Benchmark Scoring VS Fractional Scoring (1 Viewer)

[JD8p]

What's everyone's preference?

Do you like the system where you need that extra yard or two to get the point, or do you like every single yard to count toward your score?

 

[comfortably numb]

What's everyone's preference?Do you like the system where you need that extra yard or two to get the point, or do you like every single yard to count toward your score?

"Everything counts in large amounts"I want credit for what my players do, not some random number that happens to end in a 0

 

[mrspree15]

What's everyone's preference?Do you like the system where you need that extra yard or two to get the point, or do you like every single yard to count toward your score?

"Everything counts in large amounts"I want credit for what my players do, not some random number that happens to end in a 0

/thread

 

[Skeletore Eh]

with benchmark scoring, a player can get less yardage and more points. just makes no sense.

9 rushing yards and 9 receiving yards is 18 yards and 0 points

vs.

10 rushing yards and 0 receiving yards is 10 yards and 1 point

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

Benchmark scoring is a remnant of the old days when commissioners had to hand-score every weekly matchup using the Monday morning newspaper. It has no place in internet-era fantasy football.

 

[The Doctor]

fractional >

 

[Lavachebeadsman]

One league I'm in doesn't use fractional and or has created 3 ties, ####### our playoff scenario all up.

 

[kd1]

Benchmark scoring is a remnant of the old days when commissioners had to hand-score every weekly matchup using the Monday morning newspaper. It has no place in internet-era fantasy football.

lol. people couldn't add up decimals before the internet was invented. moronic statement.i'm in a fractional league, and a "benchmark" scoring league which is additionally yardage bonus league (wr doesn't get ydg points until 100 yds).i like the latter way better, personally. much more exciting.

 

[footballnerd]

combo leagues, fractional with one point bonuses for benchmarks (100 yd rush/rec, 300 yd passing, etc)

 

[FF Ninja]

Good post:

Benchmark scoring is a remnant of the old days when commissioners had to hand-score every weekly matchup using the Monday morning newspaper. It has no place in internet-era fantasy football.

Bad post:

Benchmark scoring is a remnant of the old days when commissioners had to hand-score every weekly matchup using the Monday morning newspaper. It has no place in internet-era fantasy football.

lol. people couldn't add up decimals before the internet was invented. moronic statement.i'm in a fractional league, and a "benchmark" scoring league which is additionally yardage bonus league (wr doesn't get ydg points until 100 yds).i like the latter way better, personally. much more exciting.

This league sounds like a waste of time.

 

[ldizzle]

Good post:

Benchmark scoring is a remnant of the old days when commissioners had to hand-score every weekly matchup using the Monday morning newspaper. It has no place in internet-era fantasy football.

Bad post:

Benchmark scoring is a remnant of the old days when commissioners had to hand-score every weekly matchup using the Monday morning newspaper. It has no place in internet-era fantasy football.

lol. people couldn't add up decimals before the internet was invented. moronic statement.i'm in a fractional league, and a "benchmark" scoring league which is additionally yardage bonus league (wr doesn't get ydg points until 100 yds).i like the latter way better, personally. much more exciting.

This league sounds like a waste of time.

 

[ThePittbully]

Im in one benchmark league and I hate it, I've been trying to get it changed for years now but they just won't do it. We've had 4 ties so far this year

 

[kd1]

Im in one benchmark league and I hate it, I've been trying to get it changed for years now but they just won't do it. We've had 4 ties so far this year

oh no! ties!! how will you ever determine a league champion by season's end???

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

Benchmark scoring is a remnant of the old days when commissioners had to hand-score every weekly matchup using the Monday morning newspaper. It has no place in internet-era fantasy football.

lol. people couldn't add up decimals before the internet was invented. moronic statement.

Of course they could. They just didn't want to. Now stop being such a ####### idiot.

 

[kd1]

Good post:

Benchmark scoring is a remnant of the old days when commissioners had to hand-score every weekly matchup using the Monday morning newspaper. It has no place in internet-era fantasy football.

Bad post:

Benchmark scoring is a remnant of the old days when commissioners had to hand-score every weekly matchup using the Monday morning newspaper. It has no place in internet-era fantasy football.

lol. people couldn't add up decimals before the internet was invented. moronic statement.i'm in a fractional league, and a "benchmark" scoring league which is additionally yardage bonus league (wr doesn't get ydg points until 100 yds).i like the latter way better, personally. much more exciting.

This league sounds like a waste of time.

good point. i've been re-evaluating my life lately and this post helps me. i need to waste less time playing in benchmark scoring fantasy football leagues, and re-appropriate that time wasted by putting it to much more worthy use, such as playing in fractional scoring fantasy football leagues.

 

[kd1]

Benchmark scoring is a remnant of the old days when commissioners had to hand-score every weekly matchup using the Monday morning newspaper. It has no place in internet-era fantasy football.

lol. people couldn't add up decimals before the internet was invented. moronic statement.

Of course they could. They just didn't want to. Now stop being such a ####### idiot.

wow. u r a meany.now can you please write an article about how people didn't want to add up decimals before the internet was invented? would be a great read.

 

[belljr]

I have been in both, still prefer the benchmark? We have tiered bonuses and tiered TD's.

The one thing I have been wanting to do though is combine rush/rec yardage. So that way the example above.

9 yds rush and 9 yds rec = 18 = 1 pt and not zero.

Gets voted down every year.

:cantwaitformoredecimalsnobattacks:

 

[mrspree15]

Im in one benchmark league and I hate it, I've been trying to get it changed for years now but they just won't do it. We've had 4 ties so far this year

I get mad that my leaguemates won't adopt more "progressive" FF rules, but I guess I should be grateful that we have decimal scoring. How does that get voted down?

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

Im in one benchmark league and I hate it, I've been trying to get it changed for years now but they just won't do it. We've had 4 ties so far this year

I get mad that my leaguemates won't adopt more "progressive" FF rules, but I guess I should be grateful that we have decimal scoring. How does that get voted down?

I'm in a league with friends that was founded in 1990. It has benchmark scoring, as well as a bunch of other absurd rules that were adopted back before fantasy football was ubiquitous. The commissioner and some of the owners are very resistant to change; every year I and others bring up some rule changes to make the league a little more modern but they always shoot them down. The draft is a great event every summer, and I still do add/drops and set lineups and field a competitive team, but this league is so wacky I honestly have little interest in it. Couldn't even tell you what my record is in that league right now.

 

[gandalas]

combo leagues, fractional with one point bonuses for benchmarks (100 yd rush/rec, 300 yd passing, etc)

This is how we do it as well. Gives you credit for all your guy has done, but still leaves you PRAYING for that extra little yard rather than stopping on 99.

 

[belljr]

combo leagues, fractional with one point bonuses for benchmarks (100 yd rush/rec, 300 yd passing, etc)

Is standard .1 per yard. So 101 yards rush/rec would be 11.1 points?

 

[B Maverick]

two leagues in benchmark and have no issues with it. AND very rarely is there a tie.

1 pt 10 carries, 20 yards rush, 2 catches, 25 yards rec, 5 completions, 50 yards passing

bonus for 100 yards rush and rec and 300 yards passing

Tds count 3-6 points depending on their distance

FF "Drama" is 5/99 rec (5 pts) where that one catch for 1 year = 3 points!

never done franctional, never had it proposed so I cant say bad things about it....

 

[footballnerd]

On a side note, benchmark sounds almost as bad as categories in fantasy hoops (which made me quit hoops), missing the days of sandbox.com head to head hoops.... :(

 

[beaux]

Decimal scoring sucks.

 

[Gatorman]

WE do benchmark in the league I commish with Fractional being the tiebreaker.

It is much more fun to complain about needing one more yard from someone to win or lose than the other way in my opinion.

 

[Instinctive]

combo leagues, fractional with one point bonuses for benchmarks (100 yd rush/rec, 300 yd passing, etc)

This is how we do it as well. Gives you credit for all your guy has done, but still leaves you PRAYING for that extra little yard rather than stopping on 99.

Damn you MJD.Seriously though - decimals are BETTER

 

[comfortably numb]

Decimal scoring sucks.

When you go to pay for something and the price $5.58, if you throw down a $5 bill and walk out the door, you will be tackled by a security guard in the parking lot.Same should apply to you

 

[FantasyTrader]

combo leagues, fractional with one point bonuses for benchmarks (100 yd rush/rec, 300 yd passing, etc)

This is how we do it as well. Gives you credit for all your guy has done, but still leaves you PRAYING for that extra little yard rather than stopping on 99.

Damn you MJD.Seriously though - decimals are BETTER

We do benchmark scoring as well. MJD Scored me a big fat zero this week with 166 total yds. 5 pt. bonus for 100 rushing or 5 pt. bonus for 75 RB receiving. I know it's not a popular concept, but I still love benchmark scoring. It's not the most accurate reflection of actual player performance but it's fun.

 

[kd1]

i like how people say anything other than decimal scoring is stupid, because it's just so essential to get credit for every yard and have the most accurate representation possible of player performance, but you play in head to head leagues, which is the least accurate representation possible of who has the best team.

 

[netnalp]

FBG had an article a few years ago that discussed this. I haven't been able to find it but as I recall it supported decimal scoring and showed the impact of points lost by not using it.

(I wish the article search function was functional)

 

[beaux]

Decimal scoring sucks.

When you go to pay for something and the price $5.58, if you throw down a $5 bill and walk out the door, you will be tackled by a security guard in the parking lot.Same should apply to you

I have never bought anything that cost $5.58.

 

[FantasyTrader]

i like how people say anything other than decimal scoring is stupid, because it's just so essential to get credit for every yard and have the most accurate representation possible of player performance, but you play in head to head leagues, which is the least accurate representation possible of who has the best team.

I noticed the same thing!

 

[footballnerd]

WE do benchmark in the league I commish with Fractional being the tiebreaker.It is much more fun to complain about needing one more yard from someone to win or lose than the other way in my opinion.

I guess I gotta try benchmark before I can knock it.although squeeking a win from a decimal head to head match up by a yard is pretty fun too....or losing by a kneel down

 

[kd1]

i like how people say anything other than decimal scoring is stupid, because it's just so essential to get credit for every yard and have the most accurate representation possible of player performance, but you play in head to head leagues, which is the least accurate representation possible of who has the best team.

I noticed the same thing!

bracing for the onslaught of "no, no, no, my league is a hybrid of head2head/total points/all-play/rotisserie/etc" posts.

 

[JD8p]

Interesting...seems somewhat split.

I am in both benchmark and fractional leagues and I can honestly say I enjoy the benchmark scoring much more. That extra yard or two...it makes each play that much more exciting to me at least.

 

[Instinctive]

combo leagues, fractional with one point bonuses for benchmarks (100 yd rush/rec, 300 yd passing, etc)

This is how we do it as well. Gives you credit for all your guy has done, but still leaves you PRAYING for that extra little yard rather than stopping on 99.

Damn you MJD.Seriously though - decimals are BETTER

We do benchmark scoring as well. MJD Scored me a big fat zero this week with 166 total yds. 5 pt. bonus for 100 rushing or 5 pt. bonus for 75 RB receiving. I know it's not a popular concept, but I still love benchmark scoring. It's not the most accurate reflection of actual player performance but it's fun.

That really sucks - it just seems stupid to me. Awful. 166 total yards is worth points.I was pissed about not getting the bonus we get for 100 yards rush or rec...not getting anything unless you reach a certain benchmark is seriously moronic. No offense.

 

[FantasyTrader]

combo leagues, fractional with one point bonuses for benchmarks (100 yd rush/rec, 300 yd passing, etc)

This is how we do it as well. Gives you credit for all your guy has done, but still leaves you PRAYING for that extra little yard rather than stopping on 99.

Damn you MJD.Seriously though - decimals are BETTER

We do benchmark scoring as well. MJD Scored me a big fat zero this week with 166 total yds. 5 pt. bonus for 100 rushing or 5 pt. bonus for 75 RB receiving. I know it's not a popular concept, but I still love benchmark scoring. It's not the most accurate reflection of actual player performance but it's fun.

That really sucks - it just seems stupid to me. Awful. 166 total yards is worth points.I was pissed about not getting the bonus we get for 100 yards rush or rec...not getting anything unless you reach a certain benchmark is seriously moronic. No offense.

None taken. That's the beauty of the game. If you can find 7,9,11 other people who all like a scoring format - regardless how unconventional it is - you have yourself a fantasy league.

 

[kd1]

combo leagues, fractional with one point bonuses for benchmarks (100 yd rush/rec, 300 yd passing, etc)

This is how we do it as well. Gives you credit for all your guy has done, but still leaves you PRAYING for that extra little yard rather than stopping on 99.

Damn you MJD.Seriously though - decimals are BETTER

We do benchmark scoring as well. MJD Scored me a big fat zero this week with 166 total yds. 5 pt. bonus for 100 rushing or 5 pt. bonus for 75 RB receiving. I know it's not a popular concept, but I still love benchmark scoring. It's not the most accurate reflection of actual player performance but it's fun.

That really sucks - it just seems stupid to me. Awful. 166 total yards is worth points.I was pissed about not getting the bonus we get for 100 yards rush or rec...not getting anything unless you reach a certain benchmark is seriously moronic. No offense.

it's your opinion, and an idiotic one. not surprising, given your logo.if a runningback in the nfl runs for 99 yards from his 1 to his opponents 1, how many points does his team receive for that? none, because that's not how nfl scoring works. those are the rules. you dont get 99% of 6 points for going 99 yards but not getting into the endzone. just like how in his league, you have to cross over the 100 yard barrier to get points. that's how his fantasy scoring works.

 

[notdarkyet]

Im in one benchmark league and I hate it, I've been trying to get it changed for years now but they just won't do it. We've had 4 ties so far this year

Ditto. Not the ties part. I would have less against it if they combined the similar yardage categories. Rushing and Receiving yards are both worth 1 for every 10 yards, so I would suggest they actually be combined. That would avoid the stupidity that is 18 total yards equaling zero points at least.

 

[ldizzle]

combo leagues, fractional with one point bonuses for benchmarks (100 yd rush/rec, 300 yd passing, etc)

This is how we do it as well. Gives you credit for all your guy has done, but still leaves you PRAYING for that extra little yard rather than stopping on 99.

Damn you MJD.Seriously though - decimals are BETTER

We do benchmark scoring as well. MJD Scored me a big fat zero this week with 166 total yds. 5 pt. bonus for 100 rushing or 5 pt. bonus for 75 RB receiving. I know it's not a popular concept, but I still love benchmark scoring. It's not the most accurate reflection of actual player performance but it's fun.

That really sucks - it just seems stupid to me. Awful. 166 total yards is worth points.I was pissed about not getting the bonus we get for 100 yards rush or rec...not getting anything unless you reach a certain benchmark is seriously moronic. No offense.

it's your opinion, and an idiotic one. not surprising, given your logo.if a runningback in the nfl runs for 99 yards from his 1 to his opponents 1, how many points does his team receive for that? none, because that's not how nfl scoring works. those are the rules. you dont get 99% of 6 points for going 99 yards but not getting into the endzone. just like how in his league, you have to cross over the 100 yard barrier to get points. that's how his fantasy scoring works.

i dont know if your kidding or serious? that is the worst argument ive heard this season.

 

[joffer]

there's no valid argument against decimal scoring

 

[kd1]

there's no valid argument against decimal scoring

there's no valid argument against playing in a total points league.

 

[ConnSKINS26]

combo leagues, fractional with one point bonuses for benchmarks (100 yd rush/rec, 300 yd passing, etc)

This is how we do it as well. Gives you credit for all your guy has done, but still leaves you PRAYING for that extra little yard rather than stopping on 99.

Damn you MJD.Seriously though - decimals are BETTER

We do benchmark scoring as well. MJD Scored me a big fat zero this week with 166 total yds. 5 pt. bonus for 100 rushing or 5 pt. bonus for 75 RB receiving. I know it's not a popular concept, but I still love benchmark scoring. It's not the most accurate reflection of actual player performance but it's fun.

That really sucks - it just seems stupid to me. Awful. 166 total yards is worth points.I was pissed about not getting the bonus we get for 100 yards rush or rec...not getting anything unless you reach a certain benchmark is seriously moronic. No offense.

it's your opinion, and an idiotic one. not surprising, given your logo.if a runningback in the nfl runs for 99 yards from his 1 to his opponents 1, how many points does his team receive for that? none, because that's not how nfl scoring works. those are the rules. you dont get 99% of 6 points for going 99 yards but not getting into the endzone. just like how in his league, you have to cross over the 100 yard barrier to get points. that's how his fantasy scoring works.

i dont know if your kidding or serious? that is the worst argument ive heard this season.

Seriously. Not only does his math suck (a run from one yard line to the other one yard line would be a 98 yard run), but its very possible to run for a hundred yards, and more, without scoring a TD for your team. What a horrible argument.

 

[ConnSKINS26]

there's no valid argument against decimal scoring

there's no valid argument against playing in a total points league.

I think the fact that MJD can accumulate a combined 166 yards in a game and earn your fantasy team ZERO points is a pretty valid argument.I understand that you may PREFER it that way, personally, but that doesn't mean there isn't an argument against it. Whereas I have a very hard time thinking up any kind of argument against decimal scoring.

 

[kd1]

there's no valid argument against decimal scoring

there's no valid argument against playing in a total points league.

I think the fact that MJD can accumulate a combined 166 yards in a game and earn your fantasy team ZERO points is a pretty valid argument.I understand that you may PREFER it that way, personally, but that doesn't mean there isn't an argument against it. Whereas I have a very hard time thinking up any kind of argument against decimal scoring.

for anybody who thinks there's no valid argument against decimal scoring, there's no valid argument against playing in a total points league. /argument

 

[Run It Up]

Benchmark scoring is a remnant of the old days when commissioners had to hand-score every weekly matchup using the Monday morning newspaper. It has no place in internet-era fantasy football.

lol. people couldn't add up decimals before the internet was invented. moronic statement.i'm in a fractional league, and a "benchmark" scoring league which is additionally yardage bonus league (wr doesn't get ydg points until 100 yds).i like the latter way better, personally. much more exciting.

Exciting, should read as stupid.Lmfao, I dont wanna live on this planet anymore.

 

[kd1]

Benchmark scoring is a remnant of the old days when commissioners had to hand-score every weekly matchup using the Monday morning newspaper. It has no place in internet-era fantasy football.

lol. people couldn't add up decimals before the internet was invented. moronic statement.i'm in a fractional league, and a "benchmark" scoring league which is additionally yardage bonus league (wr doesn't get ydg points until 100 yds).i like the latter way better, personally. much more exciting.

Exciting, should read as stupid.Lmfao, I dont wanna live on this planet anymore.

enjoying them head to head leagues, are ya? thought so!

 

[kd1]

combo leagues, fractional with one point bonuses for benchmarks (100 yd rush/rec, 300 yd passing, etc)

This is how we do it as well. Gives you credit for all your guy has done, but still leaves you PRAYING for that extra little yard rather than stopping on 99.

Damn you MJD.Seriously though - decimals are BETTER

We do benchmark scoring as well. MJD Scored me a big fat zero this week with 166 total yds. 5 pt. bonus for 100 rushing or 5 pt. bonus for 75 RB receiving. I know it's not a popular concept, but I still love benchmark scoring. It's not the most accurate reflection of actual player performance but it's fun.

That really sucks - it just seems stupid to me. Awful. 166 total yards is worth points.I was pissed about not getting the bonus we get for 100 yards rush or rec...not getting anything unless you reach a certain benchmark is seriously moronic. No offense.

it's your opinion, and an idiotic one. not surprising, given your logo.if a runningback in the nfl runs for 99 yards from his 1 to his opponents 1, how many points does his team receive for that? none, because that's not how nfl scoring works. those are the rules. you dont get 99% of 6 points for going 99 yards but not getting into the endzone. just like how in his league, you have to cross over the 100 yard barrier to get points. that's how his fantasy scoring works.

i dont know if your kidding or serious? that is the worst argument ive heard this season.

Seriously. Not only does his math suck (a run from one yard line to the other one yard line would be a 98 yard run), but its very possible to run for a hundred yards, and more, without scoring a TD for your team. What a horrible argument.

you are just too dense to understand. i shouldn't have included yardage in both in the comparison. makes it confusing for you i guess. in the nfl, you have to score td's and fg's and safeties to get points. in his fantasy football league, you have to get over 100 yds to get points. they are called rules. arbitrary? sure. just like making your entire season ride on week 16 (ROFLMAO) in head 2 head lagues. stupid? hardly. getting into a pissing contest just because you want everybody to know your league is the best is so tired and lame.

 

[ConnSKINS26]

I like H2H leagues because they promote rivalries and more intense competitiveness when you are "playing" a certain team every week. That makes more sense than pretending that yardage doesn't "count" towards your scoring unless some arbitrary benchmark is hit.

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

nothing better than a quarter point decision.

we had one game this year that was tied to the hundredth point late into the monday night game (idp) -- awesome!