Quote from The Moose :

This is sounding better by the post

It appears to be far more like what im used too at the GPC nKPro championship where a very professional approach has been taken, which resulted in,as you called it, a gentelmans race series.
Of course there are always a few incidents that the stewards have too look into, but in 3 seasons only one incident made it to the Court of Appeal (of which I'm a member), which goes to show that if you run a league in a certain style you end up with a certain style of racer participating.

Best of luck with this GF, it looks like it's going to be a great league I cant wait for it to begin

Thanks for the vote of confidence mate. I hope that the approach I take to judicial results in consistent decisions but still allows flexibility. As for appeals what I don't want is for people to appeal decisions every time as a matter of course. I may even require a small deposit to lodge an appeal (about £10) which will be refundable if the decision is overturned. That should ensure people only appeal if they feel they have a strong case.

Also, before any decisions are made both parties will get their chance to explain things as they saw them unlike many leagues where the plaintiff makes a complaint and the decision is made without consulting the other driver. This is something that has annoyed me in the past. All decisions will refer back to the rules which the driver may or may not have been in breach of.

I think looking at the list of entrants it should be a gentlemanly competition. All the names I recognise I have the greatest of respect for and know they are clean. I will look to these drivers to lead the way for some of the less experienced guys that may enter.

i would like to sign up for this F08 league

Quote from Gabkicks :

i would like to sign up for this F08 league

You've been added.

I'm going to change the server name tonight from GentlefootFO8FOXRacing to GentlefootFormulaRacing. Should be done in just over an hour . Oh and the event will be known as "The Gentlefoot Formula Challenge" or GFC for short

An FO8 for me, please

GF, apologies but I won't be able to race in the league . I've decided to give full commitment to the SGPS. Sorry again

What is SGPS?

Sim Grand Prix Series, a new BF1 League

Quote from Leprekaun :

GF, apologies but I won't be able to race in the league . I've decided to give full commitment to the SGPS. Sorry again

lol, i wonder why, has wittew wepwakaun have somfin to pwoove? lol

nope, nuthin, zilch.

Hey Gentlefoot, could you pencil me in for one of the FOX seats please?

Quote from Leprekaun :

nope, nuthin, zilch.

Well done for not taking the bait there Lep

OK all added and updated

I had a PM from one entrant explaining problems he had joining the server. He is using Tiscali and they use port throttling. Has anyone else had problems of this nature?

It might be an idea to attempt to connect to my server and check that you don't have this problem also. Let me know if you do. It should be possible to change the port to get round this issue.

Thanks.

GF

can i change my entry to FOX instead of F08 please.

Quote from andybarsblade :

can i change my entry to FOX instead of F08 please.

done

wow... redline blade comes to FOX division.. gotta become harder :P

lol, errr no dont mix me up with one of the redline fox regulars im crap lol

Quote from Gentlefoot :

It should be possible to change the port to get round this issue.

I don't know what port your using at the moment, but it's good for me.
I've had months of hassle getting my ISP to open certain ports for LFS, so if you do change it could you please make it one of the standard LFS ports or something in the 27000-27050 range, which is pretty unlikely to be blocked by ISP's as it's used for Counter Strike, which for some reason is still insanely popular

Not necesarily the case here moose as Tiscali customers are haveing big problems with gaming ports in general.

If GF uses any of the ports that Hosts such as Redline or Conedodgers are set up for then the problem is sorted

Quote from CELTIC100 :

Not necesarily the case here moose as Tiscali customers are haveing big problems with gaming ports in general.

Fair enough m8...that's Tiscali for you though I'm afraid, they are the worst ISP in the country..an utter disgrace of a company.
You can see the problem though...If they change the ports it could sort your problem out and screw it up for other ISP's customers. Traffic shaping is a complete nightmare.

If possible, I'd like to give it a go in the FOX.

Dam, missed this thread :o

If your still taking entries... Keiran(FO8)

I'm gonna see if any one else has any problems with ports and my servers before I change anything. Want to see how many people are affected so anyone with problems should let me know.

GF

yhpm

Just wanted to write a very quick note to explain where I am with this and what I've got on my plate right now.

OK, the situation with this league is that all those who have signed up will get to vote on the day/time of the meets. I will set this up either thru the forum or possibly by PMs to you all.

The following things need to be completed before the first 'test' meet.

Day/Time Voting

Rule Book - I have so far got together with some of the lads and taken a load of replays of various on track situations. I need to go through these and pull the stuff out that is of use, convert it into AVI and create a document outlining acceptable and Unaceptable manouvres.

Forum - Create a forum in PHP that will house all the rules, pre/post race dicussions, results, standings, replays etc etc.

Track Guides - I would like to have these prepared ready for the events but this may not be possible. I have made good progress on the first guide though and this should be finished (in some sort of format at least) within the next couple of weeks. This will need to be added to the website too.

Judicial Procedures - these need to be defined and added to the website forum.

Formal Entries - once we have set a day/time for the events people can start entering the first one. The functionality for this will be added to my website too.

Other stuff outside of LFS.

Unfortunately for this week at least I will not be able to work on the LFS stuff very much at all. I quit my job recently and am now doing consultancy work for a seprate legal entity called Gentlefoot Limited. I have incorporated the company but I am now due to send out my first invoice for the last months consultancy and as yet do not have a bank account or any stationary so I need to get this stuff sorted asap.

In addition I have two people waiting for website builds and I really need to start bringing some stock in from China (stuff you boys might like - anything from RC helicopters/cars to windproof lighters) next month so it's all gone a bit mental. This is how this thing works. half the site is LFS resources - "Gentlefoot Lives For Speed" and the other half is my commercial side/products for sale = "Gentlefoot Lives" Oh and there has to be a whole separate website for my consultancy type work which is very specialist and something that none of you would be the remotest bit interested in.

So - I guess what I'm trying to say is please be patient. I am determined to see this through but as you can tell, I'm a busy boy right now

I had this idea when you quit your job that you'd be more like Richard Briers for "The Good Life" - converting your lawn into a vegetable plot, keeping goats and so on.