It isn't that I'm completely done with rF, but I definitely am not in the same role I once was in 2012 (and before rF, when I was hosting lots of races through the forums). Unfortunately starting towards the end of 2012, and ramped up from there (Fall 12' = Senior Project Start, Spring 13' = Senior Project End, Summer 13' = Intern at world class robotics company, Winter 14' = Hired at world class robotics company and became a "go-to engineer" at the company, which keeps me more than busy during the week), my real life schedule got gnarly and made it difficult to work with the other rF members, schedule wise. It got to a point where I think they needed to start making decisions and moving forward without me, which is understandable. Now, in 2015, it has gotten to the point where I have pretty much been completely phased out of rF (and can't help with much of the work, as the website has evolved too far, and I have no idea how it works anymore). I'm still friends with those guys and throw my 2 cents in, but hey let's face it, if my schedule doesn't work with the rF schedule, I really shouldn't be making the decisions that other people have to act on. If my schedule relaxes (unlikely in the forseeable furture), I will likely become more involved in rF again, because the replica racing stuff is really cool.
That being said, I miss running the show, and REALLY I miss making quick decisions and acting on them... Like "This is how this event will go" then posting the event up 10 minutes later. That is what made hosting races fun for me. That is why I'm going to attempt to branch out and create a new race organizing website, and keep it to myself, and make it only work around my schedule. This ultimately will likely mean weekend races, or late-night (west coast time) weekday races. It will take me a while to get things set up, and I may need to get some of my own servers set-up since rF is still the priority and needs JLVs servers, so I can't really speculate on a timeline yet, OR I may simply give up at some point....
I will be asking for help from the community from time to time (no obligation obviously, and you will literally get nothing in return), so help if you want, don't help if you don't. I will admit I am not the "artistic" type, and am horrible with logos and coming up with good names...
The first step for me is to create a name for this project, so I can secure a website domain, and set up some social media to start sending out my progress as I build this up (or attempt to). This is where I would like some help... Many of the names I have come up with so far are super cheesy, and I'd like to get something more concrete. Once I find a name I'll likely do a Logo contest or pay someone to make me a sweet logo (JVDL is my go-to guy still
)If you are willing to help, please comment below with any name ideas you may have! Here are some I've though of (that I don't really like that much...)
- MXS PRO (MX Simulator Professional Online Racing)
VirtualCross
MXSL (MX Simulator League)
MRL (MX Simulator Racing League)
MXS Championships
MxGc (MX Gaming Championships)
