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ahh tis a shame we couldnt renew our rivalry this season, and i'm pretty sure its been the smeltz n xie show from the day our teams were born hahaha

MVP Proposal

We have had MVPs in the Fishbowl since the first season and they are something many prople have greatly enjoyed. However with four leagues and new teams all the time the passion from some areas is clearly lacking. Some have even suggested that we scrap them. I am firmly against that but I cannot do two leagues MVPs a week myself. I actually really enjoy doing them, but in moderation.

We had several regular and fantastic MVP writers last season including Whitebeard, tremmel, Bainsy and Leeroy as well as several occasional helpers like Smeltz, Koop, Fanny, Skyhook, hb_ and probably several others I have forgotten.

As long as there are passionate people willing to put in the efforts then we can continue. But when they are busy with work or real life then we need a simple system. So rather than doing them Vios/zyler/yodabig style when I fill in I will be doing them rating style. This was the way we did them in the first season and takes only a few minutes. This will be the default for every league if the normal fantastic writers can't get them done that week.

How does this system work?
Well it is based almost purely on the player's rating. But there are some modifiers.
If the player didn't play at least 24 minutes they are not eligible.
If the player was on the winning team they get +1 to their rating.
If the player was listed as a SF they get +1 rating. (SFs always seem to be given really bad ratings.)
Tie breakers are points, assists, rebounds, steals, blocks in that order.
Unless the game was a blowout (20+ point final margin each team must get at least one player getting votes).

This is similar to what we have done in the past.

Remember this system is the backup not the primary.

What do we all think?

Last edited by yodabig at 10/14/2011 12:50:01 AM

Sounds good to me!!

Couldn't the backup system simply be using the MVP writers discretion (as usual), but without the writeup? I would imagine the effort inoled is pretty similar to your system, but with (hopefully) more accuracy.

We can just leave i9t up to the person that does it! It is just good to have a system written down if someone wants to help but dose not have much time!

We could and tremell and Naker sem very good at that, but I often agonise over the choices. I don't think anyon ewould object if that was done in the West - a minimum writeup, just points. It is suppoesd to all be a bit of fun not a chore.

Agreed, and when you are doing writeups eery week, it does become a chore

get ready to get smashed in 1 hours time mllama!
bring it on!

By Wazza, Rooney and three retards?

That ratings system kind of ruins it for my patient offense but if it's easier for everyone then it doesn't matter. Although I do enjoy seeing Underwood get mvp points.

i might not do any weeks then so Underwood never features

but i enjoy it. and tafe is nearing an end this year so should have plenty of time for the write-ups. so unfortunately unless more teams figure how to shut down ross we could be in for another long season with a yank up the top