The Third WIS Big Balls Showcase Topic

Welcome to the third WIS Big Balls Showcase. To succeed you will, first and foremost, need to overcome yourself.

Have you had success throughout your WIS career? Do you consistently struggle to make the playoffs? Or are you somewhere in the middle? Regardless of your background, this league attempts to level the playing field using a simple yet surprisingly reliable formula. This formula will use the stats available in your user profile at the time you sign up, plus your previous results in the BBS, to determine your individual salary cap.

Yes, that's right. The users in this league will be going up against each other with different salary caps all season long. Owners who have had a history of success will be forced to demonstrate their prowess with a disadvantage, whereas players with less illustrious histories will have a chance to turn the tables with a higher cap.

So, what is this formula? Glad you asked:
( Win % + Playoff Win % + Playoff Ratio + Championship Ratio + BBS Win % ) / 5 = Your User Score

Playoff Ratio = Playoff Appearances / Teams
Championship Ratio = Championships / Playoff Appearances
BBS Win % = Your win % from past seasons of the Big Balls Showcase

User scores will range significantly, but we don't want the caps to range a ridiculous amount (even the best won't have a chance with a 25M+ disadvantage), so the cap breakdown will be as follows:
User Score Cap
< .3 110M
.3 - .333 108M
.333 - .367 106M
.367 - .4 104M
.4 - .425 102M
.425 - .45 100M
.45 - .475 99M
.476 - .5 98M
.5 - .525 97M
.525 - .55 96M
.55+ 95M

Ideally, I'd like to have at least 1 owner from each User Score Range, but there won't be any strict restriction there. However, divisions will be set in order of User Score with number 1, 12, 13, 24 going in the NL East, etc.

As for roster restrictions, there are none. Just enter your best team at your given salary cap. Time to put up or shut up.

Other Specifics
NO DH
NO AAA
NO WW
NO Trades
YES Clones
YES Injuries
9/25/2016 9:09 PM
Owner Win % Playoff Win % Playoff Ratio Championship Ratio BBS Win % User Score Cap
---------------------- --------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------------------- ----------------------- ------------------- ---------
1 ozomatli 0.549 0.514 0.491 0.142 0.580 0.455 99M
2 rickysdad44 0.507 0.483 0.340 0.113 0.492 0.387 104M
3 DoctorKz 0.512 0.474 0.315 0.077 0.481 0.372 104M
4 joerat1 0.525 0.495 0.336 0.132 0.568 0.411 102M
5 ChitownBluz 0.431 0.400 0.043 0.000 0.580 0.291 110M
6 good_beef 0.433 0.411 0.049 0.077 0.454 0.285 110M
7 charliembg 0.535 0.548 0.471 0.219 0.481 0.451 99M
8 zephyr1949 0.491 0.482 0.257 0.152 0.481 0.373 104M
9 toddcommish 0.501 0.475 0.282 0.090 0.475 0.364 106M
10 redwingscup 0.570 0.516 0.683 0.143 N/A 0.496 98M
11 ejstockman 0.520 0.503 0.372 0.126 N/A 0.408 102M
12 greggo72 0.450 0.471 0.169 0.154 N/A 0.339 106M
13 shysters3 0.508 0.463 0.277 0.127 N/A 0.377 104M
14 Got_Worms 0.480 0.455 0.252 0.066 N/A 0.347 106M
15 stengelese 0.526 0.410 0.448 0.000 0.503 0.377 104M
16 alston 0.527 0.497 0.423 0.114 N/A 0.418 102M
17 amycox67 0.574 0.561 0.636 0.202 N/A 0.509 97M
18 specsman 0.465 0.436 0.165 0.057 N/A 0.318 108M
19 asufan04 0.542 0.546 0.509 0.148 N/A 0.458 99M
20 darthmetool 0.284 0.000 0.000 0.000 N/A 0.114 110M
21 sohio4ever 0.527 0.453 0.305 0.056 N/A 0.374 104M
22 midknight 0.477 0.438 0.166 0.056 0.420 0.311 108M
23 halo23 0.517 0.492 0.387 0.138 0.475 0.402 102M
24 razorclams 0.505 0.483 0.320 0.094 0.500 0.380 104M
Sitemail List
alston; amycox67; asufan04; charliembg; ChitownBluz; darthmetool; DoctorKz; ejstockman; good_beef, Got_Worms, greggo72; halo23; joerat1; midknight; ozomatli; razorclams; redwingscup; rickysdad44; shysters3; sohio4ever; specsman; stengelese; toddcommish; zephyr1949

Waitlist
1. Fusion27s
10/3/2016 6:02 PM (edited)
Signups now open.

EDIT: If we fill quickly, we will have a league number and get started before the next dynamic salary update in two weeks
9/25/2016 9:59 PM (edited)
Back!
9/25/2016 10:07 PM
For those considering joining, we have had a 95M team win it's division (twice) and 110M teams win their divisions multiple times as well. This has proven to be a very competitive league, with no teams winning 100 games this past season
9/26/2016 11:16 AM
I will be back, thanks
9/26/2016 5:57 PM
I'll be back and ****** again.
9/26/2016 6:03 PM
Welcome back, guys! 9 in already
9/26/2016 7:05 PM
What happens with first time participants and their BBS win percentage? .000? 1.000? Null, and divide the score by 4 instead of 5?
9/27/2016 1:38 PM
I'll support this effort. What's my cap?
9/27/2016 3:15 PM
Posted by flakfizer on 9/27/2016 1:38:00 PM (view original):
What happens with first time participants and their BBS win percentage? .000? 1.000? Null, and divide the score by 4 instead of 5?
Good question, flakfizer. Meant to put that in the description.

Owners who have not previously participated will have their overall WIS Win% added into the formula a second time, and then the total will still be divided by 5. This is to avoid their score being on a different curve than returning owners (note the disparity between things like Win% and Championship Ratio, having Championship Ratio count for 25% of your score instead of 20% would result in a noticeable difference).
9/27/2016 3:40 PM (edited)
Posted by redwingscup on 9/27/2016 3:15:00 PM (view original):
I'll support this effort. What's my cap?
Glad to have ya, redwings.

Your User Score is .496 which gives you a cap of 98M
9/27/2016 3:33 PM
I'm in, ozo.
9/27/2016 3:33 PM
Posted by ejstockman on 9/27/2016 3:33:00 PM (view original):
I'm in, ozo.
Welcome, ej. You are in with a User Score of .408 and a cap of 102M, which I think is scarily high. Here's hoping we don't end up in the same division.
9/27/2016 3:37 PM
You can sign me up... sounds interesting
9/27/2016 9:43 PM
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