James I was that co-chair, either that or it was Julie. I remember you
telling me I had to watch the trailer for a while. I thought it was going to
do some trick or something until you told me it was so you could make sure
Charlie didn't make too many changes to the course. :-) I did like how the
course worked out that event, you had a crossover and I spun without hitting
any cones in Peter's car, hehe. Thanks Peter!
-Sean
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Creasy" <james@thevenom.net>
To: "John F. Kelly Jr." <76067.1750@compuserve.com>;
<ba-autox@autox.team.net>; "Sean Bradshaw" <sean@spintec.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: Course Designers: now hiring!
> sean,
>
> have fun designing a course, but be prepared for an onslaught of
complaints,
> moaning and criticism. so a thick skin is the first order of business. i
> remember at my first course a mod driver followed me around resetting the
> cones after i had finished each section. at another event i assigned one
of
> my co-chairs the sole task of keeping other people from changing the
course.
>
> since we have so many drivers per event, we have some special needs to
> process so many people. however, we dont want to get too stuck into just
a
> couple of styles and i am also against 'dumbing down' the courses too
much.
> the trick is that you can make the course have complications, but when
> people blow that section they dont hit cones or go off course (it just
costs
> them time). the boondoggle course was a good example on the very slow
right
> hand after the slalom... go in too fast and you just end up driving 1
extra
> mile (well it seemed that long to me! :) )
>
> its actually pretty challenging to create a course thats interesting and
> flows well. one method i like is to combine normal looking elements in a
> way that implies a slower line, but hidden in there is a smooth fast line
> that requires a little thought to see. have fun!
>
> -james
>
>
>
> > Message text written by Sean Bradshaw
> >
> > "I'd like to have in
> > there 2 overlaps also, one at the start and one before the finish, and
in
> > opposite directions, gotta even out that tire wear. Do we have enough
> > cones?"
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