WIS Championship-Where do you rank among the best? Topic

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Welcome to the 9th Annual WIS Championship

The WIS Championship involves 96 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 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 (to date) 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.

In 2011, brianjw kept rbow923 from being the first 2-time champion, by winning in the closest race ever (992 to 989).  Brian's strength was his consistency.  He only won one World Series, but he averaged over 95 wins and saw all 12 teams make the playoffs. It's the third time in the last 4 years that a first-time entrant has won the Championship.  Who will it be this year?

Here are the Top 24 Owners from the past eight tournaments:
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  2004             2008        
Rk Name Rk Name Rk Name   Rk Name Rk Name Rk Name
1 ballantine 9 eddiedzen 17 ronthegenius   1 jfranco77 9 ARomano 17 Area51man
2 shaybee 10 bardin 18 cpmitchno1   2 bigmc 10 oskies 18 BCBSMA
3 jnewfry 11 burnelr 19 98greenc5   3t mensu1954 11 malinowt 19 newarkwilder
4 mildnhazy 12 combalt 20 tracyr   3t wportal 12 PennQuaker 20 markeking
5 schwarze 13 xnay 21 per_gessle   5 schwarze 13 mildnhazy 21 jnewfry
6 bbracey 14 whiteslave 22 mirky   6 JohnGPF 14 contrarian23 22 ballantine
7t zackaryl 15 wportal 23 PennQuaker   7 homiealiens 15 sgsmith 23 ryan_horner
7t Oli35 16 dsmba 24 danpsull71   8 mpitt76 16 Yabahos 24 calhoop
                         
  2005             2009        
Rk Name Rk Name Rk Name   Rk Name Rk Name Rk Name
1 ronthegenius 9 bardin 17 jnewfry   1 wildthings1 9 ennam_iv 17 sford
2 eddiedzen 10 markeking 18 bosoxfan   2 sgsmith 10 elonsmitty 18 markeking
3 shaybee 11 xnay 19 bgfoot1000   3 schwarze 11 bardin 19 msleath
4 mildnhazy 12 sford 20 dan6768   4 PennQuaker 12 mpitt76 20 profcake
5 kujayhawk 13 cstrohmier 21 dsmba   5 rbow923 13 pugs 21 eman_wi
6 ballantine 14 schwarze 22 burnelr   6 bigmc 14 acn24 22 ctorkelson
7 calhoop 15 newarkwilder 23t ARodsagent   7 mildnhazy 15 calhoop 23 ballantine
8 whiteslave 16 tracyr 23t beta333   8 wetwillytwo 16 jetscanes 24 The Taint
                         
  2006             2010        
Rk Name Rk Name Rk Name   Rk Name Rk Name Rk Name
1 ArlenWilliam 9 eddiedzen 17 jnewfry   1 rbow923 9 jfranco77 17 odalisgagne
2 PennQuaker 10 newarkwilder 18 shaybee   2 alleyviper 10 mensu1954 18 tracyr
3 bigmc 11 per_gessle 19 mpitt76   3 wildthings1 11 schwarze 19 tulsaslide
4 ARomano 12 wportal 20 bardin   4 tjefferson 12 mildnhazy 20 ryan_horner
5 mensu1954 13 combalt 21 pinstripes5   5 shaybee 13 bigmc 21 ronthegenius
6 Midge 14 wetwillytwo 22 Yabahos   6 ybjsports 14 batandball 22 marlowe
7 schwarze 15 sford 23 xnay   7 ballantine 15 contrarian23 23 footballmm11
8 JohnGPF 16 dsmba 24 smeric   8 bardin 16 calhoop 24 beirnej1
                         
  2007             2011        
Rk Name Rk Name Rk Name   Rk Name Rk Name Rk Name
1 JohnGPF 9 SpotSell 17 sford   1 brianjw 9 schwarze 17 ryan_horner
2 ballantine 10 mensu1954 18 newarkwilder   2 rbow923 10 profcake 18 besterateam
3 combalt 11 malinowt 19 oskies   3 buddhagamer 11 mildnhazy 19 mensu1954
4 ArlenWilliam 12 bigmc 20 calhoop   4 tjefferson 12 wildthings1 20 dougpalm
5 schwarze 13 Yabahos 21 pmacuski   5 discodemo 13 ncmusician_7 21 elonsmitty
6 homiealiens 14 ctorkelson 22 cstrohmier   6 alleyviper 14 ybjsports 22 ejstockman
7 wportal 15 jetscanes 23 Relkcirts   7 Yabahos 15t bighooze 23 newarkwilder
8 Whiteslave 16 bardin 24 markeking   8 batandball 15t bigmc 24 ballantine
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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.

* The field is typically limited to 96 owners (although if there is enough demand, we could go higher) . 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 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 any of the previous 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 more or less than 96 owners participate, the prizes will be adjusted accordingly (see below).

Prize Structure (based on 96 teams)

Place Prize Amt
1st $250
2nd $200
3rd $150
4th $120
5th $100
6th $90
7th $80
8th $70
9th $60
10th $50
11th $40
12th $40
13th-24th $30
25th-26th $10

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.

5/29/2012 2:28 PM (edited)
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Sign up list (red = has not yet bought GC)

1. 31013
2. alleyviper
3. ballantine (2004 Champion)
4. bardin
5. batandball
6. beauchamp
7. beirnej1
8. besterateam
9. bighooze
10. bigmc
11. bigsteve12
12. blackmink18
13. brianjw (2011 Champion)
14. spoonfed (replaces btown)
15. buddhagamer
16. calhoop
17. chargingryno
18. Chisock
19. contrarian23
20. crystalao
21. cstrohmier
22. cubbies84
23. dahsdebater
24. Dalefan1
25. daronb
26. DarthDurron
27. dippedncrack
28. discodemo
29. dlchow
30. Donburgh
31. dougpalm
32. ejstockman
33. elonsmitty
34. eman_wi
35. fooolishfool
36. footballmm11
37. forte4him
38. elvisgump (replaces thaneoffife who replaces sms415 who replaces gdurham27)
39. gigrant
40. gorbyruss
41. hacker7
42. happyhours
43. holleybard
44. id_203
45. jbohrman
46. Jdh34
47. jfranco77 (2008 Champion)
48. jjgreen14
49. Jtpsops
50. just4me
51. leeelci
52. loma_prieta
53. nhsteven (replaces calcutta who repalced maddog162)
54. markeking
55. marlowe
56. mensu1954
57. mildnhazy
58. mllama54
59. mpitt76
60. muckles6
61. mw100
62. ncih
63. newarkwilder
64. odalisgagne
65. oskies
66. Poddy
67. profcake
68. rbow923 (2010 Champion)
69. Relkcirts
70. rls1
71. rmdriskill
72. ryan_horner
73. schwarze
74. sford
75. sgsmith
76. shadoworkcat
77. shaybee
78. spikeboots
79. SpotSell
80. tdoak
81. jrnyfan01 (replaces The Taint)
82. thebubbaq
83. thejuice6
84. tjefferson
85. toddcommish
86. tracyr
87. trd3
88. tridentric
89. tulsaslide
90. wetwillytwo
91. slightner (replaces wildthings1)
92. jbar8888 (replaces Yabhos)
93. yankeeso7
94. ybjsports
95. zephyr1949
96. zlionsfan
Wait List (We usually get through 10+ people on the wait list) - No need to buy GC until you get promoted off the wait list
1. BullMoose
2. yankesrawsm
3. jndi
4. Lazerhawks
5. The_Creeper
6. hale7
7. nhstven
8. KMJK4
9. sdsandlot
10. jprevost
11. georgedeer
12.

Even if you don't get off the waiting list, you will be site-mailed for next year's tournament.  So it still doesn't hurt to get on the wait list.

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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 HERE
 
5/29/2012 2:27 PM (edited)
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Site-Mail List:

31013; alleyviper; ballantine; bardin; batandball; beauchamp; beirnej1; besterateam; bighooze; bigmc; bigsteve12; blackmink18; brianjw; buddhagamer; calhoop; chargingryno; Chisock; contrarian23; crystalao; cstrohmier; cubbies84; dahsdebater; Dalefan1; daronb; DarthDurron; dippedncrack; discodemo; dlchow; Donburgh; dougpalm; ejstockman; elonsmitty; elvisgump; eman_wi; fooolishfool; footballmm11; forte4him; gigrant; gorbyruss; hacker7; happyhours; holleybard; id_203; jbohrman; Jdh34; jfranco77; jjgreen14; Jtpsops; just4me; leeelci; loma_prieta; markeking; marlowe; mensu1954; mildnhazy; mllama54; mpitt76; muckles6; mw100; ncih; newarkwilder; nhsteven; odalisgagne; oskies; Poddy; profcake; rbow923; Relkcirts; rls1; rmdriskill; ryan_horner; schwarze; sford; sgsmith; shadoworkcat; shaybee; slightner; spikeboots; spoonfed; SpotSell; tdoak; The Taint; thebubbaq; thejuice6; tjefferson; toddcommish; tracyr; trd3; tridentric; tulsaslide; wetwillytwo; Yabahos; yankeeso7; ybjsports; zephyr1949; zlionsfan

7/30/2012 1:28 PM (edited)
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Here are the deadlines for getting your round 1 rosters in.

There are three deadlines. You must have at least two teams entered by the first deadline. You need to have at least four teams entered by the second deadline. At the final deadline, you need to have ALL SIX teams entered.

The penalty for being late is 1 point per team, per day late. The penalty points will be cancelled if you get all SIX teams in by the last deadline and have NOT accumulated over 5 penalty points.

The first deadine is Sunday, July 15.
The second deadline is Sunday, July 22.
The final deadline is Sunday, July 29.

If you accumulate 10 penalty points, I will have no choice but to replace you.
5/28/2012 11:39 AM (edited)
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Click to see last year's Final Standings

5/28/2012 2:40 PM (edited)
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SIGN UP HERE
5/28/2012 12:22 PM
Donburgh
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I'll be back.
5/28/2012 1:14 PM
cstrohmier
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I suck more and more at this game but this is too much fun, sign me up.
5/28/2012 1:51 PM
maddog162
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I'm in. Hopefully I'll finish in the top 90.
5/28/2012 2:39 PM
batandball
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I'm in.
5/28/2012 2:53 PM
bigsteve12
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Pencil me in for another year of getting schooled.
5/28/2012 3:46 PM
id_203
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I'm in
5/28/2012 4:26 PM
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