Thread: Placebo Effect
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Unread 16-04-2010, 00:08
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Re: Placebo Effect

I think it is strange that at least two divisions have teams that are surrogates* that would be in so high in the ranking were it not for the fact that they have a match dropped.

As to the ranking being by point totals rather than by average is just crazy. It works out to the same thing in the end, but it makes the rankings unnecessarily noisy. The only plus is that it is clear how many points you need to jump into place X. Perhaps a compromise system where it displays total points but sorts by average?

Whatever...

Joe J.

*I still like Placebo better -- I will never forget Bengi's hovercraft placebo... ...classic.
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