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Dottir takes November TAZD.
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skrumgaer wrote
at 9:57 AM, Thursday December 1, 2011 EST
The TAZD and baseball-style standings are explained on my Wall. At least 35 regular games played in the month are require to qualify for the monthly TAZD. Shown are Games Behind, TAZD, and player name.
GB TAZD Player 06 12178 dottir 13 11141 Emre Oguz 03 10171 masticore 00 9719 Invola 39 9539 Shevar 03 8878 OneShot7 18 8842 jona_vicente 06 8419 savif 22 8352 [Ocean]Flushed 32 8336 Mazaman 02 8224 toms 10 8170 what_up23 47 8155 jfdis 08 8113 @ata 24 8064 Az_Balu 17 7666 kostur 20 7604 L3xy 48 7603 bcmatteagles 16 7600 22-Apr 11 7427 Lady Lite 07 7406 Vollhonk 66 7294 Scabbard 26 7159 kdiceplaya! 22 6840 chaiNblade 29 6829 IFIGENIUS 17 6518 FPP 24 6504 _smile_ 69 6474 Remiel 43 6441 Simmo3k 40 6411 Mercantile 12 6397 xjxaxnx 11 6328 @Toomyfriends 93 6315 franklyghost 14 6259 Bu7Ch3r 34 6214 fish28 18 6129 Free Flags 19 6043 hcdug 24 5928 kudoukun 18 5921 ovbogaert 14 5907 peter luftig 36 5658 @engr2002 49 5588 EddyB 22 5474 @MikeTamburini 31 5398 Brighty 30 5333 fearlessflyer 39 5281 Lord Death 92 5210 Loobee 35 5123 Gurgi 66 5087 barmat 21 5065 joero14 66 5054 Jily 40 5044 hatty 33 4952 longpube 32 4921 NikkeKnatterton 29 4841 scarp8 54 4794 stackshotbilly 34 4784 OviloN 66 4733 Silesia 100 4730 axlehammer 45 4623 mrb2097 47 4600 nexon 21 4582 Volvic 23 4484 beatol 33 4471 Fatman_x 25 4411 KDancer 41 4306 xXxJozefxXx 25 4289 Keeley 26 4019 euphrates7 87 4003 Rsquared 36 3917 Poker Style 48 3808 "MC" 34 3760 haloducks 41 3641 bivo 69 3261 orestis85 52 3201 greekboi 73 3179 cool g 33 2960 MNK10 57 2817 Trkz 58 2784 greenman 65 2759 These tards suck 76 2714 GreGGwar 70 2500 absolutgimlet 61 2463 Johnboat 44 2285 Kingofskillz 84 2218 DonnieScribbles 93 2208 GR3ENMAN 73 2028 CCSKAOT 94 1253 Kdot 92 1248 ji-jo |
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skrumgaer wrote
at 9:49 AM, Saturday December 3, 2011 EST I have written up in several posts, particularly one called "Denizens of the Kdice Desert", that several kinds of percentage profiles can be found among players in the top 100. These include the "lion" (or "sphinx") that has most first, fewer seconds, fewer thirds, etc., The "hyena", that has more seconds than firsts or thirds, the "dromedary", that has fewer seconds than firsts or thirds, and the "horse", that has a lot of firsts, a swaybacked middle, and a lot of sevenths. The TAZD from my Wall picks up these properties of the best players and that is why it has three 10's for first, second, third. (The datum was subsequently revised and the current one is in my post at the top of the Advisor blog). From the TAZD's point of view, a lion or hyena are equally good players, the dromedary not so good, and the horse does well. Sam is a good example of a horse. My profile is that of a dromedary.
Noamlang's profile could be called the "scorpion", with an extremely high tail, and held the TAZD lead for some time in the 2010 yearly, but as his game evolved he didn't bail out on sevenths as often and his profile started to morph towards a more usual shape. Verm's examples include a hyena, lion, and dromedary. They support, not detract from, the versatility of the TAZD. |
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Vermont wrote
at 12:07 PM, Saturday December 3, 2011 EST It is not "versatility" to give a player with a worse record a higher ranking.
You can explain away a poorer performance all you like, but it's still a poorer performance. Getting 7ths in place of 1sts should not make a skill ranking go up. This really should not be hard to understand. |
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skrumgaer wrote
at 12:15 PM, Saturday December 3, 2011 EST How do you know that the 7ths are replacing 1sts? They could be replacing 6ths or 5ths or 4ths.
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superxchloe wrote
at 12:18 PM, Saturday December 3, 2011 EST * Scenario 2 *
Player 1: 10 10 10 13 16 17 19 Player 2: 9 9 9 13 17 18 20 Player 1 has more high placed finishes and fewer low placed finishes. Yet the TAZD would rank player 2 higher. less first seconds and thirds replaced by more 5th 6th and 7ths. |
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superxchloe wrote
at 12:20 PM, Saturday December 3, 2011 EST ... and what does it matter what the 7ths are replacing? increasing your losing percentage should not help your score in a measure of skill.
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Vermont wrote
at 12:22 PM, Saturday December 3, 2011 EST I really try to keep a civil tone on the forums, but I have to think you're being obtuse on purpose rather than just admit what everyone else sees because of personal pride.
Let me make it even simpler for you. Take a player that plays the same number of games in two different months. Here's their stats: * Scenario 4 * Month 1: 10 10 10 13 16 17 19 Month 2: 5 10 10 13 16 17 24 Any rational, sane, individual would say that month 1 was a better month for that player. 2-6 was the same, but in month one they got more firsts and less sevenths. Yet your TAZD (using same zero datum as other scenarios for consistency) would give the player a HIGHER score on the month they did WORSE. Same player, same number of games, worse record, better TAZD. |
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skrumgaer wrote
at 12:47 PM, Saturday December 3, 2011 EST The zero datum is based on real players playing a real game. If real players decide to convert from a month 1 to a month 2 strategy the composition of the zero point population would change and the zero datum would morph in the direction of the month 2 profile.
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superxchloe wrote
at 12:50 PM, Saturday December 3, 2011 EST Vermont's example is for a SINGLE PLAYER changing, ceteris paribus.
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skrumgaer wrote
at 12:55 PM, Saturday December 3, 2011 EST Fallacy of composition. If a single player chooses to change a strategy why shouldn't the others do the same?
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montecarlo wrote
at 1:03 PM, Saturday December 3, 2011 EST 100
mwhahahaha, jurgs! |
