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What happened to the power rankings?

Always good work but may need a new way of ranking.

Difference LW Ranking Ranking # Team Ranking
0 1 1 Percival Dungeoneers 85.20..........gone
0 2 2 St. Petersburg Piranhas 78.67.......gone
0 3 3 Athens Hoplites 66.42...............gone
1 5 4 Prague Plodders 60.29...............gone
-1 4 5 Budapest Devils 57.60..............gone
0 6 6 Mukachevo Siege 54.24...............Alive
1 8 7 Berlin Rebels 51.24.................Alive
1 9 8 Scranton Invaders 50.80.............Alive
4 13 9 Tallinn Kings 50.00................Alive
-3 7 10 Odessa Turtles 48.67..............gone
0 11 11 Moscow Thunder 47.84..............gone
0 12 12 Warclaw Pirates 45.33.............gone
-3 10 13 Uniontown Blue-collar Bruisers 43.42
1 15 14 Nizhny Novgorod Mongols 42.80
-1 14 15 Saratov Czars 36.98
2 18 16 Prague Cowboys 35.49
2 19 17 Leningrad Czars 34.98
-2 16 18 Jaszbereny Wolverines 34.36
-2 17 19 Stockholm Stingers 34.11
2 22 20 Briscoe Hawks 26.27
5 26 21 Volgograd Power 25.73
-2 20 22 Baltimore Blackshirts 25.02
-2 21 23 Rough Riders 23.27
0 24 24 Black Sea Rebels 20.73
0 25 25 Detroit Bad Boys 20.62
-3 23 26 Istanbul Hustlers 20.56
4 31 27 The Imperfects 16.16
-1 27 28 Warsaw Beavers 14.84
-1 28 29 Athens Attack 13.71
-1 29 30 Katowice Goons 12.84
-1 30 31 Lisboa Navigators 11.44
0 32 32 Chernobil STALKERs 8.58

Nevermind

yes from now on we should just randomly guess who to put up top since that is what the computer does

Originally posted by Rayn21
yes from now on we should just randomly guess who to put up top since that is what the computer does

bitter much?

i see nothing wrong with that ranking system. lesser teams will always have the ability to win (and i mean lesser on paper, not that the teams suck or whatever)

the rankings can never be perfect bcs people can boost throughout the season.

Eh? Winning the championship in a single elimination playoff system is not an indication of being the best team, but rather being the team that played the best at the right time. The very nature of a single elimination playoff favors upsets (as apposed to best of 7 series which favor the better team), which is a big part of the reason they are so exciting. Does anyone (that isn't a Giant fan) honestly believe the Giants were the best team in the NFL last year? It doesn't matter, because they played the best when it matter most.

I'm not to take anything away from the 4 remaining teams, or even trying to say that ranking system is perfect, but to try to dismiss it because the top 5 teams have been eliminated is rather silly.

Originally posted by garduf
Eh? Winning the championship in a single elimination playoff system is not an indication of being the best team, but rather being the team that played the best at the right time. The very nature of a single elimination playoff favors upsets (as apposed to best of 7 series which favor the better team), which is a big part of the reason they are so exciting. Does anyone (that isn't a Giant fan) honestly believe the Giants were the best team in the NFL last year? It doesn't matter, because they played the best when it matter most.

I'm not to take anything away from the 4 remaining teams, or even trying to say that ranking system is perfect, but to try to dismiss it because the top 5 teams have been eliminated is rather silly.

That's what sports is all about, though...that's my biggest issue with the BCS. Sports is about bringing it when you need to bring it. It's about great underdog stories. It's about the drama of the day, not the long haul. When everything is on the line and the pressure is at it's highest degree, can you do it? That's what makes for great sports.

I agree with garduf. The rankings are appreciated and do indicate the relative strength of each team at that time during the season.

Keep up the good work.

I like the rankings. and appreciate the time put into it.

there are so many things that go into it for it to be perfect and even then upsets and whatnot still happen. i thought it was a good gage in general and it was fun to watch teams go up and down as they his streaks (and players complain when their team went down lol).

it encourages discussion at the league level as well. which is great.

so please keep doing it next year

I would agree however I enjoy a human eliminate to coming up with rankings. I think that is what was missing last year. Even Ref made mention that he was in disagreements with rankings from week to week. Now if we combined that with a brief owner vote, I think that might be more accurate.

that would be cool having an owner vote incorporated.

I agree

What about the Focker vote?

Originally posted by Focker
What about the Focker vote?

Maybe if Focker ever becomes relevant, but I doubt it.