A hot topic of conversation around the PF world currently are the proposals for the introduction of "season ending" and "career ending" injuries and needless to say that this has got the forum in a bit of tizz.
The suggestion is that any horse who incurs an injury over 20 days but less than 30 is considered to have sustained a "season ending" injury. This length of injury would indicate that the horse in question is either immature or reaching the end of its racing career and a long rest would be the best thing for it. Players are split between running with the minimum amount of rest or a set period no matter what the AR indicates. This stable has, on several occassions in the past, retired a horse mid season after it sustained an injury in excess of 25 days. This week we retired with immediate effect DANCESWITHWOLVES who sustained a 27 days inury but as the plan for her was to retire to the breeding shed at the end of the season, this retirement was merely bumped up a few weeks.
The second suggestion is that any horse sustaining an injury in excess of 30 days would be deemed to have suffered a "career ending" injury no matter what age they are. This is the suggestion that seems to have caused most furor. Stables are split again on whether to make the game more realistic and therefore have these injuries introduced (rather than merely give the horse the requisite number of rest days) should we just keep the game as "fantasy" as possible.
Its a personal thing and at this moment in time we are happy to go either way - ie introduce the season/career ending injuries or not, because as a stable rule all our horses are given at least 21 days rest no matter what their abilities.
In the long term though, I think that it will be necessary to bring in this rule as more and more players are running their horses with less rest and this is resulting in more frequent short term injuries but with the occassional long term thrown in. The percentage of injuries over 30 days is very minimal but the medium term (20-30 days) is getting more noticable especially with more new stables joining.
So there you have it - Bally Doyle's not quite definative answer but a subject that will be raised again soon no doubt!
(And a bonus prize for those who can quote the header correctly!)
The second suggestion is that any horse sustaining an injury in excess of 30 days would be deemed to have suffered a "career ending" injury no matter what age they are. This is the suggestion that seems to have caused most furor. Stables are split again on whether to make the game more realistic and therefore have these injuries introduced (rather than merely give the horse the requisite number of rest days) should we just keep the game as "fantasy" as possible.
Its a personal thing and at this moment in time we are happy to go either way - ie introduce the season/career ending injuries or not, because as a stable rule all our horses are given at least 21 days rest no matter what their abilities.
In the long term though, I think that it will be necessary to bring in this rule as more and more players are running their horses with less rest and this is resulting in more frequent short term injuries but with the occassional long term thrown in. The percentage of injuries over 30 days is very minimal but the medium term (20-30 days) is getting more noticable especially with more new stables joining.
So there you have it - Bally Doyle's not quite definative answer but a subject that will be raised again soon no doubt!
(And a bonus prize for those who can quote the header correctly!)
3 comments:
Whats the prize lol,
It's the For want of a nail rhyme here
"For want of a rider the battle was lost."
I did not know you had voluntarily retired horses, Amanda, but I applaud you for it. I remember a season ot two ago DJ and I kicked around the same idea. I have decided that any injury over 27 days and my guy is out for the season. Anything 31 and over and he is retired. I am definitely one who places the emphasis on simulation rather than fantasy.
For want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For want of the shoe the horse was lost, for want of the horse the rider was lost for want of the rider the message was lost, for want of the message the battle was lost.
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