and they are the only team to not have two drivers. __________________ While a standard engine is powered by a belt connected to the crankshaft, a turbo engine runs on its own exhaust steam, making it more energy efficient. -- CNN

2010-03-04, 12:51 PM	#183
Nick Koan JDM Cowboy Real Name: Nick Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Somewhere Posts: 8,642 Car: 2015 Mazda 3	And the final driver was announced today. HRT F1 launched their car for 2010 and announced that Karun Chandhok will be Bruno Senna's teammate. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlin...0/3/10485.html __________________ While a standard engine is powered by a belt connected to the crankshaft, a turbo engine runs on its own exhaust steam, making it more energy efficient. -- CNN

2010-03-08, 09:36 AM	#184
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Wow, less than 5 days before picks are due for the 1st round of 2010! If there are folks planning on playing this year, it's time to sign up! BTW: anyone know who "7thbeatle" is? That's not Dayna is it? __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2010-03-08, 09:36 AM	#185
Nick Koan JDM Cowboy Real Name: Nick Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Somewhere Posts: 8,642 Car: 2015 Mazda 3	ITV had a pretty interesting look back at each year's rookie drivers from the past decade. A lot of famous names, and other names you probably already forgot. http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?T...47873&PO=47873 __________________ While a standard engine is powered by a belt connected to the crankshaft, a turbo engine runs on its own exhaust steam, making it more energy efficient. -- CNN

2010-03-11, 09:54 AM	#188
Nick Koan JDM Cowboy Real Name: Nick Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Somewhere Posts: 8,642 Car: 2015 Mazda 3	You'd think things would now be over between the FIA and US F1... but its not http://formula-one.speedtv.com/artic...ce-fia-action/ US F1 will likely face the WMSC for failure to show up for the 2010 season. Also, it looks like the bidding process for next year will have a 'reserve' team as well as one that is granted the official entry. It doesn't seem likely that US F1 will be given either the official or reserve entry for 2011. __________________ While a standard engine is powered by a belt connected to the crankshaft, a turbo engine runs on its own exhaust steam, making it more energy efficient. -- CNN

2010-03-13, 09:56 PM	#189
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	So I was looking at the picks for Round 1... and 10 picks is a crapload of drivers to have to pay attention to. I'm starting to second guess picking so many drivers this season. I was wondering if anyone else agrees. I'm thinking we could wait for round 1 to be over, then change the number of picks to 5 drivers each round... I'd go back and update all the round 1 picks so everyone gets their 5 best scoring drivers from the round, and their other 5 drivers go back into their pool. Opinions? If there's anyone strongly against a change now that the season's started, I won't make the change... but I'd really like the picks to be more easily manageable for everyone. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2010-03-13, 10:43 PM	#190
van SECCS Brewmeister Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: on the edge of a marsh Posts: 1,451	I concur. It seems too easy to exhuast my ten picks of the same driver this way, and less stategic. Not that five pics is going to help me.

2010-03-14, 06:45 AM	#191
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	Scott, you may be on to something, the 10 picks feel weird, It feel like we're picking half the field. I think going to 5 would make it very challenging, in a good way __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.”

2010-03-14, 09:42 AM	#192
Tahoe C5 EJ22 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lake Tahoe Posts: 175 Car: 05 Legacy GT, 81 RX7	OK by me Scott, either way I'm challenged.....as with most things :-)

2010-03-14, 10:05 AM	#193
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	I'm not playing, but to mirror other "Fantasy" sports leagues, you could make it a real challenge and only pick a 2 car team. Just a thought. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2010-03-14, 07:57 PM	#197
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	5 picks it is! It took a little time to fix the picks and make sure the results look right. And we ended up with a bunch of people scoring perfect rounds, just because everyone had 10 tries to get the top 5. But I think in the long run, it's going to make the season easier to manage, and allow for closer competition. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2010-03-16, 09:13 PM	#198
skimonkey30 Mr. Romano Real Name: David Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Truckee Posts: 932 Car: 2013 F150 Class: Mellow Yellow Rubbin's Racin	All F1 news articles/opinions aside........Sunday's race was seriously boring __________________ That would be Mr. Dipshit to you.........sir

2010-03-22, 11:14 AM	#200
Nick Koan JDM Cowboy Real Name: Nick Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Somewhere Posts: 8,642 Car: 2015 Mazda 3	It looks like Stefan GP is done. Not just done for 2010 (we already knew that) but done done. Their deal with Toyota for the ex-teams resources was contingent on making the grid in 2010. Since that fell through, Stefan has nothing. http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.a...48012&PO=48012 Also, it sounds like there are reports of some shady financial reports coming out of Stefan GP http://www.f1technical.net/news/14333 It sounds like this guy almost made a team out of nothing with some serious negotiating skills. Not a bad way to get to F1 if you can swing it. And even at times, it almost sounds more plausible than other teams claims coughusf1cough __________________ While a standard engine is powered by a belt connected to the crankshaft, a turbo engine runs on its own exhaust steam, making it more energy efficient. -- CNN Last edited by Nick Koan; 2010-03-22 at 11:16 AM.

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