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[[User:Dean|Dean]] is currently updating TRC's ''Coursemarker Gimmick Rallye Guide'' for our February, 2010, membership rallye (our 30th year!).
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[[User:Dean|Dean]] has the source for TRC's ''Gimmick Rallye Guide''.  This is a page for suggestions of things to improve (add, remove, clarify, etc.).


This is a page for suggestions of things to improve (add, remove, clarify, etc.).
Think about what you wanted to know when you started rallying.
Also tell me about anything you didn't understand after reading it in the ''Guide''.


== TRC Club Info ==
== Current Release ==
 
The current ''Gimmick Rallye Guide'' release is [[Image:CMABGuide_3.2_2012-08-29_full.pdf|available for download]].  You can print it as a brochure (13 duplex sheets) using Acrobat Reader's Print options.
 
== Changes to Discuss or Consider ==
 
=== Figures ===
 
The Onto figures (3.5 page 26, 3.2 page 14) are a little rough.
 
== Changes Made in 3.5 Edition (from 3.2 Ed.) ==
 
[[User:Dean|Dean]] updated the format to 5½ × 8½ inches (8½ × 11 inch pages are folded)
to 7 × 8½ inches (8½ × 14 inches folded) to make room and switched to the serifed New Times Roman font for body text.
 
Removed "Uniques" (anagrams) section, adding anagrams as a possible Monster effect.
 
Added a subsection under Generals about Definitions. Moved Coursemarker and AB sections after Route introduction. Made RI 1 its own section.
 
Added additional definitions to the glossary.
 
== Changes Made in 3.2 Edition (from 3.1 Ed.) ==
 
[[User:Dean|Dean]] added sections on A-B rallyes, Forced Turns, Driving the Route (a small section about ignoring other rallyists), and a Rallye Checklist.  I also made many additions to the glossary.  And I edited various text for brefity or clarity.  [[User:Dean|Dean]]
 
== Changes Made in 3.1 Edition (from Third Ed.) ==
 
=== TRC Club Info ===


The back page of the CM Guide has info on the club that is easily outdated:
The back page of the CM Guide has info on the club that is easily outdated:
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[[User:Dean|Dean]] is correcting most of this (and removing the rest).  Readers should use the web page to get current information.  Access to the World Wide Web is much more ubiquitous than it was 5 years or more ago, when the Guide was last updated.
[[User:Dean|Dean]] is correcting most of this (and removing the rest).  Readers should use the web page to get current information.  Access to the World Wide Web is much more ubiquitous than it was 5 years or more ago, when the Guide was last updated.


== Replace "School Rallye"? ==
== Replaced "School Rallye"? ==


[[User:Dean|Dean]] would like to replace the "School Rallye" near the end of the Rallye Guide, primarily because the expert gimmick where you are ONTO but not physically on the road with that name is more difficult to grasp than it needs to be.  The concept of an RI being completed twice -- once by execution and once by deletion -- is important, but need not be handcuffed to this odd ONTO form.  I'm looking into dropping TRC's current [http://www.therallyeclub.org/resources.htm#gimmick "School Rallye"] instead.  Darin made it [http://www.therallyeclub.org/school/ easy], so I did this for February's rallye.
[[User:Dean|Dean]] replaced the "School Rallye" near the end of the Rallye Guide, primarily because the expert gimmick where you are ONTO but not physically on the road with that name is more difficult to grasp than it needs to be.  The concept of an RI being completed twice -- once by execution and once by deletion -- is important, but need not be handcuffed to this odd ONTO form.  Dean used TRC's current [http://www.therallyeclub.org/resources.htm#gimmick "School Rallye"] instead.  Darin made it [http://www.therallyeclub.org/school easy], so I did this for February's rallye.  Except I kept the old score sheet, because it was far easier.




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<br>- [[User:Darin|Darin McGrew]] 20:43, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
<br>- [[User:Darin|Darin McGrew]] 20:43, 11 January 2010 (UTC)


Testing [http://www.rahul.net/mcgrew/ home] external links...
=== Rallye Terms ===
 
[[User:Dean|Dean]] beefed up the Guide's definitions (at the back). It is now 2 pages. Differentiate "At," "After," "On," and "Onto" (was already there). Deleted "Giz" for "Gimmick."
Added several terms that were defined earlier in the Guide, such as "Critique,"
and a few issues I couldn't find a better place to discuss (parentheses and quotation marks).


== Include A/B Rallye Info? ==
=== Things to Bring to Rallye ===


[[User:Dean|Dean]] would eventually like to add [[Guide to A–B Gimmick Rallyes|A/B rallye information]] and make the guide a ''Gimmick Rallye Guide'' rather than specific to coursemarker rallyes, but does not expect to attempt this prior to February's rallye.
[[User:Dean|Dean]] did add to the back cover (under Usual Rallye Start) things to bring to a rallye.  The back is a little cramped now.

Latest revision as of 10:55, 30 January 2015

Dean has the source for TRC's Gimmick Rallye Guide. This is a page for suggestions of things to improve (add, remove, clarify, etc.).

Think about what you wanted to know when you started rallying. Also tell me about anything you didn't understand after reading it in the Guide.

Current Release

The current Gimmick Rallye Guide release is File:CMABGuide 3.2 2012-08-29 full.pdf. You can print it as a brochure (13 duplex sheets) using Acrobat Reader's Print options.

Changes to Discuss or Consider

Figures

The Onto figures (3.5 page 26, 3.2 page 14) are a little rough.

Changes Made in 3.5 Edition (from 3.2 Ed.)

Dean updated the format to 5½ × 8½ inches (8½ × 11 inch pages are folded) to 7 × 8½ inches (8½ × 14 inches folded) to make room and switched to the serifed New Times Roman font for body text.

Removed "Uniques" (anagrams) section, adding anagrams as a possible Monster effect.

Added a subsection under Generals about Definitions. Moved Coursemarker and AB sections after Route introduction. Made RI 1 its own section.

Added additional definitions to the glossary.

Changes Made in 3.2 Edition (from 3.1 Ed.)

Dean added sections on A-B rallyes, Forced Turns, Driving the Route (a small section about ignoring other rallyists), and a Rallye Checklist. I also made many additions to the glossary. And I edited various text for brefity or clarity. Dean

Changes Made in 3.1 Edition (from Third Ed.)

TRC Club Info

The back page of the CM Guide has info on the club that is easily outdated:

  • membership fees
  • starting location
  • start, class, and finish times
  • business meeting day, time, and location

Dean is correcting most of this (and removing the rest). Readers should use the web page to get current information. Access to the World Wide Web is much more ubiquitous than it was 5 years or more ago, when the Guide was last updated.

Replaced "School Rallye"?

Dean replaced the "School Rallye" near the end of the Rallye Guide, primarily because the expert gimmick where you are ONTO but not physically on the road with that name is more difficult to grasp than it needs to be. The concept of an RI being completed twice -- once by execution and once by deletion -- is important, but need not be handcuffed to this odd ONTO form. Dean used TRC's current "School Rallye" instead. Darin made it easy, so I did this for February's rallye. Except I kept the old score sheet, because it was far easier.


I agree. IME, completing the RI a second time when CRI deletes it is already an advanced gimmick. Further complicating this gimmick by putting them "onto" when they are not actually on the named road is an unnecessary complication in a normal rallye, and is really overkill in a school rallye.
- Darin McGrew 20:43, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Rallye Terms

Dean beefed up the Guide's definitions (at the back). It is now 2 pages. Differentiate "At," "After," "On," and "Onto" (was already there). Deleted "Giz" for "Gimmick." Added several terms that were defined earlier in the Guide, such as "Critique," and a few issues I couldn't find a better place to discuss (parentheses and quotation marks).

Things to Bring to Rallye

Dean did add to the back cover (under Usual Rallye Start) things to bring to a rallye. The back is a little cramped now.