2ndbendbeerhut Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 But what's wrong with fans voting when it's not their team? Attendance 890 Votes 2035 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 1 minute ago, Crumpet77 said: Will there be anything in place to prevent opposing fans and people following updates from influencing the vote ? There is also the fact that not every supporter has a smart phone. Why should there be? Isn't that what it's supposed to encourage anyway. As long as the managers put their top 4 up for the vote then it's swings and roundabouts anyway. If you are voted weak in heat 14 you are strong in heat 15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 36 minutes ago, Sings4Speedway said: Personally as team manager i would just hold back my top performer on the night for heat 15. Then chuck 2nd-5th into the vote, worst case scenario is you get 4th&5th in ht 14 and 1st&2nd in ht 15. I hope the voting numbers are published at some point, what would happen if everyone boycotted the stupid system and there was no votes for heat 14? You will never get a boycott,,, cos there will be plenty of fans that will think it's a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All4back Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 30 minutes ago, 2ndbendbeerhut said: Why do stadiums need wifi? Are you not supposed to vote via the clubs twitter feed. A Internet connection would be useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krompa Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 The format of the competition sees the Premiership clubs divided into two groups, with the winner of each group progressing to a two-legged Final. Races prior to Heat 14 will be run under the old 13-heat format. Any links to old 13-heat format? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 http://www.speedway-faq.org/miscfmts.html#BLClassic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmet Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 16 minutes ago, Mimmo said: As a non-mobile phone user myself, I assume the majority that are, have to be on contract to get wifi, but those that have just a bog standard Pay-as-you-Go phone and text facility, are unable to take part in the voting. Many older people in particular can't afford these sort of packages, and that includes myself, as much as I'd like to be able to, as I feel left out. I am an older person, i.e. retired; I do have a smart phone; I do have PAYG, even though I can afford a contract, but am sensible enough not to be sucked into living my life with it in my hand and running my life. (In fact I'm seriously thinking of reverting to my old Nokia, - just need to check if its WiFi is compatible with my car's system.) . No, I wont be partaking in the scheme, even if every stadium does have WiFi. - 2ndbbh is right to ask: remember, most supporter are of the same generation as me, and won't have or know what 4G or 5G is or means, and will be unlikely to convert for this scheme to become meaningful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattK Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 26 minutes ago, Crumpet77 said: Will there be anything in place to prevent opposing fans and people following updates from influencing the vote ? There is also the fact that not every supporter has a smart phone. It doesn't matter. Managers will chose their top four riders and the fans will choose which pair ride in heat 14 with the other pair riding in heat 15 by default. Just because some people don't have smartphones isn't a reason to try something new. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, britmet said: I am an older person, i.e. retired; I do have a smart phone; I do have PAYG, even though I can afford a contract, but am sensible enough not to be sucked into living my life with it in my hand and running my life. (In fact I'm seriously thinking of reverting to my old Nokia, - just need to check if its WiFi is compatible with my car's system.) . No, I wont be partaking in the scheme, even if every stadium does have WiFi. - 2ndbbh is right to ask: remember, most supporter are of the same generation as me, and won't have or know what 4G or 5G is or means, and will be unlikely to convert for this scheme to become meaningful. I'm unlikely to vote either, but I'm quite happy to see what the result is from those who do vote and just go along with it. That's fine by me. You don't have to vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndbendbeerhut Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 Anyone on Twitter wouldn't be reliant on Wi-Fi... Wouldnt matter anyways as most of the voting will be done away from the stadium..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEITH M Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 WARNING !!! If your reading the updates on demand or a few days later the vote will be closed so if you vote it will not count but you may still be charged 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 How do we take this farce serious cant believe what I'm. reading 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 It's the saviour of british speedway,,,, praise the lord 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambo Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rico said: http://www.speedway-faq.org/miscfmts.html#BLClassic The race format will be as listed above, but modified to reflect the current situation where the No.1 goes off gates 3 or 4 in heat 1. A couple of other gates have also been adjusted to give riders a ride off each gate. (Apart from the Reserves who may only get 3 rides in the meeting). The new Regulations are available on the SCB site (Downloads) Edited March 26, 2019 by Gambo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 23 minutes ago, ray c said: How do we take this farce serious cant believe what I'm. reading The thing is, if you're not interested in it then you don't have to do anything. Just watch the racing. 13 heats using to old race formula and 2 nominated races at the end. That's it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 (edited) Now that rider number 4 plus one of the reserves that used to ride in heat 14 could miss out on their 4th ride as it may not always be the case that number 4 will get into the picks and unless the reserve is having a great meeting is likely to not get picked either. Presumably the number 4 knows he might only get 3 rides and others could get 5, plus one of the reserves is likely to only get 3 rides . Edited March 26, 2019 by A ORLOV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 (edited) So you have a reserve that's flying on the night,,, don't put him up for a pick,, it's then chosen the under performing rider goes in 14,,,goes though tapes,, replaced by flying reserve. Can flying reserve also do heat 15 as wasn't original pick for 14 Edited March 26, 2019 by Baldyman 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, Baldyman said: So you have a reserve that's flying on the night,,, don't put him up for a pick,, it's then chosen the under performing rider goes in 14,,,goes though tapes,, replaced by flying reserve. Can flying reserve also do heat 15 as wasn't original pick for 14 Will be even funnier if the lessor rider in heat 15 also goes through the tapes, if replaced by the same reserve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 (edited) Exactly. 2 extra rides for flying reserve. Edited March 26, 2019 by Baldyman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Grachan said: The thing is, if you're not interested in it then you don't have to do anything. Just watch the racing. 13 heats using to old race formula and 2 nominated races at the end. That's it. Pretty much it. Unfortunately but not surprisingly people are too obtuse to give it a chance and see how it works but if they don’t like it then just ignore it and treat it as two nominated heats which isn’t a new concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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