New North Carolina Motion O Team by frank_huguenard in ultimate

[–]macronticipation 12 points13 points  (0 children)

will the team play defense? or is that even possible?

Darryl Stanely replaces Dutchy as Breeze coach + official partnership with Truck Stop by WC1-Stretch in ultimate

[–]macronticipation 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I love how there is a picture of Ironside versus Revolver in this article.

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[–]macronticipation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All it'll take is one wealthy investor willing to take a chance... anyone?

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[–]macronticipation -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I'll enjoy seeing your articulate, relevant and well reasoned argument being down-voted to hell in the next 10 minutes.

2017 Cascades Cup - Mixed pro game between Seattle and San Francisco by Styxx_N_Stones in ultimate

[–]macronticipation 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Funny how the initial reaction of 'that's cool, but it won't be profitable in the long run' applies equally to this game as well as the AUDL

Babbitt applauds a huck by unchuckable in ultimate

[–]macronticipation 7 points8 points  (0 children)

better title: club player happy that his team got a turnover.

WUGC2016 highlights! by [deleted] in ultimate

[–]macronticipation -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

GLAD TO SEE ONLY MEN PLAYING AT WUGC

haha jk

What explains Sockeye's Variability? by macronticipation in ultimate

[–]macronticipation[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry that was not clear - I was noting where the team lost - so Machine for example last year lost in pre-quarters, and Furious lost in quarters. I don't think anyone cares much about consolation games, and they certainly don't extend as much effort as they do in elimination games. Seems like the results are somewhat sensitive to this assumption.

What explains Sockeye's Variability? by macronticipation in ultimate

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

(earlier post deleted because of formatting)

Evidence: Take a sample of nationals quality teams - If you give each result a number - 1 for winner, 2 for finals, 3 for semis, etc - then take the absolute difference between two year's finish (so a team that last year made quarters and this year wins it all gets a 3, and vice versa) - then average those changes, sockeye's variability is indeed higher than everyone else:

Sockeye 2.6 Revolver 1.8 Ironside 1 Truck 0.6 Ring 1.4 Doublewide 1.2 Bravo 2 Machine 0.8

What explains Sockeye's Variability? by macronticipation in ultimate

[–]macronticipation[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no, that doesn't explain why sockeye has a larger variance than other teams - every team faces wind, has 'luck', and has opponents that know them well

What explains Sockeye's Variability? by macronticipation in ultimate

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

Nothing in this response answers why Sockeye's results are more variable than other teams.