2009 ADFT Smack Talk

[Stephen]

Okay, for those of you who have no chance but don't realize it yet, here are some interesting footnotes to 20 years of ADFT history...

- Wayne has finished second in the last two consecutive tourneys and hasn't finished out of the top five since 2003.

- Yes, the top five has meaning in the ADFT. We've averaged 11 players per tourney for five years now. That's not a high... that's an average. And the top players show up and bring their best game. You have to have a mighty good day to score a top five in the ADFT. The only reason we don't recognize it is because in the ADFT, winning is everything and everything else is nothing. Nature of the beast.

- I've never finished second in this game in 20 years. Not sure if there's an omen there or not, but its a fact.

- Ken's finishes in his five ADFT's: 9th, 11th, 2nd, 1st, 1st. He either wins or loses big. I like that. That's what this game is all about.

- Rick has the most appearances of any player yet to win the tourney (9) followed by Scott Campbell and Alice (7 each).

- With 7 players, last year's deliberately downsized tourney had the lowest attendance of any ADFT since 1998.

Okay, what wacky facts can you throw in?

[KevinR]

Ok I have some great facts and figures together. I've completed my all-time Armistice Day scoring averages update! A few notes before I reveal the scores:

-Players who played in the game's early tournaments were not penalized for having scores below 0. This is to help compensate for the fact that modern Indy games do not have this.
-Also, given that it's probably impossible to tell what everyone actually WOULD have scored if the modern scoring system was used, I went through and gave all of the players who participated in THOSE games a bit of a bump. This bump amounts out to about a 10 point bonus. It may not mean much to those players who have played in the even many times over, but for the ones who played only in the early days it will help their averages some. I think this has helped even that out.
-In order to qualify for this list, a player must have competed in at least TWO Armistice Day tournaments. It's not an average if you only played one year, and it's impossible to tell if that person was a "one-shot" wonder or not.

[KevinR]

So here we go! The Indy Squadron Armistice Day scoring averages are coming up....

(note that the first game has no game scores so I couldn't add anything for it).

[KevinR]

23 players competed in at least TWO scored Indy Squadron title games over the course of its history. My list actually had 34 competitors overall from the game's inception. 11 of those only made 1 appearance. The top scorers of those who made only 1 appearance are Rich Kapastanczek followed closely by Mike Carr the inventor of Dawn Patrol.

For those who appeared in at least 2 games, here are the averages from the bottom up:

#23: Brian Halberstadt: 4 appearances average:23.5
#22: Scott Halberstadt: 2 appearances average:25.5
#21: Mike Oda: 2 appearances average: 30.0

The top 20 coming up next.........

[KevinR]

#20: Jason Meador: 5 appearances average: 30.8
#19: George Cunningham: 3 appearance average:38.0
#18: Evan Lacy: 4 appearances average: 39.3
#17: Scott Jones: 14 appearances average: 40.6
#16: Stephen Dale Skinner: 9 appearances average: 44.7

The next 5 coming up next.................

[KevinR]

#15: Wyatt Richeson: 4 appearances average:48.8
#14: Barton Stano: 5 appearances average: 49.4
#13: Cody richeson: 3 appearances average: 57.3
#12: Clark Sigmund: 3 appearances average: 59.3
#11: Rick Lacy: 9 appearances average: 59.7

Next up.....THE TOP 10!!!!!

[KevinR]

#10: Alice Skinner: 7 appearances average:60.3
#9: Scott Campbell:7 appearances average: 60.6
#8: Dory Oda: 19 appearances average:66.0
#7: Graham Shepfer:6 appearances average: 66.5
#6:Stephen Skinner:19 appearances average:69.9

Next up THE TOP 5!

[KevinR]

The top five average scorers in Indy Squadron Armistice Day history:

#5: Kevin Richeson: 7 appearances average: 73.1
#4: Wayne Richeson: 6 appearances average: 85.0
#3: Ken Mrozak: 5 appearances average: 99.2
#2: Ben Hodgson: 4 appearances average: 104.0

And #1 on the list:

Terry Phillips, who in 3 appearances AVERAGED

[KevinR]

Terry Phillips averaged an astounding 114.0 points in 3 championship appearances. WOW!

[KevinR]

In overall points scored, Stephen Skinner and Dory Oda have been battling back and forth for the career scoring mark. Here are the top 5 all time scorers in Indy Squadron history (cumulative points).

#1: Stephen Skinner: 1,328 points
#2: Dory Oda: 1,254 points
#3: Scott Jones: 569 points
#4: Rick Lacy: 537 points
#5: Kevin Richeson: 512 points (Hey I was just as surprised as you)!

[KevinR]

Next up: all time family averages!! Just for the kick of it!

[KevinR]

Ok I show 5 different families have had at least 2 players represented in the Armistice Day tournaments over the years. Here are the family averages:

#1: Richeson: 66.1 average 5 players over 21 games combined
#2: Oda: 62.6 average 2 players over 21 games (Mike can thank Dory)
#3: Skinner: 61.5 average 3 players over 35 games
#4: Lacy: 53.4 average 2 players over 13 games
#5: Halberstadt: 24.2 average 2 players over 6 games

[KevinR]

The Richeson's family all time average even includes Mason Richeson's 0 point flameout in his only game.

[KevinR]

Ok there you go Stephen, there's my contribution of facts and figures.

[Stephen]

Wow! This is fun! I'm away from my puter for a few days, but post anything else that you think of. That is very interesting. Thanks!