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So, I decided an easy way to win literally all but the first 3 games of the season and make mad cash. All of this checks out with the president of the league or w/e, all she had to say was "If you can live with yourself."

Anyways, it's a handicap league (balanced gameplay!) with a handicap of 100% of 230. Which means simply, 230 minus your average. So if your average is 100, you have a handicap of 130.

Now then, at the begining of each new season, your average resets which sucks because if you bowl way over your average, your boned. So here is the plan, you and four buddies sign up and on the first night bowl straight gutterballs. That leaves you all with an average of 0 and a handicap of 230.

What this means is, each night you'll be able to win with just your handicap, throwing gutterballs all night. Sometimes you might actually have to hit some pins but w/e. Cash is awarded based on how many games you win in addition to prizes for 1st-3rd place and other little awards (High Scratch Game, High Handicap Game, etc).

Basicly, I was bored and learned of this. Now then, the question is, to do or not to do?

I'd do it.

But in Robin Hood fashion, as I would use the money to buy booze for the entire league.

Buying booze for people is a charity act, right?

Definitely ^_^

I just want to do it to show them how broken the system is. But maybe booze!

Our 'here for beer' league had a similar system set up for Handicaps, however ours rolled over from one year to the next. My team entertained that idea from the beginning, saying it would give us a massive boost to our score. Here are the problems we found...

1) Our handicap was established on the first three-game series in the league.
2) No handicap is applied during the first game since the handicap is established afterwards - You walk away with all zeroes.
3) Handicaps quickly adjust themselves once you start seriously bowling.
4) Paying to bowl gutter-balls is silly.
5) Would've been boo'd out of the league.

Well most of these I thought of and are true. Problem is, our handicap doesn't carry over. The first night they use your handicap from the previous season just for that game and then they give you a whole new one. You could just throw gutters and sit on a 230 though, bowl as needed, but it's lame and not fun.

I'm trying to convice the president that it's dumb how it works like that and that what should happen is, you average that first game with your last seasons average, so you have something closer to home and you don't get penalized for playing all out. Under the current system, it encourages sandbagging and a lot of teams do it apparently.

Bowling and Gold should be taught to all young men in high school since these are our main social sports, and you can drink heavily while participating.

Your Pal,
Jubber

AKA "The Gun"
AKA "ROFeraL"

World Renowned Mexican Forklift Artiste

Most handicapped leagues are set up like this:

1. You establish an average. In this case your team all have 0.

2. After averages are established, the team with the smallest average receives 80% of the difference.

Therefore:

If a 4 man team has an average of 0, and are bowling a 4 man team who all average 150, then the ZERO team gets 480 pins per game. If the ZERO team continues to bowl 0's, then the 150 team must only average 121 between them to sweep.


Now, on the leagues set up on 230 averages, a bowler receives 90% of the difference between their average and 230. Therefore, a team of 4 players averaging 0 would get 828 pins per game. A team averaging 150 would receive 284 pins per game. If the ZERO team bowls 0, then the 150 team only has to average 139 to sweep. Your plan, besides making you a league pariah who won't be allowed to participate after one season, is doomed to fail.


EDIT: You should re-check the league rules. Giving 100% handicaps would be the most ignorant set-up ever, and if they are doing this, they deserve what they get. However, even at 100%, any team that bowls over its average will beat the ZERO team.

Boredalt - 80 Dwarf Priest - Dissension

Well handicaps are set up as is and as I stated. Everything I said checks out, the only reason they do 100% handicap is because they feel it's more balanced, though it doesn't feel like it to me. Seems to me that a low average bowler can easily bowl higher and has plenty of room to breath while a high average bowl normally won't bowl much higher if at all and if he messes up it will show. What I was saying is, if it look like you're going to lose, you can pick up like the difference easily to make up for the other team bowling over the handicap team.

What the fuck is Gold?

A typo, duh.

Ok, so what's supposed to be there instead?

Golf.



Edit: LOL It probabaly really is golf.

It is. You try typing your fucking posts on a keyboard the size of a car key and see how many you make.

So: GOLF

Your Pal,
Jubber

AKA "The Gun"
AKA "ROFeraL"

World Renowned Mexican Forklift Artiste

I was just on fire yesterday. I said it was a typo to be a jackass even though I thought the same thing myself(wtf is gold) only to later realize it was. Then did the same thing when I said it was golf, that was the first sport that came to mind. My paladin also won a tier token over the other 9 people from their loot concil! <The Lord of Sparkles> greater than Loot Concil!