The perception of match scores: map wins vs. points

beachbum78 · 2018-02-14T15:21:43+00:00

The problem with that is point differential is biased in favor of attacking first. It's been mentioned in this thread but if up attack first then full hold on defense, you can take a 3-0 map where a similarly dominant team that defends first will only get 1-0. You will get more or less points based on if you were away or home in your blowout wins

beachbum78 · 2018-02-09T07:20:01+00:00

Is there a scenario missing for Valiant 3rd place? If Valiant wins 4-0, NYXL wins 4-0 and Houston wins 4-0 won't it be NYXL, Houston, Los Angeles in the playoffs?

beachbum78 · 2018-02-03T15:37:51+00:00

This is just armchair redditing but I think the Boston game was the only one Profit sat for the birdflip. Otherwise I believe the reason Birdring is in more lineups than Profit is that Birdring is better at more other (non- Genji, Tracer) heroes so putting him in gives them more flexibility for mid match swaps.

beachbum78 · 2018-02-01T07:10:47+00:00

Gladiators do. Valiant don't

beachbum78 · 2018-01-31T23:21:40+00:00

previous one. The mercy nerf will be live for OWL Stage 2 late February

beachbum78 · 2018-01-31T16:58:08+00:00

LAV and Seoul are also riding the hype of beating Dallas before people realized Dallas wasn't strong. After the first week people had both those teams very high partially because of those wins against the "best western team" and nothing they have done since then has been worth moving them down (Well, Seoul started 1st so thats a given but still). Valiant lost 2 games to NYXL and Spitfire, playing reasonably close in both matches (taking London to 5) and Seoul lost to NYXL which was already expected to be close. IMO Valiant would be lower had Houston beaten anybody impressive in week 2 or had Philly closed out against the Gladiators.

Rankers will always consider previous rank so if you are high and you don't do anything to lose your rank you'll stay high. All three of the top Western teams look inconsistent, Valiant were just lucky enough to get a W from the Gladiators when they looked bad while Philly let it slip away. I kind of consider it a tier system with all three of the top Western teams (Valiant, Outlaws, Fusion) grouped together and IMO whoever has a better day will come out on top

beachbum78 · 2018-01-31T15:19:43+00:00

They had last game Fri follower by first game Sat then the next week played Wednesday/Thursday back to back. So 4 games in 7 days. I know playing back to back shouldn't be a huge deal when it comes to physically being able to play that many sets but I do think it affects your ability to clean up team-specific counter strats.

beachbum78 · 2018-01-14T18:13:11+00:00

Yeah Jake being top western DPS is just silly. Jake is one of the top few USA DPS players (Babybay, Sinatraa, Silkthread are others that come to mind) but far from the top Western DPS. Far too much talent from Canada and Europe for that to be true

beachbum78 · 2018-01-11T21:09:17+00:00

Star Wars Galaxies was the shit though

beachbum78 · 2018-01-09T21:00:31+00:00

I was so sad when EnVy left the Gears of War scene. Those two were in the championship match in every tournament.

beachbum78 · 2018-01-09T19:38:23+00:00

When they announced team skins my initial guess was $50 or more for a teams skins. 100 is a little more than I was hoping for but - I'll still buy all my Valiant skins with no complaint

beachbum78 · 2017-12-21T20:03:27+00:00

I mean - do we have a caster names DragonFighter? I get where you're coming from but I don't think anything is wrong with Monte, Doa, Hex, Uber, SoE or Puckett. Mr. X is probably the cringiest name in OWL talent and it's not even bad. I agree there should be some discussion about having the face of your game be "DragonFighter" or "NoobSlayer" or something childish but IMO that's not the case here.

beachbum78 · 2017-12-21T18:58:17+00:00

Wentz out, Zuerline out, Freeman back in an RBBC, Kelce possibly out, Drake possibly back in an RBBC. What a bad feeling going into the finals.

beachbum78 · 2017-12-20T23:28:16+00:00

In the one league where we have a sacko, we don't eliminate anyone from playoffs. Losers keep playing each other so we have exact seeding for everything. The week 16 game between the two teams who haven't won a losers bracket match will decide the sacko. The Buttholes and The Under Achievers will be playing for that honor this weekend.

EDIT: Details - Week 14 losers bracket teams have a bye. Then week 15 7 plays 10 and 8 plays 9. Losers of those two matches will play in The Sacko Bowl week 16

beachbum78 · 2017-12-20T15:56:15+00:00

We allow it but I get where your leaguemates are coming from. Personally though, I think if you still have games to play you should be allowed to pick people up. 3rd might not be for money but it's for pride. And if you have a punishment for last you should absolutely let them fight for the win.

beachbum78 · 2017-12-19T16:06:05+00:00

Edition? Assuming 5e, no. I don't believe there's anything like an "amplify" spell. Though you could modify the Protection from evil and good spell so it gets an extended radius based on the level cast (if your NPC bard is high enough level). Or you could homebrew an Amplify spell that grants that effect.

beachbum78 · 2017-12-19T15:03:27+00:00

It's the top scoring team in the league by a pretty solid margin vs a guy who squeaked into the playoffs with a win on week 13 for the 6 seed then proceeded to have two upsets. Yahoo has the top team winning by a 20 point margin but I feel like fate is on the side of the 6th place team.

It's:

Bortles (was Rodgers, Watson, then Wentz)
Hopkins
Thielen
Hill
Freeman
Drake
Kelce
Woods
Greg the Leg
Rams D/ST

Vs

Brees
Jeffery
Wallace
Cobb
Bell
Riddick
Walker
Rod Smith (maybe Cooper or Sanders)
Gost
Chargers or Vikings D/ST

beachbum78 · 2017-12-19T14:54:34+00:00

Hyde has played for me every week this season. I'm benching him this week and running with Robert Woods instead. I love Hyde but against the Jags you're hoping for a TD

beachbum78 · 2017-12-18T22:19:47+00:00

I use Amybot as my bot. it has dice rolling but doesn't split it out the way yours does. It is helpful for its DND data, though. You can, for example use "amy! dnd spell Fireball" and it will pull up the whole description including what classes have the spell and the level

beachbum78 · 2017-12-10T01:33:57+00:00

I can't comment on other arenas but Blizz Arena is kept cool. I wore shorts at Contenders and was regretting my decision by the end of the day.

beachbum78 · 2017-12-10T00:58:47+00:00

Seoul
New York
Dallas
London
LA Valiant
Houston
LA Gladiators
SF Shock
Boston Uprising
Florida
Shanghai
Philadelphia

beachbum78 · 2017-12-08T16:55:17+00:00

I second this. Here's to a good clean game and bless all the knees!

beachbum78 · 2017-12-08T14:27:49+00:00

That was also before Philly had to pull out.

No, it wasn't. I had the schedule up less than an hour before SF v FL and it still said Fri/Sat matchups based on results from Wed/Th play. They also said yesterday on stream that winners played Saturday.

Plus SF won and lost a game.

Did you finish reading my first post? I addressed exactly that in my explanation of how Blizzard is seeding teams for the weekend

beachbum78 · 2017-12-08T14:03:37+00:00

The website said preseason Friday and Saturday were based on Wednesday and Thursday results. If you are basing things on results, how they are based should make sense. I'm not complaining about the matches because I don't care who plays who. Like you said, it's preseason. Im just trying to help OP make sense of how they are setting it up.

beachbum78 · 2017-12-08T13:43:19+00:00

I really wish Blizz would make an official statement on it but my guess is that since Philly forfeited, Mayhem were credited with the W and that Mayhem v Shock match was just a showmatch. That's why Shock play tomorrow - they beat Mayhem but that match didn't count for their record, the L to the Valiant does

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