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Behind the scenes, we've moved all results and replays to a new database table. That sounds dry, but it cleans up a bunch of sharp edges, and will make things easier in the future.

Two minor changes are immediately visible:
- ties appear correctly on both track and season scoreboards
- teams on the track scoreboards are now links!

The scoreboards for 2001-2003 are currently empty. I'm waiting for the end of ZCT285 before I copy the old data to the new table. Once that is done, 2001-2003 submission will be included in the statistics!

[only with losing all your team points]

Today, the ZakStunts rules include these two points:

- You can join any team if allowed, but if you joined one, you can't leave it through the year, only with losing all your team points.
- When you join a team, and you didn't have one before all your previous results count as the team's too.

Emphasis mine

I suspect that these rules exist because ZakStunts track team membership at a season level. In part from our previous discussion about non-scoring team members, and prompted by myself and MiDiaN swapping places, I'm wondering if we should switch to tracking team membership per-race, and amend the rules above so that points scored for a team stay with team, or remain unassigned

I would update the team section in the rules as such:

We encourage you join or start a team. It greatly improves your racing skills, and your motivation to race.

- A team consists of minimum 2, maximum 4 pipsqueaks.
- You can join any existing team, as long as its members agree.
- You can also form a new team: you need at least two members, a team name, and a logo. Let us know in the forum's Team Zone.
- Points scored while part of a team will count for the team championship, and remain to the team if you leave mid-season.
- Team members may share their knowledge or replays, but it's forbidden to race in the name of another teammate, or to use a part of your mate's replay for continuing.
- Team members can request a private "team section" on the forum.
- You can request to leave a team at any time.

Announcing two roster changes for DoublePlusSpeed!

Since my focus for 2025 is maintenance (of the website, my new house, and the Indy's gearbox), I am stepping back from the scoring group of DoublePlusTeam.

I am also excited to announce @MiDiaN has accepted to join the team, welcome 🎉 Looking forward to what the team will achieve!

Once you've had a pope, you can claim him for centuries. I know my tiny town does.

Thanks for pointing that out, link fixed, and here again: https://github.com/4d-stunts/restunts/

I'm fixing the display of ties on the scoreboard, coming soon!

Sample from ZCT222:

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I'm starting to add collaborators to the https://github.com/4d-stunts/restunts/ repository, so folks can work directly on it.

Let me know thoughts and concerns, and let's move slowly at the start, as we understand how the whole thing works.

Spotted this while in Italy

Is it just me seeing 8 bits encoded in these hills?

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Strong of my new internet connection, and ignoring the sun outside, I've tidied up the various Stunts-related code I had and moved everything under the 4d-stunts GitHub organisation.

The only two public projects are Restunts and the Portal API client, while ZakStunts website, forum, etc remain private for the moment. Happy to add anyone who want to take a peek, or get some grease on their hands.

Now if I hurry I can catch some of that sun before it sets☀️

Happy to leave you my place, I was only trying to fill the list   Autumn should be far enough in the future, for you to experiment at your leisure!

I'll take 291, while 293 should go to @CTG this year!

[Hours]

@dreadnaut Re-reading the draft of the rules, I have noticed another difference relative to the proposal. The draft says "Pipsqueaks in first position gain 0.5 bonus points for every 132 hours", which would imply the existence of a PTB +1.5 step between PTB +1 and PTB +2. With there being only three steps, it's probably easier to just have a table listing them:

Hours		PTB points
132		+0.5
264		+1
528		+2

Thanks Duplode, feel free to update the rules file. Also, to clarify: let's have a clean start with PTB, without carrying over the hours from the previous system.

The hard work paid off, congratulations! 👏

ZakStunts championship next then?

May Bernie and Skid watch over you!