Creating aggregate group of arbitrary racers?

[electrickite]

Getting ready for our pack derby this year we decided to make the jump to DerbyNet. Absolutely fantastic project - cannot overstate my appreciation for all the work to put it together.

We have a smaller pack and generally run the racers all together. One idea we had was to run a round that is a "den showdown" where the Scouts in each den pick one racer to participate. This would be chosen by the Scouts and not necessarily based on previous race results.

I tried to work out how to do this in DerbyNet but it seems like it's not currently possible to create a group out of an arbitrary list of racers, who are also in other groups. The aggregate groups pull the top X racers.

Is this possible? If not, would it be a feature that we could think about adding?

[jeffpiazza]

I think what you want is possible, but admittedly awkward.

The idea is to create a separate segment for each den, so e.g. for a Bear den there'd be a new "Chosen Bear" segment/subgroup. These subgroups are initially empty, but part of the "All Racers" group. The racer chosen to represent the Bears would then get moved into the "Chosen Bear" segment after the selection process. The various "chosen" segments get grouped into a new "Showdown" aggregate group.

[jeffpiazza]

You'd also (probably) want a "Bears" aggregate group to combine the "Bear" and "Chosen Bear" subgroups if you're interested in seeing standings (and/or figuring awards) by den.