Saturday, September 22, 2007

Return of the graphs!





A couple things: First, I just used some default colors for these. If you have any preference, let me know (first come, first served on anything too similar).

Second, I very nearly decided to leave the game recently, because of college and whatnot. These sorts of things help keep me interested and feeling useful. I've posted a spreadsheet on Google Docs (you all should have gotten an invite) which I use to make these graphs.

If you'd like to help me out, you can visit that graph after a sim is run, and update it for your team, division or everyone. It's pretty easy: The teams are listed across the top, and underneath is their cumulative win total. For example, Cairo, my team, went 3-2 over the first sim -- but what's important for the graph is not just the total wins and losses, but the order. I lost my first game, so I entered a "0" for the first game (that's a zero, not a letter "o"). Then I got my first win, so I entered a 1. Then I lost one, so my win total remained at 1. Then I won again, so it went up to 2, and so on. For a win, increase your win total by one. For a loss, leave your win total the same, but be sure to enter a number for each game. Also note that sometimes the number of games played by each team is not the same, so your column may not be even with other teams'. I get the info by going to the "schedule" option under the "league" menu, then scrolling back to the first day I need to add to the graph (listed in the top left corner of the graph, by the way). I then write down whether each team won or lost that day, rinse and repeat.

Anyway, I can keep up with it myself if I have to -- it doesn't take terribly long each time as long as I do it every sim, but if any of you feel like helping out, I thought I would give you the option. Also, suggestions for other things that might be interesting to see change over the season are welcome, and I'll see what I can do.

3 comments:

Michael Weintraub said...

Stockholm would like either the yellow or blue that you used: They're Sweden's national colors, after all.

I'll do my best to update it as needed.

Nate Wooley said...

I am going to suck SO bad this year.

I'm glad I stole that title last year.

Mack Shultz said...

I LOVE these graphs.