NSB PICK 'EM #78 and #79 (Macao UTC+8) 31st December 2018

[MulaKO]

Otrocubiche congrats
Well deserved my man

[otrocubiche]

Otrocubiche congrats
Well deserved my man

Thanks man, it's been fun this year, hope we all have fun again next. Cheers.

[MulaKO]

No problem and yes hopefully we can keep this going
Maybe the scene can throw in a couple of prizes ( signed gloves , robe , shorts wtv )
That would be the icing on the cake
Again congrats on a job well done

[Citizen Koba]

No problem and yes hopefully we can keep this going
Maybe the scene can throw in a couple of prizes ( signed gloves , robe , shorts wtv )
That would be the icing on the cake
Again congrats on a job well done

That's a good idea, man. I'll see whether anything can be figured out (damn, maybe if I ask nice they'll pay me for this ish too )

Either way I'll be starting a thread tomorrow or Wednesday asking for input from the players on what improvements or changes we'd all like to see in 2019. I got a coupla ideas which I've mentioned over the course of the year, but I'll wait til I'm sober and do it properly..

[MulaKO]

That's a good idea, man. I'll see whether anything can be figured out (damn, maybe if I ask nice they'll pay me for this ish too )

Either way I'll be starting a thread tomorrow or Wednesday asking for input from the players on what improvements or changes we'd all like to see in 2019. I got a coupla ideas which I've mentioned over the course of the year, but I'll wait til I'm sober and do it properly..

Lol
Yes , sober up first before you go in their and probably cost YOU something
Happy New Year mofo
See you next year

[otrocubiche]

I'd go for more points for perfect picks, reality is if it was for perfect picks dramashow would be head and shoulders above everybody else, so I say make it more important for the actual way it's going to be, like canelo is going to beat Fielding 100% of the times, let's see who could get closer to the actual result.
Enjoy your parties, I'm having a blast.

[Citizen Koba]

I'd go for more points for perfect picks, reality is if it was for perfect picks dramashow would be head and shoulders above everybody else, so I say make it more important for the actual way it's going to be, like canelo is going to beat Fielding 100% of the times, let's see who could get closer to the actual result.
Enjoy your parties, I'm having a blast.

One of my main ideas is changing the points balance to put more emphasis on the method and detail, I'm thinking maybe a 20 / 10 / 10 split instead of the current 20 / 5 / 5. There's simply too many fights where there's an overwhelming favourite to get much differentiation between the players when the major reward just comes from picking the winner. Alternatively we could put a bonus on perfects - say a +10 or something, which is subtly different but amounts to largely the same thing.

[ShoulderRoll]

Congratulations otrocubiche!

One of my main ideas is changing the points balance to put more emphasis on the method and detail, I'm thinking maybe a 20 / 10 / 10 split instead of the current 20 / 5 / 5. There's simply too many fights where there's an overwhelming favourite to get much differentiation between the players when the major reward just comes from picking the winner. Alternatively we could put a bonus on perfects - say a +10 or something, which is subtly different but amounts to largely the same thing.

Instead of 20/10/10 why not do 10/20/20?

Anybody can guess who might win most of these fights, but getting the method and detail right are much more difficult and deserve to be rewarded much more highly.

[Citizen Koba]

Congratulations otrocubiche!




Instead of 20/10/10 why not do 10/20/20?

Anybody can guess who might win most of these fights, but getting the method and detail right are much more difficult and deserve to be rewarded much more highly.

That's a possibility too, though I suspect weighing the winner score so low won't be popular - 10/10/10 might be better received.

What I'll do when I can get my hungover ass round to it is start a thread throwing in that and other ideas (adding a third DEC option - something like VERY CLOSE is one, increasing - or discarding - the underdog multiplier as another) find out what the general response from the players is and then maybe putting any major changes to the poll. Way I've tried to run this from the start was to make sure we're getting the game the players want.

[ShoulderRoll]

That's a possibility too, though I suspect weighing the winner score so low won't be popular - 10/10/10 might be better received.

Weighing the winning score low would ensure that people have to do a little more than just pick the favorite, if they want to make it to the top spots of the leaderboard.

Winning such a contest would be harder and thus more special.

But for sure put it up for a vote. Let the players decide.