NSB Pick 'Em - How many points for KO/DEC, round number etc?

[BrometheusBob.]

Right now the way the scoring works is:

20 pts for correct fighter
5 pts for DEC or KO
5 pts for Close/Wide or 1-4/5-8/9-12

john l and MEGA have suggested changing this to

20 pts for correct fighter
7 pts for DEC or KO
3 pts for Close/Wide or 1-4/5-8/9-12

What do you think?

[john l]

20-7-3 sounds about right I think you should get more for getting KO,Dec right then score which can be off sometimes as we all know.My 2 cents if their worth that

[Redd Foxx]

Though the method is tough to predict, I see it this way; most fights have a favorite and just picking favorites can rank you very high in the leaderboards. There's not much fun in that. Upping the value of the method, AS WELL AS the specifics of the method, makes it a much more competitive and interesting game. I'd like to see both worth 7pts.

[Caught Square]

I think it's fine how it is, picking an exact outcome deserves a good seperation imo so if anything an exact pick could be worth more extra points rather than less.

It would be cool if a certain landmark of perfect picks gave an extra multiplier e.g 7 consecutive picks not just correct but with the perfect outcome is pretty damn impressive and I think something like that deserves a bonus reward. It's not like extra multipliers would be handed out regularly because that's very difficult to do, just a rare reward.

[soul_survivor]

I agree that the scoring in fights can be problematic and the judges seem to be getting worse. So if someone predicts the fight going to the cards, keep it as 5 (Same with ko) but predicting the correct type of decision (close, wide etc) give them 7, because it is harder to do.

[Citizen Koba]

Result 20
Method 10
Detail 5

Method should be more important and is more reflective of greater knowledge... as pointed out by Redd you can do pretty damn well by just picking the favourite each time out. Detail however is often close to chance and should not be as significant as method. Also I just like mathematical patterns.

Also I'm for changing the DEC seperations from 12/24/36 to 6/18/36 for similar reasons.

[Eff Pandas]

Though the method is tough to predict, I see it this way; most fights have a favorite and just picking favorites can rank you very high in the leaderboards. There's not much fun in that. Upping the value of the method, AS WELL AS the specifics of the method, makes it a much more competitive and interesting game. I'd like to see both worth 7pts.

True. Don't hate this idea.

To go further down the interesting rabbit hole I've always contended to make this game the most interesting you'd take the odds and use them to configure the points for both sides in the fight. So you'd get less points for wider favorite and more points for dogs. With the multiplers I think you could keep more ppl in the game longer/more active since the ability to dig yourself out of a hole would be greater. And I think things could be really suspenseful at the end cuz max ppl could still be in the running to win the whole damn thing.

[Redd Foxx]

True. Don't hate this idea.

To go further down the interesting rabbit hole I've always contended to make this game the most interesting you'd take the odds and use them to configure the points for both sides in the fight. So you'd get less points for wider favorite and more points for dogs. With the multiplers I think you could keep more ppl in the game longer/more active since the ability to dig yourself out of a hole would be greater. And I think things could be really suspenseful at the end cuz max ppl could still be in the running to win the whole damn thing.

. I'd love it if it were more odds based. It would feel like it were truly rewarding us for our insight.

[NC Uppercut]

Right now the way the scoring works is:

20 pts for correct fighter
5 pts for DEC or KO
5 pts for Close/Wide or 1-4/5-8/9-12

john l and MEGA have suggested changing this to

20 pts for correct fighter
7 pts for DEC or KO
3 pts for Close/Wide or 1-4/5-8/9-12

What do you think?

Sounds good to me to get 7 on winner

[NC Uppercut]

. I'd love it if it were more odds based. It would feel like it were truly rewarding us for our insight.

Spot on , Redd