Fraser "Razor" Macmillan, Mongrel In Chief (razorfraser) wrote in neeps, @ 2017-10-29 21:51:00 |
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Entry tags: | ! journal, elektra yaxley, ernie macmillan, fraser macmillan |
[Warded to Macmillan/Yaxley/Macgonagall/etc. cousins and former Hogwarts teammates and oponents and Percy]
Friends,
I am considering introducing a motion based on my utter unhappiness with the unsuitability of Hogwarts style scoring for professional quidditch.
I was thinking of writing to the Prophet, but I may try to put out a press release and get interviewed about it. That's not really my specialty, but I do feel strongly about it.
So, what do you think? What did I miss? Will the Quidditching public stand for it?
As The Prophet noted, the Pride of Portree isn't going to move the quaffle through the hoop by winning low scoring games. This isn't becuase Portree is doing poorly, at least not objectively. When you review their matches, they are doing well. Our current Quidditch ranking system is failing them. They are one of the most successful teams in the league, and yet they are ranked 7th. Our ranking can't be used by DOMGAS to determine what teams might be sent to international competitions. It would send the wrong teams.
I have spent a good deal of time thinking about this and how it can be improved, I wanted to present a look at some alternate methods we might want to adopt in the BIL. In the table below, the left hand side represents basic statistics of each team. How many points have they scored, how many have their opponents scored, how many games have they won or lost? Looking at it, it's possible to get a good idea of which teams are having a good start to their season and which are struggling. That wouldn't be the impression given by the Hogwarts Ranking method.
The right hand side represents how the teams are ranked using 5 different methods of calculation.
The most obvious takeaway from this comparison is that the Hogwarts System favors high-scoring games, including high-scoring losers. Falmouth is a fine team, but looking at the statistics using the Hogwarts Methodology, you would think they were league leaders and not nearly last. If the league had only four teams and they only played each other once, and there were other ways to earn points, this might be the ideal system, but it is important to remember that the British and Irish Quidditch League is not a state school.
Even with the few games played so far, it's clear that the American and IWC scoring systems both roughly fairly show the strengths of the teams, with slight differences in how they count ties. It's also clear that point differential methods favor teams with weak schedules, so that if you can give a weak team a drubbing early on, you may be better situated to take on a strong team that has been injured by a stronger schedule.
Changing the method of ranking league season results is an important step in moderizing play to reward teams for skill, strategy, and ultimately being better than their rivals. It will result in better competition in the finals, and it will be likely to keep the best teams from meeting before the final game.
I am going to propose that the BIL commission a study group to recommend a new method of quiddtich league ranking.
I welcome public comment.
--Fraser Macmillan
BIQL Commissioner
District 4