whales wrote:
Once again for fun, I am running a simulation of the September Smartest Bar finals as a single elimination bracket.
I thought last year's simulation stayed interesting all the way through, with 3 of the final 4 continuing play into the extra weeks, and both finalists writing in to the thread.
This year's seeding formula is different. I researched both the May and July efforts of all 80 qualifiers, and obtained their average game score for each month by dividing the May total by 3 and the July total by 4. The better month of the two was then applied toward the seed. 67 of the 80 qualifiers posted better averages in May than in July.
There are seven rounds. Smartest Bar runs for only four Mondays in September, leaving three rounds and 8 quarterfinalists left over. The simulation will then move to regular Wednesday Six for the first three Wednesdays in October. In September, the Smartest Bar page statistics will be used. In October, the HOF page statistics will be used. There is a difference. As far as I can tell, the Smartest Bar page (as well as the real-time, end-of-game broadcast) continues to count unregistered guest accounts, while the HOF counts registered accounts only.
on 9/10
23 58402-M (5401-J) CST3M2 7757 Overland Park Kansas BWW
42 55145-M (54661-J) EST2J1 31938 Cincinnati Ohio Blue Goose
Well, we at the Blue Goose may have a better chance in the simulation than in the real thing. The Blue Goose is closed on Labor Day, and you were kind enough to give us a bye next week. It will have to be our drop score in the reall Smartest Bar, so we can't afford even one bad week.
--Rick Magnus
RickM, Blue Goose