well Kev, you made top 25, so have a go with this again next year.
Bench Minor 2 poll
I asked 25 people to submit their top 25 picks from those registered in the draft. The numbers were crunched the same way as BCS rankings.
They were told to pick 25 players they'd want to play with on a 3 person team for a regular tournament, and rank them 1 through 25, regardless of their potential to flake out out and not show up in June in Chicago. Only rule is that they couldn't pick themselves (but any of the other 24 people polled could pick them).
On Tuesday at 10pm GMs will be picking according to their Bench Minor strategy, taking things like Rory's "50% chance i can come" into account, or a player's inability to be coached.
Results:
1 Lefty Joe Panizzo, Chicago IL
2 Dustin Riggs, Seattle WA
3 Nick Vaughan, Richmond VA
4 Mark Capriotti, Philadelphia PA
5 Eric Kremin, Milwaukee WI
6 Paul Rauen, New York NY
7 Alexis Mills, Ottawa
8 Ben Schultz, Chicago IL
9 Chris Roberts, New York NY
10 Seabass, Seattle
11 Brian Dillman, Milwaukee WI
12 Matt Lane, Chicago IL
13 Eric Crandall, Portland OR
14 Ian 'Donut King' Dunwiddie, Richmond VA
15 Martin Hauck, E Van
16 Rory Crowley, E Van
17 Joe Burge, Milwaukee WI
18 Jonny Hunter, Madison WI
19 Nick Regan, Boston MA
20 Leon Ettelson, Seattle WA
21 Zach Blackburn, New York NY
22 Doug Dalrymple, New York NY
23 Kevin Walsh, Toronto ON
24 Jon Atwell, Ann Arbor MI
25 Hugo Laquerbe, Paris FR
26 Cody Riggs, Seattle WA
27 Drew Kinney, Portland OR
28 Nick McLean, Lexington KY
29 Ben Hunter, Madison WI
30 Angelo Sarrazin, Ottawa ON
31 Javier Garcia-Albea, Boston MA
32 Jared Allan Scheurer, FTL
33 Zach "Boom" Reuter, Milwaukee WI
34 David 'Polony' Wells, Seattle WA
35 Evan George, Seattle WA
36 Greg Van Barben, Paris FR
37 Guthrie Neumann, Milwaukee WI
38 Matt Hewitt, Milwaukee WI
39 Nick Kruse, Columbia MO
40 Capt Jake Newborn, Milwaukee WI
41 Drew Gochenaur, Seattle WA
42 Miguel Reyes, Austin TX
43 Arlyn Bement, Portland OR
44 Chombo 'John' Siers, New York NY
45 Nate Mumford, New York NY
46 Mike Bell, Seattle WA
47 Lewis Ciddor, Sydney AUS
48 Zach Malham, Olympia WA
49 Dustin "Mr Do" Bouma, Minneapolis MN
50 Henry Norris, Victoria BC
51 Ngaihon Choo, Toronto ON
52 Richard Lopez, Lexington KY
53 Cecily Upton, Portland OR
54 Kiersten George, Seattle WA
55 Mark Davis, Olympia WA
56 Cherri Czajkowski , Seattle WA
57 Marco Antonio Creacy, Philadelphia PA
58 Steve 'Machine' Wilson, San Francisco CA
59 Forrest Timonere, Seattle WA,
60 Josh 'JT' Thomas, Richmond VA
64 Andre Ramseur, Seattle WA, Clement Bailet, Geneva CH, Pet Abram, Columbia MO, Greg Valentine, Chicago IL
65 Messman
66 Tiffany Morrow, Lexington KY
67 Kelsey Letcher, Seattle WA
68 Jacob Wheeler, St.Louis MO
69 Tucker Schwinn, Chicago IL
70 Adam 'Menace' Staudt, New York NY
71 Eric 'Ace' Stahl-David, New York NY, Ben 'Bigg Werm' Zoller, Richmond VA, Lee Geer, Dayton OH, Jamie "Neil Young" Lavenson, Boston MA
Below are the initial results that are kinda wonky since the people who participated in the poll were not allowed to rank themselves. If you're curious how i got to the above from the below, check out this spreadsheet
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"Lefty" Joe Panizzo, Chicago IL
4% (3306)
Eric Kremin, Milwaukee WI
4% (3302)
Dustin Riggs, Seattle WA
4% (3282)
Paul Rauen, New York NY
4% (3254)
Nick Vaughan, Richmond VA
4% (3246)
Mark Capriotti, Philadelphia PA
4% (3243)
Ben Schultz, Chicago IL
4% (3156)
Seb.'Seabass' Michel-Hart, Seattle WA, Alexis Mills, Ottawa ON
4% (3122)
Chris Roberts, New York NY
4% (3024)
Brian Dillman, Milwaukee WI
3% (2927)
Matt Lane, Chicago IL
3% (2923)
Eric Crandall, Portland OR
3% (2544)
Ian 'Donut King' Dunwiddie, Richmond VA
3% (2501)
Martin Hauck, E Van
3% (2488)
Rory Crowley, E Van
3% (2365)
Joe Burge, Milwaukee WI
3% (2338)
Jonny Hunter, Madison WI
2% (2055)
Nick Regan, Boston MA
2% (1950)
Leon Ettelson, Seattle WA
2% (1934)
Zach Blackburn, New York NY
2% (1775)
Doug Dalrymple, New York NY
2% (1618)
Kevin Walsh, Toronto ON
2% (1614)
Jon Atwell, Ann Arbor MI
2% (1496)
Cody Riggs, Seattle WA
2% (1352)
Drew Kinney, Portland OR
2% (1350)
Nick McLean, Lexington KY
2% (1335)
Hugo Laquerbe, Paris FR
2% (1330)
Ben Hunter, Madison WI
1% (1096)
Angelo Sarrazin, Ottawa ON
1% (1077)
Javier Garcia-Albea, Boston MA
1% (839)
Jared Allan Scheurer, FTL, Zach "Boom" Reuter, Milwaukee WI
1% (822)
David 'Polony' Wells, Seattle WA
1% (814)
Evan George, Seattle WA
1% (801)
Greg Van Barben, Paris FR
1% (795)
Guthrie Neumann, Milwaukee WI
1% (671)
Nick Kruse, Columbia MO
1% (540)
"Capt" Jake Newborn, Milwaukee WI
1% (538)
Drew Gochenaur, Seattle WA
1% (532)
Miguel Reyes, Austin TX
1% (525)
Matt Hewitt, Milwaukee WI
1% (524)
Arlyn Bement, Portland OR
0% (397)
Nate Mumford, New York NY
0% (288)
Chombo 'John' Siers, New York NY
0% (287)
Mike Bell, Seattle WA
0% (279)
Zach Malham, Olympia WA
0% (269)
Henry Norris, Victoria BC
0% (268)
Lewis Ciddor, Sydney Australia, Ngaihon Choo, Toronto ON
0% (262)
Dustin "Mr Do" Bouma, Minneapolis MN
0% (258)
Richard Lopez, Lexington KY
0% (147)
Cecily Upton, Portland OR
0% (145)
Mark Davis, Olympia WA
0% (141)
Marco Antonio Creacy, Philadelphia PA
0% (138)
Kiersten George, Seattle WA
0% (137)
Steve 'Machine' Wilson, San Francisco CA, Forrest Timonere, Seattle WA
0% (136)
Greg Valentine, Chicago IL, Pet Abram, Columbia MO, Clement Bailet, Geneva CH, Andre Ramseur, Seattle WA, Cherri Czajkowski , Seattle WA
0% (135)
Tiffany Morrow, Lexington KY
0% (133)
Kelsey Letcher, Seattle WA, Jacob Wheeler, St.Louis MO
0% (132)
Tucker Schwinn, Chicago IL
0% (131)
Josh 'JT' Thomas, Richmond VA
0% (130)
Adam 'Menace' Staudt, New York NY
0% (129)
Jamie "Neil Young" Lavenson, Boston MA, Lee Geer, Dayton OH, Eric 'Ace' Stahl-David, New York NY, Ben 'Bigg Werm' Zoller, Richmond VA, Matt 'Messman' Messenger, Seattle WA
0% (128)
Matt Beaudoin, Olympia WA, Andrea Kopp, Olympia WA, Adam 'New Adam' Dirks, New York NY, Frank B. Goode, New York NY, Stiven Jaramillo, Olympia WA, Joshua 'AB' Maes, Pensacola FL, Chris George Trout, Philadelphia PA, Johnny Crash, Ottawa ON, Chandel Bodner, Philadelphia PA, Ramon Cordes, Minneapolis MN, Nick Dellwo, Minneapolis MN, Sven Mattson, Minneapolis MN, Kat McCarthy, Minneapolis MN, Rob Biddle, Philadelphia PA, Greta Alquist, Minneapolis MN, Tommy Green, New York NY, Stephen Zadrozny, New York NY, Daniela "NOLA" Dilberger, New Orleans LA, Sean McDonnell, Milwaukee WI, Matt Ruiter, Grand Rapids MI, Josh Wilson, Grand Rapids MI, Jack Crowe, Lawrence KS, David Hutchinson, Ft Myers FL, Dana Carden, Dayton OH, Oleha Riden, E Van, Tyler McKellar, Gena Perala, E Van, Matt Bailey, Lexington KY, Nathan Vandiver, Little Rock AR, Leif Haven, Madison WI, Sam Crossley, Madison WI, Drew Deubner, Milwaukee WI, Sam Jackson, Madison WI, Pierre Delamare, Madison WI, Amanda "Jinxy" Wainscott, LA, Krista Nicole Carlson, LA, Jimmy Flaherty, Louisville KY, Guillaume Divanach, Columbus OH, Robert "Bob" Rogers, Austin TX, Tim "Tim A" Altnether, Columbia MO, Jermey "NOlove" Wood, Austin TX, Zack Woodward, Bloomington IN, Jason Farthing, Austin TX, Sean McCormack, Atlanta GA, Matt Churches, Ann Arbor MI, Tim Donahoe, Columbia MO, Charlie Seeman, Chicago IL, Pat Lynch, Boston MA, Brad Smith, Boston MA, Eric Millard, Atlanta GA, Adam Say, Ann Arbor MI, Charlie HIll, Columbia MO, Keith Evans, Chicago IL, Robert Glatfelter, Chicago IL, Tobi "Tony" Howell, Boston MA, Justin Gullickson, Calgary AB, Brian "OHio" Bolles, Chicago IL, Chris Hamersley, Atlanta GA, Bryn Rawlyk, Saskatoon SK, Chuck DeLella, Philadelphia PA, Jon Birdseye, Seattle WA, Jason 'Rowdy' Rolfe, Seattle WA, Ann Silver, Richmond VA, Sean 'Phenomenon' McCormick, Richmond VA, Jonathan Lomax, Pittsburgh PA, 'Baby'Joey Antillion, Philadelphia PA, Jillian 'Goast' Nintze, Pittsburgh PA, Ben Simon, St.Louis MO, Nick Knobbe, St.Louis MO, Eric Ransom, Washington DC, Aren Frymire, Winnipeg MB, Aaron Swanson, Toronto ON, Ebbin Martin, Minneapolis MN, Sarah "Danya" Livingston, Los Angeles CA, Sara Wojcik, New York NY, Mike 'Scano' Aroche, San Francisco CA, Michael Schower, Washington DC, Valley Fotsch, Victoria BC, Nick Iwanyshyn, Toronto ON
0% (0)
Total voters: 24
so is this thread viewable by all?
I see what you did there with the picture
Voted.
did it in twos with one odd ball in the 25th spot.
Who do I want to play with on a 3 person team for a regular tournament? I'll just say that's Z and P, then who would my next two be? next two, and so on.
voted! can't wait to see the full results.
can't wait to see what the final results are!
will we get to see individual voting results or just the grand tally?
awesome!
Voted, and my own playing style as a strong mid factored heavily on my decisions. Can't wait to see results!
OK results are in.
what do the numbers on the side mean?
how does that translate to our poll of only 24 voters? please explain slowly I was an english major..
First choice got 153 points, 2nd choice got 152 points, etc.
I want to be the first to point out that this is not, um, "scientific" in any way.
Many of the top picks were people who didn't participate in the poll, so they were eligible for at least one extra vote (since you couldn't pick yourself), which more than makes up the difference between them and others who were ranked below them.
Sorry if this is confusing, it's not meant to be accurate, it's meant to just give a rough idea. it's probably possible to use the current numbers and control for those who didn't participate. Obviously if i do this again i'll do it differently.
Half-ass temporary solution: i'm going to vote one more time, and i'm going to vote for every participant in the poll, ranking them as close as possible to their average ranking. I need about 30 minutes to figure that out, sit tight now.
OK slightly revised results are up top, based on some rejigging i did to compensate those who couldn't vote for themselves. Basically, i added to their score the average score they received from everyone else.
You can see how i got there on this spreadsheet.
It only affected a couple of people, near the top of the ranking.
ah ok, i thought first would get 25 points since we only voted for top 25, but that makes more sense.
top 20 or so looks pretty accurate to me, if not the precise order at least all the right names are there.
Tex isn't #1. What the fuck?
can you put this thread on the main page?
i'm holding every voter responsible. you blew it.
the BCS is strangling football. dont let that happen to us
ya the rankings in BCS actually determine shit like who plays who. this poll might impact the draft a bit on Tuesday, but it has no authority over anything, thank god
the BCS is strangling football. dont let that happen to us
Machine you Lucky Dog the ONLY SW region Draft out of like 120 peeps. I guess we all just suck down here!
Fuck this shit. Kev, can I change my vote to Messmann for all spots (one through twenty five). What does that give him?
I'm last! Thanks guys even menace is better than me!
big thanks to everyone who voted for making it possible to laugh this hard at how silly this place can get
pittsburgh 0%.
Represent.
Way to go Lefty!
daaamn, didn't even come close. Well fuck you all very much!
Kelsey, looks like you & I are holding down the bottom of the seattle list!!!!!! wow. thanks everyone..
way to go all!
for fuck's sake. i figured this would all boil down to a popularity contest by tomorrow, but this is just ridiculous. i can see myself starting to feel the same way about fellow polo players as i do about other vegans...
what a negative post.
this thread was based on 25 people picking their top 25, so if you've never played with/against those 25, chances are you weren't going to make anyone's top 25. after this post, i don't think you'll be in the remaining 23 spots either, especially if any of the gms are vegan.
You mean I'm not taking it seriously enough?
So let me get this straight.
Last year JOE picked kremin first, and we were all like "numberrrrrr oneeeee" and he was all like "yeah that's my jersey number". And everyone was chanting it "NUMBERRRRRR ONEEEEEEE" and Kremin kept grinning like "come on guys"
Then nearly one year later JOE gets picked number one and everyone will probably be all like "RRRRRRRRRREBMUN EEEEEENO"
It's nearly blowing my mind HOW CONVENIENT this has all turned out to be.
xHANGING CHADS
nick ur my #1 4rl.
cool spreadsheets bro.
anyone who is angered at their spot on the list, get angry. don't accept this arbitrary valuation of your polo stock. go out there this year and prove all of us wrong.
I'm angry about Jared's ranking.
I'm angry that the paginated buttons aren't in the same colo(u)r scheme as the rest of the site.
fer real?? commence hating
i am over the moon with my ranking . i believe this has brought Forrest and I closer than we'VE EVER BEEN( in black and white at least) (Oh except when we T boned each other in Victoria). .....and on Valentines day too , How much sweeter could it be. Luv ya poloverse now polo the fuck up , stop whining about the funsheet and put your point forward on the appropriate thread so you will be heard and maybe picked instead of beeatchin in my happy place.
I conducted a mock draft using ONLY the above rankings. here are the results with the draft pick overall noted.
Team Birdie - 1.Lefty Joe 12.Matt Lane 13.Crandall 24.Jon Atwell 25.Hugo 36.Greg MGM 37.Guthrie 48.Zach Malham
Team Cardinal - 2.Dusty 11.Dillman 14.Ian 23.Kev 26.Cody 35.Evan 38.Hewitt 47.Lewis
Team Williams - 3.Nick RVA 10.Seabass 15.Martin 22.Doug 27.Drew Kinney 34.Polony 39.Nick Kruse 46.Mike Bell
Team Maija - 4.Cap 9.Chris Roberts 16.Rory 21.Zach 28.Nick McLean 33.Boom Boom 40.Capt Jake 45.Nate
Team Joker - 5.Kremin 8.Ben Schultz 17.Joe Burge 20.Leon 29.Ben Hunter 32.Jared 41.Drew Gochenwhatever 44.Chombo
Team Puffin - 6.Paul 7.Alexis 18.Jonny Hunter 19.Nick Regan 30.Angelo 31.Jav 42.Miguel 43.Arlyn
Discuss
1st Cardinal
2nd Bridie
3rd Puffin
4th Maija
5th Joker
6th Williams
I based my predictions off first and second lines.
only if the polls were true. better luck next year.
I would put alot of money on team cardinal. Can we just make that official please
ok Pete rose.
this is exactly why we need a bike polo video game to be developed. anyone out there???
Not that it makes much difference to me being drafted and just eyeballing those teams. I have been on teams that have beaten about 1/3 of those players with no losses, I have never played with or against about a 1/3 of those players, and the the other 1/3 have beaten my teams more than once. Tony needs to blow his own trumpet a bit more. Tony needs to spend more time on forums kissing ass. Tony's goals haven't counted for over a year. Tony challenges anybody to a joust for $$.
^Its. ok as long as the managers do. call me what you want, I've been called everything under the sun. Did my team at ESPI5 play your team?
You totally forgot to post the winning team up here.They are 1. Any GM 2, Machine 3. Cherri 4. Kiertsen 5. Tucker 6. Forrest 7.Scano 8. Leon 9.Cody Just saying i am not a number i am a full floating apparition of a Hardcore-T Polo player and i shall be in your dreamz and dream team.
Zack and I holding it down for Oly! Glad to see the vote of confidence. If we are selected, custom short shorts for all! And lots of game winning plays.
Use this link for accessing the picks: https://spreadsheets0.google.com/pub?hl=en&hl=en&key=0AoEwZGyVH38zdDdJQm...
hahahahahahahahah! "your name is toby"
I'd love to see the results of a poll of say 100 nah members of their top 100...
Here are the people who will be able to vote when the poll opens
1. Dustin
2. JT
3. Capriotti
4. Jonny H
5. Jav
6. Roberts
7. Lewis aka buildingbridgesburning
8. Cherri
9. Drew D Como/MKE
10. Texas
11. Jill PGH
12. Martin H
13. Kiersten
14. Doug D
15. Kev
16. Hugo
17. Chombo
18. Mr. Do
19. Messman
20. Matt Hewitt
21. Justin
22. Nick RVA
23. Crandall
24. Dillman
25. Panizzo
If i do this again next year, maybe i'll base the list on the top 25 picked this year.