Isn't this borderline criminal?

Quote from simscube :

not to sound stupid, but what time is it 9.00pm (GMT+0/BST) at GMT-7 (USA pacific cost)

Hmmm..... 9PM GMT relative to GMT-7 would be....




wait for it.....




I said wait......




9 - 7 = 2PM Simply amazing.

Today is the last chance to get registered in order to compete in race 1. We have 43 drivers and 13 squads registered, with the current 26 Server 1 drivers separated by only 2.3 seconds!

Corrupted ZIP file.....

The League Of The Americas next premier series, the Grand Touring Cup, is set to begin this Thursday! The Grand Touring Cup features the three GTR cars, hour long races on multiple servers, two required pitstops, and a championship balancing system using ballasts!

Currently, we have 42 drivers registered, and have room for 18 more! Also, we have room for 18 more two-driver squads to compete for the team championship!

If you are looking for a unique GTR racing experience in the Western Hemisphere, check out the LOTA Grand Touring Cup!

Visit our website for more details and to register: www.lfs-lota.net

[more shameless self-promotion]

Before the League Of The Americas started, we (four different LFS Teams) did two separate 4-race private mini-series to see what would work or not. We did an in depth discussion (614 total posts) on the CoRe forums to plan this thing! We had servers committed by two different teams, and had a forum up and running before we announced the league here.

If you do, in fact, get a wheel, come on back and we'll reconsider.

Quote from banshee56 :

What is required to join CDDT? Potential CDDT drivers must be older than 14 years old, but generally will be younger than 18 years old, but the max age is not a strict limit. However, CDDT is primarily focused on the relatively inexperienced drivers: those with less than 10,000 miles and/or 250 finished races. Drivers with proper racing equipment are preferred, as CoRe feels that keyboards and gamepads do not give drivers the platform to learn proper racing techniques. Also, any driver that is currently on a LFS team will not be considered.

Quote from GTR_Yuni :

LFS username : GTR_Yuni
LFS racername : Yuni
Age : 14
Location : Boston, MA (United States of America)
Controller : Mouse+KB
Date of first LFS race : Approx. 3 years ago (Demo) Approx. 7 weeks ago (S2)
Racing frequency : Varies - generally 10-15 races a week
Normal race times : evening (during school days) varies (weekends/vacation days).
Misc info : Cannot do endurance races (45+ minutes) due to wildly varying schedule throughout the day. Prefers the TBO and GTR class of cars. Cannot do races that are scheduled on weekday mornings. Likes close racing. Inconsistent in faster cars. Wonders why no server uses the TBO class @ Fern Bay Green RallyX.

I'm sorry, but we are going to have to say no based on your controller.

Quote from danowat :

Basically, mass PM'ing for LEAGUE ADMINS only.

The current system is a pain in the rear for sending out 40+ pm's for league info/passwords.

Surely there must be a way to make it easier for league admins to send out event info in a mass PM?

Remember that these forums are supposed to be the official forums of the sim, not you're league. If you want to be able to use mass PM's or email, go get a free forum that allows mass PM's. You also have a lot more creative control over what is posted on your forums.

Quote from Ian.H :

Although obviously more work, but especially as leagues seem to be taking off more and more recently, maybe a separate few pages could be added to LFSWorld much like the team pages. 1 person registers as a "league owner" as such and can then edit a list of driver names within the league, again much like for the teams.. of which the league owner could then have the ability to either mass-mail all members signed up under the league or feed the message into the DB for the forum to read as PMs.

Any abuse by the league owner for spam (the reason for PMs being limited) could be pretty easily controlled on the server by Vic.. but I'd say this would be pretty minimal as it could also be restricted easily to licensed users only being able to register a league so accounts could easily be acted upon _if_ the need arose.

I do like the idea about registering leagues and league admins, but there needs to be some serious prerequisites to that too, or you'll have 100 people register a league and admins, only to have 50% of those leagues fail before getting started, and 40% more fail before the league finishes even 1 season.

I would like to see those requesting to register a league prove that they had at least one successful (the definition of which can be debated, of course) season, complete with evidence of results/standings and a league admin with at least some previous league experience and more than 500 completed races. Yes, I know that would require some human maintenance in the "proof of experience" department, so it's just a dream, I guess.

I don't think LFS World is the place to do it, but wherever it's done, it needs to have an LFS World connection.

Quote from mkinnov8 :

It would be nice to see things like they were in the old days, with leagues and series fully planned out and all ready for entry before they get threads opened on them.

What happened to this league? Did it happen, was it canceled? How can I invest my time in something that even the organizer doesn't know the full details of?

A very good observation, and an even better request of those preparing series/leagues: Get them planned before announcing, rather than having just a basic idea to present. You need to know you're target audience, some idea of what makes you unique enough to start the league, what cars/tracks you're going to use, a basic rule set, basic plans for resources (LFS server, forums, etc.), and more than yourself running it (and not a complete stranger as a partner, either).

Please don't let the leagues section get like the teams section, if it hasn't already. I can tolerate a saturation of LFS leagues, if they are quality ones, but when you get several leagues that get planned on a whim, and started without proper support, then the good leagues suffer. Once that happens, the true victim is the LFS community, because you've got people that spend time bouncing from one league to another, and never completing one of them. Hmmm....that does sound like the recent trend in the teams section, doesn't it?

EDIT: Another thing I would like to see in LFS is registration of leagues and league admins, as the only ones that can get league sections. Hmmm...off to the improvements section I go to type....

Quote from Origamiboy :

Hi there, I'm new to LFS, having owned it for about 3 weeks. I am keen to learn and intend to learn not only how to do fast laps, but the art of racecraft as well. I would be most grateful if I could be considered to take part in this team as it sounds like a great opportunity..

Username:- Origamiboy
Race Name:- Origamiboy
Age:- 24
Location:- Sheffield, UK
Frequency:- As often as possible! 20+ races PW
Times:- I race most evenings and afternoons when possible. (approx 2pm GMT- early hours on occasion!)
Controller:- Logitech G25, using manual clutch where applicable.

Thanks in advance..

Andrew

I'm sorry, but we are limiting participation to drivers in the Western Hemisphere, due to our desire to maximize mutual time opportunities with CDDT drivers.

Check the track page in the LFS Manual. I've added the car limits as verified inside the sim.

Gabereiser has accepted his invitation to join CDDT.

Quote from Gunn :

Actually, we try to be deliberately lenient in this regard.

Gunn, would you please explain the reasoning behind this statement? Just looking for clarification. Sorry for offtopic posts.

I'm sorry that happened to you LFSn00b. But really, what did you expect when you registered that username?

Gee, two request threads for the same subject in 10 minutes......

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=29475

Ain't this the same cat that was badmouthing 500Servers because they weren't able to give him a free server?

/me goes to edit his banlist.

Shouldn't all these GFC threads be in the Leagues & Events section? Or even in the GFC section in the Leagues & Events section?

Indeed, we have the Grand Touring Cup starting in 1-1/2 weeks. We are also considering a novice series, once the MRT series concludes in November, using a range of cars from the UF1, through the TBO cars, and finally the Micro-GTRs (UFR/XFR).

Quote from TypeRCivic :

I was woundering if this is either a race team or drift team?? Either way I'd like to join.

Quote from banshee56 :

Please note that CDDT is not intended to be a drifting team, nor will CoRe Racing team leaders allow it to become one. CoRe Racing is a racing team, and we are intent on assisting drivers learn racing skills! Does that mean if you race and drift, that you can't join? No, not at all. We don't care if you drift as well as race in your free time. Just don't ask us to teach you drifting techniques!

Hmm.........guess there is your answer. Are you serious about learning about racing? Because if you aren't, then you won't be considered. Let us know.

Sorry about the delay guys! We've been very busy the last few days.

I've added Dicey and Reiser to the "Pending" list, and we'll get back to you in a day or so!

Oh......my......GOD!!!! Appie....you certainly are showing signs of being married.

:monkey:

This should explain a few things: Birthday: 1993-03-24

I've had 2 servers from 500 for almost a year, and have never had a single problem with the service. They are the first company I always recommend when people ask about renting servers.

Quote from deggis :

This was already mentioned in the news thread...

http://www.autosimsport.net
J.B. Keough = J.B.?

J.B. Keough = real name of DeadWolfBones

Hmmm....mememememememe.....yep....sounds like me. Who knew?