Competitions SC 2021: Terminator Competition

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Recall a new member joining the site last week mentioning they were in the top 10 after RD2 and pretty sure that the above was their team name. If they were not part of the original 64 then @Tex is able to remove them from the group as I have noticed that too often in other formats that people join groups for comps similar to these without even bothering to read a single sentence in the thread and the requirements for entry.
I'll fix it mate
 
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So here's the first round of results.

Some interesting data points:
Highest round score - @Ironhawk (6760)
Highest losing score - @Herbie66 (6596)
Lowest winning score - @Rowsus (6160)
Largest winning margin - @randomcliche (+631)
Smallest losing margin - @Shannon (-2!) @froffershanners (-7) can also consider themselves hard done by.

I'm still not 100% sure what to do with the draw just yet but I should have something out tomorrow. Best of luck everyone!

(PS. any idea who "Delicious" in the group belongs to? They're not part of the 64 teams signed up but they're perched at the top...)
Brilliant @mike89
 
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So if it's alright with both of you @Tex and @Ironhawk , I have a fair bit of time on my hands and I could take this over without too much trouble. I just had two questions about small housekeeping type things:
1. In the event one coach wins multiple weeks, does that spot in the Dominator League go to second place in that week, or get carried through to another week?
2. For the main competition is the draw in post #103 meant to be read as a complete draw from top to bottom, or were you planning to re-draw new opponents for the winners after every round?
Neither of these probably make a huge difference but if you had a particular way you wanted to do things I don't want to stray from that.
Yes mate
Next Highest score goes into the 2022 Dominator League..
And yes 32 coaches left now so numbering 1 to 32 from the winners of rd 1 then work out opponents through random.org.
And thanks heaps mate for taking this on
 
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@Baglimit by golly I've had some rough weeks in SC over the years, I've had weeks with multiple donuts, but your Rn3 2020 is surely up there for winning the 22 player 'Golden Turd'!

FWIW, every single player in your team bar Ryan I've had in one team or another this preseason. Really unlucky sandwich you got on the weekend. Hopefully easter eggs made up 4 it.

TLDR; 5 tonnes, 12<75 inc 5<50 = rubbish weekend.
@randomcliche i was hoping to avoid the public humiliation, was totally in it until last week. I did not see that disaster coming at all, been bashing my head against the wall all week.

Hats off man, good luck for the test of the season
 
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Hi people
I've just started a new management job involving all my spare time. Along with my wife and 4 kids it's giving me absolutely no spare time. So unfortunately to keep everyone happy at home and work I won't have time to run this comp. But we will continue to display weekly high scores who will for our 2022 SCS Dominator League.
Also the Top 18 finishing coaches after Rd 23 will form our 2022 SCS Terminator League.
I hope this ok and I do apologise but life has changed considerably for me.
I'll keep updating weekly winners and Top 18 .
Cheers Tex
Thanks for putting your hand up mate.
Very much appreciated.
I feel terrible tbh that in not finishing what I've started.
RE:...........I feel terrible tbh that in not finishing what I've started.........
Oh I hate that too, but you made the right decision and we totally understand. All the best for the future.
Thumbs up to @mike89 and @Ironhawk for pitching in. (y)
 
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Right, before I embarrassingly forget to say this yet again, congrats @Tex on the new gig - best of luck mate! Bigger priorities than SCS (shocking, I know!)


ROUND OF 32 DRAW (AFL rounds 4-6)
Tex sent me a random draw of numbers earlier tonight and I was going to leave a disclaimer that he had drawn them, not me, so I wasn't biased. Then I thought "I'll hold off on that in case he's drawn me against Ironhawk or something." Lo and behold...

@Foxy's Fe-Lions vs @Leroy
@KLo30 vs @stephen
@nicohighscore vs @Deeman1
@Peter56 vs @kennychao
@Connoisseur vs @Vicwood
@jarveg vs @BigRuss
@Podsi vs @Krak
@Crowls vs @PC
@Wheedus vs @Trickee
@randomcliche vs @jel
@Ben's Beasts vs @Professor
@Hawk41 vs @frostylane
@THCLT vs @Cricket98
@Ironhawk vs @mike89
@Dimmawit vs @kakarot
@Rowsus vs @Markl

Best of luck everyone!
 
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Right, before I embarrassingly forget to say this yet again, congrats @Tex on the new gig - best of luck mate! Bigger priorities than SCS (shocking, I know!)


ROUND OF 32 DRAW (AFL rounds 4-6)
Tex sent me a random draw of numbers earlier tonight and I was going to leave a disclaimer that he had drawn them, not me, so I wasn't biased. Then I thought "I'll hold off on that in case he's drawn me against Ironhawk or something." Lo and behold...

@Foxy's Fe-Lions vs @Leroy
@KLo30 vs @stephen
@nicohighscore vs @Deeman1
@Peter56 vs @kennychao
@Connoisseur vs @Vicwood
@jarveg vs @BigRuss
@Podsi vs @Krak
@Crowls vs @PC
@Wheedus vs @Trickee
@randomcliche vs @jel
@Ben's Beasts vs @Professor
@Hawk41 vs @frostylane
@THCLT vs @Cricket98
@Ironhawk vs @mike89
@Dimmawit vs @kakarot
@Rowsus vs @Markl

Best of luck everyone!
Well, you could have gone with the rough draw I mentioned I had put together at lunch time in the PM I sent earlier. You weren't up against me in that one. ;)

I still think it works better splitting the draw in two after each round, where anyone who placed in the top half for that round will come up against someone in the bottom half at random and vice versa, as this rewards good performance. If you have been in any of the RDT eliminators, this is how they run them. See below for an example from their EPL comp:

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As you can see, the two highest scorers in Week 29 were then placed so that they match up with one of the two lowest scorers from the round in Week 30, and not each other. You can see from week 29 the same thing happened based on rankings of scores from week 28 (not shown).

A completely random draw like this one is fine too, but possibly not quite as rewarding for doing well. For example, this draw has the 5th highest scorer from the first rounds Vicwood facing the 9th highest in Connoisseur. One of those two will be a bit unlucky to cop such a tough opponent after having a very good first set of matches. Compare that to Rowsus v Markl (32nd v 29th of those to progress) - two of the lower scoring teams, with one now guaranteed to progress. 100% luck of the draw and gives everyone an equal chance of winning, so can't complain - I'm happy to go with Tex's match ups, it's his comp after all!

All the best Mike, I'm well overdue for my traditional fall down the rankings after a good start (see literally every other fantasy comp I have started well in for an example of where this happens), so you are still in with a very good chance of making the third round!
 
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Right, before I embarrassingly forget to say this yet again, congrats @Tex on the new gig - best of luck mate! Bigger priorities than SCS (shocking, I know!)


ROUND OF 32 DRAW (AFL rounds 4-6)
Tex sent me a random draw of numbers earlier tonight and I was going to leave a disclaimer that he had drawn them, not me, so I wasn't biased. Then I thought "I'll hold off on that in case he's drawn me against Ironhawk or something." Lo and behold...

@Foxy's Fe-Lions vs @Leroy
@KLo30 vs @stephen
@nicohighscore vs @Deeman1
@Peter56 vs @kennychao
@Connoisseur vs @Vicwood
@jarveg vs @BigRuss
@Podsi vs @Krak
@Crowls vs @PC
@Wheedus vs @Trickee
@randomcliche vs @jel
@Ben's Beasts vs @Professor
@Hawk41 vs @frostylane
@THCLT vs @Cricket98
@Ironhawk vs @mike89
@Dimmawit vs @kakarot
@Rowsus vs @Markl

Best of luck everyone!
Ohhhhh noooo the stats guru is my opponent.
 
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Well, you could have gone with the rough draw I mentioned I had put together at lunch time in the PM I sent earlier. You weren't up against me in that one. ;)

I still think it works better splitting the draw in two after each round, where anyone who placed in the top half for that round will come up against someone in the bottom half at random and vice versa, as this rewards good performance. If you have been in any of the RDT eliminators, this is how they run them. See below for an example from their EPL comp:

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As you can see, the two highest scorers in Week 29 were then placed so that they match up with one of the two lowest scorers from the round in Week 30, and not each other. You can see from week 29 the same thing happened based on rankings of scores from week 28 (not shown).

A completely random draw like this one is fine too, but possibly not quite as rewarding for doing well. For example, this draw has the 5th highest scorer from the first rounds Vicwood facing the 9th highest in Connoisseur. One of those two will be a bit unlucky to cop such a tough opponent after having a very good first set of matches. Compare that to Rowsus v Markl (32nd v 29th of those to progress) - two of the lower scoring teams, with one now guaranteed to progress. 100% luck of the draw and gives everyone an equal chance of winning, so can't complain - I'm happy to go with Tex's match ups, it's his comp after all!

All the best Mike, I'm well overdue for my traditional fall down the rankings after a good start (see literally every other fantasy comp I have started well in for an example of where this happens), so you are still in with a very good chance of making the third round!
I’d support this as this does reward the ‘higher’ seeds for better performance - maybe from R3 onwards?

The only q is - the further into the comp would we use 1. Overall score/ranking OR 2. previous 3 round score/ranking

In my mind 1. Would make more sense (to reward those with a higher overall)

Thoughts?
 
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