Prediction League - New Season with new ideas for points scoring.

[pip_y]

On the last point, Brin, not something I would want (I don’t really know enough about other teams) but am happy to go with it if there’s general support. Are you saying the 10 points will only be awarded if somebody chooses the absolute top scorer or is it the top scorer among all the names chosen by the participants? It could well be different. My preference would be the latter since it would definitely keep it interesting and there would be at least one participant who gets the bonus points.

Valid point (or 10)

[CAMiller]

Not keen on the last one and isn't asking us to pick a goal scorer 100 years in advance is a bit much Brin

The reason I don't like unbalance between H,A,D points is like last season everyone (or nearly everyone) will gravitate towards picking as many as they can of the result with the highest reward irrespective of how they think the games will end. Keep them all the same points and it removes that bias.

[Lolmorgan]

Not keen on the last one and isn't asking us to pick a goal scorer 100 years in advance is a bit much Brin

The reason I don't like unbalance between H,A,D points is like last season everyone (or nearly everyone) will gravitate towards picking as many as they can of the result with the highest reward irrespective of how they think the games will end. Keep them all the same points and it removes that bias.

It will give Warne time to get one in.

[CTMilller]

Not keen on the last one and isn't asking us to pick a goal scorer 100 years in advance is a bit much Brin

The reason I don't like unbalance between H,A,D points is like last season everyone (or nearly everyone) will gravitate towards picking as many as they can of the result with the highest reward irrespective of how they think the games will end. Keep them all the same points and it removes that bias.

I’d say 2 points for each correct result is still open to manipulation, CAM. Won’t people just lump on home wins, if they’re of a mind to do such things., since these are statistically the most likely outcome?

Either way it would be necessary to limit the number of times a particular result can be used to avoid gaming the outcome - if that was a real concern.

Personally, I don’t really mind if people want to play those kinds of games. I’d prefer to keep it simple and not bother with limiters.

[CTMilller]

It will give Warne time to get one in.

On the first paragraph, it wouldn’t be a problem if we were judging forwards like Hirst!! He’d still come last!

[CAMiller]

On the first paragraph, it wouldn’t be a problem if we were judging forwards like Hirst!! He’d still come last!

Going back to when I used to do it CT I would rarely pick fixtures that didn't have some ambiguity about them so as long as Brin doesn't pick 10 H gimmies or 10 A gimmies then I think it's OK.

[avondalemiller]

If you pick a high scorer, how many games will it be over......Prem 38 or EFL 46???......all other ideas are great bar this one....

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

It’s a bit of fun, doesn’t need over complicated rules

Minimum thinking required

[Brin]

Glad to see someone’s paying attention well done CAM. It is for the coming season.

Okay we’ll scrap the last idea as there seems to be a point of confusion. I was just trying to add another angle of bagging extra points.

It will be 1 point for a home win, 2 for an away and 3 for a draw. As CAM thinks this is open to abuse, we’ll keep the maximum of 5 draws from 10, same as last season. That way no one can hopefully bag 30 points.

Anymore ideas out there?

[CAMiller]

Glad to see someone’s paying attention well done CAM. It is for the coming season.

Okay we’ll scrap the last idea as there seems to be a point of confusion. I was just trying to add another angle of bagging extra points.

It will be 1 point for a home win, 2 for an away and 3 for a draw. As CAM thinks this is open to abuse, we’ll keep the maximum of 5 draws from 10, same as last season. That way no one can hopefully bag 30 points.

Anymore ideas out there?

Brin - it will basically turn into a competition as who can best spread bet 5 draws and 5 away wins with home wins having so little value. I can't see what is the issue with asking people to predict H, A, D and giving the same reward for each one. At the end of the day, the person who has then predicted the 10 games the best will have the most points, not the person who has 'spread' their A's and D's the best.

One other 'rule' worth taking a poll on. Should RUFC fixtures be included or not? Some might say never include them as it induces conflicts of interest.