Position

This question ask you to rank how you would the strength required for each positions.

Instruction

The instruction given is unclear, therefore you were asked to come up with your ranking without providing too much clarification of the instruction, it attempt to assess how would the average person determine positioning based on the strengths of the lists.

I have attempted to rewrite the instruction as below so that it’s hopefully clearer (based on my understanding), and I think there are two possible options.

  1. Table Choice Roll-Off: Each team Captain rolls a die to determine table choice. The winner can choose either the first pairing table or the second and third pairing tables.
  2. Secret Champion Nomination: Each team secretly nominates a Champion. This nomination remains confidential until the final step.
  3. First Player Nomination: Each team secretly nominates their first player to be a “put up” (this player cannot be the Champion).
  4. First Pairing Selection: The “put up” player from each team selects one of the two remaining players to be their pairing. These selections form Pairings 1 and 2.
  5. Third Pairing Formation: The two unselected players from each team automatically become Pairing 3.
  6. Champion Pairing: The Champions are now revealed and become Pairing 4.

Analysis output

On average, we believe the strength required for individual positions are displayed as below.

  • rank: this is the average rank, smaller number meaning we believe the stronger lists will be placed in that position.
  • rank_range: We will also look at the deviation for the guesses for all the positions, smaller number in rank_range means more consensus.
position rank rank_range
Pairing 1 2.000000 3
Pairing 2 2.333333 1
Champion 2.666667 3
Pairing 3 3.000000 2

The group ranking could potentially be interpreted as how the other groups might think on average, therefore, it might be advisable to consider strategy to counter the other group’s picking. The emphasis should probably be given to the position with more consensus.

From the analysis outcome it seems that Pairing 1 (put up player) and Champion has the largest discrepancy in terms of range, which means they are likely to be either occupied by the best or worst list. Which means Pairing 2 and 3 could be what you optimise.

The outcome of this analysis is perhaps more powerful combined with latter analysis in this report to determine best positions.

Competitiveness of our oppponents

The next set of analysis looks at the competitiveness of players from different teams.

Note that for competitiveness the scoring is as follows:

  1. Easy Peasy
  5. Sweaty

Also note that the question instructed you to rank the competitiveness based on both list and player (if known).

Team competitiveness

First we will look at the competitiveness of different teams.

team_name team_average_comp
Extra Cheddar 3.833333
Braystone Enjoyers 3.250000
Great Southern 3.250000
Dogs Of War 3.083333
Fang-tastic Four 3.083333
Steamrollers 3.000000
Happy Birthday Simmo!! 2.833333
Gap Games Away Team 2.166667

Competitiveness of individual players

Next, we will calculate the average and range of competitiveness for individual players.

team_name player_name team_average_comp player_average_comp player_comp_range
Extra Cheddar Alex Forbes Ogre Kingdoms 3.833333 4.000000 2
Extra Cheddar Jon Cohen Chaos Dwarfs 3.833333 4.000000 2
Extra Cheddar Nick Brookes Orc & Goblin Tribes 3.833333 4.000000 3
Extra Cheddar Lewis Sweeney Dwarfen Mountain Holds 3.833333 3.333333 3
Great Southern Ben Perry Tomb Kings of Khemri 3.250000 3.666667 1
Great Southern Kiri Gates - CAPTAIN Orc & Goblin Tribes 3.250000 3.333333 1
Great Southern Ross Curley Warriors of Chaos 3.250000 3.333333 1
Great Southern Simon Adams Lizardmen 3.250000 2.666667 3
Braystone Enjoyers Alex Paz Beastmen Brayherds 3.250000 3.666667 3
Braystone Enjoyers Benjamin Slusarczyk Orc & Goblin Tribes 3.250000 3.666667 3
Braystone Enjoyers Travis Battista Warriors of Chaos 3.250000 3.000000 3
Braystone Enjoyers Adam Simpson Daemons of Chaos 3.250000 2.666667 1
Fang-tastic Four Matt Mosca Vampire Counts 3.083333 3.666667 4
Fang-tastic Four Beastmen Brayherds 3.083333 3.000000 0
Fang-tastic Four Gary Francis - Blind Faith Orc & Goblin Tribes 3.083333 3.000000 2
Fang-tastic Four Taz Cadman Kingdom of Bretonnia 3.083333 2.666667 1
Dogs Of War Tyrell Stoodley Tomb Kings of Khemri 3.083333 4.333333 1
Dogs Of War Zach Maclachlan Lizardmen 3.083333 3.000000 2
Dogs Of War Leigh Callahan Vampire Counts 3.083333 2.666667 1
Dogs Of War Timothy Barnard Dark Elves 3.083333 2.333333 2
Steamrollers Ben Leeper Chaos Dwarfs 3.000000 3.333333 1
Steamrollers Jason Robinson-Kinson - DICS Vampire Counts 3.000000 3.000000 2
Steamrollers Oliver Paun Orc & Goblin Tribes 3.000000 3.000000 2
Steamrollers Mark Ravi - Stir River Patrol 99th Division Empire of Man 3.000000 2.666667 3
Happy Birthday Simmo!! Todd Benson Kingdom of Bretonnia 2.833333 3.333333 4
Happy Birthday Simmo!! Nic Chapman Orc & Goblin Tribes 2.833333 3.000000 2
Happy Birthday Simmo!! Simon Addicott Daemons of Chaos 2.833333 2.666667 1
Happy Birthday Simmo!! Josh Costa Empire of Man 2.833333 2.333333 2
Gap Games Away Team Kris Sanders - Gap Games Away Team Warriors of Chaos 2.166667 2.666667 3
Gap Games Away Team Sean Baxter Orc & Goblin Tribes 2.166667 2.333333 2
Gap Games Away Team Corey Harding - Gap Games Away Team Dwarfen Mountain Holds 2.166667 2.000000 2
Gap Games Away Team William Barker - Gap Games Away Team Skaven 2.166667 1.666667 1

Analysis Opportunity

  • For the tough match-ups, perhaps look at the ones with large player competitiveness range
    • Perhaps your teammate has a good strategy to defeating that opponent.
    • It could also indicate that some team members might know more about that particular list or player than others
  • Based on this outcome, and the outcome from the positioning analysis. How would you estimate the opponent team to position their players based on their strength?
    • You might also want to consider how they would self assess their strength within the team.

Matchup analysis overall

Now we will analysis the data where you were asked to rank your teammates against individual opponents.

Who on our team has the strongest list against other opponents on average?

Smaller value for our rank means higher average ranking as determined by the team, which means stronger list.

team_mate our_rank
Matthew 1.958333
Blake 2.593750
Michael 2.708333
Ben 2.739583

Next we can analysis our players against the opponent players depending on their strength. For example, one of our players with a strong overall list might not do particularly well for a set of opponents that only get ranked position 3 in their team, whereas one of our players with an overall weaker list might do better. Therefore, this is to analyse potential generic matchup strategy

team_mate 1 2 3 4
Ben 3.000000 2.500000 2.583333 2.875000
Blake 2.416667 2.791667 2.583333 2.583333
Matthew 1.666667 2.166667 2.125000 1.875000
Michael 2.916667 2.541667 2.708333 2.666667

When analysing the table above, it’s advisable to start from column 1 (represent the strongest opponent in each other team as determined by their average competitiveness), and identify who from our team is the strongest against them based on the lowest score, then move across the columns.

Arguably, their might be less difference between the players ranked 2nd and 3rd. They might also be the ones the opponent team focus on less, therefore we will collapse rank 2 and 3 and analyse again.

team_mate middle two strongest weakest
Ben 2.541667 3.000000 2.875000
Blake 2.687500 2.416667 2.583333
Matthew 2.145833 1.666667 1.875000
Michael 2.625000 2.916667 2.666667

Matchup Analysis Individual Team Target

Now we will conduct this analysis for individual opponent teams.

For each opponent team, you should be able to form a view of who in your team should target which strength in the opponent team, and also possibly which opponent. Then you could potentially use the player comp score to determine who will be considered the strongest etc in the opponent team, or you might want to combine information you know about their team members. The position analysis at the start could serve as a guide in terms of how the opponent team will assign their players to positions.

Gap Games Away Team

team_mate Corey Harding - Gap Games Away Team Dwarfen Mountain Holds Kris Sanders - Gap Games Away Team Warriors of Chaos Sean Baxter Orc & Goblin Tribes William Barker - Gap Games Away Team Skaven
Ben 2.333333 2.666667 2.333333 3.000000
Blake 2.666667 3.000000 2.333333 3.000000
Matthew 2.666667 2.000000 2.666667 1.666667
Michael 2.333333 2.333333 2.666667 2.333333
team_mate middle two strongest weakest
Ben 2.333333 2.666667 3.000000
Blake 2.500000 3.000000 3.000000
Matthew 2.666667 2.000000 1.666667
Michael 2.500000 2.333333 2.333333
player_name player_average_comp player_comp_range
Kris Sanders - Gap Games Away Team Warriors of Chaos 2.666667 3
Sean Baxter Orc & Goblin Tribes 2.333333 2
Corey Harding - Gap Games Away Team Dwarfen Mountain Holds 2.000000 2
William Barker - Gap Games Away Team Skaven 1.666667 1

Happy Birthday Simmo!!

team_mate Josh Costa Empire of Man Nic Chapman Orc & Goblin Tribes Simon Addicott Daemons of Chaos Todd Benson Kingdom of Bretonnia
Ben 3 1.666667 2.666667 3.333333
Blake 2 2.666667 1.666667 2.333333
Matthew 2 2.333333 1.666667 1.666667
Michael 3 3.333333 4.000000 2.666667
team_mate middle two strongest weakest
Ben 2.166667 3.333333 3
Blake 2.166667 2.333333 2
Matthew 2.000000 1.666667 2
Michael 3.666667 2.666667 3
player_name player_average_comp player_comp_range
Todd Benson Kingdom of Bretonnia 3.333333 4
Nic Chapman Orc & Goblin Tribes 3.000000 2
Simon Addicott Daemons of Chaos 2.666667 1
Josh Costa Empire of Man 2.333333 2

Steamrollers

team_mate Ben Leeper Chaos Dwarfs Jason Robinson-Kinson - DICS Vampire Counts Mark Ravi - Stir River Patrol 99th Division Empire of Man Oliver Paun Orc & Goblin Tribes
Ben 2.666667 3.000000 3.333333 2.333333
Blake 2.333333 2.666667 1.666667 2.333333
Matthew 1.333333 2.000000 2.333333 3.000000
Michael 3.666667 2.333333 2.666667 2.333333
team_mate middle two strongest weakest
Ben 2.666667 2.666667 3.333333
Blake 2.500000 2.333333 1.666667
Matthew 2.500000 1.333333 2.333333
Michael 2.333333 3.666667 2.666667
player_name player_average_comp player_comp_range
Ben Leeper Chaos Dwarfs 3.333333 1
Jason Robinson-Kinson - DICS Vampire Counts 3.000000 2
Oliver Paun Orc & Goblin Tribes 3.000000 2
Mark Ravi - Stir River Patrol 99th Division Empire of Man 2.666667 3

Fang-tastic Four

team_mate Beastmen Brayherds Gary Francis - Blind Faith Orc & Goblin Tribes Matt Mosca Vampire Counts Taz Cadman Kingdom of Bretonnia
Ben 3.000000 3.000000 2.000000 3.666667
Blake 2.666667 3.000000 2.000000 2.000000
Matthew 2.333333 1.666667 2.333333 1.000000
Michael 2.000000 2.333333 3.666667 3.333333
team_mate middle two strongest weakest
Ben 3.000000 2.000000 3.666667
Blake 2.833333 2.000000 2.000000
Matthew 2.000000 2.333333 1.000000
Michael 2.166667 3.666667 3.333333
player_name player_average_comp player_comp_range
Matt Mosca Vampire Counts 3.666667 4
Beastmen Brayherds 3.000000 0
Gary Francis - Blind Faith Orc & Goblin Tribes 3.000000 2
Taz Cadman Kingdom of Bretonnia 2.666667 1

Dogs Of War

team_mate Leigh Callahan Vampire Counts Timothy Barnard Dark Elves Tyrell Stoodley Tomb Kings of Khemri Zach Maclachlan Lizardmen
Ben 2.000000 2.666667 3.333333 3.333333
Blake 2.000000 2.333333 2.333333 2.333333
Matthew 3.333333 2.666667 1.333333 1.666667
Michael 2.666667 2.333333 3.000000 2.666667
team_mate middle two strongest weakest
Ben 2.666667 3.333333 2.666667
Blake 2.166667 2.333333 2.333333
Matthew 2.500000 1.333333 2.666667
Michael 2.666667 3.000000 2.333333
player_name player_average_comp player_comp_range
Tyrell Stoodley Tomb Kings of Khemri 4.333333 1
Zach Maclachlan Lizardmen 3.000000 2
Leigh Callahan Vampire Counts 2.666667 1
Timothy Barnard Dark Elves 2.333333 2

Great Southern

team_mate Ben Perry Tomb Kings of Khemri Kiri Gates - CAPTAIN Orc & Goblin Tribes Ross Curley Warriors of Chaos Simon Adams Lizardmen
Ben 3 2.666667 2.333333 3.666667
Blake 3 3.000000 4.000000 2.333333
Matthew 2 2.666667 1.333333 2.000000
Michael 2 1.666667 2.333333 2.000000
team_mate middle two strongest weakest
Ben 2.5 3 3.666667
Blake 3.5 3 2.333333
Matthew 2.0 2 2.000000
Michael 2.0 2 2.000000
player_name player_average_comp player_comp_range
Ben Perry Tomb Kings of Khemri 3.666667 1
Kiri Gates - CAPTAIN Orc & Goblin Tribes 3.333333 1
Ross Curley Warriors of Chaos 3.333333 1
Simon Adams Lizardmen 2.666667 3

Braystone Enjoyers

team_mate Adam Simpson Daemons of Chaos Alex Paz Beastmen Brayherds Benjamin Slusarczyk Orc & Goblin Tribes Travis Battista Warriors of Chaos
Ben 2.333333 4.000000 2.333333 2.666667
Blake 3.333333 1.333333 3.666667 3.000000
Matthew 1.666667 1.666667 2.000000 1.333333
Michael 2.666667 3.000000 2.000000 3.000000
team_mate middle two strongest weakest
Ben 2.500000 4.000000 2.333333
Blake 3.333333 1.333333 3.333333
Matthew 1.666667 1.666667 1.666667
Michael 2.500000 3.000000 2.666667
player_name player_average_comp player_comp_range
Alex Paz Beastmen Brayherds 3.666667 3
Benjamin Slusarczyk Orc & Goblin Tribes 3.666667 3
Travis Battista Warriors of Chaos 3.000000 3
Adam Simpson Daemons of Chaos 2.666667 1

Extra Cheddar

team_mate Alex Forbes Ogre Kingdoms Jon Cohen Chaos Dwarfs Lewis Sweeney Dwarfen Mountain Holds Nick Brookes Orc & Goblin Tribes
Ben 3 1.666667 1.333333 3.333333
Blake 3 3.000000 4.000000 2.000000
Matthew 1 1.666667 1.666667 2.000000
Michael 3 3.666667 3.000000 2.666667
team_mate middle two strongest weakest
Ben 2.500000 3 1.333333
Blake 2.500000 3 4.000000
Matthew 1.833333 1 1.666667
Michael 3.166667 3 3.000000
player_name player_average_comp player_comp_range
Alex Forbes Ogre Kingdoms 4.000000 2
Jon Cohen Chaos Dwarfs 4.000000 2
Nick Brookes Orc & Goblin Tribes 4.000000 3
Lewis Sweeney Dwarfen Mountain Holds 3.333333 3

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Closing remark

Please take a moment to appreciate how amazing your team captain Ben is, by your own voting.