Formula Oppo: The Dick Smith Foods GP Results

"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko)
03/15/2015 at 19:55 • Filed to: FO

We know how the race went. but how did our predictions do?

Anyone who picked a Manor driver or Giedo van der Garde for the curse got the points. So congratulations to RTeeJay for getting everything correct.

DISCUSSION (26)

Brian Silvestro > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/15/2015 at 20:00

Fiesta wasn't completely innocent

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/15/2015 at 20:14

Those of us who picked Maldonado for curse feel quite cheated seeing as he was the first DNF, not a DNS.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Biggus Dickus (RevsBro)
03/15/2015 at 20:21

Well, too bad.

Wheelerguy > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/15/2015 at 21:26

16th position on my very first race in my inaugural Formula Oppo. Whatever Nasr is feeling now, I might feel it too, or better, even. Who else on the board are rookies like me?

Viggen > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/15/2015 at 22:03

37th place!

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Wheelerguy
03/15/2015 at 22:37

Me, and I'm super bottom of the table...

Wheelerguy > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
03/15/2015 at 22:54

Let's become a team, then. Next race is just at my neighbor's yard (Malaysia), and possibly for one last time in the first half of the season (Singapore is 11 races after Malaysia) I have an advantage.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Wheelerguy
03/15/2015 at 23:56

Rookie here, but locked in a five way tie for dead last down in the negatives. I made ambitious choices with smiley and by cursing Sauber/Checo (never got told if i was allowed to curse a whole team, either way I was way the eff on my picks. Next week I will make up some points for sure though.

Trunk Impaired 318 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
03/16/2015 at 00:07

Im last, literally the last one on the entire page

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Trunk Impaired 318
03/16/2015 at 00:52

Yeah, I noticed. We're tied for last with 2 others...

pirates-ecu > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/16/2015 at 02:59

So we are 100% clear, what are the rules for the curse...

FROM THE RULES DOCUMENT

"If thou chooses to curse a driver to crash out or retire first, then thou shalt be awarded 5 points . If said driver finishes the race, then thou shall be deducted 5 points from the race total, fore thou haft been a dick and must be punished. If the driver still fails to finish, but is not the first out, thou shall be awarded no points . This gambling carries a great risk, but may also pay out a sum most helpful."

How can you get points for crashing out or retiring from a race you did not start..... The curse should have been for Kevin Mags..... he was the first competitor to start the race and not finish it.

This is the exact definition of the curse rules as you have previously stated. If this is the way we are doing it you are going to have people choosing manor drivers for the next two grand prixs and getting free points. The curse is supposed to be a gamble not a guaranteed.

So we need to figure this out early in the season. This guy should not be in the lead by the standard of the rules.... This is some BS man.

He should be in a 4 way tie with the rest of us for first.

pirates-ecu > Biggus Dickus (RevsBro)
03/16/2015 at 03:01

I agree people are getting shafted with the manor drivers getting points for curse picks... it should have been K mags... he blew up on the instillation lap.... didn't even make it to the grid, but he was under his own power.... The other three drivers never started so under the rules they should not have been applicable for the curse points.....

Those people should get zeros as their cursed drivers did not finish the race.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > pirates-ecu
03/16/2015 at 06:10

if you're scheduled to start, but never make it, then you don't get to finish the race either. It's not my fault that people didn't take advantage of the free points.

ncasolowork2 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/16/2015 at 09:01

I vote a change to the curse rules. +.5 points for every lap not completed regardless of if the driver is the first one out (the exception to this is lapped drivers who finish). If the driver doesn't start for any reason that's still +.5 points for each lap not completed.

-.5 point for every lap completed if they finish the race. -1 point for every point the driver scores as well.

I still think Ericsson had a cursed weekend and deserve +5 points not -5 points.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > ncasolowork2
03/16/2015 at 09:09

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
03/16/2015 at 09:10

Just one curse for one driver.

StingrayJake > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/16/2015 at 11:37

Middle of the pack. Solid opening weekend but can definitely do better. KMag going out and not Button really hurt. As did picking Bottas for third. Damn.

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/16/2015 at 13:19

Since when is failing to start the race a retirement? Fucking bullshit, read your own rules.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Biggus Dickus (RevsBro)
03/16/2015 at 13:24

Hey now, I don't make the rules, I just think them up and write them down.

pirates-ecu > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/16/2015 at 13:50

My point is this , The rules specify the curse as the first to DNF.... You can not DNF a race you did not start............

Its not free points its a breach of the fucking rules.... If you want to allow the shit whatever, but thats fucked up. You are usually a rational person, this is straight out of left field.

So if we are letting this bullshit fly, i guess everyone will just be picking manor every week..... Wow dude... that's all the fuck i am going to say on this, but that's the biggest pile i have ever heard.

pirates-ecu > Biggus Dickus (RevsBro)
03/16/2015 at 13:51

Exactly its a load of fucking horseshit, and other people besides me need to step up and call him on that. Whats the point of playing if people are already bending the rules.... and this is coming from the guy that won last year.

pirates-ecu > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/16/2015 at 13:52

you still didn't specify the EXACT rules on curse........

A little less quirky writing and a bit more rule making is necessary here... .we just all want to be in a fair competition.

pirates-ecu > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/16/2015 at 13:57

If you are scheduled to race and you DON'T START THE DAMN RACE... you get a DNS.... NO Points.....

The curse is to reward the players for picking the first retirement FROM THE RACE...... it was people that picked K mags and K mags alone that should get points

DNS- no curse points- 0 DNF gets you 5 points if they were first out. DNF not first out - zero points. You curse and they don't DNF you get minus five.

This is how the rules were laid out last year and this is how they need to be fucking followed.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > pirates-ecu
03/16/2015 at 14:30

Last year people were allowed to curse people not showing up to the race that had been scheduled to race. Loopholes are loopholes and should be exploited, there was a real possibility that the Manor cars would have been out there racing, hell, they were sitting in the garages, but they didn't, people cursed them and picked up an easy 5 points, which you can feel free to try and get next round.

pirates-ecu > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/16/2015 at 14:43

My ? becomes who gets the curse points. Are we doing it as a broad who didn't make the end... you get points...

If so that's fine, i was always under the assumption that it was THE FIRST GUY not to finish the race.

Now does that mean that manor will keep winning the curse as long as they as slated to race and don't field cars? We just need clarity on how its structured. The issue i had and others had as well is that its not and exploit of the rules, the rule is not written fully.

Please make a entry in the rules for Malaysia spelling the curse rules out explicitly.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > pirates-ecu
03/16/2015 at 14:47

I plan to keep cursing manor until they actually race, which could be the next round as far as we know. Once I make the post, you are free to curse whichever driver is on the list and a dns is just as good as a dnf.