RLD Suggestion box is always open

redlinederby Friday, 11/13/2015
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We're all pretty open and honest around here, but figured it would be good let everyone know that the Redline Derby Suggestion Box is always open. Especially for newer members, don't shy away from sharing what you think would make RLD a better place to play. 

Use this Google web form to submit your ideas, suggestions, complaints, etc...

And it's completely anonymous.

Redline Derby has evolved and grown thanks to everyone's feedback. Yeah, I have ideas on what I'd like to see as the site owner, but you have ideas too...and I want what you want. 

If you have an idea for a new feature, great. Share your vision!

If you are annoyed by something you use on the site, point it out. It can be fixed!

We can't make everything happen, obviously, but we don't want to sit by and do nothing either.

Thanks to everyone, old and new, for their continued support. It means a lot to me personally and it means a lot to everyone that considers Redline Derby a regular part of their day


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First of all, I would like to thank you for all you have done with this site.  I've only been here for a couple of months, but I've found everyone to be fun, helpful and polite.

You don't need to change anything, but I suppose there is always room for improvement.  It is tough though, improvement for one user will be annoying to another.  

Personally, I would like to know if someone replied to something I said.  Like, with an email notification (I have no idea how difficult or easy that might be to make happen).  However, I probably am in the minority there.  Some of the more active forum members would probably not care for all the notifications.  

Change what you want, or don't.  But thanks for making this site what it is.


  • Ditto, great web site, the track directory will be cool when that gets added as well — gtaman
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MoHasAFastCar 11/13/15

Keep me logged in.  The site seems to log me out after a couple hours and when i return, if I want to say anything I have to log in again. On the computer the browser saves my login info, on the iPad Safari does not...not sure if that's my settings or the browser's compatibility with the site.

Either way, I appreciate the security from my bank logging me out, but here I don't care so much.  It'd be nice if the website recognized me/my iPad every time I visited and I'd never have to login again.


  • The iPad does support saving password, mine does. Probably a setting. — redlinederby
  • Why not use a session cookie to keep people logged in longer? — gtaman
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redlinederby 11/13/15
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@Finkle - There are few notification options built in already. The first post of every article has a "Follow topic" button. Clicking this will subscribe you to the topic and send you an email any time it gets updated. And you can then unsubscribe at any time.

Another notification option is under the Settings page when you view your account. There's a checkbox labeled "New post comments" - while this won't email you, it will show you a number in the nav bar showing you how many of your posts and comments got a reply...sorta like Facebook but not nearly as effective or reliable, but its something. 

You weren't here when the site got redesigned last year...that did sort of ruffle some feathers but that's the way it goes. And another redesign is coming probably next year, so everyone can prepare their gripes again...but all in the name of progress.

@Mo - The auto log out is something I don't know if I can control, but I'll see what I can do. I know that iOS does support remembering passwords. Both my iPad and iPhone support it so maybe check the settings.

All good feedback, thanks! Keep it coming...


  • @redlinederby - your cookie is set to expire 3 hours after it is created. This timeout needs to be lengthened. — gtaman
  • Get the "Editthiscookie" plugin for chrome, you will see a cookie called ci_session which has a timeout of 3 hours. — gtaman
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MoHasAFastCar 11/13/15

Yeah, it remembers passwords, and uses them on some sites, like Amazon.  It has my password remembered for here too (on the password list), but does not use it for some reason.


  • Same for me too using chrome — Skuxmobile
  • I did figure out how to autofill login and password, was so obvious it was embarrassing. — MoHasAFastCar

Wonderful, thank you for pointing out this feature to me RLD.

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MoHasAFastCar 12/20/15

Add a "more" button at the bottom of the front page for the next tier of recent topics/posts.

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Just_Will 3/26/16

I'm sure it's harder than I think it is, but would it be possible to turn some of the races into a fantasy type race?

I watched the Derby Dash live show on Thursday and when it was over I wished I could come back to the site and set up a prediction bracket like we used to for the fantasy league. 

This could be good for the pro races too.

Will


  • Like a fantasy football setup? That sounds awesome! — Eastbound357
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redlinederby 3/26/16
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That's a great idea and one I've toyed with for a long time. And it would work just like you think - you'd go in and make pick 'em style picks for every mail-in tournament. When you're right, you get points and so on.

It's not really "harder" from a technical standpoint - I can make it happen - the real difficulty is around the rules and scenarios that would dictate how it works. And more so, making sure those rules create a fun experience for everyone.

For example, the fantasy league game always had 16 cars for an easy bracket. Mail-in tournaments could have 6 entries or 60...it's totally random. And since mail-in hosts run their own schedule, I couldn't guarantee that a bracket would be available to fill out. Rather than predicting the entire bracket, you'd almost just have to predict the overall winner...or top 3 or something. So it could be a very simple version of the fantasy league style of play, but that could still be fun and lend itself to some interesting discussion and debates.

However, the good news is that I've already started a new tournament tracking system. This system will finally give mail-in tournaments some structure and stat tracking. Once the system is in place and we start using it, organizers will choose tracks, enter cars and report results - just like the fantasy league. When that starts happening, turning events into a "pick the winner" game is much easier.

Cool thing would be too if the points you earned for mail-in picks could then be used within the fantasy league games to unlock cars and stuff like that. Theory being it would lead game players into the real racing more and maybe vice versa.

When the new web site launches, it will include the track directory. That's the first piece of the puzzle for building new games and things. Once people register their tracks, we can use that database to create mail-in events and fantasy league games just like we used to do.

I know it's been a long wait as I recreate something we already had but I still feel it's all for the better because everything will be integrated and talking to each other. Then we can use points, stats and whatever else to build even more great things. I think it's even possible to extend these tools to other clubs, which could effectively turn any local race event into a pick'em game...not to mention it would get that club a history of race results and stats...but that's way in the future. I'm gonna worry about us first, then them :)

Whew...sorry for the long response but I guess you hit a nerve! Thanks for the feedback. Nice knowing the interest in the fantasy league game hasn't waned at all. I'm anxious to get it back up and running too, and I'm working as fast as I can to get things updated. 

How tough would it be to offer rewards/rankings for members (newbie, rookie, host, x race winner, 10 race club, etc).  It could add to the fun .  Can you offer upvotes (like reddit) to help track post activity on a topic?   It may help people find info easier if they can sort searches that way.  Thanks for all you do Brian!

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EconoCarl 3/27/16

I've got a suggestion for the "winner takes all" tournaments. I, and apparently many others, find it difficult to 'give-up' a car in this type tournament. Sending in 'substitute' cars sounded like a good idea until Brian showed us in the pre-race show just what the prize pool consisted of. Not trying to rub people the wrong way, and not even knowing who sent in what, I think that most will agree that there were very few if any cars that will be turned into future racers in the bunch. There were a few donor wheel cars included.

I suggest that if you want your racer returned in a winner take all type tournament that you include $5 (for each of your entries) to go to the winner. This is what I've done for the upcoming Stock Derby Dash. It allows the winner to source either cars that can be raced, buy FTE donor cars or even try to duplicate the losing cars with the prize money. 

This seems a little more fair to me. What do y'all think?


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Eastbound357 3/27/16

I think winner takes all is just that, winner takes all. It's usually posted before anyone enters a WTA race, knowing its WTA motivates me more knowing what's on the line, that being said if I loose a WTA and this is just me, I have no problem with my loser car that took my effort and energy to build to go to the winner they earned it rather Won it fair and square. Plain and simple winner take all is winner take all. Just my thoughts on the topic. 


  • I agree with you if it is a modded race. JDC442 has one of my Chrysler 300s to prove it! — EconoCarl
  • In the upcoming stock race I sent the 2 fastest cars that I've run on my track (haven't run a funny car) and I'd like to keep those. — EconoCarl

Maybe in every WTA tournament, the substitute car for the prize pot should be approved of by the host before being sent.


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