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Poll
Which division shall reign supreme?
Ranked
51%
 51%  [ 47 ]
Box
30%
 30%  [ 28 ]
League (don't want to leave them out)
7%
 7%  [ 7 ]
Stunty Pies Taste of Fish
10%
 10%  [ 10 ]
Total Votes : 92


freak_in_a_frock



Joined: Aug 02, 2003

Post   Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 15:43 Reply with quote Back to top

Let's see what the public think. Will it be a Box team, or a Ranked team to lift the trophy? I think the Box vs ranked split at kick off was around 40/60 in favour of ranked, if that helps.

Keeping the poll open only for 7 days, so that we can't all just wait until it is more obvious.


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Shraaaag



Joined: Feb 15, 2004

Post   Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 15:44 Reply with quote Back to top

At kick-off:
185 [R]anked teams
119 [B]lackbox teams

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freak_in_a_frock



Joined: Aug 02, 2003

Post   Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 15:46 Reply with quote Back to top

pretty close then, actually it is 39% Box vs 61% Ranked
JimmyFantastic



Joined: Feb 06, 2007

Post   Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 15:46 Reply with quote Back to top

I think and hope that a box team will win the trophy.
I think box coaches hold the advantage due to playing in a competitive division!

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Jan-Erik



Joined: Apr 17, 2011

Post   Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 15:49 Reply with quote Back to top

Ranked because just clawpombing each other doesn't make for good coaches.
Shraaaag



Joined: Feb 15, 2004

Post   Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 15:54 Reply with quote Back to top

I voted for League. If it's not improbable or impossible, I wont be amazed or surprised Wink

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koadah



Joined: Mar 30, 2005

Post   Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 16:03 Reply with quote Back to top

Jan-Erik wrote:
Ranked because just clawpombing each other doesn't make for good coaches.


But Jimmy also has two DPs. They might swing it. Wink

Edit: Will have to keep that lone tackler healthy though. We don't normally need those in the Box. Wink

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Enigma179



Joined: Sep 19, 2010

Post   Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 16:13 Reply with quote Back to top

Ranked. I have a Box team in there, and I don't doubt the competitiveness of either division. But ranked has been around for longer, as have the players (not coaches). It's just easier to build a monster ranked team than it is to build one in the box.

Still, inducements mean that the monster teams might suffer from bloat, so I wouldn't put it past a clever box team to work its way through if it had a good draw and the coach knew what inducements to take.

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zakatan



Joined: May 17, 2008

Post   Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 16:18 Reply with quote Back to top

Enigma179 wrote:
Ranked. I have a Box team in there, and I don't doubt the competitiveness of either division. But ranked has been around for longer, as have the players (not coaches). It's just easier to build a monster ranked team than it is to build one in the box.

Still, inducements mean that the monster teams might suffer from bloat, so I wouldn't put it past a clever box team to work its way through if it had a good draw and the coach knew what inducements to take.


i'd say monster teams aren't actually doing well
JockMcRowdy



Joined: Jul 07, 2004

Post   Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 16:30 Reply with quote Back to top

Ranked.

The better agile teams are in ranked, id expect an agile team to win this, too many games to not get hurt by attrition, agile teams can cope with inducements better than bash.

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Smeesh



Joined: Oct 29, 2005

Post   Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 16:52 Reply with quote Back to top

Well thats the theory. Nuffle will propably trample on statistics Smile.

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Garion



Joined: Aug 19, 2009

Post   Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 16:58 Reply with quote Back to top

I want Purplegoo's frogs to win, so I'm going to vote B, sadly I can't see it happening though. The more likely outcome is he will get through a few rounds then have a team so beat up it will be worse off that a rookie slann team.

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Wotfudboy



Joined: Feb 17, 2004

Post   Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 17:17 Reply with quote Back to top

Ranked will win because they can cherry pick their team to perfection (spot the antagonistic remark!) whilst Box really is survival of the fittest... plus the numbers in their favour just mean it's more likely Smile... But as Han Solo once said "Never tell me the odds!"...

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Calcium



Joined: Apr 08, 2007

Post   Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 17:38 Reply with quote Back to top

Box FTW!

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Purplegoo



Joined: Mar 23, 2006

Post   Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 19:55 Reply with quote Back to top

Garion wrote:
I want Purplegoo's frogs to win, so I'm going to vote B, sadly I can't see it happening though. The more likely outcome is he will get through a few rounds then have a team so beat up it will be worse off that a rookie slann team.


How sweet! I can't see me lasting 5 minutes, mind, especially now the star Catcher bought it game one.

It’s a lottery. In Ranked’s corner, we have ‘picked’ teams, agility teams that are likely to be of a higher number of skills and more rounded teams (not having to build one way to counter the majority of foes in a division). In Blackbox’s, we have more killy bash teams, lower TV to make use of Inducements wisely and teams built wholly in the ruleset with no hangover now inefficient skills or combinations.

Could go either way, but I think I’d vote for R in a 50/50 split, the winning advantage being the more rounded teams. Skills like Sure Hands and Tackle matter, and B teams are often too specialised. Day to day in the division, hurrah, but in something like this, I think not.
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