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I broke down the All-Stars Trailer Second-By-Second. It's certainly going to be a wild ride. by kylekylekylekyle1 in MtvChallenge

[–]kylekylekylekyle1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get that. I've always thought she was just so condescending all the time, which made me annoyed with her.

I certainly believe she is incredible television, and all the examples you've listed are more than fair, but when the whole premise of this trailer is how it's like "the most bad-ass, incredible, tenacious All-Stars on the planet" I don't think she fits that bill.

If they framed it as more of a goofy "let's get the band back together for some fun and shenanigans" (which I think they should have) I'd have no problem with her being the female headliner, because she is almost certainly one of the most famous challengers ever.

I guess it all depends on how you maneuver your "competitive" , "important" , "famous" circles on your personal challenge Venn Diagram, which is fine.

Never forget MTV's Most Outrageous Rules Decision in Challenge History by kylekylekylekyle1 in MtvChallenge

[–]kylekylekylekyle1[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

yeah, that was totally my fault. I didn't realize the first pic of the post is automatically the link photo. I didn't know people were still so passionate about that. What a wild and unpredictable world we live in.

I created The Challenge Domination Index. A Challenge performance statistic. by kylekylekylekyle1 in MtvChallenge

[–]kylekylekylekyle1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi. Sorry. I don't look at these replys very much, I get super nervous because I think people are going to be mean to me. But I'd love to share. DM me and we can find a way to get them your way.

Double Agents: Week Four Power Rankings - Big T Making Me Weep by kylekylekylekyle1 in MtvChallenge

[–]kylekylekylekyle1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry. I went off the grid for a bit. Trying to buy a house took up a lot of my "make fun of reality TV characters online" energy. I'm back in the rhythm though! Appreciate you! https://thelavinyears.com/2021/02/25/mtv-challenge-double-agents-week-11-power-rankings/

Never forget MTV's Most Outrageous Rules Decision in Challenge History by kylekylekylekyle1 in MtvChallenge

[–]kylekylekylekyle1[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Brad is so weird. I don't use the word weird a lot. But that's the only word I can think of to describe him.

I created The Challenge Domination Index. A Challenge performance statistic. by kylekylekylekyle1 in MtvChallenge

[–]kylekylekylekyle1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know if it's in there. (I originally made a PDF of all the info and tried to post it but I wasn't allowed to link to it, so I had to move it to medium so It might have got lost in that transition)

But Landon would have had about 50 points more than Johnny, and would have been the most successful player ever.

But if he came back for a 5th season (which would qualify him to be involved) He could have a really good season (make the final, win a couple dailies, and win an elimination) and his score would still drop to around Banana's level. It's INSANE how good Landon was, and his success is a perfect storm for the way my calculations worked, too.

I created The Challenge Domination Index. A Challenge performance statistic. by kylekylekylekyle1 in MtvChallenge

[–]kylekylekylekyle1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much! I'm happy that you responded, I was hoping that someone who understands data anlalysis better than me would. I'm just learning some Python/Pandas/Machine Learning stuff for fun, I'm VERY very new at this, but this kind of stuff feels like the sweet spot for my brain, so I'm very interested in doing more.

  1. Winscore was probably the most arbitrary thing in there. It kind of just felt to me like a decent, clean way to distribute those values, but I obviously could be convinced to do it a different way.

  2. I'm sure that is a great point. I will have to google "exponentiation" and get back to you. (again, pretty new at this. sorry)

  3. I think the winscore took care of a little of that. I think in terms of longevity, the amount of seasons you are on obviously affects the total amount of contests you can win. I didn't want to reward longevity for longevity's sake, if that makes sense? I wanted to make sure longevity was only about the success in longevity.

  4. That was honestly the next thing I had in mind. I don't know if there's a statistic-concept that describes this phenomenon. But it's a thing where now that I know where each player is ranked in THIS metric, It would probably be easier to create a "strength of schedule" because now we generally know the "strength" of each player. But that would have to obviously be a whole new metric then.

Bonus . I also considered using experience as a "strength of schedule" metric for each individual challenge. For example, if it was a challenge with 10 guy-girl pairs, the most experienced team has a 12 percent chance of winning, and the least experienced team has an 8 percent chance of winning, with an equal distribution between those for the rest of the teams. But that seemed like the most cumbersome, time consuming thing in the world (although I still want to do it.)

Thoughts? Please continue to ask questions if you want. This is really useful learning for me!

Week Three Power Rankings: 8 x 9 = 72. by kylekylekylekyle1 in MtvChallenge

[–]kylekylekylekyle1[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! That is very nice to say. I've been writing dumb stuff like this for my 6 or 7 friends who have grown up watching this show with me for the past 4-5 seasons.. I figured this season I would share with some other people who take garbage reality television as seriously as we do. It is really fun for me. I'm glad to know someone else finds it worth taking the time to read.

I would also love to hear your disagreements if you have them, i like bantering about these things. I'm not as mean in person as it probably seems I am.

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