Azkatro
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At the moment most of the scores generally hover between the 80-100 mark. Which is fine, but after the Tri-Nations match where we had 6 on 7 I started to ponder what the possibility really is of the team with 6 somehow pulling off a victory.
My conclusion was sadly that it will be impossible, and here's why.
Currenly the trend seems to be an average article scoring low 80's, mid to high 80's being a reasonable to good article and then into the 90's representing excellent to sublime efforts. This is all good and well, but my question is why are we scoring 0-100 when pretty much nobody goes below 80? I respect that we don't want to scare budding authors away with a 40-something mark for a less than savoury effort, but my concern at the moment lies in the situation where a team - with a player down - simply cannot win. But we're writing about a sport in which it is entirely possible for a great performance from a team with a man down can still beat a full complement if they aren't up to speed. Shouldn't we try to emulate the spirit of rugby league in that regard?
Now in a typical F7's match, where we have 5 take on 4, I understand that it would be a bit rough if the team that got all their posts in were done by a team that only had 4 by comparison. But on the other side of the coin, how would you feel if you were part of a team of 4 who all scored 95's - which would be by definition the greatest performance in the history of F7's - being beaten by a team who averaged 80's? 80 x 5 = 400, while 95 x 4 = 380.
I just think in this kind of situation it would be fair for a team of 4 putting a special performance to get the win if they are significantly the better "team" on the day. It would also prevent the tendency for teams to pull articles and turn it into a non-event when they know their whole team isn't going to show up.
There are a couple of ways I think this can be catered for. Firstly is to loosen up the scoring system. Advise the refs to change the scoring from say 80-100 to at least 50-100. Give it a bit of range and scope. That would also give us posters more feedback on how our article shaped up. It would be a bit tougher on the refs, but the more the competition grows the more inevitable that becomes anyway.
The second option is to introduce a weighting scheme when one side doesn't have a full complement of posters. For example if we had a 5 on 4 situation, put a weighting on the 5 post team's scores of 85%. That way if the full team averaged say 83 (normal total 415, adjusted 352.75) and the team with 4 averaged 89 (total 356) they would get an upset victory. Now I realise that possibility is not completely impossible, but let's face it - if 4 posters averaged 89, it would be a spectacular effort. And if the 5 posters by comparison averaged 83, it would be fair to call that a pretty average effort and that they didn't do enough to win against brilliant opposition.
Anyway, all hypothetical. It was a thought I had driving to work today and I figured I would air it to all involved in F7's. I personally think it would add a little bit of competitiveness and spark to teams vying for a premiership, to make sure they don't get beaten by a team of 4 which would suddenly be a possibility if they weren't up to speed!
My conclusion was sadly that it will be impossible, and here's why.
Currenly the trend seems to be an average article scoring low 80's, mid to high 80's being a reasonable to good article and then into the 90's representing excellent to sublime efforts. This is all good and well, but my question is why are we scoring 0-100 when pretty much nobody goes below 80? I respect that we don't want to scare budding authors away with a 40-something mark for a less than savoury effort, but my concern at the moment lies in the situation where a team - with a player down - simply cannot win. But we're writing about a sport in which it is entirely possible for a great performance from a team with a man down can still beat a full complement if they aren't up to speed. Shouldn't we try to emulate the spirit of rugby league in that regard?
Now in a typical F7's match, where we have 5 take on 4, I understand that it would be a bit rough if the team that got all their posts in were done by a team that only had 4 by comparison. But on the other side of the coin, how would you feel if you were part of a team of 4 who all scored 95's - which would be by definition the greatest performance in the history of F7's - being beaten by a team who averaged 80's? 80 x 5 = 400, while 95 x 4 = 380.
I just think in this kind of situation it would be fair for a team of 4 putting a special performance to get the win if they are significantly the better "team" on the day. It would also prevent the tendency for teams to pull articles and turn it into a non-event when they know their whole team isn't going to show up.
There are a couple of ways I think this can be catered for. Firstly is to loosen up the scoring system. Advise the refs to change the scoring from say 80-100 to at least 50-100. Give it a bit of range and scope. That would also give us posters more feedback on how our article shaped up. It would be a bit tougher on the refs, but the more the competition grows the more inevitable that becomes anyway.
The second option is to introduce a weighting scheme when one side doesn't have a full complement of posters. For example if we had a 5 on 4 situation, put a weighting on the 5 post team's scores of 85%. That way if the full team averaged say 83 (normal total 415, adjusted 352.75) and the team with 4 averaged 89 (total 356) they would get an upset victory. Now I realise that possibility is not completely impossible, but let's face it - if 4 posters averaged 89, it would be a spectacular effort. And if the 5 posters by comparison averaged 83, it would be fair to call that a pretty average effort and that they didn't do enough to win against brilliant opposition.
Anyway, all hypothetical. It was a thought I had driving to work today and I figured I would air it to all involved in F7's. I personally think it would add a little bit of competitiveness and spark to teams vying for a premiership, to make sure they don't get beaten by a team of 4 which would suddenly be a possibility if they weren't up to speed!