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#30633	02/13/2016 10:37:09 pm
Mig2015 Joined: 06/17/2015 Posts: 162 Inactive	I saw this in my league today. Notice Anchorage is in 5th place even though they have a worse record than the last place team. I don't think its a big deal, but just thought I should point it out.

#30634	02/13/2016 10:41:24 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9596 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Probably being ordered by GB and then run difference because that is the real tie breaker. If a team that was listed as #4 got demoted they would be pretty pissed But yeah, by the end of the year all the percentages work out, so it would make more sense to be ordered by percentage rather than GB. Updated Saturday, February 13 2016 @ 10:42:47 pm PST

#30679	02/15/2016 10:15:55 am
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Anchorage Phoenix Cup 4 12 .250 6½ -25 L2 3-7 6 Arvada Royals Bot Cup 5 13 .278 6½ -39 W2 3-7 Technically, you have the same record (not winning percentage, but in terms of games behind) and his run differential is better. This is never an issue with the final standings (because everyone always plays 160 games), but this can happen mid-season when the number of games played by teams differs. Steve

#30684	02/15/2016 1:49:33 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9596 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Would it hurt to added the ORDER BY for win percentage between GB and run diff? ... Or probably you are just calculating the win percentage so the data is already ordered by GB and then run diff on the DB call? Strictly speaking the nicest looking ordering is GB, WP, and then RD. WP isn't used in tie breaker because its always equal, but usually that's how standings are ordered. Pretty minor item in my book, but I can see why it was reported. Probably a "nice to have" sort of fix. Updated Monday, February 15 2016 @ 1:52:15 pm PST

#30687	02/15/2016 2:51:17 pm
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	It could get confusing for someone who doesn't realize that RD is THE tie-breaker at the end of the season, but it really makes the most sense for the RD to be the tie-breaker throughout the season as well since when the season ends it will hit you like a 90 mph brick if you were unprepared for it. Better to have the occasional confused person come into the bug forum to report a non-bug than have the person come in at season's end raging about not understanding why they finished behind someone else.

#30690	02/15/2016 4:00:52 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9596 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Yeah, that makes sense too. Helps to clarify that RD is the tie breaker.

#30691	02/15/2016 6:17:00 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Exactly, winning percentage isn't part of the tie-breaking mechanics...I think this should be order the way it is. Steve