[FF]: 2016 Season Long Fantasy FIRST

[Navid Shafa]

Originally Posted by EricH

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.

I'm not recalling how this was done in 2014 and prior. Would that be W-L-T points plus additional rank points starting at 16 for 1st seed and down to 1 point for the 16th seed? Is this what you are referring to as Standard rank below?

Originally Posted by EricH

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.

Since we have the table on the last sheet here from last season, this should be easy enough for us to use while working on automated FF scoring via the API for this year. Without ease of calculation being an issue, I am strongly against most options, save for 3.

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.

Originally Posted by EricH

1023 is on waiver in Pittsburgh, with a claim. Claim window closes 1/13 at 8 PM EST.

Who got lucky?