[FF]: 2016 Season Long Fantasy FIRST

[Navid Shafa]

Originally Posted by EricH

Just so RFA is aware, RFA was complaining earlier in the season that the drafts were unbalanced due to randomness, and the DCMP and District drafts being unbalanced hurt players. So I was making a change to address that. Or so I thought.

I'll take responsibility for the post in question: (#86).

I wouldn't say I was complaining, but I was definitely suggesting a different approach to district draft seeding, before said drafts took place. Myself and the others in agreement did not provide a final algorithm or solution at the time. I would be happy to help develop a new approach, based on league feedback in the off-season.

In case anyone is curious, I have similar data to Brennan's on seed order. Ours is not segregated though and includes seed position based on the starting count of FF teams (10), and does not have district drafts separated out (but I could provide that if anyone is interested):

FF Teams	AVG Draft Seed
Rotten Fruit Alliance	4.5
Falcon	                4.68
OrangeJuice	        4.82
Swamp Life	        4.89
The ULCAN	        4.95
Broconnor	        5.17
FIRST Pick	        5.26
The Breakfast Company	5.73

Just looking at district drafts alone, we have variations in the team pool size which make weighting the pick order in certain regions difficult. A 1st seed in Michigan, where we draft 48 teams (from a pool of 400) is definitely not the same as a 1st seed in Indiana where we draft 24 teams (from a pool of 54). I did like the concept of adding onto the serpentine for day two of drafts, but I don't think it solves the underlying issue(s).

In case anyone is interested, here's data which shows averages of just district pick positions for each FF team (across the regions). *Note: A 1st seed in a 24 team draft gets pick positions 1, 16, and 17, for an average pick position of ~11.33, the rest of the numbers were derived similarly (as can be seen on the attached sheet).

(FF Team)(Sum of District Pick Positions)(Average Seeded District Pick Position)
Broconnor	        158.17	19.77
Falcon	                158.83	19.85
Swamp Life	        159.17	19.90
Rotten Fruit Alliance	159.83	19.98
FIRST Pick	        160.50	20.06
OrangeJuice	        160.50	20.06
The ULCAN	        160.50	20.06
The Breakfast Company	162.50	20.31

I'm hoping the individual tracking of drafts (by TBC, OJ, and RFA), as well as the automated scoring system from this season will help us develop new methods next year.