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21st February 2022, 09:01 #1
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eWRC Shutdown
https://www.ewrc-results.com/statement/
Such bad news. It already feels like I've had an arm or leg cut off, in the half and hour or so of not being able to use it.
Paywall incoming? They deserve support, that's for sure.
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21st February 2022, 09:07 #2
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21st February 2022, 09:10 #3
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Would happily subscribe to it. It's just an important part of following this sport, I'd say the most important, so paying for it would come just natural.
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21st February 2022, 09:15 #4
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I would also subscribe for sure, but I think they are looking for teams, FIA, ASNs etc. to support them more directly. Just having the "heavy users" paying a monthly subscription likely wouldn't be enough, when someone is using the site to make business.
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21st February 2022, 09:17 #5
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21st February 2022, 09:44 #6
This is very bad news.
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21st February 2022, 09:57 #7
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"Last year alone, we added another 350,000 entries and 7,000 rally events"
This is huge amount of work. Maybe they should scale down a bit and only concentrate on WRC, ERC and national level rallies and skip all amateur events?http://www.rallymadness.prv.pl - rally photos and movies!
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21st February 2022, 10:34 #8
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Yes, plus the historic work can surely be left and just any 2022 events be added and updated.
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21st February 2022, 10:36 #9
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What a shame. Hopefully Dirtfish or someone "big" can bring attention to this, they deserve a partnership, as I don't think introducing subscription for relatively few hardcore fans can change a lot. Hell, their database is who knows how many times larger than anything FIA or WRC have available, it deserves endorsement.
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21st February 2022, 10:52 #10
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Don't think the workload is the point, these are mostly volunteers who only make it happen because they enjoy doing it. It's maybe that, as Antti said, media, commercial teams and organisations use it and these are precisely the type of results they want.
The problem is, the FIA events at least have their own data services which is also probably the source anyway. They probably tolerate eWRC using their data but certainly won't be paying them to host it. If eWRC disappears it'll only drive more traffic to them.
As for Dirtfish bringing attention to it, they are probably one of the big profiteering users of the site!
Like the pros, lots of amateurs see the value in the presentation. How will it affect Pickems operation here, or Fantasy WRC, and fan analysts like myself? If I was to pay for it I would like it to be super-power-queryable and possibly the investment and change there will be too much, I don't know.
Anyway, I would like to ask Andre, or any other eWRC volunteers here for an insiders view on what it means to be involved, and what the ideal outcome is.
At 19:15 Saturday, the FIA are announcing a new WRC event for 2025 at Sardegna. The event, I don't know - perhaps Paraguay.
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