by Dizzy » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:29 pm
The reason that I like the Points-For thing is that you, as an Overlord, can, at a glance, see, from the Standings, the tied team that is, prior to Game 21, in the dominant position and what must be done in order to reach the playoffs or to maintain said position. In most cases, though, the conclusion will be foregone: "Let's see, I need to win Game 21, I need that team to lose its game, and I need to score 54 pts more than them, too. Crumbs." You see, Points-For is season-long and teams can differ wildly, depending on the strength-of-schedule, whether opponents had first-string goalies or defensemen in the blue goo, and whether your team relies on scoring or "da beatdown" to win. Aggregate scores of head-to-head matchups between all tied teams would be a more fair comparison. It would also be dead confusing to sort out, both from a programming standpoint and from a what-do-I-need-to-happen-? standpoint, exponentially more so with increasing tied teams for fourth, and even confusinger if several playoff spots are in question. IQ seems to have absolutely no use at all, and could probably go unless it is used for a hidden calculation.
So, in the interest of keeping things simple for everyone, I suggest, if Points-For won't pass muster, that we just go with the difference between Points-For and Points-Against. It works in FIFA, primarily to keep teams like Italy from dickin' around with a 1 - 0 lead for 75 min, and it'll work here. It reduces the pressure on punch-heavy teams from scoring a lot if they can also maintain a strong defense, but it also makes you think twice about easing off against a team full of marshmallows and kittens (good opportunity to score bunches!).
I'm having a hard time visualizing someone who is only "somewhat" aghast.
Spleenrippaz -- 3rd, 6th, 1st, 1st, 1st, 3rd, 2nd
Meathooks -- 1st, 1st, 2nd, 2nd
Eels -- 1st