Higher Scores a Good Thing??

[SydneySwans]

I got 2100 odd this week, a dt pb and pumped but then you see scores of 2400+ and ridiculous numbers of people getting over 2000

Getting over 2000 used to be the bench mark i believe, if you got that you had a good week but now it seems to be average.

What is the new 2000, 2100?, 2200??, and is it good for the dt world?

 

[Hodges]

No its not. Its so much easier to get a gun side, takes some of the skill out of the game.

 

[Virgil]

No its not. Its so much easier to get a gun side, takes some of the skill out of the game.

It isn't THAT much easier from last year, the only difference is the abundance of high-scoring mid-priced players (Higgins, Skipworth, Houlihan, etc), making overall scores higher. High scores are relative anyway; scoring 2000 isn't that great when you're ranked 4000th for the week.

 

[Benno_900]

Rather annoying ... you think you're doing well but then you see everybody else's scores.

My first year playing DT was in 2005, weekly winner's score in round 1 was ~1970. The 2K was an exceptional score back then and I only broke it twice (rank was 11K though).

I guess 2200 is that "benchmark" now ... 2000 still looks alot better than 1999.

 

[Kid A]

I think 2200 is the new 2000.

When I first started in 2006 I was rapt to get 1800 and 2000 was a rare bird indeed.

 

[Stormer]

They certaintly look better

 

[Saint KFC]

It isn't THAT much easier from last year, the only difference is the abundance of high-scoring mid-priced players (Higgins, Skipworth, Houlihan, etc), making overall scores higher. High scores are relative anyway; scoring 2000 isn't that great when you're ranked 4000th for the week.

There were just as many high-scoring mid-priced players last year.

 

[brent-83]

Like said above, its purely because so many rookies, and midpricers are scoring so well.

Otten, Higgins, Skipworth, Houlihan, Krakeour, Rich, Beams, Gilbert and to a lesser extent Drummond are scoring well above their price and a large number of teams have 6+ of these..

If these players continue to score well before they are traded out, then the scores are going to be huge all year.

 

[sherrin_footy]

I think 2200 is the new 2000.

When I first started in 2006 I was rapt to get 1800 and 2000 was a rare bird indeed.

i agree with kid A.

i think the way footy has changed, players scores are generally higher.

the more chipping resulting in marks caused by this rolling zone among other things has seen an increase in scores.

The trading is where the real skill is involved, chuck in a bit of luck too

 

[Virgil]

There were just as many high-scoring mid-priced players last year.

True. This year's group are much more popular with BF posters though.

 

[Saint KFC]

It has got nothing to do with the quantity of high-scoring popular mid-priced players, as there were just as many last year.

If I remember correctly, the salary cap has increased at a greater percentage than the player prices has. I would say that is the reason behind this early increase in scores.

 

[Lakey91]

I still think with trading and people burning trades and high number of rookies starting, that people will get split.

I scored just over 2000 and was ranked round 20000th for the week. Theres no way 20000 people can score this every week.

 

[Benno_900]

What is DT's all time record score BTW? Has 2500 ever been broken?

 

[Effes]

What is DT's all time record score BTW? Has 2500 ever been broken?

Round 16 2007.

And it wasn't enough to win the weekly

 

[SydneySwans]

I also suppose the ease of access to good dt info also helps through sites like bf dt talk and fan footy.
With everyone being able to get the basic players right more people will be likely to pick the others to get the massive scores

 

[Virgil]

If I remember correctly, the salary cap has increased at a greater percentage than the player prices has. I would say that is the reason behind this early increase in scores.

This is true, but only marginally (I'd say the differential was under 5%). Nowhere near enough to produce the huge scores we've seen so far.

I blame Dean Laidley.

 

[Big Kitty]

This is true, but only marginally (I'd say the differential was under 5%). Nowhere near enough to produce the huge scores we've seen so far.

I blame Dean Laidley.

Think it was a 2% difference, salary up by 7% and prices up by 5%.

 

[Wilso]

Dream Team has become considerably easier. Too easy to the point it's a little disheartening. I remember when I first started back in 04 and you'd be lucky to have 5 of the top 15 scorers in your team by seasons end. This year, we'll have teams with 13-14 out of the top 15.

Just when you thought last year was easy they increased salary cap by 275k this year , unfortunately I can't see them bringing back the dream team days of old when it was genuinely hard.

Salary cap needs to be a flat 7 million.

 

[Funkalicous]

Don't be intimidated by ranks and massive scores this early. A lot of these people will fizzle with trade management as the season goes further ahead.

 

[Knight Ryders]

It is remarkably easier this year and there has to be a fair percentage of nuffs nuffs in the top 10,000. With the extra money to spend combined with the amount of fantasy media around, including the pre-season email, it was bound to go boom at some stage.

Trading is going to come into it, but with people starting so well, a lot of coaches will not trade to Rd 7-8. I also think that a lot of players that get hard tags and injury prone players are scoring well atm which could come back to hurt coaches. I was personally amazed at the amount of people who took PBurgoyne - hasn't played more than twenty games in years.

 

[BartBart]

Each year the amount of info available to make a good team choice has improved and I think more people know where to look. I wonder if it will be made a little harder next year - less trades or lower salary cap?

 

[The Falcon Strike]

footy has changed a lot in the last 3 years

we have much more of a focus of playing keepy offs and therefore stats are going to be higher

i remember in 2006 when west coast racked up 400 possessions it was a big news story/

now geelong get that most weeks

more stats, means higher scores.

a poster said 2200 - seems about right as the new 2000

just means i haven't got there yet

also - the top two performers in the weekly didn't build their side before week 1 - so we can ignore that imo

 

[Lakey91]

I think the introduction of byes should do it. Managing that will probably be enough to straighten out the part time DTers. I also think they will lower salary cap a little (by increasing MN).

 

[Daz]

There are a hell of a lot more good teams this year. You can probably put this down to things such as the Freako email, Monty's blog and this board which has improved markedly in the past year. By RD 3 last year I was ranked ~300th. This year I believe I am in a far better position and have definitely scored better yet I'm ranked ~2,700. The game has become too easy which in turn has made it harder to rank well overall. We can only hope that trading separates the pretenders from the contenders.

Don't get bitter, get better

 

[Starvin Marvin]

I concur, SydneySwans. I’m ranked higher than ever before so far because I’ve been logging onto Big Footy, Fanfooty, afl.com, Hun, Real Footy, etc regularly since November. DT coaches are way more educated these days and whereas previously watching a few NC games and reading the practices match summaries in the Sunday papers was considered doing your homework, we coaches now have a ridiculous amount of resources to refer to and it has become somewhat of a science to pick a high scoring / low risk team. But there will still be those that have no idea and pick Matt Egan (8,221 have picked him), Burton (1,669), Warnock (4,744), Waters (1,480) and co. So if you want to win the Toyota, aside from starting well over the first 3 rounds, you’ll have to continue to do your homework, trade well and be very lucky with injuries.