Warrior General Games

1 El Fuego 181 2156 11.91160221 2 0 609 #DIV/0! 1 1.5
2 Brisbane Blaze 136 1844.5 13.5625 4 0 716.5 #DIV/0! 1 2.5
3 Melbourne Thorny Devils 156 2067.5 13.25320513 3 3 631 210.3333333 4 3.5
Sydney Sea Dragons 197 2300 11.6751269 1 9 524 58.22222222 6 3.5
5 Newcastle Walabies 106 1726.5 16.28773585 6 3 848 282.6666667 3 4.5
6 Tonga Thunderbirds 141 1971 13.9787234 5 21 876 41.71428571 9 7
7 Bikini Atoll Mushroom Clouds 88 1641 18.64772727 10 27 1232 45.62962963 7 8.5
8 The Four Horsemen 104 1743 16.75961538 8 27 1053.5 39.01851852 10 9
9 Tasmanian Devils 111 1832.5 16.50900901 7 48 1439.5 29.98958333 14 10.5
10 Thatto Heath Teeth Smashers! 57 1441.5 25.28947368 17 12 1028.5 85.70833333 5 11
Christchurch Knightmares 84 1837.5 21.875 14 21 911.5 43.4047619 8 11
12 Dunedin Wolverines 71 1394 19.63380282 11 36 1159.5 32.20833333 12 11.5
13 Solomon Islands Blazers 87 1608 18.48275862 9 39 1089.5 27.93589744 15 12
14 South Australian Serial Killers 89 1788 20.08988764 13 39 1237 31.71794872 13 13
15 Uluru Rockies 37 1293.5 34.95945946 19 54 1994 36.92592593 11 15
16 Vanuatu Gunslingers 90 1780 19.77777778 12 57 1255 22.01754386 21 16.5
17 Illesheim Krauts 68 1694.5 24.91911765 16 54 1268 23.48148148 18 17
18 North Marinara Islands Ramekins 36 1320.5 36.68055556 21 54 1271 23.53703704 17 19
Easter Island Moai 76 1691 22.25 15 63 1382.5 21.94444444 23 19
20 Ohio Valley Ironmen 44 1380.5 31.375 18 69 1518 22 22 20
21 Mauna Kea Chenabogs 22 1566.5 71.20454545 25 63 1602 25.42857143 16 20.5
22 Newcastle Ghosts 26 1443.5 55.51923077 24 81 1861 22.97530864 19 21.5
23 Coney Island Warriors 36 1275.5 35.43055556 20 81 1651.5 20.38888889 25 22.5
24 Florida Parishes Pelicans 16 1499 93.6875 27 72 1634.5 22.70138889 20 23.5
25 Cimmerian Barbarians 28 1488.5 53.16071429 23 105 1847 17.59047619 28 25.5
Chinese Bandits 33 1426 43.21212121 22 96 1655.5 17.24479167 29 25.5
27 Redscape Diplomats 9 982.5 109.1666667 28 99 2074.5 20.95454545 24 26
28 Orgrimmar Horde 7 1172 167.4285714 31 105 2032 19.35238095 26 28.5
The Gainesville Blazing Inferno 17 1293 76.05882353 26 123 2048.5 16.65447154 31 28.5
30 FPQA Ronnie Rockerz 3 1105.5 368.5 32 123 2222.5 18.06910569 27 29.5
Tasmania Sand Gnats 10 1228.5 122.85 29 114 1912 16.77192982 30 29.5
32 English Wasps 10 1492 149.2 30 186 2810.5 15.11021505 32 31

EL Fuego top of the pile eh?

Thats bound to cause a stir........ The so called unstoppable Melbourne cant be happy with the 3rd


Great work DSF! I'll take 15th, thats an extra game day, that'll do us!

that's what three straight shutouts and a solid offense will do

We allowed a FG this week and have had, in my opinion, a tougher opening schedule. We're looking forward to a good game vs. El Fuego later on

He's also got Tasmania under FPQA and the Bandits and Redscape under Cimmeria. If I had to guess I'd say strength of roster wasn't considered at all and it's 100% based on stats and points scored.

Interesting way of doing things, but very volatile at the beginning of the season.

Originally posted by Sarg01
He's also got Tasmania under FPQA and the Bandits and Redscape under Cimmeria. If I had to guess I'd say strength of roster wasn't considered at all and it's 100% based on stats and points scored.

Interesting way of doing things, but very volatile at the beginning of the season.

These rankings will really stary to sparkle at the end of the season once everyone's played each other, for the most part.

This is fantastic: two ranking systems. Kind of like the AP and the Coaches' Poll. Makes for some lively debates around here. Thanks, DSF, for the very statistical approach. Very good stuff.

Now thats what I like to hear!! El Fuego at #1

Sarg, are you talking about the opponent strength that week, or the strength of schedule overall? Strength of schedule overall would not work in the situation like this, as we only play one out of conference game. Everyone else plays the same people. Your strength of schedule would be maybe .10 of a point higher than the next guy because you are slated to play the #1 team in your league. If that's the case, Zeta conference might beat out Alpha in the list due simply to the fact that it would give you points based on 4 Alpha teams still remaining undefeated and only 3 Zeta's.

Please tell me if I am losinig something in translation here.

I am dabbling on a different type of game winner predictor for GLB based largely off stats, but also taking in to account morale, etc. Hopefully I will have some tenative data before our next game.

BTW, nice season you guys are putting together down there in Zeta... give 'em hell & thanks for you help on that spreadsheet.

Can somebody help out a n00b here please? What do all the numbers mean? And how can I use them to better plan my next game?

Easter Island Moai 76 1691 22.25 15 63 1382.5 21.94444444 23 19

Ah, nevermind. I finally found the info I was looking for:

ooh.. well, i'll give you the down and dirty version.. Mr. Toberich would not be happy if I gave out the total formulas for his "picks", but he'll let me give out the down and dirty for the rankings... but he has let me give out this much of our "ancient" chinese secret...

And I'll use Brantford for the example:

1 Brantford Mustangs 720 8170 11.34722222 1 60 5083.5 84.725 1 1

Column 1: Overall Ranking - is the ranking number.
Column 2: Team Name - even easier column
Column 3: Total Points Scored
Column 4: Total Yardage Gained - This includes passing, rushing, returns, and a few other numbers (there are some penalty numbers in here as well.. but I'll let you guess as to what counts as penalty numbers).

Column 5: OYPP - Yards Needed to get 1 point.

Column 6: OYPP Ranking. The less yards you need to score a points, the better. Brantford would by their number of 11.34, only have to get 68.04 yards before they'd very likely have 6 points on the board.

Column 7: Defensive Points allowed: How many points did they give up total?
Column 8: Defensive Yards Allowed: How many yards did they allow?
Column 9: DYPP: how many yards You will have to go before this team allows 1 point to be given up. Therefore a higher number is better.

So Brantford last season had a 84.725 DYPP. You'll have to therefore get 508.35 yards before you'd score a TD against the Mustangs. (that's why they got elevated to #1 almost immediately after joining the Pro, cause nobody defensively is close to them at the moment.)

Column 10: Defensive Rankings

Colunn 11: Final rankings (again, this is very simple: OYPP Rank + DYPP Rank /2)

Note: that when I give you guys the "pick 'ems" (which won't start til week 3), there are a LOT more numbers I use when doing the wins/losses pick 'ems. So you could some teams that are lower in rankings get some upsets..

Woot - according to that we had an upset taking out Easter Island Moai who were ranked 6 above us

DSF uses a great ranking system, but it is kind of meaningless until enough games are played and it is even more volatile in a league like this where teams are still recruiting.

The rosters are not factored in at all and is purely based on performance at this point.

The supposedly unstoppable Thorny Devils are perfectly content at third for now.

This is a marathon not horeshoes and hand grenades, Two in the bush is gross, People who live in glass kitchens shouldn't throw black kettles, Not how you finish, it is how you perform somewhere in the middle, There are more then nine ways to skin a dead cat, the Thorny devils are going to give 110% to making up statistics 50% of the time.

Melbourne cant be considered first, we wouldnt have anything to shoot for..besides its more fun toppling the person on top.

Originally posted by monts
Woot - according to that we had an upset taking out Easter Island Moai who were ranked 6 above us

Yeah, we're still scratching our heads over that one too. But as they say, "On any given Sunday..."

I agree with wesley, any system like this gets more valid as the season goes on and strength of schedule balances out.

He has been posting all of the rankings throughout Oceania in one thread on the main Oceania page.

The Blaze are #1 in our conference in his rankings and #2 in the UNCLE rankings, which is a meaningless, but fun ranking of all the teams regardless of division.