j2, i feel your pain. i got all bent about this stuff early in the 2005 season when i had all those pc issues that darn near caused me to retire. i only posted once per day it seemed in the help forum trying to get my shit fixed while at the same time i kept getting jobbed by the scoring rules. (notice i say rules and not admins, if nothing else i think they try their best to follow their own rules about this scoring stuff, the admins are all good guys in my book)
I would be like "HELLO! IDIOTS, are you blind? i am not racing because i friggin cant, i'm trying the best i can damnit now stop giving me points behind dudes like viagra(i hate to use an old freind who intoduced me to this league as an example, but nevertheless) who hasent competed in a darn year or so. It drove me insane and there were times that i thought they were playing mind games with me or whatever. I just never thought to complain at the time publically.
but sinse those days i have payed attention and asked some of the admins from time to time about it and have also payed close attention to the results enough to know that there is some sort of method to their madness after all.
so here is what i am planning on doing and i suggest everyone does in the future.
"i'm gonna mis every race, every single one on the schedule"
there ya go, there is my notification to the league, no different than others who just dissappear forever but some blanket statement still gets them in the front of the line. I am now in the front of the line for every race i dont show up for right? lmao
i dont see any penalty for showing up to a race after you notify the league of an absence.
that way, if you do have a real life emergency that keeps you away from the computer for a week or two, you have already notified the league with that blanket statement that puts you within the rules, thats right, just say whatever the heck you need to say to get those points man! lol
"due to a lifestyle of binge drinking and pill popping, i cannot say beyond right this minute that i will ever make another race in the league, but i am not quitting, so please put my ass in the CEM section of line that still gets decent points ahead of guys that mis one stinking race, i am sure to miss every single one that i dont make" lmao
keep a copy of it and send it right back off again 10 seconds after every single race. better yet, after we say all the "gr's" and "gw's" and stuff after the race, we should all have a fast finger contest to say, "btw - i will miss next week" so we dont get screwed by the goofy rules.
if we all do that each and every week, it will surely force a change to the rulebook concerning missed races that would prevent results that just dont make sense, like guys who couldent give a rats ass about the league getting more points then good drivers who just got stuck at little mary sue's friggin birthday party and stare at the screen for a whole week waiting for the results to see how many points he needs to make up and then realizes the retired and homeless are getting more points because of some generic blanket statement friggin months ago.
i know one thing, my ass in getting in line for the bush points right now, even though i just might show up anyway.....
: "Efgordon will be at a CEM pep rally on saturday night, so this is my official notification that i might miss the race"
lolololololol
