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Re: [FF]: 2016 Season Long Fantasy FIRST
Apologies to an anonymous claimant for making them wait over a day for the posting:
1023 is on waiver in Pittsburgh, with a claim. Claim window closes 1/13 at 8 PM EST. |
Re: [FF]: 2016 Season Long Fantasy FIRST
The same District Ranking Method used last year will be implemented this season.
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Usually, we go W-L-T at 2-0-1, then add on ranking points for just the top 15 or 16 teams. (Last year, of course, was an exception.) I'm thinking there are a few ways to go here. 1) W-L-T, + standard rank points for the teams that seed high enough to make elims on their own if the cards line up. 2) RP total, + standard rank points. 3) District Ranking. 4) W-L-T, + District Ranking. 5) RP total, + District Ranking. Of the 5, I'm leaning towards #5, as it gives out the most total points and is the easiest to calculate. OTOH, it'll really bias towards districts and smaller events with their 12+ matches/team. My second option would be #2, due to it being more standard. |
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Trying to use W-L-T as a stand-alone is a poor metric, because most teams may be designing strategies that net them a higher average RP, but net them a lower match score. Trying to use RP is a little better, but it creates an inflation of ranking points (relative to award and elimination points). This inflation may adversely affect Fantasy teams that made databases/picks based on a certain weighting of on-field performance. The fact that District Ranking is normalized and is comparable between events has me leaning this route. Trying to add additional rank points to the district ranking defeats the purpose of normalization IMO. Quote:
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1st seed, 20 points 2nd-3rd seed, 12 points 4th-8th seed, 6 points 9th-12th seed, 3 points 13th-16th seed, 2 points Subject to change based on the game given, naturally. Quote:
The main reason we went to the district ranking in the first place is because FIRST wasn't tracking W-L-T, so we had no way to calculate that. District rank only affects district advancement, which was also the case last year, but we have W-L-T back this year. Remember, we're scoring at events, NOT between them. FIRST doesn't normalize between events. (Except for the district ranking.) The only two times we HAVEN'T used straight W-L-T were 2012 (the bridges were added in) and 2015 (no W-L-T to count). In all other years, it's been W-L-T + rank. That's a big part of why I favor the options without the district ranking--this is, after all, a Traditional league, though being the only league kind of led to that tag being dropped. How about using Option 4? Keep the W-L-T, but swap out the rank bonus points for the district ranking, which gives all the teams points. If we really wanted to, we could assign a negative value to the losses. Quote:
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What's the problem with option 1? You have your standard W/L/T and then extra RP would be reflected in the actual standings.
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Re: [FF]: 2016 Season Long Fantasy FIRST
OK, we have another waiver claim up:
Anonymous team has claimed 11 in South Florida. This one closes 1/22/16, we'll call it midnight PST. |
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GKC just went from 57 to 58 teams. ;)
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For reference, the current priority list is: Broconnor The Breakfast Company The ULCAN FIRST Pick Rotten Fruit Alliance OrangeJuice Falcon Swamp Life |
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Well, I do believe that I've got some waivers to award.
The Breakfast Company picks up 11 for 2905 in South Florida. And ordinarily I'd let the waivers run for 1986, but when the top of the list makes a claim, there's no point. Broconnor drops 5730 to pick up 1986 in GKC. Current priority list: The ULCAN FIRST Pick Rotten Fruit Alliance OrangeJuice Falcon Swamp Life The Breakfast Company Broconnor |
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OK, folks, as a reminder, we're coming up on competition season. So, we've got a few notes...
--Lists will lock (no trades, unless someone is replacing a no-show) at midnight on Wednesday prior to an event beginning. So, Palmetto locks the day after Bag Day. Week 1 events lock 1 week later. --Scoring: As discussed some time ago, we will be scoring W-L-T, and adding in some ranking points using the District ranking model. And a waiver is up: 842, Las Vegas, closes 2/24 at midnight Eastern. |
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And another waiver just went up: 5817, Orange County. We'll call that the same close time as before.
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Just for reference, can someone list the point values for scoring? I know there's been discussion on the style but it has all been fairly ambiguous as to the actual point values. Thanks.
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