tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68210467373493087.post1922092138237679806..comments2023-05-30T00:36:58.855-07:00Comments on CrokinoleCentre: Winter Crokinole UpdatesCrokinoleCentrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785353669079902966noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68210467373493087.post-70836945473611767142013-03-16T22:53:52.600-07:002013-03-16T22:53:52.600-07:00Aha, so I actually earned that place and didn'...Aha, so I actually earned that place and didn't just get a lucky break on 'rounding up/rounding down'(sorry, I know, I know: "Please, that game is for politically driven 'penny splitters', in crokinole stat keeping we are talking serious science." Right. Elmer Cook was just asking me about how tournament handicapping systems were developing, so I'll direct him here for his answer. He'll probably be picking your brain as well. Cheers.CrokHeadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02469974350268759105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68210467373493087.post-29260837943873328512013-03-16T18:32:14.953-07:002013-03-16T18:32:14.953-07:00Hey Eric
Once again, thanks for the praise. I ini...Hey Eric<br /><br />Once again, thanks for the praise. I initially made these rankings for my own interest in player seeding, but it's nice to see you find them interesting too.<br />I've been preparing the rankings through a spreadsheet program, and calculating scores for each person using "lookup" functions. Naturally errors arise through spelling, upper/lower case and even the number of spaces between first and last names. The earlier problem I had was that to avoid those errors I set the "lookup" functions to "close matches", so if there was an error in someone's score it would not be as prominent.<br />In the case of your score, errors were avoided when you were "close matched" to a lower score for a couple of tournaments.<br />Now however, I've eliminated those scenarios and also found a way to track the scores of more players, which all led to your much earned score improvement.<br /><br />In tennis when they talk about rankings they often talk about "defending" points as players have to finish as well as they did the year before in a particular tournament in order to not lose ranking points. In your case, you have to defend a couple of high finishes in London and St. Jacob's this year, but then you have the possibility for significant improvement in point totals at the World Championship. So yes, the top 3 is in sight.<br /><br />As far as a secret weapon goes, maybe you need some high energy sports drinks. Gotta stay hydrated on those humid tournament daysCrokinoleCentrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07785353669079902966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68210467373493087.post-62962684399516996382013-03-13T20:28:37.668-07:002013-03-13T20:28:37.668-07:00Fascinating. What kind of errors get corrected Nat...Fascinating. What kind of errors get corrected Nathan? If I could only correct my errors on the board as favourably as you do in the stats, I have a decent shot at top 3 for 2014! Have to work on my 'nerves of steel' mantra and ... hmmm, a secret weapon would be nice.CrokHeadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02469974350268759105noreply@blogger.com