SPG Update
by PPP on Oct 22, 2008 11:37 AM EDT
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PrintChemmy continues to lead the way through his anti-Leaf ways.
| Player Name | Points Total |
|---|---|
| Chemmy | 19 points |
| floridaLEAF | 11 points |
| DarrylKeeping | 11 points |
| Winkle | 9 points |
| jaredoflondon | 8 points |
| loserdomi | 7 points |
| lordosis | 7 points |
| LeafFanInVan | 7 points |
| raystr8r | 6 points |
| Likely | 6 points |
| Archimedies | 6 points |
| 1967ers | 6 points |
| mf37 | 5 points |
| Pension Plan Puppets | 5 points |
| MattBlack | 5 points |
| GoddTill | 4 points |
| SteadyT | 3 points |
| PatVerbeek | 3 points |
| Junior | 3 points |
| generalborshevsky | 2 points |
| blurr1974 | 2 points |
| RepressedOptimism | 2 points |
| CatSmasher | 2 points |
| Pamplemousse | 1 point |
| Linix129 | 1 point |
| JohnnyThunder | 1 point |
| Dare | 1 point |
| leosc | 0 point |
| eyebleaf | 0 point |
| clark4calder | 0 point |
| bobrouse | 0 point |
| SeanW | 0 point |
| AndrewGrantDonaldson | 0 point |
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Hrm...
Should I make a play for second?
Decisions decisions…
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
i forgot to pick anything for their NYR and PIT games, of course, i’d proabably still only have two points, but i digress…
Anybody throws me against the boards I'm gonna piss all over myself.
by blurr1974 on Oct 22, 2008 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
I've only made picks
For the Detroit, Rangers and Ducks games
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
Anti-Leaf ways? No one would be happier than me if my strategy stopped working.
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There’s voting like a fan, and there’s winning your pool. Can’t do both.
Leaf, the universe and everything.
But
Picking something NOT to happen requires very little acumen. The odds of the team not scoring in a period are so much greater than that of any one individual that the probabilities of pick SPG are now all screwed up with this new option.
Somebody who did better than a 51 in Grade 10 math crunch the numbers and back me up here.
yeah I was surprised that a will not happen gets counted as a point if correct..
by LeafFanInVan on Oct 22, 2008 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
We are working on how to address that.
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Personally, I wouldn’t change it. If people want, they can pick the Leafs never to score again and the challenge comes out of the other two. If the Leafs figure out where their hands are, this might not matter so much.
Remember the days when you weren’t allowed to have Gretzky in your pool?
Leaf, the universe and everything.
Yes and no – it depends on the rarity of the event. You’d almost never pick ‘nobody’ for shots on goal, for example. The odds of that are far worse than the 1-in-18 you get out of a random pick.
Given the Leafs’ offense or lack thereof, it’s the only safe choice for first goal, though.
Leaf, the universe and everything.
WNH
Two weeks into the season, I think changing the scoring methodology outright could piss off a lot of people. Bait-and-switch.
As PPP and I were working this out over the summer, it seemed like a good idea. Maybe it wasn’t.
That said, each Leafs fan who picks SPG has the same opportunity to pad their scores with WNHs as Chemmy.
I could, however, implement whatever changes you all want w/r/t the PPP league… independent of the rest of the site.
If you don’t want WNH to count, I can just do the math without them. It won’t affect the site-wide scores or standings, but it could greatly affect the outcome of your league.
Thoughts?
Personally I’d like it if we just made each “WNH” in the goal column worth 0.5 points.
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1967ers has a point
Everyone has equal opportunity to choose WNH as their result and betray Leafs Nation equally.
Please share your thoughts people.
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Agree with ‘67. Don’t change it. Chemmy was the first to figure it out as a strategy, he deserves to be in first. It’s not a loophole, it’s just smart. But the Leafs are going to get goals this year, hopefully about one a period, so it’ll even out a bit too eventually.
by general borschevsky on Oct 22, 2008 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Your intuitive comprehension of WNH vs. the Leafs scoring is what my strategy hinges on.
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And a good strategery it was. I’m not copying because that’s cheatin’.
Leaf, the universe and everything.
I’m not copying it ‘cause I’m using SPG as a personal test of my pschic intuition. So far I’m getting a lot of the right names, but in the wrong position. I had Antropov for penalty in the 1st and 3rd last game.
I also had Colaiacovo for all 3 in OT and he was a scratch so…
by general borschevsky on Oct 22, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
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