Actuarial Outpost
 
Go Back   Actuarial Outpost > Cyberchat > Sports
FlashChat Actuarial Discussion Preliminary Exams CAS/SOA Exams Cyberchat Around the World Suggestions

US PROPERTY AND CASUALTY JOBS

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 04-26-2011, 02:18 AM
Jables's Avatar
Jables Jables is offline
Wonderboy
CAS
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: AO Retirement Home
Studying for kitchen utensilry degree
College: Crazy Go Nuts University
Favorite beer: Sam Adams, Dos Equis, Arrogant Hagbard, Clydesdale Juice
Posts: 33,769
Default Fun new baseball game for May 2011

Ok, here is the collection of links to prior versions of the game...

April 2010 (World Series: rekrap over Dr. John Zoidberg, 3rd place: Patience over Mr F)
May 2010 (World Series: Abstract Actuary over OddSox, 3rd place: SirVLCIV over bfore13)
June 2010 (World Series: Jables over ldancer911, 3rd place: strategygamer over yankeetripper)
Post All Star Break 2010 (World Series: bfore13 over Abstract Actuary, 3rd place: Blue Eyes White Dragon over GoHuskies)
April 2011 (World Series: Dr. John Zoidberg over violaactuary, 3rd place: Halfmoon over dinosaur)

This game is open to 32 players, no more, no less. The last 8 standing from the April game (Dr. John Zoidberg, Oliver Klozov, dinosaur, strategygamer, Halfmoon, yankeetripper, violaactuary, and OddSox) are guaranteed a spot in this month's game, but the other 24 spots are up for grabs. All you need to do to enter is choose one team from each of the 10 groups below:

GROUP 1
Phillies
Rangers
Rockies

GROUP 2
Indians
Marlins
Yankees

GROUP 3
Angels
Cardinals
Reds

GROUP 4
Brewers
Red Sox
Royals

GROUP 5
Athletics
Braves
Tigers

GROUP 6
Dodgers
Giants
Rays

GROUP 7
Blue Jays
Nationals
Padres

GROUP 8
Diamondbacks
Mets
White Sox

GROUP 9
Cubs
Pirates
Twins

GROUP 10
Astros
Mariners
Orioles

The 32 players will be split into 2 leagues, each with 4 divisions of 4 players. Over the course of 15 days from May 1st - 15th, your roster will match up against that of each of the 15 opponents in your league. After the sign-ups are complete, I will slot the teams into leagues and divisions, and post the daily head-to-head schedule.

The scoring is as follows:
+5 points for each win by a team you selected
-2 points for each loss by a team you selected
+1 point for each run you win by in your victories

Total up your points for the day and compare to that our your opponent and see who gets the W and who takes the L. After May 15th, you will have played all of the other members of your league. In case of any ties for division title and/or playoff spots, there is an off day built in the schedule before the playoffs start, where the tie can be broken with a head-to-head matchup. There will be 8 playoff teams per league, composed of the 4 division winners, the 2 next best W/L/T records, and then the 2 next best total points scored. For seeding purposes, the division winners will be seeds #1-4, ranked by W/L/T record, they will get to choose their opponents for the first round, thus determining which wild card teams get slotted into seed #5-8. There is no reseeding in the playoffs.

There will be an extra day built in between each playoff series, in case an extra game is needed as a result of a tie in the playoffs. The playoffs start on May 17th and are all best-of-3 format. The first round is May 17th-19th, the quarterfinals May 21st-23rd, the league championships May 25th-27th, and the World Series May 29th-31st.

Sign ups are open now, and feel free to ask any questions in this thread...

Important Links:
Summary of Rosters
Set-up of Leagues and Divisions
Full Daily Schedule

Results 5/1/11
Results 5/2/11
Results 5/3/11
Results 5/4/11
Results 5/5/11
Results 5/6/11
Results 5/7/11
Results 5/8/11
Results 5/9/11
Results 5/10/11
Results 5/11/11
Results 5/12/11
Results 5/13/11
Results 5/14/11
Results 5/15/11
Results 5/16/11 (various tiebreakers)

Final Rankings
Analysis of Regular Season Performance of Teams
Playoff Seeding & Schedule

Opening Round
Results 5/17/11
Results 5/18/11
Results 5/19/11

Quarterfinals
Results 5/21/11
Results 5/22/11
Results 5/23/11

League Championships
Results 5/25/11
Results 5/26/11
Results 5/27/11

World Series/Third Place
Results 5/29/11
Results 5/30/11
Results 5/31/11
__________________
ಠ_ -- JB is watching you... ................"Don't let 'em talk bad about you!"
Due to my strong personal convictions, I wish to stress that this post in no way endorses a belief in the occult.

Last edited by Jables; 06-01-2011 at 01:02 AM..
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 04-26-2011, 03:10 AM
Roy Hobbs Roy Hobbs is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 625
Default

Phillies
Yankees
Angels
Red Sox
Tigers
Rays
Blue Jays
Diamondbacks
Twins
Mariners
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 04-26-2011, 06:38 AM
rekrap's Avatar
rekrap rekrap is offline
Member
SOA AAA
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 21,794
Default

Rangers
Yankees
Cardinals
Red Sox
Tigers
Rays
Blue Jays
White Sox
Cubs
Orioles
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 04-26-2011, 06:45 AM
SirVLCIV's Avatar
SirVLCIV SirVLCIV is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 41,708
Default

Phillies
Yankees
Reds
Red Sox
Tigers
Giants
Blue Jays
Diamondbacks
Twins
Mariners
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 04-26-2011, 07:55 AM
MountainHawk's Avatar
MountainHawk MountainHawk is offline
Member
CAS AAA
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Salem, MA
Studying for Nothing!!!!
College: Lehigh University Alum
Favorite beer: Yuengling
Posts: 55,644
Default

Phillies
Yankees
Reds
Red Sox
Tigers
Giants
Padres
Diamondbacks
Twins
Orioles
__________________


"I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is now controlled by its system of credit. We are no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men." -- Woodrow Wilson

It doesn't matter who you vote for, the government always gets in. -- Elizabeth May

???? Jan 20: Freedom for the Bill of Rights

1 2
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 04-26-2011, 08:22 AM
Big Pete's Avatar
Big Pete Big Pete is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2005
Favorite beer: Free beer
Posts: 3,289
Default

Phillies
Yankees
Angels
Red Sox
Athletics
Dodgers
Blue Jays
White Sox
Twins
Mariners
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 04-26-2011, 09:20 AM
Ultimate Anyone?'s Avatar
Ultimate Anyone? Ultimate Anyone? is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: On an Ultimate field
Posts: 12,057
Default

Phillies
Yankees
Reds
Red Sox
Braves
Giants
Padres
White Sox
Twins
Astros
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 04-26-2011, 09:20 AM
keyser soze's Avatar
keyser soze keyser soze is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 4,062
Default

Phillies
Yankees
Reds
Red Sox
Tigers
Giants
Blue Jays
White Sox
Twins
Astros
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 04-26-2011, 09:22 AM
ldancer911's Avatar
ldancer911 ldancer911 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 15,447
Default

In...Ill get my teams picked later today (Hopefully).
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 04-26-2011, 09:31 AM
lipman's Avatar
lipman lipman is offline
Just plain awesome
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Dallas
Studying for not a damn thing
Favorite beer: Nocturnum
Posts: 6,950
Default

Damnit, I want to make the playoffs just once!

Phillies
Yankees
Cardinals
Red Sox
Tigers
Giants
Nationals
White Sox
Twins
Orioles
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:44 AM.


Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
*PLEASE NOTE: Posts are not checked for accuracy, and do not
represent the views of the Actuarial Outpost or its sponsors.
Page generated in 0.35868 seconds with 7 queries