PecaFan
Registered User
Since there are so many theories about how the draft will work, I created a draft simulator that allows you to easily try out various scenarios, and see how a sample draft might look like. The program shows you how many balls each team has, their chances of winning, etc. It's flexible enough to do a weighted draft, or a straight one ball per team if you wish.
You can adjust how many ping pong balls teams start with, how many they get or lose for making the playoffs, missing the playoffs, winning the Cup, winning the Lottery, and how many years to go back, from one to four years, etc. You can choose a minimum and maximum number of balls teams can have, so you can force all teams to have at least one ball, allow teams to have 0 balls, no more than 10, no more than 100, whatever you want. There's even an option to give a team's remaining balls to the worst team left once they've been chosen.
Use negative numbers to take balls away, and positive numbers to give them. For example, if you want to take away 2 balls for each time a team made the playoffs, enter -2 for "Each Year Made Playoffs". Or, if you're generous and want to reward the good teams, make it +2, and teams will get more balls if they made the playoffs a lot.
You don't need to enter all blanks, just leave something blank and it won't be factored in.
Any questions or bugs found, just post here.
The web page is at http://members.shaw.ca/vorpalbunnies/draftsim/
You can adjust how many ping pong balls teams start with, how many they get or lose for making the playoffs, missing the playoffs, winning the Cup, winning the Lottery, and how many years to go back, from one to four years, etc. You can choose a minimum and maximum number of balls teams can have, so you can force all teams to have at least one ball, allow teams to have 0 balls, no more than 10, no more than 100, whatever you want. There's even an option to give a team's remaining balls to the worst team left once they've been chosen.
Use negative numbers to take balls away, and positive numbers to give them. For example, if you want to take away 2 balls for each time a team made the playoffs, enter -2 for "Each Year Made Playoffs". Or, if you're generous and want to reward the good teams, make it +2, and teams will get more balls if they made the playoffs a lot.
You don't need to enter all blanks, just leave something blank and it won't be factored in.
Any questions or bugs found, just post here.
The web page is at http://members.shaw.ca/vorpalbunnies/draftsim/