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Hasn't really been a concern so far.

-Larry

"Peter" > wrote in message
om...

> Well I hope the net code is pretty damn good, because there are going to
> be some pretty ****ed racers out there if they start getting penalised
> because of some 'warp' that takes place whilst racing.
>
> --
> Pete Ives
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What kind of numbers online Larry?

Will it support 50+ 60+ ?? drivers in a race?
Has that been tested? What's the highest number you have been online with?

Thanks in advance

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"Larry" > wrote in message
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> Hasn't really been a concern so far.
>
> -Larry
>
> "Peter" > wrote in message
> om...
>
>> Well I hope the net code is pretty damn good, because there are going to
>> be some pretty ****ed racers out there if they start getting penalised
>> because of some 'warp' that takes place whilst racing.
>>
>> --
>> Pete Ives
>> Remove All_stRESS before sending me an email
>

Larry - Can you confirm that yellow flags and pit stops have not yet been
implemented? Think I seen that on the RSC forum and was just curious if it
were true and what other big items are still missing. Thanks.

"Larry" > wrote in message
...
> Hasn't really been a concern so far.
>
> -Larry
>
> "Peter" > wrote in message
> om...
>
>> Well I hope the net code is pretty damn good, because there are going to
>> be some pretty ****ed racers out there if they start getting penalised
>> because of some 'warp' that takes place whilst racing.
>>
>> --
>> Pete Ives
>> Remove All_stRESS before sending me an email
>

On Jun 6, 5:09*pm, Tony R >
wrote:

>
> I wouldn't doubt John Henry's abilities in business. The Red Sox was a
> passion but astutely managed to become self sustaining in terms of
> generating income to take on the Yankees and then through the use of
> sabermetrics (a system he devised for mining baseball stats to find
> undervalued players while avoiding long contracts for aging stars)
> ensuring the income was used most efficiently. This turned around
> success within 2 years winning the world series in 2004 for the first
> time since 1918.

>
> Cheers
> Tony



Off topic here, but John Henry didn't devise sabermetrics. Bill James
(who now works for/in collaboration with JH) is the one who came up
with the idea. I owned a lot of books by Bill James as stats were the
life blood of the APBA baseball league (a card and dice game based on
actual stats) that I was in each summer as soon as school ended.

As a follow up to my own post, I suppose the Bill James himself isn't
even the one who "invented" it. He is just the biggest "name"
associated with it.

In article >, says...
> Hasn't really been a concern so far.
>
> -Larry
>

When you say that, do you mean there hasn't been any signs of warping,
or when warps or delays in data transmission has occurred the netcode
has been able to deal with it.

Logically, it shouldn't be too difficult to deal with a brief loss in
communication with the server as far as the server software been able to
realise that that would be what has just happened - if the server
queries the player's position and no reply comes back then the server
must assume a connection problem whilst guessing at player's location on
the track. If player then re-appears at different position then don't
punish player for this as it was a connection issue.

As an addition to this, do you know where players have been connecting
from, so far. Have there been players from all over the globe, or just
the USA?

> "Peter" > wrote in message
> om...
>
> > Well I hope the net code is pretty damn good, because there are going to
> > be some pretty ****ed racers out there if they start getting penalised
> > because of some 'warp' that takes place whilst racing.
> >

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Pete Ives
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Thanks. And smaller fields based on your previous posts I see as well.

Again I think I will take a wait and see approach, seems to be a lot missing
from what other sims offer, some things added, some things removed or not
implemented yet. Kind of feels like the next phase is a paid beta until
they get things a bit more finished.

"Uwe Schürkamp" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:10:12 GMT, schooner wrote:
>> Larry - Can you confirm that yellow flags and pit stops have not yet been
>> implemented? Think I seen that on the RSC forum and was just curious if
>> it
>> were true and what other big items are still missing. Thanks.
>>
>
> Not Larry, but no, no flags or pitstops implemented yet.
>
> Cheers, uwe
>
>
> --

Heck...I hate to have to answer my own question.... but it seems like no-one
else will !?!
Strange me thinks

>> Hasn't really been a concern so far.

-Larry <<

Nice "cover answer" Larry, but is that it?
Can you or anyone actually answer the other questions posted here?

Of course in the same way, iRacing "hasn't really been a concern for me
either" as I haven't and probably won't pay for it.

I'm also a bit appalled with the "marketing strategy" er, um, I mean
"special offers" (do I have 10 yet?) that are being paraded around and
MASCARADED as it they are actually some sort of "special offer".

~allowing me to join and pay~ is NOT a "special offer".

A FREE TRIAL - well that might be a special offer. 2 for 1 - I think that
is a special offer...
but sign up now and pay forever.... so that someone else can pay later (get
everything up to that point for the entrance fee) and then pay forever?
Seems a little inequitable to me.
Or will people that join in say a year from now... will they have to pay
$500+ "initiation" to get the updates and features that are available at
that time?

Personally, I smell a bad concepted business model and a WORSE smelling
marketing "special offer" campaign.

Excuse me.... the stink makes me want to leave the forum for a moment.

Sheesh


"==--==" > wrote in message
news:ykl2k.10580$gc5.8799@pd7urf2no...
> What kind of numbers online Larry?
>
> Will it support 50+ 60+ ?? drivers in a race?
> Has that been tested? What's the highest number you have been online
> with?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> ==--==
>
>
> "Larry" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hasn't really been a concern so far.
>>
>> -Larry
>>
>> "Peter" > wrote in message
>> om...
>>
>>> Well I hope the net code is pretty damn good, because there are going to
>>> be some pretty ****ed racers out there if they start getting penalised
>>> because of some 'warp' that takes place whilst racing.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Pete Ives
>>> Remove All_stRESS before sending me an email
>>
>
>

On Jun 7, 8:38*am, wrote:
> As a follow up to my own post, I suppose the Bill James himself isn't
> even the one who "invented" it. He is just the biggest "name"
> associated with it.

Bill James coined the term sabermetrics. It's named as a tribute to
the SABR organization, which is was (and I assume is) a part of.

<==-==>, you are, in fact, David G Fisher and I claim my $5!

"<==-==>" > wrote in message
news:Jc73k.18412$C12.16715@pd7urf3no...
>
> Heck...I hate to have to answer my own question.... but it seems like
> no-one else will !?!
> Strange me thinks
>
>>> Hasn't really been a concern so far.
>
> -Larry <<
>
> Nice "cover answer" Larry, but is that it?
> Can you or anyone actually answer the other questions posted here?
>
> Of course in the same way, iRacing "hasn't really been a concern for me
> either" as I haven't and probably won't pay for it.
>
> I'm also a bit appalled with the "marketing strategy" er, um, I mean
> "special offers" (do I have 10 yet?) that are being paraded around and
> MASCARADED as it they are actually some sort of "special offer".
>
> ~allowing me to join and pay~ is NOT a "special offer".
>
> A FREE TRIAL - well that might be a special offer. 2 for 1 - I think that
> is a special offer...
> but sign up now and pay forever.... so that someone else can pay later
> (get everything up to that point for the entrance fee) and then pay
> forever? Seems a little inequitable to me.
> Or will people that join in say a year from now... will they have to pay
> $500+ "initiation" to get the updates and features that are available at
> that time?
>
> Personally, I smell a bad concepted business model and a WORSE smelling
> marketing "special offer" campaign.
>
> Excuse me.... the stink makes me want to leave the forum for a moment.
>
> Sheesh
>
>
> "==--==" > wrote in message
> news:ykl2k.10580$gc5.8799@pd7urf2no...
>> What kind of numbers online Larry?
>>
>> Will it support 50+ 60+ ?? drivers in a race?
>> Has that been tested? What's the highest number you have been online
>> with?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> ==--==
>>
>>
>> "Larry" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Hasn't really been a concern so far.
>>>
>>> -Larry
>>>
>>> "Peter" > wrote in message
>>> om...
>>>
>>>> Well I hope the net code is pretty damn good, because there are going
>>>> to
>>>> be some pretty ****ed racers out there if they start getting penalised
>>>> because of some 'warp' that takes place whilst racing.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Pete Ives
>>>> Remove All_stRESS before sending me an email
>>>
>>
>>
>
>