I guess here’s the thing I’m seeing, in general it seems like there are a lot of B, C, and D class racers that are doing the majority of the complaining about this because they just want to do the ride as a race and feel good about themselves because they see they’re virtually beating a thousand people versus actually signing up for a race, virtual or otherwise, and getting their teeth kicked in.
Hahaha. So true.
But in seriousness, some people just see other riders as a race, even if it is not. It is who they are. So they want that satisfaction.
The only reason I thought it was nice to see the placement of riders was: If I wanted to ride with a friend, it would be impossible to find that person in an event where there are 1000+riders who all look the same. Whereas if there was a placement number, I could message said friend “I’m #578 and dropping”.
The easiest way to actually do this is that - on Zwift Companion - we will show you distinct pins on the map of anyone you follow. And we have even more distinct icon for people you “star” (which shows their profile icon). It’s actually way easier (in terms of finding people).
The pins for my zwift friends haven’t been showing up on the map during the TdZ, though, even when we have been right next to each other. So we haven’t been able to use those.
I don’t have Zwift companion (yet). A freind of mine whom i ride with on Zwift does, and he could not locate me in TDZ with the pins either . We rode together in stage 3 only b/c there were placement #'s associated with riders.
The only reason I thought it was nice to see the placement of riders was: If I wanted to ride with a friend, it would be impossible to find that person in an event where there are 1000+riders who all look the same. Whereas if there was a placement number, I could message said friend “I’m #578 and dropping”.
The easiest way to actually do this is that - on Zwift Companion - we will show you distinct pins on the map of anyone you follow. And we have even more distinct icon for people you “star” (which shows their profile icon). It’s actually way easier (in terms of finding people).
Yes, that works well when you’re close to them, but you do have to be reasonably close first, since the map view does not populate every rider for long distances forward and back. I used to use ZwiftGPS for this purpose as it only showed followed riders and allowed you see the entire map at once. However I think ZwiftGPS had to pull the plug following GDPR. Not sure if it’s been revived since.