Yippee... watchin' axes being ground down. Fun.
Fun?
I would want to look at the track combos voted for in D3 vs D1. If you don't see a disconnect, then I'm confused, I suppose. Learning vs. Skilled... or maybe that's not what the results may indicate.
I joined SNAIL as what I thought was an "intermediate" league. That's what I aspired to become. I wonder if it has become something more than that. Mopar and Devious (and others) have given numerous hours to help many D2 and D3'ers. and I offer them, and others, my grateful thanks. Many drivers have improved, markedly. Some, marginally.
I understand. I still stink. I've improved, but only a bit. Mind you, my Odyssey is now smokin' the apex at the local grocery store and soccer field, but that's beside the point... ish.
My frustration has been the
weekly beatdown weekly from Johnny-Joined-This-Week-He'll-Move-Up-Next-Week-And-Now-Not-Show-Or-Communicate...Then... He's-Relegated-To-Continue-His-Uncommunicative-And-Occasional-Beatdown-of-Regulars
Seriously. This blows big, fat, wet, frat-boy, chunks. Look at the disparity from the top 3 in any division and the rest of the field in the last 3 months. How many postions 1-6 or 7 are close? How about postions 3-7 or 8? How does that shake out vs. those differences in D1, D2 and D3? How about those placings based on folks who have raced 2+ times in that division?
I wonder what 'close racing' is observed there? I imagine a generalized collection of No-shows, weekly pinatas, and the "I wanna be moving up" drivers. Not much room for the learners other than to be a blocking dummy.
I once heard that growing most organizations involved going from the ground up. If SNAILs only wants top level racers, be blunt and say it. If you want D3 to be for beginning drivers, then D3 should
look like beginning drivers. I ask you to look at results for 3 months.
(not really Rhetorically...) In your opinion, do the results in D3 represent a place to grow driving skills over time... or run one-and-done... or to be relegated for lack of time, communication, insufficient driving skills?
I look at how this has gone and think of most D3 drivers representing over that time as the
mighty Washington Generals, facing Meadowlark Lemon and crew. Again. And again. And again.
I hope to learn enough to move out spot of a perennial cellar dweller - forget winning the race - having to create a 'goal' of not getting lapped or actually seeing another care after lap 1 or 2, isn't really "close" racing for me.
This game - GT5... racing - the online version is new to me. I
like racing. I
want to learn more. Personally, with less work on the agenda for a couple of weeks, I can try to do more in SNAIL.
I don't want to be D4 (Losers like Me), but I also don't want to be constantly racing against people who are
NOT like me. When 2/3 of my field shouldn't be
IN the D3 field, that ought to be clear to non-sadists. I think the current system doesn't do enough to dissuade ... people... from dropping by (as they may see fit...) long enough to pummel the wanna-learns. Glad their ego is boosted, but I'm sick of it.
I suggest 2 weeks with no communication at all as reason to not report if they show/no-show, and if they deign to re-apply, it should be with caveats on what showing up means.