My F1Time Blogs

F1Time - V2 Update by TaBu

2006-03-20T18:05:00.000-05:00

A copy of the message from TaBu

+ runs a race,
+ updates office,
+ balances,
+ creates race report,
+ updates driver stats,
+ finds new sponsor proposal,
+ renegotiates if ordered,
+ shortens old ones,
+ shortens all staff contracts,
+ builds new parts,
+ improves design of parts,
+ clears practice, testing, warmup, qualification laps,
+ creates xml files to be used by live race.
+ inserts some stats into race history table
+ updated current streaks: wins, no wins, points, no points, podiums, no podiums, etc,

What is left before it goes live?
- update current position,
- update manager stats tables,
- add more events to race history (currently only reports pits)
- adding more stats into DB
o money awards for performance
o process driver firing, assign new temp one
o process c.director firing, assign new temp one
o process designer firing, assign new temp one
o process markets
! adjusted finances
! ... lots of tuning and polishing things up.

Legend:
+ done
- not done, needed to run live test race
o not done, but not needed to run live test race
! not done, stuff between alpha and beta tests

F1Time reaches 2000 Users

2005-12-01T17:23:00.000-05:00

Another milestone for F1Time when it reached 2000 users on Tuesday, Nov 29th.
Unfortunately only 1956 managers are accomodated as of now and the others have to wait on for deletions before they get into this game. With another month to go before the active start, i expect a big number getting deleted due to inactivity.

F1Time v2 Release Date Announced

2005-11-21T11:50:00.000-05:00

A long awaited announcement from TaBu and something which shows the site is still active.

Release date and some info By Tadas Bubelevičius
On: 2005-11-21 10:10:10
F1TIME new version will go live on 9th of January 2006. On that date resets will take place. First race of a new season will be held on 16th of January. From now on, and till then, we will have races at least every Monday and Friday (also 3 Wednesdays in December). After every of these races, results will not be reset, money awarded, staff changes, etc. will happen and season will move on to the new track.

Add Yourselves to this Map

2005-11-20T11:55:00.000-05:00

I have found this site only yesterday and thought it to be cool. I created a F1Time map hoping atleast some of my friends would add them to this map.

Click Here For The F1Time Map

Registration Full

2005-11-20T10:40:00.000-05:00

All the 64 groups are currently filled and the users are in the Waiting List for the last few days. Thats an encouraging sign for TaBu but the bad news is we still donno when we can expect the new game to begin.

The Wait continues

Firefox Memory Leaks

2005-09-12T22:38:00.000-04:00

This is not really F1Time. But i think this is useful stuff.

If you have used Firefox you've probably noticed that it suffers from what can be described as a fairly harsh "memory leak". The main cause of the problem appears to lie within the plugin for Flash content. There are 2 workarounds that I've located.

The first is rather straightforward and simple but wasn't practical for me. All you have to do is un-install/remove the flash plugin and performance increases significantly.

The other option (and the one I'm using) requires you to make some changes to the Firefox configuration. This is how you fix this "memory leak" problem. (It's not actually a leak, it just doesn't flush the cache it has.)

1)Type about:config into the location bar and press enter
2)Right click any line to bring up a sub-menu
3)Choose "new">"integer"
4)paste this into the dialogue that appears: browser.cache.memory.capacity
5)Next click Okay
6)Specify the amount in kb (about 60000 should do) in the next dialogue that appears
7)Restart Firefox and happy surfing.

F1Time adds 1500th Manager

2005-09-10T23:02:00.000-04:00

When v2 started, it just had the existing managers from v11 which came to around 900+. The new version can accomodate upto 2550 Managers and today it crossed the 1500 mark.
The Game is slowly but steadily building up. When v2 started, every group had around 14 free spaces but now it has come down to half (7). With this kinda signup, i expect the groups to be FULL by the time test races start. Now we have the Practise/WU/Qualify and Race Orders Page finished. And I am hoping the test races to start by the month end.

New Responsibilities & New Team

2005-08-19T18:08:00.000-04:00

I am an Admin now. Yeah!! Hard to believe, but within a few days of getting moderator status, i am Promoted :).
But then i realised how hard it can be. The Offices of all managers had to be created and has to be done manually. Oliver has done a very good job in creating the groups as per TaBu's and Jonny's guidelines. But again implementing that was another laborious task. If not for Oliver, i dont we could have done the entire thing in one single day.
Good Job my friend.
The exact nature and responsibilities of this post are still awaited. But i think the new F1Time team takes out a bit of the site functions from TaBu's shoulders.

The New F1Time Team consists of

Developer : TaBu
GameMaster : Jonny Payton
Admins :
Oliver Vogel
Wendy Kemper
Mikhail Mikhailov
Aswin Mathew
Moderators :
Chris Sphicas
Vitor Espadaneira

F1Time v2 - A New Beginning

2005-08-15T20:14:00.000-04:00

The site has been down for a while today and i just took it as just another day. But when the site came back online, i was surprised to see a different page with SimSoccer written on it. For a while, i thought that the site was hacked and i tried logging in. Then i realised that the long awaited v2 has come. Just that the Front Page needs to be changed. TaBu has introduced F1Time v2 as a surprise to many of us.
Well, in looks, v2 is totally different from the earlier v1. Forums are different. The links are different and God knows what all.. I really cant tell anything right now, as it is still in Pre-Alpha stage. Mebbe TaBu wanted mass testing rather than running with a few Beta guys.
The Community is excited and naturally should be. I too am in a different way as i have been given the Moderator post. Good in one way... but more headaches. I think i can face it.

Foto - TuomoK

2005-08-12T11:43:00.000-04:00

Tuomo, the F1Time Iceman, is another impressive manager who grabbed my attention. Very silent and very polite, this guy is a different person altogether in the racing track. In exact 10 seasons after he started, he was running in c1 and these days a top5 contender in every race. I am just waiting for him to step up the pace as hes full of potential. And he is only 18!!
TuomoK - Tuomo Korja

Summer Break or Full Brakes??

2005-08-08T15:06:00.000-04:00

The Season Break is getting indefinetely longer and people are coming up with all sorts of confusions.

This was what Tabu said
"
Season restart will not be done this week, more information about season restart will be announced next weekend. Have a nice F1TIME summer break :)
" Season restart 2005-08-01 (Tadas Bubelevičius)

And Jimmy Winter had this to say
"
well guys, really an very interesting discussion on songs and cover of that. But really there is only one thing that i am concerned about :
WILL F1TIME CONTINUE OT DOES IT END HERE ????????????????????????????????

I've heard rumours tadas is no longer interested in it !!!!!!!!
"

Jonny clarified it to be a rumour but i am keeping my fingers crossed. :)

Retirements started

2005-08-02T18:12:00.000-04:00

BreadC (aka Mark Bunby) is the latest manager to take a break from F1Time. Mebbe the ban hurt him and i hope he should be joining us pretty soon.
"
The time has come for me to say that i am leaving the game. it was my mission to be successful in c1 but i cant see that happening. i managed to win a c1 race though which i am happy about .
"

Earlier in the season Luis Rocha announced his retirement. So that makes it 2 for the season till now.

Its All Over.. Gratz Eld

2005-07-26T10:57:00.000-04:00

Dreams are shattered!!!
In a season where i hoped for the ultimate glory, i have to settle for second. In a way, i can be proud as i have been able to finish second. But thats not what everyone is looking for. The Planning was good. The Execution wasnt that good enough. Taking BML at the start proved to be a good decision. But the main objective was to build a lead in the first part of the season. I wasnt able to do that. Infact trailed by a not-so-small margin. I was able to cut down and was expecting for a final showdown. Even Eld was planning for an EXPENSIVE final race (which i too was planning :D). But that is not gonna happen now.

Just thinking of where i went wrong, i am coming with 2 probable cases.
First, Mebbe i should have planned for a couple of Drops.
Second, i shouldnt have missed the race last season.
And third, i shouldnt have relied on the server.
Whatever i put will be just plain excuses to convince my mind because past is past. And the winner always will be the deserved one.
Congratulations Eld.. You are unbeatable.

Thanks to all the friends who helped me in whatever way they can.. small things, big ways... And to all who believed in me and whom i have disappointed. You are there to cheer me and i hope you will be there with me in trouble times too.
Now i have a tough road ahead. I need to regroup and give it another shot pretty soon(hopefully).

Foto - Mark Bunby

2005-07-16T13:40:00.000-04:00

Coming in from the commercially important town of Slough from the South East England, Mark alias BreadC (BreadCrums) is another old timer who is equally known as a forum spammer :). There is no better time to put his picture down here than now when he has won his first c1 race in his debut c1 season. Starting in Season 9 and serving 9 seasons in c2, he is now in the elite league and proved that in his home GP yesterday. Also known to be 'short-tempered', he is one nice guy if you know him more. His 'interests' are Computers, Football(Soccer) and Women(obvious.. huh ?). His football interest is evident from the fact that he is a better manager in Hattrick than in F1Time. But mebbe with this win, its gonna change.

BreadC - Mark Bunby

Note: What many wont be knowing. IRL, BreadC doesnt like Bread Crums. Just that he needed an online nick for privacy when he first got into the Internet and he had Bread Crums all over his T-Shirt at that time.

A mixed season till now

2005-07-16T13:34:00.000-04:00

This season was what i was planning for a long time.. But somehow pieces arent matching as i had hoped for.. I was planning for a good start to the season, but what i got was an Engine Explosion while leading in the first race. An up-and-down site made me miss one race. And suddenly i see myself trailing Eld by a big margin. Though its impossible to cut down, I am just trying my best to make it up there.. Add to it mistakes in a couple of races which costed me a few points. Another 5 races and i am trying to keep my hopes positive.

Foto - Aleksander Bracko

2005-06-11T21:00:00.000-04:00

Aleksander (Alexander) Bracko aka Lex started hi F1Time 'career' way back in Season3 and that too in my same c-g. Well the story from then is 1 way traffic. In his 7th season, he was racing in c1. The only downfall was in S22 when he had to go down to c2 for some preparation and that too because of missing some races. He was straight into action last season when he finished 5th overall. Lex and Sow had a long term team till Sow joined his brother. The chances are that the team will be revived again this season. Lex hails from Slovenia and is a Computer Programmer and like all Slovenians, very brilliant.

Lex - Aleksander Bracko

F1Time - S24 - Season Preview

2005-06-11T19:12:00.000-04:00

A new Season and as usual, a peek into the c1 group to see whats gonna happen this season.
Major Changes seen this season
1. No Mersedes engine this season (Was expecting a decrease in the managers who go for this, but never expected that to come down drastically)

2. Ferarri engines find favor with c1 managers and infact 7 was chosen this time.

3. Pips still continue to be the favourite tyre as half of the group are with them. But Bridgestones with their price cut found more takers this time around.

So the Supplier List in c1 reads as follows

Renualt 10
Ferarri 07
Totoya 04
Asiatech 04
Puegeot 02
Aodi 01
BML 01
Frod 01

Pipirelli 16
Bridgestones 07
Michelim 05
Goodyeah 02

The Championship also is looking forward for a thriller. I presume atleast 7 'highly-competitive' managers this time around. Andre with his Aodi, His teammie Heike, My Teammie Robbie, Super-duper Eld, Tuomo Korja, Christian Reindl and possibly me. It wont be a surprise if BreadC and Lex too is competitive as the season goes by. Also glad to see former champ Kostya back in c1. Mebbe its time to produce some Kostya magic again. Well lets wait and see.

Skipping S23 and Awaiting S24

2005-06-10T23:56:00.000-04:00

Its been a tough job for the last few months. Add to that, i moved to a different place where i have to setup everything from scratch. All this made me skip almost an entire season. But my teammie was there for my rescue.
S23 was exciting as far as the Championship was concerned. Eld added another Star to his tally. It was a hard fought victory over Tsig and Sow. But we all know that Eld is in a different league and hes sure to repeat that this time around too. This 3 way battle all through made the season enjoyable. Just that i didnt had enough time for it. Tuomo after a normal debut in S22 made his presence count with a Strong 4th place. Lex coming back into c1, took 5th.
Well for me, Arunis left for c2 and i had a new teammie, whos a CHAMP. So i was excited. We went for a saving season where we still managed to get into Discount positions. Now i am looking forward to work with him for the current season. Hes tipped to win the Championship for the second time and i am there to help out.
Bring it on S24 ..!!

Season 22 Ends

2005-04-20T21:57:00.000-04:00

It has been a while since i put something here. I mainly put the blame on the c1 stress and the office work i had in that period. That means a total of 8 races lost for Season22. S22 is a memorable season for me and i shouldnt have missed the race reports, but life is like that and it goes on.
Of the last 8, the start and the end were just ordinary. All i could gather in Week4 was a 4th position. But week5 was better as i scored my first back to back c1 wins. Week 6 was on Saving mode and atleast i was able to collect some money for the new season suppliers.
In the meantime, Woodi was on top gear in this second half of the season. Both woodi and Pijus were racing with plans to retire and so they were competitive all through. Woodi scored podiums in all 8 races with 2 wins, but could only level Eld's points. Though woodi finished 2nd in standings, it was by all means a great achievement. Yeah!! these Swedes just ruled c1 S22. Pijus too fought well but had limitations with the engine he had. The 3rd place with just 10 points away from the winner adds another plus to his f1time resume. The 2 wins enabled me to pip Heike to 5th. Sow with a late show in the 6th week came 6th in standings.
The Final c1 Top10 looks like this
1 Joakim Sjöblom** 104
2 Johan Skog 104
3 Pijus Jerusevicius 94
4 Aswin Mathew 62
5 Heike Kohl 57
6 Sow Oneplus* 32
7 Andre Osterloh 28
8 Thomas Pappaioannou 24
9 Donatas Stakauskas 23
10 Arunas Babrauskas****** 19

Foto - Ran Maclurkin

2005-03-28T03:12:00.000-05:00

Ran Maclurkin is not just another F1Time Manager. He is an allrounder - a sportsman, an artist, a filmmaker and also a Business man. He has grown up with Racecars and even raced a few times. But some financial constraints have put an end to his short racing career. He has played in Bands, released Albums and toured. He has won the Best Editor Award at the SanFrancisco Film Festival. He loves kiteboarding and is about to buy into a Surt/Streetware Business. He is also trying his hand in writing as he is in the works of his first novel.
Ran hails from Melbourne, Australia and currently lives in NoosaHeads. His younger brother Ashley is also in F1Time and forms 'RAM Racing' to ram all their opponents. They are new to F1Time and still managed to get a promo in the first season. Ran is seen with his Girlfriend Jessica in this snap.

Ran Maclurkin

F1Time - S22 - Race9 - Sakhir, Bahrain

2005-03-27T02:10:00.000-05:00

Bahrain was the 9th stop for the F1Time managers in Season 22. The track setup was a little different from other tracks although crazy unbelievable setups have been the order of the day in this season. Woodi clearly dominated the timings in WU and he was on POLE too. My Driver didnt make the mistakes he did in WU as he shared the first row for the start. Heike was back on speed and was third and Eld on a used GB was fourth. Heike was on 4 stops as she had only Pips. The higher temperatures meant an advantage for Bridgestones and i was able to follow woodi without letting him run away. At the first stop, my crew gained me that vital position over woodi. But woodi was able to catch me again in a few laps. But he stayed a lap too long and that meant tyre wear which again came to my advantage. Eld was on Goodyeah and so he too had a lap wear in every stint. All those worked to my advantage and i was able to work out my second win of the season. That one mistake by woodi put him Eld and Eld was not ready to give way to his teammie. In the end, Barbeque racers finished 2-3 with Eld coming ahead of Woodi. 'On Vacation' finished 4-5 ahead of Robbie. Here are the full results.
1. Aswin Mathew
2. Joakim Sjöblom**
3. Johan Skog
4. Heike Kohl
5. Andre Osterloh
6. Robertas Petniunas*
7. Miguel Matos
8. Pedro Lanca

HAPPY EASTER to ALL ..

Driver Contract Extended

2005-03-25T03:55:00.001-05:00

The Bahrain GP was scheduled to be the Last Driver for 'A-Squared' Driver A.Ahuja. He has joined our team 3 seasons back with a 'Last and Proud of it' tag with him. But he has grown to a mature and experienced driver from thereon. Out of the contracted 51 races, he raced 49(He was down with a Flu in one race) and scored 141 valuable points including 9 wins and 4 other Podium finishes. Impressed by his performance, A-Squared management agreed for a Payhike and kept Ahuja with them for another season. Hope he continues to impress.

F1Time - S22 - Race8 - Anderstorp, Sweden

2005-03-24T01:13:00.000-05:00

Another Wet Race and this was the Home GP for the Barbeque Racing Team. Woodi was tipped to be the favourite to win here but he went for a 'Saving by Racing' strategy. There was some close WU times when positions 4 to 6 were decided by a gap of just .04 seconds. But Andre surprised everyone in Qual when he stormed to the POLE position with over half a second gap over teammate Heike. DC leaders Eld and Pijus were in the second row of the grid. I was again in the 4th row. Pijus had a superb start as he got the Lead in the very first lap. I too made a good getaway thanks to a mistake i made. I got my weather calculations wrong as i had to pit a lap earlier. But luckily Pijus, Eld and others too made the same mistake. My Pitcrew made the difference over Pijus, as i got the lead now. Eld was faster now and easily overtook both myself and Pijus. Pijus was faster too.. but my driver managed to hold him till my pitstop. But Pijus was running a heavy fuel load and he pitted very late for the Dry tyres at the weather change. Eld had a 11 second lead over Pijus and there were 12 more laps to go. But Pijus was cutting it down sharply every lap and he caught up with Eld in 9 laps. But overtaking was a different thing as he unsuccessfully challenged Eld on the last 3 laps. He finished just .06 seconds from the 'Homeboy' Eld. And i got the third position even with mistakes. Pijus should have won the race and my driver was at fault. Pijus was stuck behind me for over 25 laps and that was the difference. Woodi had a bad day in his Home GP when his engine blew off in Lap42. Here are the race results.
1. Joakim Sjöblom**
2. Pijus Jerusevicius
3. Aswin Mathew
4. Andre Osterloh
5. Thomas Pappaioannou
6. Donatas Stakauskas
7. Christophe Jauffret
8. Arunas Babrauskas******

F1Time - S22 - Race7 - Estoril, Portugal

2005-03-22T11:48:00.000-05:00

I had a forgettable 2nd week which saw just 2 points added to my kitty. I was back in control of my account and i am hoping for a better week. Race 7 also saw Current Champion Robertas back to mainstream racing. The limitation of a lesser gearbox didnt show a weakness at all as he was matching Eld and Woodi in WU. Rumours say that Robertas was lucky in finishing as he didnt had an enviable Reliability with his Mersedes engine. Eld went for the POLE and was followed by Robertas, Woodi and Heike in the starting grid. My driver could manage only a 4th row start in the grid alongside my last season 'enemy' Nezam :). This was a wet race and Eld went for 3 stops while others went for 2 stops. So Robertas had an easy job at his hands as he cruised to his First Win of the season. His teammie Pijus finished 2nd making it a complete domination of 'Technical Itch' in c1. Woodi was running third and then he had a short spin on the track. Mebbe seeing my car on his rear view made his driver tense. :). But my shitty driver didnt had the skill to utilise that mistake to our advantage. But woodi was kind enough to spin again and this time my driver made sure not to loose again. So i got a Podium thanks to woodi and Eld and woodi finished 4th and 5th respectively. Miguel again had an Engine Explosion and is having a miserable time with his suppliers this season. The Race Results are as follows
1. Robertas Petniunas*
2. Pijus Jerusevicius
3. Aswin Mathew
4. Joakim Sjöblom**
5. Johan Skog
6. Heike Kohl
7. Sow Oneplus*
8. Pedro Lanca

F1Time - S22 - Race6 - Brands Hatch, Great Britain

2005-03-20T01:09:00.000-05:00

The F1Time Race Engine has played a villain yesterday. I was still not on control of my account but i was racing. Infact racing for the second spot in the Podium. Then my engine blew away and there went my money which i saved last race. These situations make me think twice about doing a saving race. I consider racing more attractive :)).
Heike had the POLE this time in BrandsHatch followed by Eld and my driver. Heike made a bad start and both Eld and my driver was able to pounce on her. She kept losing positions and so Thomas and Arus were running behind me. My Bad Luck came on Lap 41 and Lap 44 saw a crash between Thomas and Arus. Eld won the race comfortably from Pijus. Then there was some close racing between Woodi, Andre and Heike. Heike lost out on pits and Woodi managed to get ahead of Andre and thus ensuring a Podium finish. The Race Results are as follows
1. Joakim Sjöblom**
2. Pijus Jerusevicius
3. Johan Skog
4. Heike Kohl
5. Andre Osterloh
6. Miguel Matos
7. Donatas Stakauskas
8. Gediminas Bakas