Own-goal football (2022) • Hacker News Board

Re: Own-goal football (2022)

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Post by manquer » Sat, Jun 03, 2023, 9:31 AM UTC

Pet_Ant wrote: post #149

manquer wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why drive like maniacs only to slow down at the end ? might as well drive slower throughout the stage ? and be most aggressive on day 3 ?

Because you wanted second place, not third or latter? Maybe because you didn’t want the track too chewed up?

You don’t know what is going to be second or any other place , every one is going to be doing same thing . You would only know what the current leader board looks like .

Remember rally is raced against the clock not against other cars.

If you had a target time you should be be able pace yourself reasonably close to that time ?

Re: Own-goal football (2022)

#182

Post by manquer » Sat, Jun 03, 2023, 9:32 AM UTC

speed_spread wrote: post #152

manquer wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why drive like maniacs only to slow down at the end ? might as well drive slower throughout the stage ? and be most aggressive on day 3 ?

Give a good show, keep sponsors happy?

Everyone wants to see the finish line in a race ? Better slow half way in where no one is watching and finish in style ?

Re: Own-goal football (2022)

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Post by manquer » Sat, Jun 03, 2023, 9:34 AM UTC

turboponyy wrote: post #155

manquer wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why drive like maniacs only to slow down at the end ? might as well drive slower throughout the stage ? and be most aggressive on day 3 ?

It would still be important to rank high, just not win.

You would still target the same time you want , just the way you are achieving will be achieve it differently .

just giving more points for finishing in day 1 or 2 could have also solved the problem I think

Re: Own-goal football (2022)

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Post by NikolaNovak » Sat, Jun 03, 2023, 7:53 PM UTC

manquer wrote: post #181

Pet_Ant wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because you wanted second place, not third or latter? Maybe because you didn’t want the track too chewed up?

You don’t know what is going to be second or any other place , every one is going to be doing same thing . You would only know what the current leader board looks like . Remember rally is raced against the clock not against other cars. If you had a target time you should be be able pace yourself reasonably close to that time ?

Depending on your placement, you might. I.e. If my biggest competitor is ahead of me in order, the team will radio me their split times and finish times and tell me exactly the finish time I need to be second behind them. Again, the system intentionally put champions up front, so everybody behind them knew the champions finish time. It was a self reinforcing system :-/

Re: Own-goal football (2022)

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Post by linhvn » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 7:45 PM UTC

karmakurtisaani wrote: post #171

linhvn wrote: post #71

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If you fake injuries, or fall in the penalty area, you might get a yellow / red card. So no cheaties here, especially with VAR now in place.

But that's my point exactly. Imagine the following situation: you're the referee of the world cup finals, 60 minutes left in the game, a key player of a team clearly fakes an injury and they already have a yellow card from before. What do you do? Let the harmless violation pass and silently approve of faking injuries, or punish the player harshly and potentially decide the result of the game there? With stakes this h…

You give the red card. Period.

Nowadays, thanks to VAR, the controversial cases can be reviewed on the replay and referees have ample of time to make the call.