There are two kissena leagues already in existence. Upper and lower case Kissena.

Shall we all agree to use Uppercase Kissena?

Kissena
81076797

I'm in. Somebody want to reach out and ask the to delete the other one just in case?

Yikes! Look what I just discovered. 

Should we use the ASO sanctioned program?  https://fantasy.letour.fr

I completed a team on the ASO one above, 

I'm in though my suspicion is that is exactly what the man wants us to do.....

Yeah I feel the same way. This one looks a little more complicated as well.

OK, I started a Kissena league

Password for the league is:

6ZUPT

Yeah, I'm going to sit this one out. Bastards. 

I haz confuse. Why do we need a password? Is it only new entries that are stopped?

When I set up the league it asked me if I wanted it to have a password. I said yes andit gave me that code. If you don't need it to join the Kissena league then OK. Not the most user friendly site in any case.

This is odd; the links to the league still work 

https://www.velogames.com/tour-de-france/2018/leaguescores.php?league=81076797

Can we roll our own with a shared google spreadsheet?

https://www.velogames.com/tour-de-france/2018/scores.php

I tried the aso one this morning, now I feel bad 
wtf harm was velogames doing 
kind of goes back to Eloy’s point
dont any of these organizations have a PR department 

I was looking forward to this. ASO pissss me off.  Is Jules’ idea of rolling our own viable?

Yeah, its pretty shitty and now they have my email. Damn it.

I think the main issue with doing our own will be assigning point values to riders.

jim_nelson said:

Yeah, its pretty shitty and now they have my email. Damn it.

I think the main issue with doing our own will be assigning point values to riders.

Yeah we can totally do it but that's a pretty complicated points scheme. "The rider in a break by the 1/2 way point of the race..." etc.

jim_nelson said:

Yeah, its pretty shitty and now they have my email. Damn it.

I think the main issue with doing our own will be assigning point values to riders.

I used a fake email. That oughta show 'em.

i really don't understand how ASO is valuing some of these riders. It's really throwing off my strategy. 

After spending a week planning my fantasy tour team I had to pick a vastly different team with the ASO site because of their different rules. My velogames team was stacked with climbers and I picked Sagan as my only sprinter. ASO lists Sagan as a leader so I was able to pick Gaviria. I also gave up one of my tour favorites for Kittel whom I plan to replace on the first rest day. Being able to swap riders on test days makes for different tactics. I still prefer the velogames site but am curious how this will play out. 

BTW I agree with Jeff about the points. They seem to value riders more heavily on their prior TdF performances rather than looking at their other races this season.  

There games sucks , anybody no a “ fancy bear” to bring ‘em down

I tried to do an ASO team but I gave up. Everyone is a "leader" and fuck the aso with a rusty harpoon. Fuck them truly. Also this. I can't remember if my password was "Fuckyouaso" or "fuckyoumotherfuckersaso" and I can't be bothered to see which of my four guys aren't starting.

I think it was Valverde, Nibali, GVA and... then I gave up because #shittyfeatures. But who is it???

Also, for the record this was my team and I would have crushed you all under my mighty Canadian Tractor Wheels.

 

George from Velogames has posted info about the future of the fantasy site: https://www.velogames.com/

good news is that it’s coming back and he is getting rid of banner ads. Bad news is that he is changing the structure. He doesn’t say why specifically, but presumably ASO wanted him to pay $$$ for a TdF game. So we are likely to see season long games like the spring classics instead. 

Oh, in other news I am crushing you all in the ASO version of the game. Sagan and Gavira have been good to me. That is all

Well played @PatrickGrehan, truth told ,i haven't even looked at the aso game , 

Velogames is running a Vuelta fantasy game. Field is pretty wide open. Should be fun. Game closes Saturday at 11am

Velogames accounts were hacked in 2015. If you have an account that old you should change your password (hopefully it’s not the same password you use for all your accounts)

https://www.velogames.com/security_notice_feb_19.php

I entered the spring classics , unlimited selection changes for each race this year, 
I started a mini league

League Name: Kissena
League Code: 41981507

Yes!

Cool. When does it close?