HighSchoolBandNerd212 Posted September 5, 2015 Posted September 5, 2015 When will the predictions for BOA Austin, BOA McAllen, etc., go up? Quote
dylan123 Posted September 6, 2015 Posted September 6, 2015 also Texas marching classic and boa and state bandperson1997 1 Quote
Clarinot Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Marching season always creeps up on me! I added all the BOA Texas events for prediction: http://www.txbands.com/predict/ State can't go live until we have area contest winners, and area predictions can't go up until the results from regional contests are finalized, so that will be later. If there are additional, non BOA events that you'd like added, please feel free to post them here, or you can add them yourself at the following link: http://www.txbands.com/predict/public_addevent.php Keep in mind, some events don't lend themselves to the way TxBands predictions work such as events where there are multiple divisions and classes, rather than a standard 1 through 10 ranking. Quote
takigan Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 On 9/10/2015 at 2:55 AM, Clarinot said: Keep in mind, some events don't lend themselves to the way TxBands predictions work such as events where there are multiple divisions and classes, rather than a standard 1 through 10 ranking. USBands contests are the major ones that come to mind for this rule. If you submit a predictions request for USBands contests, they won't be approved. That's nothing against them (We love YEA and their programs!), our system was just designed with the Prelims-Finals format in mind (or formats similar enough to it where there's a clear grand champion, 2nd place, 3rd etc.) Also, remember to double check spelling...and if the school is named after a Texas hero or political icon (Travis, Bowie, Austin, MacArthur, Lee, Nimitz etc.) try to include the city name with the school. We edit the submissions before we post them, but it's easy to overlook. Help us out! One more thing....if you're frustrated with the Predictions score page not being updated quick enough it's probably because we don't have a full list of results for that contest yet immediately on hand. If you have them or know where to get them, post or link us to them in the appropriate contest forum and someone will get on it eventually. Quote
Jellyfishes Posted September 11, 2015 Posted September 11, 2015 What's up with the Arlington regional? Quote
HighSchoolBandNerd212 Posted September 11, 2015 Author Posted September 11, 2015 There aren't any dropdown menus for finalist spots for the Arlington regional, despite that it says that there are 10 finalist spots on the predictions page for this regional... Quote
Jellyfishes Posted September 11, 2015 Posted September 11, 2015 On 9/11/2015 at 1:50 AM, HighSchoolBandNerd212 said: There aren't any dropdown menus for finalist spots for the Arlington regional, despite that it says that there are 10 finalist spots on the predictions page for this regional... Actually, to make me even more puzzled it says "City: 10, Finalist Spots: Arlington, Texas" What was this person thinking tbh... Quote
HighSchoolBandNerd212 Posted September 29, 2015 Author Posted September 29, 2015 Things that need attention on the predictions page: - There shouldn't be two Lone Star Preview events. - The Mansfield Preview of Champions event was probably submitted the day before the contest. But it is virtually pointless (no predictions were entered for the event) and should be removed. Also, I may be impatient, but when will the Friendswood Marching Festival results and Birdville ISD Marching Festival results be put in? I emailed the results of both contests to bands@txbands.com this past weekend. Quote
Clarinot Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 Thanks - I cleaned up the extra LSP contest (the 3 people who predicted on the deleted event also predicted the one I kept, so nothing was lost). Mansfield event deleted as well. All scores from this past weekend have been entered. Quote
HighSchoolBandNerd212 Posted October 1, 2015 Author Posted October 1, 2015 Is it possible to add or drop bands from currently existing predictions lists? For instance, for the BOA Conroe predictions, Clear Creek has been dropped and Westfield and Dawson have been added since the event was created. Quote
takigan Posted October 1, 2015 Posted October 1, 2015 On 10/1/2015 at 12:05 AM, HighSchoolBandNerd212 said: Is it possible to add or drop bands from currently existing predictions lists? For instance, for the BOA Conroe predictions, Clear Creek has been dropped and Westfield and Dawson have been added since the event was created. I don't think there is (Alex?). Like say if we dropped Clear Creek from the list, everyone who predicted Clear Creek in finals would have gaping holes in their prediction "ballot". Best case, it wouldn't be fair for those who submitted their predictions before the band(s) was dropped. Worse case, it would screw up the algorithm that calculates the scores for the game and possibly crash it since there would be a band being voted for that isn't on the list. The fact that bands are regularly added/dropped was the reason we used to wait until just a few days before the contest before posting each event instead of weeks before. Then people complained that events weren't getting posted or posted too late, or something would be wrong and it would be too late to fix it. I think the current way is the best way, and with the new way Alex set it up to calculate scores where it still gives you partial credit for not getting the placement exactly right, is a great way to deal with the problem of bands that should be on the list but aren't. Quote
HighSchoolBandNerd212 Posted October 1, 2015 Author Posted October 1, 2015 Thank you for the explanation! Quote
talkorpi Posted October 1, 2015 Posted October 1, 2015 Can one of the administrators review and post the set of bands that I submitted for the Westlake Marching Festival? The event is coming up very quickly and I just wanted to make sure that the predictions get in in time for the event! Quote
JTApex Posted October 8, 2015 Posted October 8, 2015 Can someone explain how the prediction analysis works (multipliers, etc.)? Just curious how you aggregate the data into a final prediction list. JT Quote
Clarinot Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 Sorry for the delay in response to your question, JTApex! Predictions is designed to support events with up to 14 finalists (i.e. a BOA Super Regional). When the analysis is calculated we take every participating band in the list and look at how people are predicting them. Every time a band appears in 1st place on a prediction list they receive 14 points. Second place gets 13 points. Third place, 12 points, etc. Those points are summed per band and each school is ranked. Probably not super scientific. We're always open to tweaking anything if someone out there has a better suggestion on how to analyze the data. Quote
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