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by Not John John
Sun Jun 23, 2019 5:31 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018-19 Groger Ranks Awards [WINNERS ANNOUNCED]
Replies: 34
Views: 19722

Re: 2018-19 Groger Ranks Awards

With roughly a week left to vote in this poll, I've decided to put up a shill post. John John is an extremely good player. He has put up incredible stats throughout the season. At NHBB he led our team to 6th place, beating out many top specialists. He was also the fifth highest scorer at HSNCT after...
by Not John John
Wed Dec 19, 2018 7:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Groger Ranks 2018-19
Replies: 45
Views: 33405

Re: Groger Ranks 2018-19

I wonder if the powers/game model might work better with multiplicative adjustments rather than additive. Hi Mr. Pinyan, we actually briefly tried doing this, but it was killed very quickly due to anomalous results. Making power adjustments multiplicative completely devalues PPB, making the ranking...
by Not John John
Mon Nov 19, 2018 12:32 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 57
Views: 3239

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Thanks, Michael and Ricky for fixing these. Other than these small things, I really enjoyed playing the set!
by Not John John
Sun Nov 18, 2018 6:04 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 57
Views: 3239

Re: Specific Question Discussion

HFT XIII Round 4 wrote: It’s not a writer, but one character with this profession makes flints at Auschwitz, and another works under Max Gottlieb at the Caribbean island St. Hubert. Septimus Hodge wonders “what becomes of free will” when considering the work of a man with this profession. A charact...
by Not John John
Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:07 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: General Set Discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 1360

Re: General Set Discussion

Will copies of the set be distributed to teams that played?
by Not John John
Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:05 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 57
Views: 3239

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Could I please see the tossup on "scientists," as well as, the bonuses on "toruses" and "Pamuk?" Also, round 5 had a Jesus resurrection bonus followed shortly by resurrection in mythology tossup. Both were well written but should probably be in different rounds.
by Not John John
Sat Oct 13, 2018 3:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Groger Ranks 2018-19
Replies: 45
Views: 33405

Re: Groger Ranks 2018-19

Alongside the rankings for Chattahoochee, it feels like in general this set of rankings skews towards teams which have earlier seasons where they play regs-level tournaments, such as Ohio and Illinois. For example, in NorCal, our first tournament with one of the sets that do count (non-Novice, non-...
by Not John John
Mon Oct 08, 2018 5:58 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Groger Ranks 2018-19
Replies: 45
Views: 33405

Re: Groger Ranks 2018-19

We chose not to include A-sets and MSNCT due to both a lack of resources and a disproportionately large impact of powers.