NKS= New Kewl System (ok it might need a new name :p)
i think they should change the level system. it should be replaced with my kewl system. instead of having a level you have a rating. every skill or trick will have a certain amount of points (if the skill is in level 5 then it gets 5 points), then you add up all the points from all the skills you can do then get a rating… and the best thing is it doesn’t matter what order you do things in (example you can wheel walk before you can ride backwards)
EXAMPLE
if you can:
free mount (1)
ride 50m (1)
ride down 15cm vertical drop (2)
hop 5 times (3)
you would have a rating of 7 (if my math is right :p)
nice idea!!!
after 2.5 months of riding i’m a 150
The one thing i don’t like about those skills is it doesn’t measure you’re trials or MUni ability… it’s mostly freestyle
It’s nice that you get to score skills like one foot riding several times just because you can do it with either foot. You get to score it once for level 5 and twice for level 6. Bonus!
I don’t like calculating stuff by hand when I’m sitting in front of the computer so I made a spreadsheet to do the grunt work for me. The spreadsheet is on my Unicyclist.com web space. Direct link to the download is here: nks_unicycle_skills_rating.zip
The zip file contains an OpenOffice spreadsheet file and an Excel spreadsheet file. I created the spreadsheet using OpenOffice and exported the Excel version. I don’t have Excel to be able to confirm that the file actually works.
