Testing the Toy

[kdstew3]

those WB folks are just hard to please.

They win the state title and it just all goes to their heads.

 

[Tigerfan85]

Yea I don’t get it. It’s like State is some big deal or something. Jeez get over yourselves already.

 

[ModeratorMike]

Wouldn’t it make sense to have the final ratings after the season then have a “playoffs rating” list

Someone has suggested that already, and that's something we'll be looking into for next year.

Good ole Python (and whatever PHP is). Honestly I bet the entire algorithm could be written in Python

The algorithm is completely written in Python. I've re-written it in PHP to make it easier to tie into the site's database.

 

[jamwash]

The algorithm is completely written in Python. I've re-written it in PHP to make it easier to tie into the site's database.

That makes a lot of sense. As long as May starts last then everyone here will be happy

 

[51eleven]

Teams ratings.
At the start of a new season how do you get a Teams rating?

When he bought the site, it came with this old dart board of Granger's . . .

 

[Tigerfan85]

That makes a lot of sense. As long as May starts last then everyone here will be happy

We don’t even want to be in it. Lol

 

[DOWNBOX]

That's what the pre-season ratings are. Those are put in by me, currently. Last season I didn't change anything from the season before. This season, I kept 90% of the teams in the same order they were already in, but I moved a few up (overload) and down (underload) based on the information I had about those teams. For example, I moved Benjamin up (overload) to #1 because I thought with the kids they had, plus their move-ins, they would be a very dominant force. Once I had all the teams where I wanted them, in order, I multiplied them all by like 0.6, or something (I really don't remember), just to bring the numbers down (underload) and make the teams closer together because Granger told me that's what needed to be done. Finally, I made sure every team was above 60, again because Granger said it needed to be that way. As I pointed out in a few tests last year, though, the starting point means less and less as the season goes on. By the time playoffs are here, it wouldn't matter if a team started in last place, they'd still be pretty close to where they are regardless.

Mike I added to your quote (overload) / (underload), to show how I was using those words. It is where the Toys information was added to or subtracted from by human thoughts or feelings.

 

[ModeratorMike]

Mike I added to your quote (overload) / (underload), to show how I was using those words. It is where the Toys information was added to or subtracted from by human thoughts or feelings.

Ok, I gotcha. Yeah, that only happens at the beginning of each season when I put out the pre-season rankings. After that I simply feed it scores all season long and let The Toy do its thing. During my testing, human influence plays a huge factor early on but less and less as the season goes on.

 

[Tigerfan85]

Someone has suggested that already, and that's something we'll be looking into for next year.


The algorithm is completely written in Python. I've re-written it in PHP to make it easier to tie into the site's database.

There’s your problem ya need to write in ENGLISH!

 

[wildcatfan4]

Yea I don’t get it. It’s like State is some big deal or something. Jeez get over yourselves already.

We are only happy if May is number 1

But seriously thanks Mike for explaining. Mike all joking aside you do a great job.