~~~ABCDEs - Ranking puzzle...~~~

But surely I would be before E, except after C?

 

:twisted::twisted::fire You little twat! :twisted: :fire

Just kidding bud.

Well, I have tried explaining, have become bored with it, and it seems as though you're extremely solidified on your ranking. I doubt God himself could change your opinion. I'm curious to see what other ESB'ers have to say.

 

You do the same, mate. I have already pointed out flaws in your arguement which you have failed to respond to.

 

Why don't you look at the poll before acting as if my opinion is so incredibly senseless. :good

 

Again this whole practice is too vague. Too many variables (that I and others brought up) would come into play to make this decision too hard to narrow it down completely.

Like, what if fighter A's loss to C was a 1st round KO. Yet B KO'd C in the first round.....who do we rank higher?

What if the loss of A's to C was early in his career and hasnt lost since, clearing out the rest of the alphabet (no way fighter Q beats fighter A....He's been ducking him for YEARS!!!! ). Yet fighter C has since deteriorated and his skills have faded....so B's win over him is alot like is alot like if Sultan beats Evander (which ISNT GOING TO HAPPEN :hey ).

Like I said, its too simple to just display something in black and white and choose, when too many other things can come into play.

But I like what you were doing with the whole thing....keep us on our toes!

:good

 

I just noticed that the rating puzzle was posted in the general forum also.

I wanted to explain my position on the matter and offer a mathematical model that I think is accessable to most people.

I find myself in the unenviable position of disagreeing with many of my esteemed colleagues - which I have found in the past to be a position fraught with peril - so I will be a little more mathematical to attempt to justify my rankings. Please bear with me.

If I have made an error in my analysis I respectfully invite you to please point it out to me.

My central premise is simple -
No one boxes to lose :hey

So IF wins are all that matter

A is first he has three wins.

B,C and D each have 2 wins - what do we do now?

Quality of opposition - count the wins their opponents have (wins are all that matter) -
B has wins over guys that have combined 4 wins (C has 2 wins D has 2 wins)
C has wins over guys that have 4 wins (A has 3 and E has 1)

So they are still tied

D has wins over guys that have 3 wins (C has 2 and E has 1) so he has an even record with B and C over the weaker opposition and should go behind B and C.

Between B and C they have even scores of wins and even strength of opposition ( 4 wins by guys they beat ) so it comes down to head to head in which B takes it by virtue of his win against C

E is the weakest with no real argument for avoiding last place.

A B C D E

IF WINNING IS ALL THAT MATTERS :happy

 

You make a valid point, and its defendable - I still feel that placing B, C and D you need to go by H2H, which would mean B>D>C, but your point is good as well.