Any Power Rankings you all come up with are fine by me! :) Be sure to share some of the posts on our Facebook Vassal Group! :)

Officially, strength of schedule does factor into rankings, but obviously we don't know who anyone will play in future rounds.

Obviously round 1 is completely random pairings, and round 2 is fairly random within the winners playing winners and those with a first round loss playing likewise (with one exception in the middle sometimes)

FYI -

Via the official floor rules:

In the event of multiple players being tied for match points the following shall be used to determine the final standings:
1. Total Wins-The player with the most wins.
2. Head to Head Matchups – The player who has won any head to head matchups would be ahead of the loser in a head to head matchup.
3. SOS 1- The players strength of schedule minus the player's worst win.
4. SOS 2- As 3, factoring only the defeated players.
5. SOS 3-The players full strength of schedule
6. Roll Off-tied players will roll a D20, highest roll placing above the rest.


We've never made it to the roll off luckily.

As far as I know - the same procedure is used throughout the tournament for pairings (but only if
You use the official software.) Many TOs just make the initial parings, and then those tied with tournament points get paired down the list, making sure nobody has played before. That method is a little more random, but frankly it's all pretty random, and it only truly must be calculated at the end of Swiss, especially if there is not a clear break between who makes the final 4 (or 6) and who doesn't.

Personally I think record should be first, but the powers that be think playing faster is more important than winning (in a scenario where one has a better record but less tournament points.) So this is the system we have. It's not a perfect system, but at the very least it factors in head to head (which it never did in the past) which was crazy sauce. You could be tied in record and tournament points with someone you beat head to head and still get bumped out of the playoffs before.

Oh and to be clear, I think the Power Ranking idea is an interesting one, as long as everyone understands that it has no bearing on tournament ranking.

My Criteria was as followed.
1st. Most total Points (1 point loss, 2 point win, 3 point win)
2nd. I viewed Record
3rd. I looked at how many points each squad had scored during their game (gambit)

Unfortunately, their are no other things to look at. You can say squad match ups. But everyone has only played once. This isn't a list of which squads I personally think are the best in this particular order. This is a list of squads, who are currently ranked in this order based on 3 things. Its strictly performance based. Its not looking at matchups, its not looking at another squad forfeiting before the game is actually over. Its based on physcal results. Those being. Wins. Tournament Points. Then total gambit collected. This game is about collecting gambit, Not looking good on Bloo Milk

Kez got the Bye Week.

Who cares how Richard chooses to do his Rankings? Let's not derail this thread with discussing the merits of Richards Power Rankings.

But I am having more fun with this !

What is your ranking ultrastar?

I am too.
Discussing power ranking is a worthwhile endeavor. I never understand this derail the thread thing? We are on here talking about stuff right?
It is related to the event at hand

I can be kyp b. and you can be Stephen s.

The reason I care is because I feel that the formula is flawed and could present a more accurate ranking

I don't really care if he keeps a flawed position. But I care enough about the merit of the conversation to discuss it.
Why do you care if I care?

You could easily just be quiet. I am having fun with it. Richard is having fun with it. You could have fun as well.
Heaven knows you are not going to have fun playing that squad you choose (thuglife 2.0)

But really. Power ranking is fun. Discussing others opinions is fun

I'm so glad that you don't really care if he keeps a flawed position. Maybe now you can let it go. So when there is real discussion on here about the tournament and such, we don't have to tread through 6 pages of your position on Richard's power rankings, vs his thought on yours or his defense of his. Sprinkled in with my comments saying "Hey guys there is this tournament going on lets not trash the thread up".

I will answer your question that you posed to me with a question of my own. Why do you care if I care that you care?

Also I'm glad you are having fun. In all seriousness though, I understand you like to have a good discussion, but maybe you should open another thread based on that topic, so we can keep the tournament discussion clean.