WIS Championship, 2011 Topic

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Welcome to the 8th Annual WIS Championship

The WIS Championship involves 96 owners (maybe up to 120 owners), each playing in six leagues (w/ different themes). The top 24 owners advances to round 2, where they played in another 6 leagues. That's over 58,000 games played over the course of six months.
In 2004, ballantine proved that he was the best WIS owner in the world as he averaged 103 wins in round 1 and 93 wins (against the best of the best) in round 2. All 12 of his teams made the playoffs and four of those won the World Series.

In 2005, ronthegenius became #1 player as he averaged 99 wins in round 1 and 93 wins in round 2. Nine of his 12 teams made the playoffs and four of those won the World Series.

In 2006, ArlenWilliam captured the title with a strong round 2 performance, averaging almost 94 wins per team (next best was < 90). He had 9 of 12 teams make the playoffs, including 5 of 6 in the round 2.

In 2007, JohnGPF outlasted 2004 champion ballantine with a dominating round 1 performace (94.1 wins per team) followed by a solid round 2 effort (88 wins). He saw 9 of his 12 teams make the playoffs.

In 2008, jfranco77 won the closest race ever by edging out bigmc by only eight points (898-890). His dominant first round (98 wins per team) gave him the big lead. Overall, he had 7 of 12 teams make the playoffs with two WS titles.

In 2009, wildthings1 won an average of 96 games in each round and he had 10 of 12 teams make the playoffs. His final margin of victory (943-888) was the largest since ballantine in 2004.

In 2010, rbow923 improved on his 5th place finish in 2009, by averaging a consistent 94 wins over rounds 1-2, getting 11 of 12 teams into the playoffs and winning 2 World Series titles.  Previous champions wildthings1 (3rd), ballantine (7th) and jfranco77 (9th) all finished in the top 10.

Here are the Top 24 Owners from the past seven tournaments:
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2004 Top 24
Rk Name Rk Name Rk Name
1 ballantine 9 eddiedzen 17 ronthegenius
2 shaybee 10 bardin 18 cpmitchno1
3 jnewfry 11 burnelr 19 98greenc5
4 mildnhazy 12 combalt 20 tracyr
5 schwarze 13 xnay 21 per_gessle
6 bbracey 14 whiteslave 22 mirky
7t zackaryl 15 wportal 23 PennQuaker
7t Oli35 16 dsmba 24 danpsull71

2005 Top 24
Rk Name Rk Name Rk Name
1 ronthegenius 9 bardin 17 jnewfry
2 eddiedzen 10 markeking 18 bosoxfan
3 shaybee 11 xnay 19 bgfoot1000
4 mildnhazy 12 sford 20 dan6768
5 kujayhawk 13 cstrohmier 21 dsmba
6 ballantine 14 schwarze 22 burnelr
7 calhoop 15 newarkwilder 23t ARodsagent
8 whiteslave 16 tracyr 23t beta333

2006 Top 24
Rk Name Rk Name Rk Name
1 ArlenWilliam 9 eddiedzen 17 jnewfry
2 PennQuaker 10 newarkwilder 18 shaybee
3 bigmc 11 per_gessle 19 mpitt76
4 ARomano 12 wportal 20 bardin
5 mensu1954 13 combalt 21 pinstripes5
6 Midge 14 wetwillytwo 22 Yabahos
7 schwarze 15 sford 23 xnay
8 JohnGPF 16 dsmba 24 smeric

2007 Top 24
Rk Name Rk Name Rk Name
1 JohnGPF 9 SpotSell 17 sford
2 ballantine 10 mensu1954 18 newarkwilder
3 combalt 11 malinowt 19 oskies
4 ArlenWilliam 12 bigmc 20 calhoop
5 schwarze 13 Yabahos 21 pmacuski
6 homiealiens 14 ctorkelson 22 cstrohmier
7 wportal 15 jetscanes 23 Relkcirts
8 Whiteslave 16 bardin 24 markeking

2008 Top 24
Rk Name Rk Name Rk Name
1 jfranco77 9 ARomano 17 Area51man
2 bigmc 10 oskies 18 BCBSMA
3t mensu1954 11 malinowt 19 newarkwilder
3t wportal 12 PennQuaker 20 markeking
5 schwarze 13 mildnhazy 21 jnewfry
6 JohnGPF 14 contrarian23 22 ballantine
7 homiealiens 15 sgsmith 23 ryan_horner
8 mpitt76 16 Yabahos 24 calhoop

2009 Top 24
Rk Name Rk Name Rk Name
1 wildthings1 9 ennam_iv 17 sford
2 sgsmith 10 elonsmitty 18 markeking
3 schwarze 11 bardin 19 msleath
4 PennQuaker 12 mpitt76 20 profcake
5 rbow923 13 pugs 21 eman_wi
6 bigmc 14 acn24 22 ctorkelson
7 mildnhazy 15 calhoop 23 ballantine
8 wetwillytwo 16 jetscanes 24 The Taint

2010 Top 24
Rk Name Rk Name Rk Name
1 rbow923 9 jfranco77 17 odalisgagne
2 alleyviper 10 mensu1954 18 tracyr
3 wildthings1 11 schwarze 19 tulsaslide
4 tjefferson 12 mildnhazy 20 ryan_horner
5 shaybee 13 bigmc 21 ronthegenius
6 ybjsports 14 batandball 22 marlowe
7 ballantine 15 contrarian23 23 footballmm11
8 bardin 16 calhoop 24 beirnej1
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Who is the Absolute Best Owner in WIS?

In order to be considered the best, you need to have success over a broad range of different themes. This tournament will absolutely determine who the best WIS owner is. The winner will have had to put together 12 solid teams over a 5-month time period. Serious WIS owners only. Here's how it will work.

* I will limit the field to 96 owners, but we may go with only 72. In order to guarantee your spot in this Championship Event, you will need to purchase a $15 GC. See below for instructions on purchasing a GC.

* In round 1, there will be 6 different themes we'll each be involved in. All twenty-four leagues (4 * 6 = 24) will be started at approximately the same time. Points will be awarded based on wins and playoffs success. The standard point formula will be used. Points = Regular season wins + playoff wins + 5 points for making the playoffs + 5 points for each playoff round won.

* The top 24 owners in cumulative points from round 1 (regardless of which leagues they were in) will advance to round 2, the final round. In round 2, there will be another 6 themes (different from the first six themes). The same points formula will be used in round 2. Round 1 results will not be completely ignored in the final score. The weighting will be 1/3 for round 1 and 2/3 for round 2.... In other words, the cumulative round 1 score will be divided by 2 and added to the round 2 score to determine the Best Owner in WIS.

* The leagues will not be determined randomly, but the divisions within each league will be. Once the 72 or 96 owners have purchased the $15 GC, then I will use a combination of owner ratings and WIS Championship final results to determine the seedings and the league alignments for round 1.  This will essentially distribute the more successful owners into different leagues.

* The formula to rank the owners will be based on overall winning percentage, and championships won. Also, if you participated in the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and/or 2010 WIS Championship(s), then how you fared in those will also come into play (more weight given to more recent performances).   The more tournaments you play in, the more weight this factor will have in your overall rating.

* In the event that one or more of the top 24 owners from round 1 decide not to enter round 2, then the next best owners(s) from round 1 will advance. In case of ties, the tie-breakers will be (1) regular season wins (2) playoff wins (3) best single team overall point total (4) second best single team overall point total, etc.

* As far as prizes, assuming 96 teams, we'll have $1440 in gift certificates plus admin will be adding $300. That's $1740 worth of GC to distribute. All teams advancing to round 2 will be guaranteed at least $30 in GC.   If 72 teams, the prizes will be adjusted accordingly (see below).

Prize Structure (based on 96 teams)
1st: $250 6th: $90 11th: $40
2nd: $200 7th: $80 12th: $40
3rd: $150 8th: $70 13-24: $30
4th: $120 9th: $60 25-26: $10 (consolation)
5th: $100 10th: $50

Prize Structure (based on 72 teams)
1st: $200 6th: $80 11th: $30
2nd: $150 7th: $70 12th: $20
3rd: $120 8th: $60 13-24: $15
4th: $100 9th: $50 25-26: $10 (consolation)
5th: $90 10th: $40

The team with the best regular season record in each of the six round #1 themes will each receive $15 (ties split).

The prize is nice but what we're all really after is the recognition as being the BEST.

* As far as the themes go, different cap levels will be used. Most will center around $80M to $100M with at least one low cap (<80) and one high cap (>=120) included. There will not be any drafts in round 1. There will be at least one but not more than two drafts in round 2.

If you are interested, please post here. I don't expect that we'll start playing any games for at least 6 weeks, as it will take a bit of time to fill the league, create rosters, verify rosters, etc.

** The themes for Round 1 can be found HERE

The first roster deadline (2 rosters completed) will be mid July. All six rosters will be due by the end of July.
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Sign Up List (Bold = GC Purchase)

1. schwarze
2. sgsmith
3. beirnej1
4. contrarian23
5. mllama54
6. Chisock
7. elonsmitty
8. batandball
9. tridentric
10. btown
11. odalisgagne
12. jfranco77 (2008 Champion)
13. bigmc
14. chargingryno (replaces Trentonjoe)
15. beauchamp
16. mildnhazy
17. alleyviper
18. tjefferson
19. cstrohmier
20. buddhagamer
21. mensu1954
22. rbow923 (2010 Champion)
23. ryan_horner
24. ejstockman
25. daronb
26. blackmink18
27. calhoop
28. newarkwilder
29. cmolli (replaces ff09)
30. Donburgh
31. mpitt76
32. stroh23 (replaces acn24)
33. gorbyruss
34. bighooze
35. woody5254
36. ballantine (2004 Champion)
37. marlowe
38. ybjsports
39. mw100
40. happyhours
41. footballmm11
42. toddcommish
43. ncih (replaces The Taint)
44. brianjw
45. spikeboots
46. maddog162
47. shaybee
48. r90377
49. markeking
50. dougpalm
51. bardin
52. sford
53. dlchow
54. River_Rats
55. hacker7
56. bigsteve12
57. darthaudible
58. cubbies84
59. zephyr1949
60. tulsaslide
61. Dalefan1
62. bigfatjew
63. dippedncrack
64. Oli35
65. profcake
66. oskies
67. rmdriskill
68. forte4him (replaces enfuego)
69. yankeeso7  (replaces thaneoffife)
70. bheid408
71. ncmusician_7 (reaplces teal_leo)
72. dewelch71 (replaces eschwartz67)
73. just4me
74. nasty_llama
75. bighappyguy
76. wetwillytwo
77. Jtpsops
78. Bootone
79. zlionsfan
80. Yabahos (replaces BastanRedsox)
81. id_203
82. trd3
83. wildthings1 (2009 Champion)
84. tracyr
85. thebubbaq
86. letchkins
87. besterateam
88. thejuice6
89. msleath
90. discodemo
91. Yaz_Benders
92. BLCROW
93. pmars2001
94. Tucker T's
95. Relkcirts
96. stan74

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Once you sign up, you can go ahead and purchase the $15 Gift Certificate.

Instructions for purchasing gift certificate can be found

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alleyviper; ballantine; bardin; batandball; beauchamp; beirnej1; besterateam; bheid408; bigfatjew; bighappyguy; bighooze; bigmc; bigsteve12; blackmink18; BLCROW; Bootone; brianjw; btown; buddhagamer; calhoop; chargingryno; Chisock; contrarian23; cstrohmier; cubbies84; Dalefan1; daronb; darthaudible; dewelch71; dippedncrack; discodemo; dlchow; Donburgh; dougpalm; ejstockman; elonsmitty; ff09; footballmm11; forte4him; gorbyruss; hacker7; happyhours; id_203; jfranco77; Jtpsops; just4me; letchkins; maddog162; markeking; marlowe; mensu1954; mildnhazy; mllama54; mpitt76; msleath; mw100; nasty_llama; ncih; ncmusician_7; newarkwilder; odalisgagne; Oli35; oskies; pmars2001; profcake; r90377; rbow923; Relkcirts; River_Rats; rmdriskill; ryan_horner; schwarze; sford; sgsmith; shaybee; spikeboots; stan74; stroh23; thebubbaq; thejuice6; tjefferson; toddcommish; tracyr; trd3; tridentric; Tucker T's; tulsaslide; wetwillytwo; wildthings1; woody5254; Yabahos; yankeeso7; Yaz_Benders; ybjsports; zephyr1949; zlionsfan

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Here are links to last year's results:

ROUND 1

ROUND 2
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I'm in for my annual beating
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Let's do it!
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