Happy draft day!
Thanks to the 67 users who responded as well as the 1 troll who responded as Finchinator a whopping 34 times -- it's unfortunate that all of their efforts magically disappeared within 34 seconds! As the auction is later today, I thought I'd post some of the more interesting results.
Some observations from the responses:
- Despite not being in the tournament for multiple years, numerous responders believe The Smog Frogs will be ranked last in the Power Rankings!
- ABR has been used as an answer to questions almost twice as much as any other individual user. It seems some people rate him very highly, claiming he will cost as much as 45k, whereas some people are less hot on ABR, claiming he will cost as little as 3k.
- User "BRING BACK GANGNAM STYLE" seemed to be off to an enthusiastic start to the New Year; they responded in all capital letters throughout the whole form, matching the vibe of the actual Gangnam Style. We love the enthusiasm!
- Unsurprisingly, user "CRYOS RETAINS SUCK" believes the Cryonicles will be ranked last in the Power Rankings.
- It appears that 42% of responders are not in the New Year spirit; they all responded to the "Happy New Year" question with the "stfu" response. It will be interesting to see which edgemasters stand out this SPL!
- One particular response had a very interesting proposed line-up of most expensive players; they had: Moutemoute being first nominated, starry blanket being most expensive, Electric win being the most expensive OU, Empo playing both SM and ORAS while being the most expensive in each, and the Classic generations being played by CALLOUS in BW, Feliburn in DPP, Tesung in ADV, and MetalGro$$ in GSC, all being the most expensive. Hopefully managers are taking notes here.
- Despite there being more money available for starters, it seems responders do not believe that there will be much inflation among top end prices, which strikes me as surprising. I was absolutely expecting more rogue responses in the mid-high 30s or even 40s.
- User Total Clefairy believes he will be nominated first, the most expensive player in the auction, and a player in each tier, thus making him the answer to a solid dozen questions in his responses. You have to respect his ambition and confidence!
- You guys are not good at following instructions, so I am still working on calculations for the player price mean and median as I am typing this. When it says to write out the full number, consider writing out the full number next time
As for the questions themselves...
First player nominated: A whopping 37 people voted for
ABR here, giving him just over half of the vote. Sacri' had 9 votes and McMeghan had 7 votes, finishing in a distant second and third respectively.
Overall most expensive player: An even more impressive 54 people voted for
ABR here, giving him just over 80% of the vote. McMeghan had 4 votes, finishing in a distant second.
Most expensive SS OU player: A solid 34 people voted for
Eo Ut Mortus in some capacity, phrasing his name in 7 different ways that made tallying this a challenge. Either way, this is one vote over the halfway total, giving him an outright majority. Honorable mention goes to 8 people voting for bro fist, 6 people voting for lax, and 4 people voting for FlamingVictini, who were the next three most common responses.
Most expensive SM OU player: 17 people voted for
Welli0u to be the most expensive SM OU player in the auction, which edges out the 9 people who voted for Empo, who will not be appearing in the auction at all due to his retain, and the 10 people who voted for Eternal Spirit. This one had a wide array of answers which led to there being no clear frontrunner.
Most expensive ORAS OU player: A 58% majority of voters, consisting of 39 people, voted for
CrashinBoomBang to be the most expensive ORAS OU player in the auction. No other player received more than 5 votes, with Santu being the next closest at a mere 4 votes total.
Most expensive BW OU player: Landing just south of 40% of the total vote,
dice received 26 votes to be the most expensive BW player in the auction. Lagging behind dice was Caetano93 at 11 votes, watashi at 9 votes, and SoulWind at 8, which is surprising considering he will not be in the auction due to his retain.
Most expensive DPP OU player: DPP was perhaps the closest of them all at the top, but
august edged out a 3 man race by receiving 18 votes, which is just over a quarter of the total vote. Just a couple of votes behind was Malekith at 16 votes. In third is ToF at 11 votes, too.
Most expensive ADV OU player: ADV was a clear two man race.
thelinearcurve hit a solid 30 votes, which makes up 45% of the vote. Meanwhile McMeghan came up just a hair short, finishing up today with 29 votes, which makes up 43% of the vote. This was as close as it gets and it will surely be interesting to see which of the two goes for more in the real auction!
Most expensive GSC OU player: Once again,
ABR was the top dog; he finished with 37 votes, which is just above 55% of the vote. Fear was a clear second place finisher with 21 votes, which puts him at a respectable 31% as well. It is also worth noting that McMeghan received multiple votes, which arguably cost him the ADV race above.
Most expensive RBY OU player: Receiving an outstanding 47 votes,
Heroic Troller wracked up north of 70% of the total vote alone. SMB also received 10 votes of his own to finish in second whereas surprise RBY phenom lax was the only other person to finish with multiple votes, but neither was remotely close to Troller.
Team to draft most players: A closely contested 3 team race here, but ultimately the
Tigers edged out the Bigs and Ruiners. The CALLOUS led gang had 17 votes whereas Stone_Cold's Bigs had 15 and the reigning champions had 13 votes to finish third.
How many puns will TonyFlygon make during the auction: The graph on this one is all over the place, but 7 people believe it will be
6 total, which is the highest amount for any guess. It is worth noting that 6 people voted for "too many", but this is not a valid number and therefore not an answer. There will never be too many puns -- never change, Tony!
Who will be ranked first in the Power Rankings: Another 3 team race, but this time around the
Tyrants took it! They received 16 votes of confidence here. The Ruiners found themselves tied for second with the Wolfpack, both having received 13 votes. No other team eclipsed 10 votes, but the Sharks came close with 8 total.
Who will be ranked last in the Power Rankings: This one was a less tight contest with the
Tigers getting 17 votes. The Scooters were in second at 11 total votes. Every single team received at least 1 vote here and a vast majority of them finished between 3 and 8 votes, leading to a lot of congestion there and nobody coming super close (the Bigs were a distant third) to the 17 from the Tigers or even the 11 from the Scooters.
How many >30k players will be in the auction: With 30% of the vote,
2 players was the most popular response with 20 votes, but 11 believed it would be only 1 and 9 have it being 3 players.
How many >20k players will be in the auction: With 9 votes,
12 players was the most popular response. However, 4 different number totals reached over 5 votes to come close, all of which ranged between 9 and 20 players being north of 20k in the auction.
Which WCOP team will be represented the most in SPLXII? It seems 28 people voted for
US Northeast to be the most represented team, giving them 37% of the vote. Lagging behind was Italy with 20 total votes, but they were still double the next most popular team in the voting.
ABR's price
McMeghan's price
thelinearcurve's price
lax's price
Eo Ut Mortus's price
bro fist's price
dice's price
Heroic Troller's price
fear's price
watashi's price
I hope everyone had a happy New Year and enjoys this SPL! Good luck to everyone in the auction tomorrow.
