2014 Waterloo Regional

[Racer26]

Additionally, 86 of the 117 Banners coming to Waterloo are held by 3 teams (1114, 254, 2056). Together, the three of them account for 73.5% of Waterloo's BBQ.

Without them, the BBQ of the rest of the event is: 1.148

[Pat Fairbank]

Originally Posted by Jared Russell

We firmly believe that our BRISKET, Polled PORK, and TRITIP will form an unbeatable combination. Top that all off with the awesome BBQ/SAUCE at this event, and I think we have the recipe for something special.

Jared, stop making me hungry. Waterloo isn't exactly in a region known for delicious barbecue...

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank

Jared, stop making me hungry. Waterloo isn't exactly in a region known for delicious barbecue...

Would you prefer the Finalist Uniform Difficulty Gauging Evaluation (FUDGE)? I propose FUDGE gives 6pts to Championship Winner, 5pts to Championship Finalist, 4pts to Division Winner, 3pts to Division Finalist 2pts to Regional Winner, and 1pt to Regional Finalist, sum and divide by teams.

[BigJ]

I think the proper metric to use here would be Performance Of Upper-quartile in Tournament Intervals of Near Equality (POUTINE). Each team receives a point for each event they were in the #1 or #2 seeded alliances in eliminations.

[mman1506]

Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank

Jared, stop making me hungry. Waterloo isn't exactly in a region known for delicious barbecue...

Our machine shop actually got in trouble (deservedly) last year for barbecuing at Waterloo...

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by mman1506

Our machine shop actually got in trouble (deservedly) last year for barbecuing at Waterloo...

Don't worry, according to some reports one team actually had a barbeque in their pits, and promised hot dogs to all visitors.

[PayneTrain]

You know I'm really surprised there isn't a lot of talk about using Potential Out-of-town Upset Threat and International vs Native Experience, or the POUTINE rating system to predict match outcomes.

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

You know I'm really surprised there isn't a lot of talk about using Potential Out-of-town Upset Threat and International vs Native Experience, or the POUTINE rating system to predict match outcomes.

but how would you define that?

Is out-of-town defined by a radius? or a state/province? something else?

Additionally, how to quantify 'native' experience?

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by Racer26

but how would you define that?

Is out-of-town defined by a radius? or a state/province? something else?

Additionally, how to quantify 'native' experience?

Out of town: outside of a radius of 60 miles
International: Blue Banners won in the same province/state/country as the event
Native: Blue banners won within the province/state/country of the event.

[Mark Sheridan]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

You know I'm really surprised there isn't a lot of talk about using Potential Out-of-town Upset Threat and International vs Native Experience, or the POUTINE rating system to predict match outcomes.

Very hungry, and there is no real poutine in So Cal, so sad.

[Kearse]

Originally Posted by Karthik

Don't worry, according to some reports one team actually had a barbeque in their pits, and promised hot dogs to all visitors.

Mascot costumes in the form of pulled pork might be a little bit harder to find...

[Kpchem]

It was originally laggy for me, but it has since cleared up. These matches are intense!

[BASE]

Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank

Jared, stop making me hungry. Waterloo isn't exactly in a region known for delicious barbecue...

Hey there, not all hope is lost. I would love to get a barbecue going the days of the Regional. There are a couple in residence that I know of.

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by BASE

Hey there, not all hope is lost. I would love to get a barbecue going the days of the Regional. There are a couple in residence that I know of.

Sounds like fun. Can I come?

[lynca]

I'm not really into this number analysis stuff,

but I do know good BBQ. I would have to say the Dallas Regional will have the best BBQ of Week 3.