#1189114 - Sun Feb 04 2018 02:40 PM
Team of the Year 2018
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We're starting year 8 of these rankings on a less than auspicious note - for the first time, we're below 140 teams  1. The Mossbacks 1000.00
2. The Joli Llamas 989.70
3. Worldwide Wizards 984.97
4. Wisdom of the Fool 959.85
5. Pi in the Sky 956.70
6. The Bees Knees 951.83
7. The Cat People 923.96
8. Kindred Spirits 921.99
9. The Calculators 893.90
10. Funsters 888.48
11. Old Farts 880.87
12. classicalmusic/mensan 874.40
13. Quiz Makers Guild 862.98
14. The Devious Demons 854.46
15. Ojibwe Lodge 847.47
16. Faithful and True 842.18
17. LIGHTHEARTED RETURN 830.11
18. Wandering Quizzers 817.89
19. Writer's Block 817.11
20. The Palmetto Players 807.66
21. No Worries! 798.94
22. Canadian Players 797.02
23. The Beeronians 792.18
24. THE CONSERVATIVES 771.82
25. The Moops 769.84
26. A JOYFUL NOISE 765.01
27. Ultimate Opportunists 751.88
28. Kilted Kangas 743.49
29. The Homo Sapiens 739.76
30. Phoenix Rising 737.67
31. The Devil's Advocates 725.89
32. sploofers 725.79
33. No Team here... 714.43
34. Children of Terra 709.24
35. Tesla Coil 703.69
36. Rock the Clock 669.64
37. USA East Coast Players 668.10
38. Midwest USA Players 662.95
39. League of Nations 662.69
40. United States of Trivia 660.53
41. Dynasty Dominators of Death 650.94
42. The Titans 629.87
43. The Usual Suspects 624.40
44. All 50 States 607.74
45. Vixens 599.95
46. The British 589.73
47. Music Moguls 585.78
48. European Players 581.70
49. Trivia Bubbles 579.97
50. Age Is Only a Number 568.13
51. Past Times 557.27
52. Sports Lovers 555.87
53. American Dream 550.39
54. Yorkshire and Proud 545.54
55. Australian Players 538.99
56. The Sizziloons 533.71
57. CLIQUE-KICKERS 527.08
58. The Internationals 526.67
59. The Scrambled Eggheads 519.35
60. Dog Park 514.22
61. English Group 513.69
62. 50+ And Proud Of It 504.73
63. Chatgames 503.89
64. Totally Trivia 496.71
65. StarStruck 491.55
66. The Lost Connection 490.78
67. Bible Believers Brigade 486.56
68. Triviabiz 468.30
69. The Regal Beagles 465.03
70. Atheist Quizzers 460.71
71. MIND OVER MATTER 459.25
72. The Great Outdoors 455.88
73. Geographers 450.12
74. Yes, We're Babes! 428.16
75. Heaven's Angels 426.34
76. Bikers 400.49
77. Mustardlanders 400.32
78. USS Enterprise 397.81
79. Retired And Loving It 395.09
80. Raised in the Sixties 390.45
81. X Squad 389.33
82. South African players 383.18
83. les escargots 379.73
84. YOLO Team 375.47
85. Triviamanic 368.95
86. Terra Nova 367.79
87. DC Team 367.47
88. The CBBers 363.60
89. The Dog People 358.63
90. Trivia For Adults 353.01
91. Trivia Garden 334.71
92. IT'S ALL GOOD :) 324.08
93. Scotland the Brains 316.96
94. Trivially Challenged 310.11
95. THE Baker's Dozen 307.95
96. USA West Coast 304.48
97. Laid Back Larrikins 301.31
98. Hoi Polloi 295.72
99. Harry Potter Fans 293.87
100. Dream Weavers 277.98
101. Romania Team 274.26
102. Best of the West 269.79
103. Canberrans 261.85
104. British Brains 255.60
105. Hardcore History Gurus 252.83
106. Aussies 251.78
107. The Happy Few 249.56
108. Supernatural Fans 245.58
109. Friends of Jesus 244.05
110. TV Watchers Anonymous 241.35
111. Movie Buffs 224.26
112. The Divine Comedians 219.64
113. Ultimate Teammates 217.35
114. WWE Champions Team 214.71
115. Tom Brady The Goat 199.08
116. The Wild Mutant Noggins 197.70
117. the banana splits 195.59
118. Play for Fun 194.86
119. db cooper 187.29
120. New York State Folks 180.21
121. The Proud Peacocks 176.43
122. Trivia Just For Fun 162.91
123. The White Angels 162.51
124. Poetic license 161.77
125. Trivia Geeks 160.42
126. Texans 158.26
127. WALES 155.48
128. The New England Alliance 140.12
129. THE JOY 138.40
130. Wise & Winsome Night Owls 133.93
131. Rose Petal Quizzers 133.10
132. The Legends 128.62
133. Adz Mates 123.40
134. The Revolutionary 106.92
135. New Zealanders 93.90
136. Almost Angels 87.14
137. The Beatles Team 61.02
138. The Misplaced 55.09
139. THE Dynamic Dinosaurs 53.19
Just for reference, the methodology is below. It's unchanged from 2016/17, but just copying it here so no one will have to dig it out in the middle of the year. These ratings use the standings from the "last month" page: http://www.funtrivia.com/tvt_lastmonth.cfmThere are ten games on that page and the raw placings are converted to a percentile for each game. So if there were exactly 25 larger teams in one specific game, the first would get 100 points, the second 96, third 92 and so on down to 4 for the last one. With 100 teams, it's 100, 99, 98, and so on. 73 teams and we get 100, 98.63, 97.26, etc. smile For small teams (which do not necessarily have all scores displayed as there are a lot of one- and two-player teams that don't make the ranks), I count only the ones actually on the list. A small simplified example - if the only ranks on the list were 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18 and 24 that would be ten teams and the #11 would rank 7th of those 10, for a percentile of 40. The ten scores are added up for all teams that have at least five of the ten games with any placing, yielding the maximum 1000 per month. The ones with fewer are considered to not have participated; I won't embarrass anyone with a 0.68 out of 1000 score simply because that team had one player playing a single hourly game during the month. Reuploaded scores to reflect proper current algorithm. Shouldn't use an old evaluation template...
Edited by WesleyCrusher (Sun Feb 04 2018 03:01 PM)
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#1189126 - Sun Feb 04 2018 07:43 PM
Re: Team of the Year 2018
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Oooooo... Mossbacks... very nice!
Thank you for your hard work, Wes!
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#1189605 - Sun Feb 11 2018 08:24 AM
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Thank you so much, Wes, for your hard work.
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#1189874 - Wed Feb 14 2018 12:00 PM
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Many of the members of Yo' Mammas are now in the Scrambled Eggheads. Our little team that could finally decided it couldn't anymore in January of this year. So that is one of the teams that is gone, though the active players have moved elsewhere.
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#1192242 - Fri Mar 16 2018 09:00 AM
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Are Feb results up?
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#1192399 - Sun Mar 18 2018 03:34 AM
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Actually, why do people always think they need some "app"? A decently mobile optimized site runs on portable devices just as well and it doesn't require two (or more) different versions for Apple vs Android, approval from some monopolist stores or any other shenanigans. Agreed. A friend and I were discussing this very subject over lunch just the other day. Some apps are obviously quite useful and perform specialized functions. But we as a society in general have to find a way to bridge this largely generational gap where many "kids" (roughly 20 and under) won't even consider using something new if it doesn't have a (insert expletive of choice) app attached to it, even if one is not necessary.
Down with the app empire! Don't ask me, I'm an old [censored], too. I'm only telling you what might work, and as answerman pointed out, there's a whole generation of people who won't use the internet on their phones as long as there are apps available. In fact, I had an ad on my phone the other day for a trivia app that pays money. Now THAT's some stiff competition.
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#1192410 - Sun Mar 18 2018 08:32 AM
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I had an ad on my phone the other day for a trivia app that pays money. Now THAT's some stiff competition.[/font] I would be very wary of that. No one gives away cash, they have to make that money they want to give away. Either you're paying to play (which makes it gambling) or the trivia is just a facade for a scam or adware.
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#1192430 - Sun Mar 18 2018 12:42 PM
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Not sure if this is the same app or not, but according to this article, http://time.com/money/5088086/hq-trivia-money/, HQ Trivia is paying out money from a rich Silicon Valley pair, trying to build up enough of an audience to get big money advertisers interested.
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#1192451 - Sun Mar 18 2018 04:10 PM
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In an entirely different set of news, these scores certainly don't suffer from an unknown business model. However, what's with the number of teams? 1. The Mossbacks 1000.00
2. Worldwide Wizards 979.24
3. Pi in the Sky 973.43
4. Wisdom of the Fool 972.49
5. The Bees Knees 955.59
6. The Cat People 913.90
7. Kindred Spirits 909.42
8. The Joli Llamas 905.85
9. The Calculators 900.50
10. Old Farts 884.04
11. The Regal Beagles 871.69
12. Funsters 864.25
13. Faithful and True 855.13
14. Wandering Quizzers 853.44
15. LIGHTHEARTED RETURN 848.18
16. Writer's Block 840.21
17. The Moops 835.57
18. Ojibwe Lodge 834.86
19. The Devious Demons 832.00
20. classicalmusic/mensan 819.97
21. The Palmetto Players 814.37
22. No Worries! 791.10
23. League of Nations 786.49
24. The Beeronians 775.27
25. THE CONSERVATIVES 775.16
26. Canadian Players 758.15
27. The Devil's Advocates 754.63
28. A JOYFUL NOISE 752.95
29. Tesla Coil 748.60
30. The Homo Sapiens 741.41
31. Children of Terra 710.89
32. sploofers 701.21
33. No Team here... 700.36
34. Kilted Kangas 691.43
35. Phoenix Rising 682.66
36. All 50 States 676.62
37. 50+ And Proud Of It 662.77
38. Rock the Clock 662.33
39. The Titans 648.89
40. Vixens 640.01
41. Dog Park 631.23
42. United States of Trivia 625.37
43. Dynasty Dominators of Death 617.16
44. Midwest USA Players 616.45
45. Yorkshire and Proud 601.27
46. Trivia Bubbles 589.20
47. Wise & Winsome Night Owls 574.81
48. Music Moguls 574.09
49. The Usual Suspects 568.93
50. American Dream 565.33
51. Sports Lovers 558.64
52. European Players 515.27
53. The Scrambled Eggheads 512.21
54. The Internationals 504.99
55. The Sizziloons 503.19
56. English Group 500.84
57. Past Times 500.65
58. The British 498.74
59. Australian Players 485.20
60. CLIQUE-KICKERS 476.04
61. The Lost Connection 473.71
62. Atheist Quizzers 471.55
63. Age Is Only a Number 471.22
64. Triviabiz 471.08
65. StarStruck 466.58
66. Geographers 463.50
67. Totally Trivia 458.22
68. MIND OVER MATTER 454.91
69. The Great Outdoors 454.42
70. Heaven's Angels 438.93
71. Bible Believers Brigade 427.74
72. Yes, We're Babes! 419.17
73. les escargots 412.14
74. Quiz Makers Guild 411.24
75. The Dog People 408.33
76. New Zealanders 401.58
77. Chatgames 383.34
78. Retired And Loving It 379.74
79. Trivia Garden 379.61
80. Raised in the Sixties 372.48
81. Triviamanic 371.49
82. South African players 363.11
83. YOLO Team 360.74
84. DC Team 346.49
85. Terra Nova 343.92
86. The CBBers 343.47
87. Scotland the Brains 342.78
88. IT'S ALL GOOD :) 338.12
89. X Squad 334.77
90. THE Baker's Dozen 327.60
91. Canberrans 326.47
92. Aussies 325.41
93. Mustardlanders 319.35
94. Trivially Challenged 315.73
95. Romania Team 314.78
96. Supernatural Fans 308.33
97. USS Enterprise 299.11
98. Ultimate Opportunists 294.72
99. British Brains 291.52
100. Dream Weavers 284.30
101. Trivia For Adults 256.60
102. Hardcore History Gurus 255.28
103. Bikers 252.80
104. USA West Coast 251.94
105. The New England Alliance 247.86
106. Laid Back Larrikins 242.75
107. TV Watchers Anonymous 241.90
108. Best of the West 241.09
109. Poetic license 237.72
110. Trivia Just For Fun 221.72
111. The Meek Shall Inherit 217.90
112. Movie Buffs 194.90
113. The Misplaced 192.88
114. Harry Potter Fans 191.31
115. The Happy Few 191.21
116. THE JOY 189.04
117. The Divine Comedians 188.82
118. The Proud Peacocks 187.79
119. Ultimate Teammates 184.86
120. Texans 178.79
121. WALES 171.69
122. The White Angels 165.12
123. Friends of Jesus 160.99
124. USA East Coast Players 156.36
125. Baby Boomer Bunch 155.93
126. The Wild Mutant Noggins 155.19
127. the banana splits 154.93
128. New York State Folks 131.32
129. Trivia Geeks 128.54
130. The Revolutionary 108.03
131. Almost Angels 97.83
132. The Beatles Team 94.15
133. Playing for fun 55.64
134. Stay at Home Moms & Dads 55.04
At least we can still fill our 50 for the cumulative table. Some big moves all over the place. 1. * The Mossbacks 2000.00
2. ^1 Worldwide Wizards 1964.21
3. ^1 Wisdom of the Fool 1932.34
4. ^1 Pi in the Sky 1930.14
5. ^1 The Bees Knees 1907.41
6. v4 The Joli Llamas 1895.55
7. * The Cat People 1837.86
8. * Kindred Spirits 1831.40
9. * The Calculators 1794.40
10. ^1 Old Farts 1764.91
11. v1 Funsters 1752.73
12. ^4 Faithful and True 1697.31
13. v1 classicalmusic/mensan 1694.38
14. * The Devious Demons 1686.47
15. * Ojibwe Lodge 1682.33
16. ^1 LIGHTHEARTED RETURN 1678.29
17. ^1 Wandering Quizzers 1671.33
18. ^1 Writer's Block 1657.32
19. ^1 The Palmetto Players 1622.03
20. ^5 The Moops 1605.41
21. * No Worries! 1590.04
22. ^1 The Beeronians 1567.45
23. v1 Canadian Players 1555.18
24. * THE CONSERVATIVES 1546.98
25. ^1 A JOYFUL NOISE 1517.96
26. ^3 The Homo Sapiens 1481.17
27. ^4 The Devil's Advocates 1480.53
28. ^7 Tesla Coil 1452.29
29. ^10 League of Nations 1449.18
30. v2 Kilted Kangas 1434.92
31. ^1 sploofers 1427.00
32. v2 Phoenix Rising 1420.33
33. ^1 Children of Terra 1420.14
34. v1 No Team here... 1414.79
35. NEW The Regal Beagles 1336.72
36. * Rock the Clock 1331.97
37. ^3 United States of Trivia 1285.89
38. ^6 All 50 States 1284.35
39. v1 Midwest USA Players 1279.40
40. ^2 The Titans 1278.76
41. v28 Quiz Makers Guild 1274.23
42. v1 Dynasty Dominators of Death 1268.10
43. ^2 Vixens 1239.96
44. v1 The Usual Suspects 1193.33
45. ^4 Trivia Bubbles 1169.17
46. NEW 50+ And Proud Of It 1167.50
47. * Music Moguls 1159.86
48. NEW Yorkshire and Proud 1146.81
49. NEW Dog Park 1145.45
50. NEW American Dream 1115.73
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#1192479 - Mon Mar 19 2018 09:45 AM
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#1194801 - Thu Apr 12 2018 05:25 PM
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#1194860 - Fri Apr 13 2018 09:19 AM
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#1194862 - Fri Apr 13 2018 10:18 AM
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#1194876 - Fri Apr 13 2018 04:02 PM
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Thanks, Wes. Looks like this is the first time that the Eggheads are in the first 50 teams, at least since I've been looking.
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