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10-26-2014, 10:37 AM | #196 |
What's up braj?
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10-26-2014, 01:51 PM | #197 |
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My teams aren't doing so hot
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10-26-2014, 01:59 PM | #198 |
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I've never tried it, but it strikes me as something where somebody will write (or maybe already has?) a computer program to figure out the best possible choices, rake in money, and everybody else is just fodder.
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10-26-2014, 02:08 PM | #199 |
BOOM!1!
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43 points and Bryce hasn't done squat.
Started Scott Chandler in a league and he got me a TD, heh. I should cash in the $2 tournament but Not for much. |
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10-26-2014, 02:16 PM | #200 |
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How would a computer program know what a guy is gonna get?
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10-26-2014, 03:20 PM | #201 | |
FINALLY! The wait is over.
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10-26-2014, 03:32 PM | #202 |
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Good question. It turns out that this is a case of a well-studied problem called the knapsack problem.
The idea is this: Suppose a thief is rummaging through somebody's house. They have a knapsack to carry the items they steal. The knapsack has a fixed capacity, and each item that the thief could choose has a value and a weight. The goal is to determine which subset of items has the maximum value while still fitting in the knapsack. There are plenty of techniques which find this maximum value efficiently. Well, if you replace 'weight' with cost, 'value' with points scored and capacity with $60,000, you have FanDuel. All you really need to start making teams with this idea is a database of non-injured players, their position and some definition of value, like points per game. Of course, this still won't do as well as a good human player, because there's plenty of knowledge about individual team matchups and stuff. The next step would be to include this knowledge as additional variables in the setup of the problem. Hootie is on the right track by looking closely at what the best players do. If you find a way of turning that into a number, the computer can crunch it for you. Doing a Google search shows I'm not the first person to think of this, though there are only 2200 hits. One person published a tool for making the picks which allows you to choose how you define value. |
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10-26-2014, 04:34 PM | #203 |
BOOM!1!
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Martavis Bryant the hot commodity next week?
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10-26-2014, 08:00 PM | #204 |
What's up braj?
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I'm bubbling in like every league I'm in. This second half has me nervous. Go Pack Go!
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10-26-2014, 09:09 PM | #205 |
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I just tried this for the first time today.
Crack. I think I'm really going to like it for NBA season. |
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10-26-2014, 09:34 PM | #206 |
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I don't even know what I need tomorrow...but looks like I'm going to lose a couple hundred dollars.
Freaking so many flukey performances today...and Rodgers hitting his hamstring just killed me. |
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10-26-2014, 09:35 PM | #207 | |
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10-26-2014, 09:52 PM | #208 |
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4 leagues.. 1 for $5 ended with 141.. Might hang on to win $15
$5 h2h at 125 with Dez left that I'll win Same lineup in a $25 double up that I will win Last one is a 7 team league with friends for $5.. At 113 in it and I will need at least 20 from Dez to place. So not too bad.. Will def be doing more double ups |
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10-26-2014, 09:57 PM | #209 |
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I've just been doing tournaments, get lucky one week and win big.
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10-27-2014, 01:53 AM | #210 | |
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