We are proposing a change in win criteria from game wins to match wins. After some analyzing, we feel as though this would help in decreasing the effects of forfeits. This would impact payouts as well since there is more weight attached to each match won and lost. Below is the break down of how we arrived at this conclusion. Input is always appreciated and welcomed!



SCENARIO ONE- Lots of forfeits

1. Current way- using Percent Wins for standings

Team	Matches	MatchWin%	MatchWins	MatchLosse	Games	Wins	Losses	Forfeits
Division: Open
Better At Drinking	14	64.3	9	5	182	115	67	0
Aim To Misbehave	14	85.7	12	2	182	113	69	0
Drunkn Darts	14	64.3	9	5	182	110	72	0
Just The Tips	14	71.4	10	4	182	103	79	0
By Tor N Snow Dog	14	50.0	7	7	182	101	81	0
Hey Man Nice Shot	14	28.6	4	10	182	74	108	39
Just Darts	14	14.3	2	12	182	60	122	0
Whore Hey	14	21.4	3	11	182	52	130	13

 

2. Proposed way- using Percent Match Wins for standings

Team	Matches	MatchWin%	MatchWins	MatchLosse	Games	Wins	Losses	Forfeits
Division: Open
Aim To Misbehave	14	85.7	12	2	182	113	69	0
Just The Tips	14	71.4	10	4	182	103	79	0
Better At Drinking	14	64.3	9	5	182	115	67	0
Drunkn Darts	14	64.3	9	5	182	110	72	0
By Tor N Snow Dog	14	50.0	7	7	182	101	81	0
Hey Man Nice Shot	14	28.6	4	10	182	74	108	39
Whore Hey	14	21.4	3	11	182	52	130	13
Just Darts	14	14.3	2	12	182	60	122	0

Take away: With a lot of forfeits (4 in this case), we think match wins would have been a better deciding factor for standings. Their games are all very close but the first place team only won 9 of their 14 matches and two of the match wins (26 games) were given to them by default because of two forfeits. 



SCENARIO TWO- No forfeits

1. Current way- using Percent Wins for standings

Team	Matches	MatchWin%	MatchWins	MatchLosse	Games	Wins	Losses	Forfeits
Division: Wed 4 Player B1
Whore Hey	20	80.0	16	4	260	171	89	0
Good Grouping	20	65.0	13	7	260	142	118	0
Colter	20	65.0	13	7	260	138	122	0
Shreaking Shewolves	20	45.0	9	11	260	134	126	0
Hammered Time	20	45.0	9	11	260	128	132	0
Dart Stainz	20	0.0	0	20	260	67	193	0

 

2. Proposed way- using Percent Match Wins for standings

Team	Matches	MatchWin%	MatchWins	MatchLosse	Games	Wins	Losses	Forfeits
Division: Wed 4 Player B1
Whore Hey	20	80.0	16	4	260	171	89	0
Colter	20	65.0	13	7	260	138	122	0
Good Grouping	20	65.0	13	7	260	142	118	0
Hammered Time	20	45.0	9	11	260	128	132	0
Shreaking Shewolves	20	45.0	9	11	260	134	126	0
Dart Stainz	20	0.0	0	20	260	67	193	0

PAYOUTS
We feel as if whatever we choose as the standing criteria should follow suit for payouts.

• Payouts in the end, are usually more important to the players than bragging rights or a trophy so it wouldn’t make sense to put so much emphasis on match wins and then payout by game wins.
• It would be more clear to players; match wins are the deciding factor all together
• Each match win and match loss has more weight because the number of matches is significantly less than games so each match win means a lot more but each match loss would mean a lot more as well.

SCENARIO ONE- Using GAME Wins for End of Season Split Example

STEP 1	Calculate dues money less expenses (t-shirts, door prizes, banquet cost, etc.)	$1648.50
STEP 2	Take the win percentage (shown in table above) of the total from step 1 and divide by total amount of wins in your league.This equals the amount each win is worth. Multiply this amount by your team's wins.	$1648.50 x .75= $1236.375/ 780= $1.59 per win
STEP 3	Take the loss percentage (shown in table above) of the total from step 1 and divide by total amount of losses in your league. This equal the amount each loss is worth. Multiply this amount by your team's losses.	$1648.50 x .25= $412.125/ 780= $.53 per loss
STEP 4	Add together the two amounts to get the team's total payout envelope.	Ex. 171 wins x $1.59  +  89 losses x $.53=  $319.06

SCENARIO TWO- Using MATCH Wins for End of Season Split Example

STEP 1	Calculate dues money less expenses (t-shirts, door prizes, banquet cost, etc.)	$1648.50
STEP 2	Take the win percentage (shown in table above) of the total from step 1 and divide by total amount of match wins in your league. This equals the amount each match win is worth. Multiply this amount by your team's match wins.	$1648.50 x .75= $1236.375/60= $20.60 per match win
STEP 3	Take the loss percentage (shown in table above) of the total from step 1 and divide by total amount of match losses in your league. This equal the amount each match loss is worth. Multiply this amount by your team's match losses.	$1648.50 x .25= $412.125/60= $6.86 per match loss
STEP 4	Add together the two amounts to get the team's total payout envelope.	Ex. 16 wins x $20.60  +  4 losses x $6.86=  $357.04

Food for thought:

• Would match wins make teams less apt to play final matches because they are only capable of winning 1 match that night versus 13 games which may bump them up?
• Since match wins are more likely to be tied than game wins, this would mean the tied teams would get the same amount of money as one another. For example, 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th if they all have 7 match wins; they would all get the same payout... Is this fine? This can still happen with game wins if teams are tied (but is less frequent)