The Original LFS League

The Original LFS League (OLFSL) is back on track!

2011-03-01 13:47:54

OLFSL Season 2011 - No Frills, All Thrills

The 2011 season will be all about simplicity and, as with all previous seasons run here at the OLFSL, there will be a season theme. The theme this year is: no frills, all thrills. What this basically means is that there is no gimmick, no special task which must be performed, no additional goal to each race, other than good old honest, seat of the pants, close, intense, fast, fun and friendly, racing!

Each of the 12 Events will be spread over the rest of the year, ending with the season finale in October 2011. Qualifying for the events will be done as previously, using our very own Quali Server, on which you will have just 12 laps between the events to record a qualifying time. The times you set will be used to create pools aggregating racers achieving similar times, and, ultimately, will determine your pool, your grid position, and the time at which your race is held.

We have opted for mid length races this season, with a view to comfortably fitting in 1-hour time slots for racers (and for the staff to manage hosting races). These will not be sprint races, but they are certainly not endurance races either and one of the races will be longer, just to spice things up that little bit.

The full season calendar is ready and will be published on the site in due course. Event 1 will be held on20 March 2011, in the time window specified in the OLFSL Rules (read the rules then read them again!). Qualifying will open on 6 March 2011 to give you all enough time to get ready.

Remember, 12 laps to post your best time on the OLFSL Quali Server (but you can practice on other servers as much as you want).
We thank you for your patience since the last season and we wish you all the best for OLFSL Season 2011.

Website has a new home

2011-02-11 00:19:35

We have moved our website to a new, more reliable home. While mostly all works already we still need to polish some bits, please be patient with us.

More info will be posted if Your actions are required during the process.

Announcement

2010-12-19 18:07:02

Hi all,

I would surely love to announce a new season, however, at this point I can only announce this. There will not be a new season starting in January 2011.

Sorry. Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you all.

Tim

OLFSL Fastlap Fury - Final Results

2010-07-14 17:15:48

The results from the last event of the OLFSL Fastlap Fury season are now officially final, and it's time to publish the Fastlap Fury season standings for both individual and team championships. Without further ado, here is the top 3 in both categories. Congratulations on behalf of the OLFSL Staff!

Racers

Teams

The *Original LFS League is now officially on its 2010 summer break. Sincere thanks go to all racers for the past season. There were some changes to our system, as always, but the essence remains the same. You make this league what it is. We hope to see you back on track when the next season/cup is ready to start!

And finally for those who might wonder, the reason for this OLFSL season being timed as it was, and the fact that the start date of the next OLFSL season is left open for now, are due to personal reasons. There was a big change in my life lately and Ill be spending less time with my computer and more time with our newborn daughter. Our babygirl was born on the 26th of June 2010 and I think you can imagine its been busy lately. We are all OK and happy, ready to start our life together. Good times

Anyway, looking forward to race/host you again see you, on track!

Appeals Arbiter Decisions, Fastlap Fury Season Events 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

2010-06-25 00:01:05

OLFSL Appeals Arbiter decisions have been published regarding the Fastlap Fury season. This post references the new decisions, as well as the previous ones (decisions for Events 4, 3, and 1 have been on the site for a while).

Please all review these decisions (full text of each specific decision is available in the link below), as they affect this seasons results (some remaining adjustments to the final results will be made shortly and then the final results of the season will be published), and constitute precedent for future OLFSL seasons.

Event 6, Pool 4, Race 2: [Mik]Mik (LFS license name Mik_018) was removed from *The Original LFS League and no further participation in OLFSL will be allowed, for life. This extraordinary penalty was warranted based on this racers clear intent of causing harm. The words deliberately rams out are not normal parlance for the OLFSL Appeals Arbiter, but they reflect what clearly occurred in Pool 4, Race 2, Lap 1 (the casualty, sccc|Rookie41, not even being the intended target of the attempt).

Event 5, Pool 4: sccc|Rookie41 filed a complaint, but withdrew the complaint after explanation by the OLFSL Staff/Host relating to the race in question.

Event 4, Pool 2: Vincent de Sade was given a 30 second time penalty, resulting in a move down to position 18 in the final race results, and was placed under specific supervision going forward. This was a clear-cut case of irresponsible driving on the part of Vincent de Sade who is an experienced OLFSL racer and should know better than to drive in a manner jeopardising the race of J. Christensen, and also breached Rule O-1 on obtaining right of road position in a corner.

Event 3, Pool 1: GTS Ady was given a 30 second time penalty, resulting in a move down to position 23 in the final race results, and was placed under specific supervision going forward. The evidence at hand indicated that GTS Ady did not drive responsibly in the dense traffic circumstances ahead and behind, and that a breach of the OLFSL rule on not hitting other cars and of RaceSIM Rule of Racing CT-5 occurred, given that GTS Ady did not brake prior to running into the rear of [Fluid] indie.

Event 2, all pools: This was the South City Sprint 1 Event (2 races) in the MRTs. Given that the race circumstances were very different from what is usually applicable in OLFSL (2 races with MTRs, MRTs being prone to damage, not having a reverse gear, and no pit being available) and upon careful study of 4 complaints, the OLFSL staff has decided that no Appeals Arbiter decisions will be issued for Event 2. Key considerations to reach this decision include the fact that, after sending a draft Appeals Arbiter decision to a racer whom, prima facie, had breached the rules, this racer invoked lag, and upon verification this proved to be correct. Lag was actually more evidently apparent on the other cases that triggered complaints.

Event 1, Pool 1: The detailed technical analysis, performed by OLFSL staff member Tim, confirmed that this complaint from MR G.Casagrande must be classified as an unfortunate race incident, likely attributable to lag, and the complainant [Fluid] indie agreed with the preliminary assessment which preceded the final Appeals Arbiter decision.

Event 1, Pool 4: [A9] Docy was moved down to position 17 in the final race results, and was placed under specific supervision going forward. This was an unequivocal case of infringement of OLFSL rules, i.e. the OLFSL general rule on clean/fair racing, as well CT-4, CT-5 and CT-2, affecting the complainant, HR K.Giagias.

Event 6 Results

2010-06-23 23:45:41

Hi all,

The results for Event 6 of this short but amazing season are now published. Give us a little time to work through the appeals and any corrections, and we will soon announce the final standings.

For now, here are the top three from each of the four pools.

Fastlap Fury Season, races done

2010-06-20 23:51:47

On behalf of the OLFSL staff I thank you all for the past season.

As we all hoped, it proved to be a good one - the changes that were implemented for this season proved to be improvements, and the OLFSL became a bit better a place to race.

Some of you have mentioned that this sort of racing couldn't exist without the effort of staff; right back at you. A league without racers equals no fun. So once again, thanks for racing with us!

Results from Event 6 will follow later with Final Results and Standings.

Replays from Aston Grand Prix with big GTR's are on the site now.

Have a good summer/winter break and see you again!

Event6 grids

2010-06-19 13:34:30

...are out. Check out now and see which pool you'll be in the final event of Fastlap Fury season. The race consists of 15+15 laps around painfully long Aston Grand Prix with the big GTR's - it will be a challenge to complete 15 perfect laps and You need to do it twice.

Good luck to your race - see you on track!

Only Pool One being streamed this weekend @16:00GMT

Event 6 qualifying, again

2010-06-15 17:20:20

Update to previous post about this:
The official server might not make it before qualifying deadline on Thursday. This means it is possible that the only server you can qualify on is the temporary one. OLFSL Qual by OLFSL is limited to maximum of 13 racers on server at a time and that means traffic if you all plan to do your lap on deadline evening. Therefore it's highly recommended to complete your lap as soon as possible!. If you fail to qualify because the server is full on Thursday there will be no admissions.

The server is open now, do you lap!

P.s. if someone has a server to offer for your temporary use, please contact me. You can find the address from Contact Us -page.

Event 6 qualifying and beyond

2010-06-08 22:03:19

As the 500 servers are down due to maintenance I decided to launch a temporary server to fill in the void. It is significantly slower than the usual one so be gentle with it. Normal servers will be up in time before deadline, no worries.

Temporary server name: OLFSL Qual by OLFSL.

Other matter is the racer that should not be - to clear up the issue I am, as the host, coming forward with an explanation about the case:

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The server was not password protected early enough and some racers had "slipped" in before I did protect it. I assumed based on the conversation before the race that those who were on the server had joined because they could not access the site and needed the password for pool1. Therefore I didn't go through the list and kick every non-pool4 racer; I assumed they would leave before the race. And most of them indeed did.

It was completely my mistake, I don't believe no one leaked the password. Also, I didn't notice AA|Milkyway SHIFT+P pitting & joining because I was working overtime to launch a temporary site to provide password for those who could not access www.lfs-league.com.

Not my finest hour, sorry :(
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That's all, the appeal posted related to subject above will still be handled normally.