Congrats ozo. You put up with a lot in running the tournament this year and it is appreciated.

Congrats. A well deserved win.

Congrats ozo!

Thanks guys!

Right now two WS are set, with one other team through.

90M: ozomatli vs. discodemo
100M: crystalao vs. newarkwilder
140M: ozomatli vs. ??? (wink0094 or crystalao)

Btw -- for the 2019 tournament, we will test a new playoff point system at least in Round 1. The motivation of this change is to reduce the strategy of optimizing for LDS wins, while not removing the potential to move up via playoff bonus points. The two options I'm considering:

A) Remove 5 point bonuses for making the playoffs, winning the LDS, and winning the LCS. Increase bonus for winning the WS to 10 points. This would reduce the average points per team to somewhere around 4, and the WS winner would be lowered to 21. This option satisfies the motivation for this change.
B) Do everything from option A, but also subtract 1 point per playoff loss. Losing a series would result in 0 points (i.e. you couldn't go negative). This would reduce the average points per team to somewhere around 3, and the WS winner would also be 21. This option additionally increases the importance of every game.

Generally, I'm of the mindset to change one thing at a time rather than multiple, so I'm leaning towards Option A, but do think that B could add something totally new to the tournament. Feel free to add any thoughts before I sit on it for a few months.

Posted by ozomatli on 2/19/2019 6:44:00 PM (view original):
Btw -- for the 2019 tournament, we will test a new playoff point system at least in Round 1. The motivation of this change is to reduce the strategy of optimizing for LDS wins, while not removing the potential to move up via playoff bonus points. The two options I'm considering:

A) Remove 5 point bonuses for making the playoffs, winning the LDS, and winning the LCS. Increase bonus for winning the WS to 10 points. This would reduce the average points per team to somewhere around 4, and the WS winner would be lowered to 21. This option satisfies the motivation for this change.
B) Do everything from option A, but also subtract 1 point per playoff loss. Losing a series would result in 0 points (i.e. you couldn't go negative). This would reduce the average points per team to somewhere around 3, and the WS winner would also be 21. This option additionally increases the importance of every game.

Generally, I'm of the mindset to change one thing at a time rather than multiple, so I'm leaning towards Option A, but do think that B could add something totally new to the tournament. Feel free to add any thoughts before I sit on it for a few months.

Can you provide a comparison of the 2018 results with what they would be under options A or B? That way we can see what it would mean with more perspective.

Good call. Will take some time but can probably do tonight or tomorrow

Using Option A increases the correlation between Round 1 Tournament Rank and Tournament Pre Rank from .735 to .750. I can only measure Option B with Round 2 stats, so I will do so after the playoffs are complete.


Here's a rough table ranked by Option A Overall Rank

Rank						Owner	Points
Pre	Season	Orig. Playoff	Orig. Overall	Option A Playoff	Option A Overall		Season	Orig. Playoffs	Option A Playoffs	Penalty	Option A Total	Orig. Total
4	1	2	1	3	1	ozomatli	594	102	52		646	696
1	2	1	2	1	2	brianjw	579	114	59		638	693
8	7	3	3	2	3	jfranco77	564	100	55		619	664
6	3	8	6	9	4	buddhagamer	578	71	31		609	649
2	3	13	8	12	5	discodemo	578	59	29		607	637
7	5	6	5	6	6	mildnhazy	566	85	40		606	651
5	8	5	7	4	7	jbohrman	562	86	41		603	648
9	9	4	4	4	8	jmissirlis	561	96	41		602	657
32	6	10	9	10	9	wink0094	565	65	30		595	630
17	12	7	10	8	10	crystalao	546	75	35		581	621
16	10	17	12	14	11	justinlee_24	549	43	23		572	592
10	14	9	11	7	12	dougpalm	528	67	37		565	595
28	10	23	14	23	13	mpitt76	549	34	9		558	583
3	13	16	13	19	14	rbow923	534	51	16		550	585
46	32	20	33	14	15	sprintracer	493	38	23	23	539	508
24	22	21	23	16	16	newarkwilder	506	37	22	2	530	541
44	21	14	15	17	17	Humdogs	509	55	20		529	564
13	15	28	19	33	18	dippedncrack / schwarze	523	25	5		528	548
35	18	22	17	22	19	odalisgagne	515	36	11		526	551
20	17	26	22	23	20	mdc2276	516	29	9		525	545
22	22	15	16	18	21	redcped	506	53	18		524	559
30	16	33	24	35	22	bothways	519	19	4		523	538
33	19	31	25	30	23	ejstockman	514	21	6		520	535
27	38	12	20	10	24	magicdreamer	487	60	30		517	547
40	26	17	21	20	25	Jdh34	503	43	13		516	546
41	19	42	28	41	25	cubbies84	514	12	2		516	526
50	22	27	26	28	27	mick33	506	28	8		514	534
26	38	11	17	13	28	Donburgh	487	64	24		511	551
12	25	33	29	35	29	bighooze	504	19	4		508	523
11	27	39	30	33	30	shaybee	502	15	5		507	517
36	32	40	37	39	31	jjgreen14	493	13	3	6	502	500
38	35	17	27	20	31	donaldjtrump	489	43	13		502	532
48	28	33	30	35	31	thehuseman	498	19	4		502	517
29	29	55	41	51	34	ledfoot	496	0	0	4	500	492
23	35	37	34	30	35	cstrohmier	489	16	6		495	505
51	30	31	32	44	35	jetscanes	494	21	1		495	515
39	30	52	38	51	37	NebHusker	494	5	0		494	499
18	40	37	35	30	38	mllama54	486	16	6		492	502
49	34	46	39	44	39	toddcommish	490	6	1		491	496
31	37	46	40	44	40	frank_drebin	488	6	1		489	494
25	41	55	44	51	41	tigerrott	485	0	0		485	485
66	46	23	36	23	42	npg32433	468	34	9	1	478	501
60	42	55	47	51	43	thebubbaq	475	0	0		475	475
53	45	42	45	41	44	sjh0825	472	12	2		474	484
19	43	55	50	51	45	markeking	473	0	0		473	473
59	43	44	46	51	45	hurst47	473	10	0		473	483
47	50	29	43	23	47	The Taint	462	24	9		471	486
15	46	46	49	44	48	homiealiens	468	6	1		469	474
21	46	55	53	51	49	calhoop	468	0	0		468	468
65	54	25	42	23	50	Pebo	457	30	9		466	487
54	50	40	47	39	51	zlionsfan	462	13	3		465	475
61	49	46	52	44	51	happyhours	464	6	1		465	470
63	52	52	55	51	53	mars2010	460	5	0		460	465
56	53	55	56	51	54	thejuice6	459	0	0		459	459
37	55	55	58	51	55	kyleb63	456	0	0		456	456
67	60	30	51	28	55	garmansouth	448	23	8		456	471
55	56	55	60	51	57	nordawg	454	0	0		454	454
68	57	46	57	44	58	midknight	452	6	1		453	458
43	60	33	54	35	59	Jtpsops	448	19	4		452	467
14	58	46	59	44	60	Fusion27s	449	6	1		450	455
42	58	55	63	51	61	Chisock	449	0	0		449	449
34	62	52	61	51	62	beauchamp	447	5	0		447	452
57	64	45	62	41	63	gigrant	443	7	2		445	450
62	63	55	64	51	64	sionnach99	444	0	0		444	444
52	65	55	65	51	65	trd3	426	0	0		426	426
64	66	55	66	51	66	loyalcanuck	423	0	0		423	423
45	67	55	67	51	67	DarthDurron	416	0	0		416	416
58	68	55	68	51	68	scottharra	415	0	0		415	415
71	69	55	69	51	69	scthallfan	400	0	0		400	400
69	70	55	70	51	70	deathdealer	398	0	0		398	398
72	71	55	71	51	71	spoonfed	312	0	0		312	312
70	72	55	72	51	72	tridentric	302	0	0		302	302

sprintracer's ranking is wrong (accidentally added his penalty rather than subtracting in the Option A Total column).

Only change for Round 2 would have been that Donburgh would have been out and cubbies84 would have been in

70M: (ozomatli or rbow923) vs. (discodemo or brianjw)
90M: ozomatli vs. discodemo
100M: crystalao vs. newarkwilder
110M: discodemo vs. ??? (ozomatli or buddhagamer)
130M: wink0094 vs. rbow923
140M: ozomatli vs. wink0094

Crazy that a maximum of 8 owners will be making up the 12 World Series spots, potentially as few as 6 owners.

I actually don't know if two owners have ever gone head-to-head in 3 World Series in the same year before, like disco and I have a chance to.

Also, shoutout to discodemo. He has finished in the Top 6 for what will now be 8 consecutive tournaments (with seven Top 5s). I believe he has the second highest average finish ever for people with 3 or more appearances (WaitNSee being #1, of course, after winning all three times he entered). Maybe next year luck will be on his side and he will finally and deservedly take home a title.

Posted by ozomatli on 2/19/2019 11:45:00 PM (view original):
sprintracer's ranking is wrong (accidentally added his penalty rather than subtracting in the Option A Total column).

Only change for Round 2 would have been that Donburgh would have been out and cubbies84 would have been in

Can we call it "The Donburgh Rule"?

I would have fallen a lot with the rule change, too. It seems to reduce the value of a good playoff run.