Rating Think Tanks Players

RATING THINKTANKS PLAYERS

Well, Kiddies, I know you have been waiting with baited breath for Granpa Sluggy's next post so here it is.

Since there is a size limit on posts, and as everyone knows Granpa Sluggy is a long winded old coot, so, this will certainly take up two.

IF YOU DON'T WANNA WADE THROUGH ALL THAT VERBAGE THEN JUST IGNORE IT AND GO READ SOMEONE ELSE'S POST.

RATING PLAYERS

Every once in while there is a flurry of "How do you rate so-and-so" posts. People start throwing out numbers like, I rate FP as an 18 and I rate Flea as a 16. Eighteen what? Sixteen what? Eighteen out of twenty, someone posts. Eighteen out of twenty what? What correspondence is there between Dev's rating of Tanky at 19 and FP's rating of Tanky at 17? None.

In order for a rating to have any value it must be pegged to something understandable. It must be pegged to a scale that everyone knows. Yeah, I just made these things up out of the addled depths of my slowly decaying brain. It really doesn't matter what that scale is as long as everyone uses the same one and these look okay to me but as we say: YMMV. OTOH, if you think you have a better set of criteria post them and we can discuss it.

First how does it work?

You rate a player from 0 to 4 in each of 5 categories: Maneuver, Marksmanship, Blocking, Scoring and Ball Handling. You then add the five values to generate an individual player rating between 0 and 20. Keep the details to yourself. All that matters is the final value.

Oh yeah, AND ya can't rate yerself.

Okay. Here is a preliminary set of criteria for a ThinkTanks Player Rating Scale.

THE SKILLS SCALE

MANEUVER
0 Generally maintains a course, uses jumps & bounces poorly
1 Sometimes collides with other players & obstacles, avoids jumps & bounces
2 Generally avoids obstacles & other players, rarely uses jumps & bounces
3 Avoids obstacles & other players, uses jumps & bounces well
4 Skillfully avoids other players, uses jumps & bounces with precision

MARKSMANSHIP
0 Shoots & employs power-ups randomly
1 Sometimes hits target, employs power-up poorly
2 Often hits target at medium range.
3 Frequently hits target, uses one or two power-ups well
4 Nearly always hits target, employs all power-ups skillfully

BLOCKING
0 Seldom blocks or steals
1 Blocks poorly and positions poorly, rarely steals
2 Positions & executes blocks well, sometimes steals
3 Blocks and/or positions well, sometimes steals
4 Blocks & positions skillfully, steals frequently

SCORING
0 Rarely or never scores
1 Sometimes scores, among lowest scorers in game
2 Often scores, among average scorers in game
3 Frequently scores, generally among top scorers in game
4 Scores frequently, always among top scorers in game

BALL HANDLING
0 Never passes or hands off, often fumbles
1 Passes or hands off poorly, sometimes fumbles
2 Can pass & hand off, generally does not fumble
3 Passes & hands off well, rarely fumbles
4 Passes & hands off with precision, never fumbles

slugthog the continued in the next post...