[MQ's Pool Queue]Breaking bad
Day 2,889, 04:39
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by MaryamQ
So, here we are, 5 days into the first week of the FeMU game, and we are seeing some interesting results. MQ’s Pool Queue broke badly, and remains somewhat behind the eight ball. A mid-week scoring update shows my FeMU ranked 22nd out of 25, not exactly a stellar performance, but the week is not over yet, there has been some change in ranking even this morning, and there are some observations to be made going into the next week.
First, let me share some information about my FeMU. The members are as follows, in order of their original cost, with damage listed as of 0100 on day 2889.
GonzoVeritas, EZC
At $27, Gonzo was the most costly of my picks. He has produced 51,630,793 per dollar spent.
Clorox II, WarInc
Original cost was $24, and damage per dollar is 34,869,238.
MaryamQ, EZC
Original cost was $19, and damage per dollar is 73,887,996.
Celtic Knight, EZC
Original cost was $17, and damage per dollar is 84,909,256.
Cubby, WarInc
Original cost was $16, and damage per dollar is 52,006,179.
Trekker Tlumac, EZC
Original cost was $14, damage per dollar 49,324,725.
TheNorm, EZC
Original cost was $13, damage per dollar 54,145,291.
tsewell, WarInc
Clearly this week’s best bargain, original cost was $11, damage per dollar 266,591,090.
stvrca, EZC
Original cost was $6, damage per dollar 66,072,941.
Perry Rhodan, EZC
Original cost was $3, damage per dollar 92,042,908.
Total damage for all team members at the time this information was gathered was 10,909,825,230, already 9% above my estimate for the week.
Observations
Things change rapidly in eLife and RL. TheNorm, due to RL issues, had so little damage at the beginning of the week that he didn’t even show on the national leader boards. A couple of good days have improved his national rank dramatically. Trekker called an epic battle to my attention less than an hour after I had gathered the numbers for this article. Rankings changed significantly due to that one battle.
I’ll grant that my method for choosing my team, a combination of sentiment, intuition, and a seat-of-the-pants attempt to use all of the allowed budget, was not very scientific, and perhaps not the most effective. However, it is clear that the assigned values based on recent damage were not very good at predicting performance, either. Things happen. People get sick or busy with work/school/family, etc. People who didn’t plan to hit heavily because they were trying to rebuild stores used in recent tournaments found that their damage was needed, and they gave their all. I can’t even predict my own damage from week to week. I certainly can’t predict that of other players. Does anyone know where to get an eCrystal ball?
Paradoxically, those who are on their own FeMUs and also those of several other people, may be helping those other people to beat them while trying to lift their own teams. I’m not sure that there is a solution for this, but it is a potential dilemma for the soldiers in the pool.
Am I discouraged by all of this? No! The competition is fun, costs individuals nothing, and gives us all a reason to keep an eye on how effectively we’re fighting. I hope more people will join in the weeks to come. I know I will!
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What can I say.Pretty cool article MaryamQ.
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Indeed I had a slow start to the week, but am trying to catch up,.. 😃
This FeMU thing has added an interesting tidbit to the game, it's a shame the admins are so short sighted so much more could be done by them to improve things for the players,..
Anyway, a good read and very interesting to see how this first week plays out,..
It's no surprise that you were one of my sentimental picks, and I would have chosen you anyway, but you certainly have done a lot to redeem yourself. 🙂
Perry Rhodan only $3 and with damage per dollar 92,042,908, had I know that I would have bought him. 😉
Good luck! o/
The big surprise is that Perry was even for sale! 🙂 I chose this one for friendship, to balance my budget, and because I see him as a pretty consistent player.
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Am I participating in a game? Sounds like fun 🙂
The best ones are the ones you don't even know you're playing. 🙂
meanwhile i'm sitting at the bottom of the pack 😃
Exactly where we would expect the proletariat to be!
Good stuff I might add that at $2 I am over 235 million damage per dollar spent lol
You are indeed a bargain, Phil, and not an unexpected one. You were on my short list of picks. Good luck to your team!
Thx, I may be cheap but I ain't easy!
Yeah, I originally had tsewell and second-guessed myself.
*le sigh*
Best FeMU article I've seen so far.
Thank you, sir!
First an observation.
I think I may have figured out why there is a problem.
At the top of this article you reference an eight ball rack. Later you make several baseball references. Please note that the balls are not interchangeable. The pitchers especially complain when the batter manages to make a hit their way without breaking the bat. They claim it is dangerous to have a pool ball come at them with such velocity.
I had the RL situation you mention. Thinking this fantasy eMU game sounded like great fun I was planning on running my own team. Time got away from me and that didn't come true. I was still pretty tickled to see that my nick was on the list and several people chose me to be on their team. The first night I was feeling froggy and spent some of my hoarded EBs to produce some major damage. The next couple of nights I just cleared my Energy, but 3600/3600 Energy produces some significant damage when used with a 50% booster. Unfortunately the last two days I've been absent, just time to two click. My apologies to those that were hoping for more after my strong start.
But Yogi wouldn't mind mixed metaphors, why should you? 🙂
As I said, things happen. We all do what we can when we can. As I see it, it all evens out in the end.