draft tournament Pick-Six to close out a game

[Terry43]

The Meteor Shower just beat the Trans-Am Javelins and eliminated the Javelins.

Elimination means the Meteor Shower receive the best of the Javelin players and the rest of the Trans-Am Javelin players are headed for the oblivion.

Meteor cornerback #43 closed out the game with a pick-six.

 

 

This is the part of the Draft Tournament that I love. These games are analogous to high school games and high school athletes are hopeful they'll get an invitation to try out for a college team. No invitation — No career.

Enjoy the Journey.   T43.   ⚡🏈♾️

[Terry43]

Up next are the Pink Panthers vs. Metallians

Once again, the winner will absorb the best players of the loser.

Enjoy the Journey.    T43.    ⚡🏈♾️

[Daryl Collins]

Love seeing the snow field! Can’t wait to get back to passing with dice this weekend. With all the work you have done on each team, artistically and all else involved in fielding a team, when you say going away, do you really mean “going away”? Like Mickey told Rocky, “Poimenent!”?

[Terry43]

4 hours ago, Daryl Collins said:

do you really mean “going away”? Like Mickey told Rocky, “Poimenent!”?

Poimenently! LOL  (Daryl, How do you even know how to spell poimenently?) 😃👍

Bases follow a Bell Curve. I bought 300 single-clip bases and I'm looking for the 25% that are Above Expectations, or Excellent Performers in game situations.

Some bases — no matter how much they are loved and tweaked — can't be saved. 🗑️ 

Some bases are money in the bank. 💵🏦💰 The following Javelin players were offered contracts to start for the Meteor Storm.

Javelin's #14 Quarterback ➡️ Meteor Quarterback

Javelin's #62 Guard / Defensive End ➡️ Meteor Left Tackle

Javelin's #52 Right Outside Linebacker (edge rusher) ➡️ Meteor Right Outside Linebacker

Javelin's #48 Left Outside Linebacker (edge rusher) ➡️ Meteor Quarterback

Javelin's #6 Strong Side Corner ➡️ Meteor Nickel Back 

Javelin's #12 Free Safety ➡️ Meteor Weak Side Cornerback

Javelin's #99 Defensive End ➡️ Meteor Guard / Defensive Tackle

Javelin's #20 Tailback ➡️ Meteor Tailback

Meteor Storm retained 16 of their original 23 players.

Meteor Storm Internal Moves:

Meteor TB #31 moved to Halfback.

Practice Team:

(The Practice Team consists of players that have good credentials but aren't needed by the Meteor Storm. PT players may be picked up by any team.)

Javelin's WR / KR #3     9 returns for 310 kick return yards; 7 targets for 141 receiving yards; no touchdowns. Problem: Can't find the End Zone.

Javelin's HB #34           +303 rushing yards on 20 carries; 13 carries for -57 yards; 3 touchdowns. Problem: Loses yards on shortage yardage situations.

Javelin's TE / KR #87    

Javelin's TE #83

Javelin's FB #46

Enjoy the Journey    T43    ⚡🏈♾️

[Daryl Collins]

Do those figures get repainted and kept on the same base? I remembered you saying once a player is paired with a base, no other action figure will play the same as that pairing. I have found this to be very true as well. One would think an all purpose figure is just an all purpose figure. I have instance after instance where this is just not the case! I’ve weighed the figures and examined them and can find no real reason for this to be true, but the on field performance does not lie.

Journey On!

[Long island EFL]

23 hours ago, Terry43 said:

The Meteor Shower just beat the Trans-Am Javelins and eliminated the Javelins.

Elimination means the Meteor Shower receive the best of the Javelin players and the rest of the Trans-Am Javelin players are headed for the oblivion.

Meteor cornerback #43 closed out the game with a pick-six.

 

 

This is the part of the Draft Tournament that I love. These games are analogous to high school games and high school athletes are hopeful they'll get an invitation to try out for a college team. No invitation — No career.

Enjoy the Journey.   T43.   ⚡🏈♾️

Great concept love the video

[Long island EFL]

Just now, Long island EFL said:

Great concept love the video

There is hope for those high school students after all

[Long island EFL]

4 hours ago, Daryl Collins said:

Do those figures get repainted and kept on the same base? I remembered you saying once a player is paired with a base, no other action figure will play the same as that pairing. I have found this to be very true as well. One would think an all purpose figure is just an all purpose figure. I have instance after instance where this is just not the case! I’ve weighed the figures and examined them and can find no real reason for this to be true, but the on field performance does not lie.

Journey On!

That's the fact of the day on field performance never lies! It's exciting.

[Long island EFL]

22 hours ago, Terry43 said:

Up next are the Pink Panthers vs. Metallians

Once again, the winner will absorb the best players of the loser.

Enjoy the Journey.    T43.    ⚡🏈♾️

The Welsh team has a high-powered offense

[Long island EFL]

Just now, Long island EFL said:

The Welsh team has a high-powered offense

I think I missed those uniforms

[Long island EFL]

7 hours ago, Terry43 said:

Poimenently! LOL  (Daryl, How do you even know how to spell poimenently?) 😃👍

Bases follow a Bell Curve. I bought 300 single-clip bases and I'm looking for the 25% that are Above Expectations, or Excellent Performers in game situations.

Some bases — no matter how much they are loved and tweaked — can't be saved. 🗑️ 

Some bases are money in the bank. 💵🏦💰 The following Javelin players were offered contracts to start for the Meteor Storm.

Javelin's #14 Quarterback ➡️ Meteor Quarterback

Javelin's #62 Guard / Defensive End ➡️ Meteor Left Tackle

Javelin's #52 Right Outside Linebacker (edge rusher) ➡️ Meteor Right Outside Linebacker

Javelin's #48 Left Outside Linebacker (edge rusher) ➡️ Meteor Quarterback

Javelin's #6 Strong Side Corner ➡️ Meteor Nickel Back 

Javelin's #12 Free Safety ➡️ Meteor Weak Side Cornerback

Javelin's #99 Defensive End ➡️ Meteor Guard / Defensive Tackle

Javelin's #20 Tailback ➡️ Meteor Tailback

Meteor Storm retained 16 of their original 23 players.

Meteor Storm Internal Moves:

Meteor TB #31 moved to Halfback.

Practice Team:

(The Practice Team consists of players that have good credentials but aren't needed by the Meteor Storm. PT players may be picked up by any team.)

Javelin's WR / KR #3     9 returns for 310 kick return yards; 7 targets for 141 receiving yards; no touchdowns. Problem: Can't find the End Zone.

Javelin's HB #34           +303 rushing yards on 20 carries; 13 carries for -57 yards; 3 touchdowns. Problem: Loses yards on shortage yardage situations.

Javelin's TE / KR #87    

Javelin's TE #83

Javelin's FB #46

Enjoy the Journey    T43    ⚡🏈♾️

Wow 25% that's a good number to draft right there if it's a good batch.

[Long island EFL]

7 hours ago, Terry43 said:

Poimenently! LOL  (Daryl, How do you even know how to spell poimenently?) 😃👍

Bases follow a Bell Curve. I bought 300 single-clip bases and I'm looking for the 25% that are Above Expectations, or Excellent Performers in game situations.

Some bases — no matter how much they are loved and tweaked — can't be saved. 🗑️ 

Some bases are money in the bank. 💵🏦💰 The following Javelin players were offered contracts to start for the Meteor Storm.

Javelin's #14 Quarterback ➡️ Meteor Quarterback

Javelin's #62 Guard / Defensive End ➡️ Meteor Left Tackle

Javelin's #52 Right Outside Linebacker (edge rusher) ➡️ Meteor Right Outside Linebacker

Javelin's #48 Left Outside Linebacker (edge rusher) ➡️ Meteor Quarterback

Javelin's #6 Strong Side Corner ➡️ Meteor Nickel Back 

Javelin's #12 Free Safety ➡️ Meteor Weak Side Cornerback

Javelin's #99 Defensive End ➡️ Meteor Guard / Defensive Tackle

Javelin's #20 Tailback ➡️ Meteor Tailback

Meteor Storm retained 16 of their original 23 players.

Meteor Storm Internal Moves:

Meteor TB #31 moved to Halfback.

Practice Team:

(The Practice Team consists of players that have good credentials but aren't needed by the Meteor Storm. PT players may be picked up by any team.)

Javelin's WR / KR #3     9 returns for 310 kick return yards; 7 targets for 141 receiving yards; no touchdowns. Problem: Can't find the End Zone.

Javelin's HB #34           +303 rushing yards on 20 carries; 13 carries for -57 yards; 3 touchdowns. Problem: Loses yards on shortage yardage situations.

Javelin's TE / KR #87    

Javelin's TE #83

Javelin's FB #46

Enjoy the Journey    T43    ⚡🏈♾️

With those players that's an exciting season upcoming for you

[Terry43]

21 hours ago, Daryl Collins said:

I remembered you saying once a player is paired with a base, no other action figure will play the same as that pairing.

Sometimes the new pairing plays better. That was the case with all the Javelin bases except TB #20. I had to repaint Javelin #20. I think the other Javelin bases performed better because the Meteor players have about three layers of paint (factory paint [they were originally the Steelers], flat back primer, and Rust-oleum's color shift pink/champaigne).

That said, I've also noticed that repainting and the reverse of painting: scraping, also affect the player / base dynamic.

I'm not too concerned about my investment of time because the players have the absolute minimal tweaking and minimal paint. The players have numbers only on their backs. I can always use the team boxes for next year's draft, or perhaps replace one boring team (like the Blue Jays) with a more meaningful team like the Trans-Am Javelins or Baja Blast.

Some teams have more detail because they use to be a different team. The Pink Panthers use to be the Oakland Raiders and they still have Raider's names on their backs. The Trans-Am Javelins use to be the Christmas Spirit so they still have the shoulder numbers and the wreath image on the front of the jersey.

Enjoy the Journey    T43   ⚡🏈♾️

[Terry43]

16 hours ago, Long island EFL said:

Wow 25% that's a good number to draft right there if it's a good batch.

I understand what you mean by, a good batch. The Law of Diminishing Returns sets in quickly.

The way I get around the Law of Diminishing Returns is to increase the total number of opportunities.

Consider the Bell Curve. If the batch is 12 bases then 2 (25%) will be horrible 👎, 2 (25%) will be extraordinary 👍, and 8 (50%) will average 🥱. That means only 2 bases out of 12 might make the team. After a couple drafts the extraordinary bases drop to 1 per dozen bases. That's just my experience over the past decade with ITZ, Buzzball, and Tudor bases.

If you increase the total number of bases in the batch to 184 (8 teams with 23 players on a team) then the Bell Curve looks much better.

46 is exactly 25% of 184. So 46 bases will be absolute crap. 👎 46 bases will be exceptional. 👍 And 92 bases are average. 🥱(yawn)

The final two teams (23 players on each team) in my draft tournament should be the best 46 bases. I know this because each team has played at least three games and I have the statistics to document success and failure.

Don't ask me about why back-to-back championships are so difficult because then I'll have to talk about physics and plastic failure rates. 😃

Enjoy the Journey    T43    ⚡🏈♾️