Media Serial Stats: S31 List Assessment and Posting Stats - End of Season Report

[Grand Uncle Horace]

fu** off Clarkey.

You simply try too hard, Wayneo lite

 

[NaturalDisaster]

fu** off Clarkey.

tbf, Clarkey's comes from a time when 15 posts was considered spammy.

That said, it should always be quality over quantity.

 

[Cadsky]

tbf, Clarkey's comes from a time when 15 posts was considered spammy.

That said, it should always be quality over quantity.

And ClarkeM is still one of the classiest posters going round

 

[Mobbs]

And ClarkeM is still one of the classiest posters going round

Yet all my posts are better than any of his and I'm listed up the top with the spammers

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Yet all my posts are better than any of his and I'm listed up the top with the spammers

You are special. Bad luck btw today for the Roys.

 

[Cadsky]

Yet all my posts are better than any of his and I'm listed up the top with the spammers

You get an exemption around here for some reason. You could literally post pictures of shit all day long and you'd still get a tonne of likes

 

[Mobbs]

You get an exemption around here for some reason. You could literally post pictures of sh*t all day long and you'd still get a tonne of likes

 

[NaturalDisaster]

I think there's a difference between posting a lot and spammy posting.

 

[serial_thrilla]

Probably a good time to remind everyone that ClarkeM intentionally posted 111 times every week last season just for the sake of it...

 

[Headless]

Probably a good time to remind everyone that ClarkeM intentionally posted 111 times every week last season just for the sake of it...

It was a coincidence, mate. ClarkeM didn't know it was happening and also doesn't even know what the beez is.

 

[The Filth Wizard]

It was a coincidence, mate. ClarkeM didn't know it was happening and also doesn't even know what the beez is.

Not that one has anything to do with the other.

 

[Hate]

86 Power Raid? SCS 21.1 358

You have questions, too? serial_thrilla

 

[serial_thrilla]

You have questions, too? serial_thrilla

Most certainly.

 

[Cadsky]

Probably a good time to remind everyone that ClarkeM intentionally posted 111 times every week last season just for the sake of it...

ClarkeM wtf mate? Why couldn't you do that this season?

 

[ClarkeM]

Probably a good time to remind everyone that ClarkeM intentionally posted 111 times every week last season just for the sake of it...

What are you talking about? No I didn’t. Intentional? Lol. Not a chance .

 

[ClarkeM]

And ClarkeM is still one of the classiest posters going round

No I’m not

 

[Headless]

It was a coincidence, mate. ClarkeM didn't know it was happening and also doesn't even know what the beez is.

What are you talking about? No I didn’t. Intentional? Lol. Not a chance .

Got it in one.

 

[Cadsky]

No I’m not

Sorry, typo. I meant sexiest

 

[Hate]

Got it in one.

Never doubted you, mate.

 

[JT_the_Man]

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IN: Cadsky (Bombers), akkaps (Swamprats), ArdentEagle (Bombers), mezaire (rookie), Kangaroos4eva (returning), Off Tap (rookie), craffles (Warriors), mike123 (returned).

OUT: Bonz (Dragons), Jack The Godfather (delisted), Uncle_Leo (delisted), Cactus_ (delisted), Coopers (delisted), TheHairyGamer (delisted), KBLT (delisted).

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The West Coast Wonders. Surely one of the most baffling squads of Season 31. Their highs are so high, and yet their lows are so low. New skipper Mozzie19 aka cadsky (113 ppw in Season 30) was parachuted into the Wonders in the off-season, as the old guard looked to revitalise their list. On top of the huge cleanout they had at the end of the previous season, they also lost this off-season Bonz (29.8 ppw in Season 30), Jack The Godfather (8.7 ppw om Season 30) and a plethora of inactives. But concerningly there were reports that multiple other Wonders had held off retirement for a season given the state their list was in. ​

To replace them Mozzie19 brought in former teammate ArdentEagle (6.5 ppw in Season 30), lured akkaps across from the Rats (19.2 ppw in Season 30) and picked up craffles (0.1 ppw in Season 30) from the scrapheap. They landed two rookies in mezaire and Off Tap, and saw a couple of returning players join up in Kangaroos4eva and mike123 (from Round 5). These moves all looked good for Wonders and should have had them turning the corner.​

And for the first five rounds things looked great. They averaged 628 posts a week from 19.2 posters a week, which had them ranked #2 in the league on both counts. But then players lost interest. Mozzie19 managed to still get most of his troops to front up each week, but their engagement was minimal. Over the last twelve weeks of the season they didn't get above 300 total posts once, and none of the last six weeks even got beyond 200. Their Round 16 showing of 107 posts with only three posters in double figures was one of the lowlights of the season. By the end, their 5,363 total posts was ranked 11th in the league, and was even a drop from last season's effort of 6,147 (also 11th). On a positive note, even though several players did nothing more than ackowledge the result of the sim on Sunday evening, at least they showed up: their 15.71 posters per week (6th) was an improvement on last season's 13.88 (10th), and gives the Wonders LG something to work with.​

Mozzie19 (from 113 to 74.9 ppw) was by far their most important poster in match threads, and the work he put in to engage with opponents and tag in his teammates frequently was admirable. He had good support from recruits mike123 (19.6 ppw) and ArdentEagle (36.6 ppw), and veterans ClarkeM (from 111 to 24.5 ppw) and Grand Uncle Horace (from 53.3 to 33.5 ppw) - but quite a few core posters were part of the group that disengaged after Round 5: dogs105 (from 1.6 to 19.1 ppw), SweetD (from 40.3 to 17.7 ppw), SSwans2011 (from 51.4 to 9.1 ppw), @Croweater_41 (from 2.6 to 16.2 ppw), jezzajay (from 5.6 to 9.3 ppw) and JT_the_Man (from 5.6 to 7.9 ppw) were all looking great in those early rounds, but all faded away for various reasons.​

Unfortunately there were more busts on the rookie front, with both mezaire and Off Tap not seen after Round 3. Recruit craffles also drifted away after the anger from his delisting from the Warriors calmed, whilst akkaps (from 19.2 to 2.6 ppw) was not seen after Round 7. Then there were AngryRanga, bomberlegend2007, Sab22, Crusty Undies and BlueMaster1 who all made appearances in the opening rounds, but disappeared as the season progressed.​

On the plus side, getting all but once of their listed players to post at least once this season was a fantastic effort - and their 25 players who did so was a league high. They were also ranked #1 for the number of players with 2+% of team contribution (15), and were ranked #2 for the number of posters with 5+ posts per week (15). But it is just so hard to read into those statistics given how skewed their posting numbers were to the opening five weeks of the season. At the end of the day their 41.93% posting share of their match threads (11th) is telling, as is only surpassing 300 match thread posts five times all season (11th). ​

Ultimately the problem for the Wonders is that after Round 5, only Mozzie19, ArdentEagle, mike123, ClarkeM and Grand Uncle Horace were putting in substantial posting numbers. Mozzie19 needs to find a way to re-engage the rest of his squad, whilst also continuing the rebuild that will take another season or two yet. The lack of players from the last four rookie classes in their ranks is the huge red flag for him, and is the major stumbling block for getting the Wonders back up to the top.​

Grade: A-....then F. So I'll balance it out to a D+.​

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7.9 of the best.

 

[serial_thrilla]

Oh, and I forgot to include this borky little rankings table that uses some secret calculation that AB or Wayne concocted. It's probably the most useless aspect of this whole project, but for completion's sake:

 

[Greenery]

Oh, and I forgot to include this borky little rankings table that uses some secret calculation that AB or Wayne concocted. It's probably the most useless aspect of this whole project, but for completion's sake:

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Wonders up 4 ranks to 6th.
Okay you need to create a new ranking system.

Also another suggestion would be to consider how activity varies over the course of the season, stay strong or fade out?

Would probably help to not get heinous ranks like the aforementioned one.

 

[Barrybran]

Oh, and I forgot to include this borky little rankings table that uses some secret calculation that AB or Wayne concocted. It's probably the most useless aspect of this whole project, but for completion's sake:

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Yeah I'm not sure about the rankings this season. Dragons and Wonders seem too high and Hawks and Gumbies seem to low.

 

[serial_thrilla]

Yeah I'm not sure about the rankings this season. Dragons and Wonders seem too high and Hawks and Gumbies seem to low.

I've never been a fan of it, since it's geared towards big numbers instead of balance.

 

[Barrybran]

I've never been a fan of it, since it's geared towards big numbers instead of balance.

Yeah it's a strange one because the Wonders' volume of contributors is certainly a good thing but they had a lot of low-volume contributions. On the flip side, we (Gumbies) should be penalised for being so top heavy.