Delbird wrote:Hey Geoff - help me understand which standings I should really be looking at and why we have 3 sets. I see what the official tournament site has, where it has me in 20th. I see your standings in this thread, where I am in 26th. I see the thread that mesquiton has, where I am 33rd. The official site seems to be accurate since I can click on my name and it shows my 4 teams with accurate up to date records. So I'm not sure which standings to really go by.
Thanks. Delbird
They are all just different presentations of the same data.
The official tournament page is the raw, true score, so far. However, these scores have not yet subtracted the ballpark penalties for the 6 managers that incurred this penalty. Also, there are unequal games played in event 4, and some event 3 games still being played.
For my standings, I use a "games in hand" system to equalize games played, by adding .5 win for every game in hand, wherever applicable. The standard games played for event 3 is 162, and for event 4 126, as of Sunday night.
Mesquiton, on the other hand, just uses completed events and completed leagues, and then calculates an average score for each completed event or league. Mesquiton and I have both subtracted the ballpark penalties.
I would use the standings on this thread as the most up to date indication of where you actually stand in the tournament as of Sunday night. These standings include games played to date in event 4, which are not included in mesquiton's standings.
Delbird, the reason that your ranking appears higher in the raw score on the official tournament page is that you have played more games in event 4 than some players. When the games in hand are factored in, some other players end up being ranked ahead of you on my standings on this thread.