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If you want to interrogate me as if I'm a detainee at Guantanamo Bay, then fine, but I refuse to say what you want to hear, no matter how many times you waterboard me. My old comment was said without introspection, while my new comments have the benefit of my deeper knowledge of the game and increased scrutiny.

All I'm saying is that those two games are incomparable, because while superficially the same, they're quite different because of differing game shape and players. The loss of my big game shape advantage is a large reason why his team's performance greatly improved, and counter-intuitively the SF change in the second game benefited his team. His starting SF had a negative +/- before he was injured, and his cache of SF after that defended my SF very well, likely due to my SF playing the entire game while fresh legs constantly guarded him.

Again, I disagree with the idea that a starter should automatically perform better than his backup against any team, as the backup could match up better against the opponent, or, despite a lower salary, perform better because of higher game shape, and also because of the aforementioned fresh legs vs. tired ones.

Basically, you ignored the complexity of the comparison, which is completely understandable, as is your stubbornness to admit your assessment was careless, and because of my benevolence and love of humankind I forgive your barbarous attacks on me, and the future bite marks I'll suffer from making this post.

in the first game, my C position posted 115 pp100, and Vega went 3-13 in 38 minutes there. Mocarski (who split his time between backup PF and backup C went 6-14). That's where the randomness happened.

Agaliatolis got minutes at center and scored 28 points on 19 shots in the game, so I'm sure he raised the PP100.

EDIT: you didn't *exactly* say this, sorry, I'm still hyper-adrenalinic from the Italy-Germany soccer game: but the substance of the post remains the same

You are forgiven.

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but I refuse to say what you want to hear, no matter how many times you waterboard me.

typical enemy combatant...

benevolence and love of humankind

Those are code words for hating America. And freedom.

My old comment was said without introspection, while my new comments have the benefit of my deeper knowledge of the game and increased scrutiny.

but, your latest comments were made without future Ortho's even deeper knowledge! And obviously prior to to future you getting vanity braces. Which completely changes everything. (http://www.champaignschools.org/central/business/johnson/...)
You may scoff at the notion that getting vanity braces changes you, but it does. You're like a totally different person after that. Trust me.


Note to future you:
On the day of your eldest child's wedding, i will find you, kidnap you, & re-waterboard you. (Even though future you will have already said what i wanted to hear previously). There is no stopping this.

(but try to enjoy the rehearsal dinner anyway, yo)


Last edited by shikago at 6/29/2012 11:46:36 AM

So Funky Town is having a clearance sale. If you want a 240k+ center for the low low price of 1.8 million. Now is your chance!

Calum - Do you accept credit?

Lol, I dont really expect to sell him, just thought it would be a good value if I did! Sipos and Browne however have been annoying me for ages! Time to improve that ID! Bid's welcome!

I actually kinda like Sipos. But I suppose that's why he's going for 1/3 over his top EV.

Yeah, he looks pretty, that's what made me pay $6m(!!!) for him! I tried to train him 2ndries but got caught out by my lack of cap knowledge. I should get more than he's worth, lol. He just can't hold his own when everyone is playing LI....

You should put out a Groupon for him. Buy within the next 3 days and he's 87% off!

(since i have a little time to kill)
i realize that was at least halfway a joke post, but you mar it with the rest. (unless the straw man starter/backup argument, using the +/- of -2 over 7 minutes, repeating the discredited GS claims, & so on were also tongue in cheek)

ok... instead of arguing into a corner, how about simply giving your opinion on this:
do you think that each game (*not* your games with LMA, just games in general) if simulated 1000 times will always yield more or less the same result each time? If [Team A] is "supposed to" win by 10 points over [Team B], will [Team A] win each of those 1000 games by the expected margin? (give or take a few points). Or do you believe that in at least some of those 1000 simulations, things won't always go as expected?

I'm not trying to get you to say anything [wink emoticon goes here]. Just would like your opinion. If you do think games always play out according to plan, that's fine. (no need for evidence or anything either).