Fantasy League
Working out the salaries is something I do each year and it's a real PITA for a few reasons:
1). There are a lot of players
2). There are a lot of slight name changes
3). There are POY formula changes practically every year and because I weight the past 3 years performance then it creates a lot of issues
Last year's POY list seems really limited because it's only got the top 100 players.
I plan to simplify things by moving away from what I've done the past few years:
Here's the GPI WSOP points list.
It's complete, it's easy to look at points for individual events and it's updated fairly promptly through the year.
I propose that I will use the GPI 2017 points only to determine the salaries. The salary will be one third of the 2017 points earned capped at 800 points. Every player will cost at least 75 points. You'll have 1500 points to spend on exactly 10 players. Highest
GPI WSOP Points for their team wins.
Some potential issues I'm aware of:
-It gives some insane value for a player who regularly crushes but skipped the WSOP last year/had an off year.
-It vastly over prices people who ran hot last year.
But to both of those I'd argue that it's a level playing field and part of drafting your team is to realise who's good value and who's overpriced.
Other changes from last year will be what happens when your team is over budget:
Last year I would give you time to change it and if you didn't I'd remove players to make the team within the budget. Others rightly argued that if you wanted 9 players on your team then all you'd have to do is pick a 10th player, ignore requests to change the team and then wait for me to remove the 10th player. To prevent this potential angle If your team is over budget and you don't change it in time then I'll remove players until your team is within a budget of 1425.
Cliffs on changes from last year:
-2017 WSOP Points from the GPI used to calculate salaries
-GPI Points used to score the competition
-Overbudget teams will be more harshly dealt with
Comments and criticisms welcomed
Last edited by xander biscuits; 02-11-2018 at 05:33 PM.