Division 1, 2, 3, and 4, aka ALL, Corps may now proceed to hack out and establish their schedules. As usual, you can find the link on your 'My Fantasy Corps' page. The link is at the top left of your screen. You may choose up to 27 shows to include on your schedule. You MUST attend your homeshow if you made one!

Keep your schedule realistic! You are alloted a 600 mile-per-day limit. The 600 miles is per Mapquest, even if you know some sort of backroads. Keep in mind that some of the required regionals are further away than you think. Corps that create unrealistic schedules under this guideline cannot compete, and they will be politely asked to redo their schedule.

Repeat:
Corps that create unrealistic schedules under this guideline CANNOT compete!
You will be politely asked to redo your schedule once, and Josh made the calender extra user-friendly for everyone.

As a subtle reminder, schedules, as well as captions, must be posted and verified before June 16th.
Otherwise, your corps will be barred from the season. No ifs, thens, ands, buts, yets, elses, howsoevers, furthermores, otherwises, kevings, joshings, johneds, mickeds, barryeds, markeds, homers, or DURPs.

If you do not schedule or pick captions correctly:

^ That is your corps.


Good Luck, and stay tuned in to this forum for more updates and other random funny stuff.

what are the required regional shows?

If you had read the DLOFDC rules, you would know.

Ouch i'll go freshen up on the rules now.

Does our limit of 27 shows include the required regionals or not?

So i think Im doing someting wrong...i've redone my schedule twice and each time i click on continue...the page goes blank and it says Done..do you guys check the schedules before its put up where our captions are?

UPDATE!

The Edit Feature on the schedule menu should now be fixed. Previously, if one person used the edit button, everyone was switched to that show. Please recheck your schedule, and make any necessary corrections.

Are we only allowed to pick shows from our region? My first assumtion is yes, but since I'm not even in the real region I would be in it seems like the region thing is kind of ignored.

You may pick shows from anywhere as long as they "flow."

Do the Regional and the Classics and the Preliminaries count as one of the 27? cause i have like 32 shows

Let me guess, you haven't read this whole thread OR the DLOFDC rules.

Yea i didn't read the Update Rules til today; but its all good

The answer to your question is in the original rules. Nothing in the Updated rules even mentions the schedule. Thanks for playin'.

It seems that either a lot of people aren't too familiar with their own country's geography, or they just don't care. We have found numerous violations of the 600 mile rule.

Get out and vote while you have the option.

To all FDC directors, this is a chance to be part of the process. The result of this will be valued by the EC and used in part to make a complete decision on our current 600-Mile rule.

Let me explain the options by giving only the "Pro" argument for them.
1.) If you think fantasy corps should be more restricted for traveling, choose this option. This one is probably more realistic with the gas "crisis" the US has been facing.
2.) If you think fantasy corps should be allowed to travel further, choose this option. After all, this is fantasy corps.
3.) There shouldn't be a mile limitation. There wouldnt even be a rule for it. Corps could go from California, to New York and back to California the next day.
4.) The current rule is acceptable. If you find the current rule fairly simple to comply to, then this is your option.
5.) The current rule is acceptable as a guideline, but shouldn't be strictly enforced. The EC would make an effort to let FDC directors know of violations, but they wouldn't necessarily be required to take heed to our suggestion to change their schedule. Any schedule changing would be out of good sportsmanship.

I'm in favor of the current rule. It allows for certain restrictions, but still keeps a "Fantasy" feel to the whole DLOFDC.

I say go with #6. After all, I'm sure if your destination is 612 miles away (like someone's was), that the person driving the bus would be more than happy to squeeze in the extra 12 miles to make it to a show.

There's a number 6? As the rule currently stands, we tend to be flexible slightly past 600 miles, but not too far.

i say the rule is good, but it shouldn't be strictly enforced, give like a +/- 50 mile leeway (or something similar) like the other dude said, people are willing to squeeze that last few miles in.

how did u come up with 600 miles? what was the basis for that number (just curious)?

600 miles is approximately 11-12 hours legally* of travel time for a corps caravan. Once you factor in meals, rehearsal, and packing the previous day, as well as bathroom stops during the trip, you would only essentially be showing up at the show to change, warm-up, and head to the gate.

Edit: Some corps can get in a hurry, and push over the speed limit. The 600 mile rule does not reflect those situations. Breaking the law is bad.

neeto, thanks. that makes alot a lot of sense. good thinking

Speaking of schedules... only 50% of the directors have done a schedule. The clock's ticking peoples. Less than a week until unscheduled corps are folded.