The_Savage_1
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for 5 years or so i've been developing a tipping comp that tries to take as much luck out and put as much skill in as possible.
i always hated it when you would lose a game by 1 point and win another by 50, yet you would get the same score as the person who won by 1 and lost by 50.
similarly, if you correctly tip a huge upset (say souths to beat bulldogs) you get the same points as tipping a dead cert (say roosters to beat tigers).
so i've come up with a system that takes into consideration the odds of the two teams and the for and against in the game as well as who wins of course!
i'm now looking for some diehard fans to help me test it because i'm sure it will need a bit of tweaking and it is the footy freaks that try and watch every game that will be the best people to test and critique it.
there will be no prizes (unless everyone disagrees) and i'm only looking for about 10 people who will definitely put in their tips every week to test it because i'm too busy to administer a large comp. however if there are lots of people keen and someone wants to do the admin that's fine.
anyway, the system is pretty simple. basically you get $5 to bet head-to-head on every game and you get 10c per point of for and against. you also get a joker to place on one game each week which makes that game a $10 bet.
i'll example with round 6 of 2003 (minus the joker for simplicity, ie lets assume both joker bets lost).
$1.45 roosters
$2.55 BRONCOS
$1.25 bulldogs
$3.50 DRAGONS
$1.90 RABBITOHS
$1.80 panthers
$2.50 TIGERS
$1.48 eels
$1.68 sea eagles
$2.05 STORM
$2.60 SHARKS
$1.45 knights
$1.06 warriors
$7.50 COWBOYS
tipper A chooses...
roosters, bulldogs, panthers, eels, STORM, knights & COWBOYS
so A goes mostly favourites with one roughie, while tipper B goes the opposite...
BRONCOS, DRAGONS, RABBITOHS, TIGERS, sea eagles, SHARKS & warriors
the scores were
27 roosters
20 BRONCOS
14 bulldogs
24 DRAGONS
14 RABBITOHS
16 panthers
08 TIGERS
28 eels
20 sea eagles
14 STORM
24 SHARKS
32 knights
30 warriors
24 COWBOYS
so tipper A gets...
5*1.45 + 0.70; -1.00; 5*1.80 + 0.20; 5*1.48 + 2.00; -0.60; 5*1.45 + 0.80 & -0.60 = $32.40
and tipper B gets...
-0.70; 5*3.50 + 1.00; -0.20; -2.00; 5*1.68 + 0.60; -0.80; 5*1.06 + 0.60 = $29.70
in summary, A got 4/7 all favourites with a positive f/a while B got 3/7 with a good roughie and a minus f/a. both pretty even really with A getting a deserved small advantage.
however, to illustrate the scoring system at work, if you swapped the tips around in the first two games A would end up with $39.35 while B would be on $22.75 even though in a normal tipping comp it would still be 4-3.
thats more than enough for now! so if youre keen leave a message or send me a PM.
i always hated it when you would lose a game by 1 point and win another by 50, yet you would get the same score as the person who won by 1 and lost by 50.
similarly, if you correctly tip a huge upset (say souths to beat bulldogs) you get the same points as tipping a dead cert (say roosters to beat tigers).
so i've come up with a system that takes into consideration the odds of the two teams and the for and against in the game as well as who wins of course!
i'm now looking for some diehard fans to help me test it because i'm sure it will need a bit of tweaking and it is the footy freaks that try and watch every game that will be the best people to test and critique it.
there will be no prizes (unless everyone disagrees) and i'm only looking for about 10 people who will definitely put in their tips every week to test it because i'm too busy to administer a large comp. however if there are lots of people keen and someone wants to do the admin that's fine.
anyway, the system is pretty simple. basically you get $5 to bet head-to-head on every game and you get 10c per point of for and against. you also get a joker to place on one game each week which makes that game a $10 bet.
i'll example with round 6 of 2003 (minus the joker for simplicity, ie lets assume both joker bets lost).
$1.45 roosters
$2.55 BRONCOS
$1.25 bulldogs
$3.50 DRAGONS
$1.90 RABBITOHS
$1.80 panthers
$2.50 TIGERS
$1.48 eels
$1.68 sea eagles
$2.05 STORM
$2.60 SHARKS
$1.45 knights
$1.06 warriors
$7.50 COWBOYS
tipper A chooses...
roosters, bulldogs, panthers, eels, STORM, knights & COWBOYS
so A goes mostly favourites with one roughie, while tipper B goes the opposite...
BRONCOS, DRAGONS, RABBITOHS, TIGERS, sea eagles, SHARKS & warriors
the scores were
27 roosters
20 BRONCOS
14 bulldogs
24 DRAGONS
14 RABBITOHS
16 panthers
08 TIGERS
28 eels
20 sea eagles
14 STORM
24 SHARKS
32 knights
30 warriors
24 COWBOYS
so tipper A gets...
5*1.45 + 0.70; -1.00; 5*1.80 + 0.20; 5*1.48 + 2.00; -0.60; 5*1.45 + 0.80 & -0.60 = $32.40
and tipper B gets...
-0.70; 5*3.50 + 1.00; -0.20; -2.00; 5*1.68 + 0.60; -0.80; 5*1.06 + 0.60 = $29.70
in summary, A got 4/7 all favourites with a positive f/a while B got 3/7 with a good roughie and a minus f/a. both pretty even really with A getting a deserved small advantage.
however, to illustrate the scoring system at work, if you swapped the tips around in the first two games A would end up with $39.35 while B would be on $22.75 even though in a normal tipping comp it would still be 4-3.
thats more than enough for now! so if youre keen leave a message or send me a PM.
