Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

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Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Tue Feb 05, 2019 1:35 pm

One thing we added in the last week to your League Home page is the KDS preferences received by each owner. We now have four columns listed there: FAAB Budget, the Random Choice Order, the Draft Preference Received by each owner, and the Final Draft Order.

The third column was added to show everyone what preference they received in that league. We can now all follow that column to see how many top preferences were received in that league and if KDS really did help the league as a whole.

Until the live drafts get rolling, we'll look at the Rotowire Online Championship to learn two things: 1)What was the average KDS preference received and 2) What were the draft spots that were most coveted.

Since the NFBC doesn't use Third Round Reversal, it's not uncommon for many owners to want an early draft spot. Owners who are randomly selected near the end may also get draft spots near the end. But let's learn whether that trend continues and even if it's correct in current drafts. We'll stay on top of this and then analyze the live drafts when they come too:

Rotowire Online Championship
KDS Listings:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,9,7,8,6,10,11,12,5
1,2,12,11,10,9,3,4,8,7,6,5
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
10,11,12,1,2,9,8,7,6,5,4,3
1,2,7,8,6,12,11,3,4,5,9,10
1,2,5,6,7,4,3,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,12,11,10,9,8,7

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
9 8 8

1 1 1

8 5 9

10 3 12

5 4 4

11 1 10

7 3 7

4 3 5

3 3 3

2 2 2

12 11 11

6 6 6

The average KDS received in this league was 4.17 as the Top 6 teams all stayed in the top half of the draft. But interesting, the 11th randomly selected team got its 1st preference with spot #10. The 10th randomly selected owner also got its 3rd preference with spot #12. So while the random selection didn't help this league much, two owners got their first draft preference and six owners got a Top 3 preference. Pretty good.
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Tue Feb 05, 2019 1:42 pm

Here's another one from the Rotowire Online Championship:

KDS Listings:
2,1,3,7,8,6,4,5,9,10,11,12
1,10,9,11,12,8,2,7,6,5,4,3
1,2,6,7,8,12,9,5,10,11,3,4
4,5,6,12,11,10,7,8,9,3,2,1
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,4,5,3,6,11,12,7,8,9,10
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,6,7,5,8,12,11,10,9,4,3
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,12,11,10,9,5,8,7,6
5,4,3,2,1,8,9,10,11,12,6,7
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
7 4 7

5 2 10

6 3 6

10 4 12

1 1 1

4 3 4

2 2 2

9 6 8

3 3 3

11 6 11

8 1 5

12 9 9

The average KDS preference received was 3.67 as two owners got their first preference and seven owners got a Top 3 preference. One owner was randomly picked 8th and still got his first preference, the No. 5 spot. The lowest preference received in this draft was 9, which went to the last randomly selected owner. This one worked pretty well as owners preferred different spots in the draft order.
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Tue Feb 05, 2019 1:47 pm

Here's another one from the Rotowire Online Championship:

KDS Listings:
2,3,6,5,7,8,1,4,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,12,11,10,9
1,2,3,4,5,6,12,7,8,11,10,9
1,2,3,4,10,11,12,5,9,8,6,7
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
11,12,3,4,5,6,1,2,10,9,8,7
1,2,3,5,6,7,8,12,4,9,10,11
6,7,8,9,10,11,12,5,4,1,2,3
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,10,9,8,7,6,11,12
1,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,2,3,4

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
12 9 9

2 2 2

4 4 4

7 7 12

9 5 10

1 1 1

10 1 11

8 6 7

5 1 6

11 8 8

3 3 3

6 2 5


The average KDS preference received in this league was 4.08, which means on average every owner got their 4th preference. Just randomly the average is 6.5. Three owners got their first preference in this league, while seven owners got a Top 4 preference. The lowest preference received in this league was 9, which again was given to the last owner randomly selected (the 9th pick).
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Tue Feb 05, 2019 1:51 pm

Here's another one:

KDS Listings:
1,2,3,4,7,8,6,12,11,9,10,5
1,2,5,6,7,3,4,8,9,10,12,11
8,7,9,6,10,11,12,1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,3,4,2,12,5,11,10,6,7,8,9
1,2,12,11,10,9,7,6,8,5,3,4
2,3,1,7,6,8,5,4,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,9,8,10,7,6,5,3,4,11,12
1,2,3,6,7,8,12,5,9,4,10,11
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
12 8 12

4 3 5

1 1 8

6 4 4

2 1 1

3 2 2

9 9 9

8 7 7

10 5 10

7 4 6

5 3 3

11 11 11

This one didn't work as well as the average KDS preference received was 4.83. Two owners got their 1st preference (picks 1 and 8), while seven owners got a Top 4 pick. But one owner got their 11th pick as they were randomly selected 11th (the 11th pick).
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Tue Feb 05, 2019 1:54 pm

Here's one more:

KDS Listings:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
2,3,1,4,6,5,8,7,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,9,8,7,10,6,5,11,12,4,3
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,6,7,8,12,5,9,4,10,11
1,2,12,11,10,9,3,4,5,6,7,8
9,10,11,12,8,7,6,5,1,2,3,4
1,2,6,5,7,8,9,10,3,4,11,12
3,4,5,1,2,12,6,11,7,10,9,8

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
6 5 5

5 4 4

1 1 2

10 8 8

2 1 1

9 7 7

3 3 3

4 4 6

7 3 12

11 1 9

12 8 10

8 8 11


The average KDS preference received in this one was 4.42 even though three owners got their 1st preference (picks 1, 2 and 9). Seven owners got a Top 4 pick and no owner got a pick lower than their 8th preference. Not bad.
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Tue Feb 05, 2019 2:44 pm

Here's the one from Super Bowl Sunday:

KDS Listings:
1,2,12,11,10,5,4,3,9,8,7,6
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
3,2,1,5,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
2,1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,6,7,8,12,5,9,4,10,11
2,1,8,3,7,4,6,9,5,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
6 3 12

4 3 3

10 9 9

9 7 7

7 5 5

11 10 10

5 4 4

12 11 11

1 1 2

2 1 1

3 3 8

8 6 6

The average KDS preference received was 5.25, one of our highest so far. Two owners got their 1st preference and six owners got a Top 4 preference, but we also had owners get their 9th, 10th and 11th preference. Those were also the 9th, 10th and 11th draft spots.
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Tue Feb 05, 2019 2:52 pm

Here's one more:

Rotowire Online Championship KDS Listings:
1,2,3,10,9,5,6,7,8,4,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
3,1,2,4,12,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
1,2,5,6,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
3,4,2,5,9,10,11,6,7,8,1,12
1,2,5,6,7,8,12,11,10,9,3,4
1,2,10,11,12,7,6,3,4,5,8,9
1,2,3,4,5,12,11,10,6,7,8,9
1,2,3,6,7,8,12,9,5,4,10,11
1,2,3,4,12,11,10,5,7,8,6,9

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
11 11 11

4 4 4

5 5 5

3 1 3

6 4 6

9 8 8

10 5 9

8 5 7

7 3 10

2 2 2

12 7 12

1 1 1

The average KDS preference received in last night's Online Championship league was 4.67. Two people got their first preference (picks 1 and 3), while six owners got a Top 4 preference. We did have one owner get his 11th preference (pick 11) as he was randomly picked 11th.
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by fwicker » Tue Feb 05, 2019 7:39 pm

Have you ever considered/discussed third round reversal?
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Ultrarunner » Tue Feb 05, 2019 8:53 pm

fwicker wrote:
Tue Feb 05, 2019 7:39 pm
Have you ever considered/discussed third round reversal?
Why? Statistics don’t bear out a need for 3RR to maintain competitive balance as seen in football

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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:56 am

fwicker wrote:
Tue Feb 05, 2019 7:39 pm
Have you ever considered/discussed third round reversal?
At the end of every year we look at the top teams in our contests and our league champions for this very reason. Every year baseball seems to be very balanced with our current serpentine format. 3RR is very badly needed in football and basketball and we have seen great results since switching to that more than a decade ago. But no, we don't see the need for 3RR in baseball at this point.
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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:03 am

Here was last night's Rotowire Online Championship league:

KDS Listings:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
2,11,10,12,9,8,7,1,6,5,4,3
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,10,6,9,7,5,12,8,11,4,3
3,4,2,5,9,10,8,1,11,6,7,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,6,7,8,9,12,5,4,10,11
1,2,12,10,9,11,3,4,5,6,7,8
3,4,5,2,1,9,10,11,12,6,7,8
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
6 5 5

1 1 2

7 6 6

9 3 10

5 2 4

10 8 8

12 11 11

3 1 1

8 5 7

4 3 12

2 1 3

11 9 9

The average KDS preference received was 4.58 despite three teams getting their 1st preference (picks 1, 2,3). Six owners got a Top 3 preference, but one owner got their 11th preference as the team randomly picked last.
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:01 am

Here's another KDS from this weekend's Rotowire Online Championship:

KDS Listings:
1,2,9,8,7,12,11,10,5,3,4,6
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,9,10,11,12,5,6,7,8
1,2,3,4,5,6,12,7,8,9,10,11
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,9,10,8,2,7,11,12,6,5,4,3
1,2,3,6,7,8,9,12,4,5,10,11
10,9,8,7,6,1,2,5,4,3,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
4 3 9

8 5 5

1 1 1

10 7 12

3 3 3

7 4 4

6 4 8

2 2 2

5 1 10

12 11 11

11 7 7

9 6 6

The KDS preference in this league was 4.5 as two owners got their top preference (1 and 10) with seven owners getting a Top 4 preference. However, once again the owner selected last got their 11th preference, the 11th pick. It looks like few people want 11 this year.
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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:05 am

Here's another one from the weekend:

KDS Listings:
1,2,5,8,9,7,6,11,12,10,4,3
2,3,1,7,8,9,10,6,11,5,12,4
1,2,7,8,9,10,11,12,6,5,4,3
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
9,10,3,4,5,8,2,11,12,6,7,1
1,2,3,6,7,8,9,12,5,4,10,11
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
12,1,11,2,10,3,9,4,8,5,6,7
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
5 3 5

2 1 2

6 3 7

12 11 11

4 3 3

1 1 1

10 8 8

3 1 9

9 4 6

11 10 10

8 1 12

7 4 4

The KDS preferences received for this league was 4.167 as FOUR owners got their first preference (1, 2, 9 and 12). Seven owners got a Top 3 preference and nine owners got a Top 4 preference, but two owners did get their 10th and 11th preferences (11 again). This one worked pretty well. Interestingly all 11 owners improved their draft spot from where they were randomly selected, with the 1st owner getting his first preference of No. 1.
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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Feb 11, 2019 2:25 pm

Here were the KDS choices for last night's Rotowire Online Championship league:

10,9,8,11,12,3,1,2,4,5,6,7
2,1,3,8,7,6,9,10,11,12,5,4
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,9,10,11,12,7,8,6,2,5,4,3
1,2,3,8,9,10,11,12,7,6,5,4
1,2,9,10,11,12,3,4,5,6,7,8
1,2,3,12,11,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
1,2,3,4,5,12,11,10,6,7,8,9
1,7,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,8,9,10,7,6,11,12,5,4,3
1,2,3,6,7,8,9,12,4,11,5,10

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
6 1 10

3 3 3

7 4 4

11 5 5

8 4 11

9 4 8

5 3 9

4 4 12

2 2 2

12 7 6

10 6 7

1 1 1

The average KDS preference received in this Rotowire Online Championship league was 3.67, one of the best ones so far. Two owners got their first preference (picks 1 and 10), but best of all nobody got a preference lower than 7th. Nine owners got a Top 4 preference.
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Sun Feb 17, 2019 9:12 am

We had two Rotowire Online Championship leagues on Monday night and the KDS worked differently for both of them. One was good and one was our worst so far. Here's the latter one:

KDS Listings:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
2,1,3,6,5,9,10,4,11,8,7,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
7,6,5,1,2,8,4,9,10,11,12,3
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,12,11,7,8,9,10

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
4 4 4

10 7 10

2 2 2

8 6 8

1 1 1

12 12 12

9 9 9

11 11 11

7 7 7

6 6 6

3 3 3

5 5 5

The average KDS preference received for this league was 6.083, our lowest so far. We had only one person get their first preference as only seven owners got a preference in the Top 6. We also had someone get their last preference and another get their 11th preference as eight owners went 1-12 with their preferences.
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Sun Feb 17, 2019 9:17 am

The second Online Championship on the same night had a much better result because more owners set their preferences. Here you go:

KDS Listings:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,4,3,5,9,8,7,6,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,6,7,8,9,12,4,5,10,11
1,2,3,12,4,10,11,5,6,7,8,9
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,10,11,8,7,9,6,12,5,3,4
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,8,9,10,11,12,7,3,4,5,6
2,1,3,4,5,9,10,11,12,8,7,6
12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
8 5 5

9 7 7

1 1 1

11 9 9

7 4 6

2 2 2

12 11 11

5 3 10

3 3 3

4 3 8

6 4 4

10 1 12

The average KDS preference received in this league was 4.417 as two owners got their top preference (picks 1 and 12) and six owners got a Top 3 preference. The worst preference was 11th (the 11th pick again).
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Sun Feb 17, 2019 9:25 am

Here's another Online Championship from this week where the KDS results were mixed:

KDS Listings:
1,2,3,4,5,12,11,10,8,9,7,6
1,2,3,4,10,9,8,7,11,12,6,5
1,2,8,9,10,11,12,3,4,5,6,7
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
2,9,7,10,12,11,8,6,5,4,3,1
1,2,5,10,3,4,6,7,8,9,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,6,7,8,9,12,5,4,10,11
6,7,8,9,10,11,12,1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
8 6 12

7 5 10

2 1 1

10 8 8

5 3 3

6 4 4

3 1 2

4 3 5

9 7 7

12 12 11

1 1 6

11 9 9

The average KDS preference received was 5.0 for this league. Three owners got their first preference (picks 1, 2 and 6), but one owner also got his last preference (pick 11 again). Five owners got a Top 3 preference.
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Sun Feb 17, 2019 9:30 am

KDS Listings:
1,2,3,4,8,9,7,10,11,12,6,5
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,12,2,11,10,9,8,7,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,12,11,10,9
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,12,6,11,7,8,9,10
7,6,8,1,2,3,4,5,12,11,9,10
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
7 5 8

4 4 4

5 5 5

11 2 12

3 3 3

9 9 9

1 1 1

8 3 6

10 10 10

2 2 2

6 1 7

12 11 11

The average KDS preference received for this league was 4.67 as two owners got their top preference (picks 1 and 7). Six owners got a Top 3 preference, but two owners got their 10th and 11th preferences (picks 10 and 11).
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Sun Feb 17, 2019 9:34 am

Here's one of our best KDS results from the Online Championship and it happened last night:

KDS Listings:
1,2,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,3,4
1,2,6,7,8,9,5,10,11,12,4,3
1,12,2,11,10,6,7,8,5,9,3,4
10,11,12,9,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
10,11,12,9,8,7,6,5,4,2,1,3
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
8 3 5

4 3 6

10 7 7

9 2 11

2 2 2

7 4 4

3 3 12

6 3 3

12 9 9

1 1 1

5 1 10

11 8 8

The average KDS preference received in this league was 3.83 as two owners got their first preference (picks 1 and 10). But best of all, EIGHT owners got a Top 3 preference and nobody got a preference lower than 9th. Good job all.
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Feb 18, 2019 4:03 pm

Here is the KDS results from last night's Rotowire Online Championship league:

KDS Listings:
1,2,8,7,3,9,10,11,12,6,5,4
1,2,3,12,4,11,5,6,7,8,9,10
1,2,8,9,7,6,5,4,10,3,11,12
1,2,3,6,7,8,9,12,5,4,11,10
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
2,1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,12,7,8,9,10,11
1,2,3,4,5,6,11,12,10,9,8,7
2,3,4,9,10,5,6,7,1,8,11,12
1,2,3,4,8,12,11,10,9,7,6,5
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
5 3 8

9 4 12

8 5 7

3 3 3

10 6 6

2 1 2

4 4 4

11 7 11

7 4 9

12 8 10

1 1 1

6 5 5

The average KDS preference received in this league was 4.25 with two owners getting their top preference (picks 1 and 2), yet only four teams in the Top 3. The lowest KDS preference received was 8, which brought up the overall average. Few were ecstatic, but few were downright mad!!
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by DOUGHBOYS » Mon Feb 18, 2019 4:07 pm

Just curious. Why are only Online Championships being featured in this thread?
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Feb 18, 2019 4:07 pm

Here are the results from the "Beat Chris Liss" Online Championship league, which will draft on Friday night:

KDS Listings:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,7,8,6,9,10,11,12,5,4,3
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
6,7,4,8,2,1,3,5,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
2,1,3,8,9,10,12,11,7,6,5,4
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,8,9,11,10,12,4,5,6,7
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,12,8,9,10,11
1,6,5,8,7,9,2,10,12,11,3,4
2,1,3,4,5,6,7,12,11,10,9,8

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
5 4 4

7 3 7

8 8 8

1 1 6

10 10 10

11 7 12

3 1 1

9 9 9

4 3 3

6 5 5

12 10 11

2 1 2

The average KDS preference received was 5.17 as three owners got their first preference (picks 1, 2 and 6), but two other owners got their 10th preference. Five owners got a Top 3 preference.
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Feb 18, 2019 4:32 pm

DOUGHBOYS wrote:
Mon Feb 18, 2019 4:07 pm
Just curious. Why are only Online Championships being featured in this thread?
I can post some of these 15-team DCs, but as I stated originally fewer folks are setting their KDS preferences in the DCs than the Online Championships. I certainly would in every one that I'm in, but maybe that's just me. In fact, I just looked at a handful of DCs that went off in the last 5 days and 7-9 teams kept it at 1-15. That isn't happening in the OCs, at least not to that level.

But I can grab some of those results if folks want to see them.
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:23 am

We had 7 Main Event League draft spots announced yesterday, so let's look at each of these to see what KDS preferences were listed by each owner and see what the average KDS preference received was.

Let's start with Chicago:

KDS Preferences:
1,5,6,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,2,3,14,15
1,2,8,7,6,9,10,11,5,12,4,3,13,14,15
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
1,2,9,10,11,12,8,7,6,5,4,3,13,14,15
1,2,5,6,4,7,3,8,9,10,11,15,12,13,14
1,2,3,9,8,7,10,15,14,6,4,5,11,12,13
1,2,8,7,9,6,5,10,11,12,4,3,13,14,15
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
5,2,3,4,1,7,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
5,6,7,8,9,4,10,3,11,2,1,12,13,14,15
8,9,10,12,11,1,2,13,7,6,14,5,4,3,15
1,2,3,4,5,6,15,14,13,7,8,9,12,10,11
1,2,9,8,10,11,7,12,13,6,14,15,5,4,3
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
6 3 6

15 15 15

5 5 5

3 3 3

10 4 10

9 8 8

7 4 9

2 2 2

13 13 13

8 6 7

14 14 14

11 4 12

4 4 4

12 6 11

1 1 1

The average KDS preference received for Chicago was 6.13 as only the No. 1 pick got his first preference. That's because 12 owners listed No. 1 as their first preference. Eight owners got a Top 4 preference, but owners 13, 14 and 15 didn't get what they wanted. We're not seeing many people wanting to go to the very back of our 15 team formats and this is an example of that.
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Re: Looking At Current KDS Choices & Preferences Received

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:30 am

Here is New York League 1:

KDS Preferences:
1,2,7,8,9,13,14,15,6,5,4,3,10,11,12
1,15,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,14,13,12,11,10,9
1,2,3,15,14,13,12,4,5,11,10,9,8,7,6
8,7,9,2,1,3,4,5,6,10,11,12,13,14,15
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
1,2,9,8,7,6,5,4,10,11,12,13,14,15,3
4,5,6,7,8,3,2,1,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
2,1,3,7,6,8,5,4,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
7,8,9,10,11,12,6,5,13,14,15,4,3,2,1
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
1,2,7,6,8,9,10,5,4,11,3,12,13,14,15
1,2,6,7,8,5,9,4,10,11,12,15,14,13,3
1,2,6,7,8,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,5,4,3
1,2,3,7,8,9,13,12,4,5,6,10,11,14,15
1,2,9,8,10,7,6,5,4,3,11,12,15,13,14

Choice Order Draft Preference Draft Order
4 3 7

2 1 1

14 4 15

12 12 12

15 14 14

6 3 9

1 1 4

5 3 3

11 5 11

10 5 5

7 4 6

3 2 2

8 5 8

13 7 13

9 5 10

This league worked out well as the KDS preference received for each owner was 4.93 (pur random would be 8.0). Two people got their first preference and eight owners got a Top 4 preference. Heck, 12 owners got a Top 5 preference with the three other preferences being 8, 12 and 14. Well done everyone.
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