#SFB12 Round 4 Playoff Update!
Hey all!
Round 4 is done and we are on to the semifinals of the #SFB12 playoffs. Only 500 teams of the 3000 team tournament are still playing!
This week the final 500 will square off but only 30 will advance to the #SFB12 final next week!
This page — #SFB12 Playoffs Semifinals — has the teams still playing in the #SFB12 playoffs. Congrats if you are on that page. Regardless of if you are red or green currently, you are in! If you are not on it, you are out. Sorry and thanks for playing!
If you have been eliminated please do not make any add/drops or waiver bids. Please post this reminder in your #SFB12 chats.
An update on how the data is rolling for playoff cutoffs and advancement. I know many of you have enjoyed the thought process on this. It’s still doing what it’s supposed to. The first 3 rounds were near perfect. Round 4 was also fine.
There may be too high of an ability / chance to make the semifinals based on a great regular season. The road to get to Round 4 is great, the average score advantage to advance in that round and past may be a bit high for such a large scale tourney.
I think a tweak is likely coming for next year. Each week the average score entering the week is raising as you I expected, but not enough to counter the disparity from top to bottom. There is nearly a 40 point difference in starting points (average score) from #1 to #500 for the semifinals. That is over twice what I would have hoped. The starting point differential entering Round 4 was also too high for my liking (about 58).
The easy tweak just eyeballing it is you get a percentage (half?) of your average for Round 4 though the finals. It was recommended to me on twitter of a shrinking percentage each week, I liked it when I saw it. It appears it would be perfect for this after watching Round 4 play out.
The data shows the first 3 rounds were dead on and the average covered for the byes perfectly. I’ll wait until it’s done and all the information is in to figure out the end game for next year.
PS, I already have a scoring idea and theme for next year :)
Playoff Links
There is now a fun search option on the pages to find where you are quickly!
#SFB12 Playoffs Semifinals — If you are on this page, you are still in the playoffs
#SFB12 Playoffs Round 4 — These are the Round 4 results
#SFB12 Playoffs Round 3 — These are the Round 3 results
#SFB12 Playoffs Round 2 — These are the Round 2 results
#SFB12 Playoffs Round 1 — These are the Round 1 results
If you want to change your affiliation listed in your standings and leaderboard, click here and use your email and SFB id to do it! If you don’t remember your SFB ID you can have it sent to you on there.
Iain Update
Iain was finally eliminated missing the cutline by 5.79 points. He made a player swap right before Sunday kickoff that cost him. He was OK with it. Still has his kids league going where he was the #1 seed.
#SFB13 Signup
If you want to get on the list for #SFB13 already, simply go to the update my info page. Put in your email and SFB id and all you do is just click a button to get signed up for next year!
Login to your SFB account then click the green button!
Thanks to those who are playing and hope you have a great season! To those not playing, I hope you got in a satellite and keep an eye out for contests to play next year!
Scott
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