hrm, bout time. Finally got up off your lazy arse, eh ryen?
Good choice - not what i was expecting after the last time we talked about it, but I think I favour this track even more than the other we briefly discussed.
Sign me up for Pro exhibition. IDM needs to have a competitor in there.
reply to 123abc:
the problem with a points system is that someone who begins in the middle of 'a season' is at a natural disadvantage in the final points standings. If you plan to run the series 9 months there will be many people afected by this. Also, judges can make serious entries when they are on the panel, so they will also be disadvantaged.
the GTPDC thread talks about a ladder system sorta thing. I dont remember all the specifics at this point in time, but its there if you want to look at it.
Another way to rank drifters in a manner that doesnt handicap members who start late is by taking their average scores from all events entered.
ie) lets say that I score a 29 on this run. In the next two I score a 33 and a 28. Then I have an average score of 30.
now say..... Ryen doesnt make an entry this round b/c he's a judge. But in round 2 he gets a 33. Then on the third round he pulls a 27. Then he also averages out to a 30.
Such a scoring method (if we want to implement such a thing) is more forgiving to those who begin later, and will work with people's individual schedules better. On the flipside - once someone has entered many competitions their avg score will change less dramatically for each additional score considered. (sorta like my GPA...gets harder and harder to bring up each year)
to get around that, you might reset all scores every 5 events or so. Members who get off to rocky starts, but improve over time then will not have their initial, lower scoring entries pulling down their average. It would be a better way to analyse and compare members on a more isolated time frame.
why didnt i come up with that.
I usually turn the music off when watching a lap..
