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New BCB User Statistic: KOWZR

I herby present the Kommentor Zone Rating System for the statistical evaluation of commentors on BCB.

at first blush this stat should be defined as:

[(REC's)+ (DAVR-BLOU)+(SWLs)] / (P+C)

REC's = # of rec's received on posts or comments

DAVR = number of  replies to your post/comments

BLOU = number of replies calling you a major ass/requesting you pound sand

SWLs = funny or timely pictures posted

P= # of posts made

C= # of comments made

There should also be some accomodation for comments or stances that are heckled at the time but turn out to be so way correct that you are considered forever awesome (ie: all The Riot and Hoffpauir official athletic supporters).

Possibly including extra points if you start a running gag that sticks- not sure on that abbreviation yet.

Of course there should be a plus/minus system in place to determine our value over replacement level (cubs.com message board comments?) and the Zones could be defined as

  • newbie
  • occasional poster 
  • highly flammable
  • serial posters
  • I truly have no life outside of BCB

All in all I think this will at least be as valuable to conversation as discussing defensive statistics. Please feel free to heap your praise in the comments below.

Al, if you need help implementing this I can lend some programming help so we can add this to our user pages.

 

Poll
Is this an awesome idea?
Yes!
22 votes
Hells yes!
24 votes
OMG you are a genius!
56 votes

102 votes | Poll has closed

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Well, let me just say...

…that I’m honored to be immortalized in this fashion. Please note that I believe you need at least 1,000 comments to eliminate any errors or misjudgments under the KOWZR system. I can’t wait until Fangraphs picks this up.

I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.

by dat cubfan daver on May 13, 2009 1:44 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I'd say you need at least 25,000....

… or it’d be a small sample size.

:-)

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on May 13, 2009 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

And I feel hurt

not to be immortalized.

Perhaps my own stat for number of seconds it takes me to respond to any Maddux reference.

"I daydream just like everybody else, I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention."- Greg Maddux

by Doggie Stalker on May 13, 2009 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

if it makes u feel better

i am not immortalized either, but I did send him back to the drawing board

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Neither was I, but any group that includes daver, SWL and BLou is of

highly questionable makings. Anyone that would want to part of that crew needs his head examined.

"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris

by willie mays hayes' gloves on May 13, 2009 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Need I remind you of whom you are speaking sir!

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 13, 2009 6:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Brilliant.

Believe or Leave ~Cubswynn 9/9/2008

by slcathena on May 16, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I LIKE THE VOTING OPTIONS

"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money."

--Ernie Banks

by dtpollitt on May 13, 2009 1:53 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

thanks I tried really

hard to be objective and yet leave room for people who only thought the idea was really great.

Definitive Answers to Impossible Questions What baseball team did A. Lincoln support?

by Andre Fonseca on May 13, 2009 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What do people like me do?

When we think its only the best idea to ever be thought up? KOWZR > Theory of Relativity.

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living."

by jkobus on May 13, 2009 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you start the Church of KOWZR

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

well the aKOWZR

will take into account the now obsolete theory of relativity, KOWZR, and also gluons

Definitive Answers to Impossible Questions What baseball team did A. Lincoln support?

by Andre Fonseca on May 13, 2009 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Baselines need to be established

so to make sure we know when posters are experiencing career years – this way they won’t be counted on to continue their same output, even when their fingers are slower because of age.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Trey2317 on May 13, 2009 2:13 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

*because of age, injury, etc.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Trey2317 on May 13, 2009 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

also

replying to your own comment should effectively negate your comment

Definitive Answers to Impossible Questions What baseball team did A. Lincoln support?

by Andre Fonseca on May 13, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

good call

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

they are traded

and then they are reaquired

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm fine, thank you

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on May 13, 2009 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It can only make us stronger.

I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.

by dat cubfan daver on May 13, 2009 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

one of us

ONE OF US

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gouble Gobble.

Want to drink from that Loving Cup.
( told you I went to see FREAKS on Monday. Needed something for the off day)

"I daydream just like everybody else, I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention."- Greg Maddux

by Doggie Stalker on May 13, 2009 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

seems fair.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Trey2317 on May 14, 2009 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

it would be terrible

if I pulled a ligament in my finger typing a reply.

Drive, Monkey Drive!

by VegasCubFan on May 13, 2009 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're not paid to reply!

You should stick to the role you were hired for!

"Aramis Ramirez, with the guys I've ever played with in my career, is as clutch a hitter as I've seen. He smells it." -Ryan Dempster
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root

by Clutch16 on May 14, 2009 12:48 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

lolz

Funny the way it is, how a kid walks ten miles to school while another is dropping out

by heine41 on May 15, 2009 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 13, 2009 2:16 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

...in its frickin' eyes.

I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.

by dat cubfan daver on May 13, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

that you can see thru its mouth

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

my two cents

newbie
occasional poster
highly flammable
serial posters
I truly have no life outside of BCB

that could be configured by taking your number of posts, divide by the amount of days you have been signed up (hey, if you signed up and didnt post for 5 years, that just makes you a 38 year old BCB Rookie). then you have to add a twist to it, in order to get the complete f/x by subtracting the amount of spelling errors, comments where you are posting Unicorns while talking to yourself, or where you are sandbagging (making three posts in a row with one word in each post). You then take that number and multiply by Pi and add the average total wins over the past three years that the Cubs have had, and subtract the average loses as well.

 Any running theme (gag, nickname, etc) are all awarded based on how often it is used. If it is used in gamethreads often, then it awards you 5 yellow stars. If it is not used often, you get between 4 and -5 stars for iit. If it really flops, and no one likes it, you lose 5 stars.

This should leave each of us with some number that is much larger than it is important, meaning we all can look much better than the evil BCB posters.

If you post something that has been posted twice in the last two days (ahem, not searching before posting) or if you get booed so much you have to remove your FanPost/FanShot, then you are exiled to the opposing teams game thread for the next series (our version of being sent to AAA).

Of course, being Clutche eliminates you from all importance of the thread.

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 2:48 PM CDT reply actions   1 recs

you are correct

I made a dreadful mistake in leaving out pi and upon further review the constant e…
also the lack of Unicorn horn length adjustment and effect each post/comment has on a cubs victory that day (erin andrews/denise richards et al) need to be included.

I must immediatly begin my work on creating the new and improved adjusted KOWZR-
to of course be abbreviated: aKOWZR

Definitive Answers to Impossible Questions What baseball team did A. Lincoln support?

by Andre Fonseca on May 13, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

well, I am glad I was able to assist

does that allow me any special points in aKOWZR?

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

pi was traded to Baltimore

I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.

by dat cubfan daver on May 13, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

but didnt we lose e

later as part of the Rule V draft?

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

that was

Pi # 20, I am talking about Pi # 3.14 which is much more productive. When projecting the Adjusted aKOMZR of Pi, you really are hoping for the lower number, since that is the ability to properly understand what a strike zone is.

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

with my formulations

or the last line

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is elitist

I want in.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on May 13, 2009 3:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

It should be next to your name

KOWZR: 52 Highly Flammable

"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti

by wrigleyrocker12 on May 13, 2009 3:36 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ohh!! He flubs the article!

Everyone is safe!

I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.

by dat cubfan daver on May 13, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

And on the sixth day, God created Joakim Noah...

by TheTruth11 on May 13, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Unless it's intentional

Since “for the win” is often internet speak, and so is “teh,” he could merely have combined two internet lingos.

by Arbusto on May 13, 2009 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Unfortunately for him, I am the official BCB scorer.

And I call it an E. He can file a protest with Al.

I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.

by dat cubfan daver on May 13, 2009 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

And I will!

Dear Commissioner Al:

daver is a jerkface.

Thanks for your attention to this matter.

znohitter

God, I miss this board. Stupid work schedule.

Judd Sirott is responsible for EVERYONE'S injury.
Bradley watch -- out 8 games of 32

by znohitter on May 13, 2009 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No.

I’m going to play it under an umbrella. It’s raining in Des Moines.

Judd Sirott is responsible for EVERYONE'S injury.
Bradley watch -- out 8 games of 32

by znohitter on May 13, 2009 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

who is the BCBPA Union Rep (BCB Posters Association)

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Clutche

but we’re staging a revolution.

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

LMAO

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Clutche never did tell me why

and I asked kindly

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That was your mistake

Clutche only respond to snarky requests .

"I daydream just like everybody else, I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention."- Greg Maddux

by Doggie Stalker on May 13, 2009 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

A rebuttal:

You, sir, can pound sand.

Sincerely,

Cool Hand.

Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.

by Cool Hand on May 14, 2009 2:40 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

maybe that dude from the evil BCB

will write in to protest the protest in order to preserve zsnohitter

Definitive Answers to Impossible Questions What baseball team did A. Lincoln support?

by Andre Fonseca on May 13, 2009 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think Daver was posting at znohitter' head

He posted at his f’in head! He posted at his f’in head!

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on May 13, 2009 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

since teh article

in question made a double boink sound the play stands

Definitive Answers to Impossible Questions What baseball team did A. Lincoln support?

by Andre Fonseca on May 13, 2009 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

but the head

is his livelihood

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

He stared at the teh too long

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on May 13, 2009 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

the teh

or teh the

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dunno

I’m too bug-eyed to tell the difference . . . .

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on May 13, 2009 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

riding a bike without goggles again?

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Win

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on May 15, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think we should strive for a classless BCB community

"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies." - Mike Royko

by DTJchris on May 13, 2009 4:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

can we have classes

just no teachers, only subs allowed?

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mr.Scales

can i get a hall pass?

Definitive Answers to Impossible Questions What baseball team did A. Lincoln support?

by Andre Fonseca on May 13, 2009 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why don't you call me sometime when you...have no class.

I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.

by dat cubfan daver on May 13, 2009 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why thank you Mr. Melon.

"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris

by willie mays hayes' gloves on May 13, 2009 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

triple lindey anyone?

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Peavy

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on May 13, 2009 4:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

well done, rec'd

the pink hat guy is my father

by joeschmitt on May 13, 2009 4:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I tihink it is important that you

listen to everyones ideas on how to adjust and make it better, but throw them all out and change nothing, while telling us that you made numerous changes

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 4:14 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

brilliant

hey has anyone seen cwyers lately?

Definitive Answers to Impossible Questions What baseball team did A. Lincoln support?

by Andre Fonseca on May 13, 2009 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

is he throwing the baby out with the water?

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 13, 2009 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

cold water

make baby go something something

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 14, 2009 8:41 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No TV no beer make Homer something something...

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman

by hip2bsquare on May 14, 2009 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

This post is under review.

I’ll dither for at least four weeks about it, then hire Bud Selig to hold a press conference about it, harrumph at least 7.5 times, and then not make a decision.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on May 14, 2009 8:52 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

will you probe it Al

so Macha doesnt cry about it

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 14, 2009 9:13 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ken Macha ought to be probed.

Just sayin’.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on May 14, 2009 9:18 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

now theres a bad mental picture

shudders

"That's what you live for. You live for the opportunity and when that day comes, you better be ready," Soto said. "I tried to make sure that whenever they gave me a chance, I was ready and I knew I had to take advantage of the opportunity."

by Madison Cub Fan on May 14, 2009 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

twss

"Do you want a bunch of duds walking around with their shoulders slumped and having no emotions, no feelings?" Bradley said. "I don’t think the fans want that. I think they want a guy who’s going to get into the game and feel a little bit. I’ve always said, ‘I don’t really play baseball, I feel it.’ "

by Villeslgr on May 14, 2009 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What's the over/under

as to how many times Selig will put his hand to his ear and say he can’t hear the question?

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson

by tucsoncubsfan on May 14, 2009 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You asked for this.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on May 14, 2009 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is that Selig

or Bill Gates?

Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on May 17, 2009 8:56 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe it's a combination!

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on May 17, 2009 7:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The sad thing is I really want this implemented

Funny the way it is, how a kid walks ten miles to school while another is dropping out

by heine41 on May 15, 2009 10:28 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Aw man

how did i miss this earlier!

best laugh i’ve had in a week!

by Allie on May 17, 2009 2:37 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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