Summer Points Race Standings

[5barwarrior]

Here are the standings

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[Jester]

All day!

Thomas quick questions, for guys like Jon and Chris who played 1 less game in the doubles, how does it even out with their points? Right now it looks like they get nothing, but if Chris for instance got to play a 5th game and won he would have tied me in points, and Jon might have finished with 6 points instead of 4. How can that issue be addressed? Maybe give them 1 point meet in the middle? People shouldn't be penalized for getting an extra bye, not really their fault.

[Jester]

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[5barwarrior]

Good question.

1) we could weight the points in the opening round. For example: winning% * total_points_possible = points. Players missing one game would then be proportionally rewarded for the missing game. This would give Chris an extra 2 points, Jon only 1 and Abir 0.5 (100% vs 50% vs. 25%). That would be the easiest

2) Do nothing. Sucks, but should even out over time. I can't easily add an extra game like I did last year and have it added to the standings. Last year I would have played one more game with the three players (Although Abir was late and legitimately missed the first round).

3) Only count the first 4 games for points for everyone.

[deliverance]

#1 sounds good

[Jester]

I like option #3, and the number of games that count can always be modified at the start of the night to be equal across the board.

I don't like option #1 because it gives free points to players that they haven't earned but are getting because of their past wins/losses.

[PACKER]

I agree with Jesse's point about people not earning the points, but I can't see a better alternative. This factor wouldn't necessarily skew the stats too much that it would affect the competition. I don't like option #3 because if we only take the first 4 (or w/e) games, then there is nothing riding on the 5th game played. Maybe if it was the best 4 games? That would keep people trying throughout all 5 games (unless they won the first 4 I suppose).

I think that I'm leaning towards option # 1 because it keeps the competition throughout all games played, and I don't think that the points "unearned" are going to skew the stats/race enough to cause complaints because the underlying reason is to make it fair for those who don't get to play that extra game. They get points that they may not have earned in that they may have lost that game, but the flip side where they could have won and earned the full 2 points is also possible. I think that option #1 is the best of these alternatives.

[garbaggio]

Reffing until 8:15 so I'll be there at 9 tonight. Hope I don't miss more than 2 games.

Taha

[PACKER]

Hey.. I severely dislocated my shoulder playing goalie in my soccer game last night. A forward rushed the net and crashed into me when I had my arms outstretched diving to get the ball... took about a minute to pop it back into place which is longer than in the past and thus worrisome. Going to take the night off from foos, rest it and do this whole recovery thing properly this time.. Hoping to be back out next week!

[Jester]

Reffing until 8:15 so I'll be there at 9 tonight. Hope I don't miss more than 2 games.

Taha

Falling further and further behind

Hey.. I severely dislocated my shoulder playing goalie in my soccer game last night. A forward rushed the net and crashed into me when I had my arms outstretched diving to get the ball... took about a minute to pop it back into place which is longer than in the past and thus worrisome. Going to take the night off from foos, rest it and do this whole recovery thing properly this time.. Hoping to be back out next week!

Hope your alright buddy, see you next week.

[deliverance]

I'll be there to clean up tonight. EZ league

[Jester]

I'll be there to clean up tonight. EZ league

Ok bud.

[jpguywatchout]

i'm down with option #3... use results of best 4 games.

It's kinda like the same format for summer league - using the results of the top 5 weeks out of 7 (or however long league is)... stands to reason we could employ this methodology on a weekly basis as well.

j-phormat

[Jester]

Updates! ?

[5barwarrior]

Well I'm leaning to number 2. Last night we played 6 rounds. Only one or two players got all six rounds. Just so happened to be one of the players who only got 4/5 rounds last week.

There is another important point. League starts at 8:00. The longer we wait to start, 8:15, 8:30, affects the number of rounds we play.

I would like to start at 8:00pm sharp or when there are at least 8 players present, which ever comes first. Guarantees we get as many rounds as we can in.

I'll analyze/post last nights results tonight. We can look at more data to see how things go.