Let's Talk VBD User Configuration (1 Viewer)

[patsfangr]

I've been using FBG DD Classic for about 15 years. Throughout those years, I've struggled with the position in the rankings (Player Pool) of the Def/Sts, PKs and IDPs. They are consistently significantly higher than where those positions are drafted in all leagues that I play in. As a result, when I get a few rounds into a live draft, those positions begin to "clog" the screen in the DD Player Pool. (I should note that I try to enter picks into the DD as they happen to keep the Player Pool rankings "current" with my live draft.) 

During this off season, I decided to find a way to resolve this problem. I have been experimenting with the "VBD Baseline" in the Setup window. In the past, I've never used that window. I've just accepted the default, or "Joe's Secret Formula", as the best option because I honestly don't understand how the program uses the VBD to affect the rankings. What I've discovered is that by entering my own numbers in the "User Configuration by Position Rank" section, I can change the way that the positions are weighted for integration into the Player Pool rankings. 

I'm wondering if anybody else has done this; and, if so, how satisfying have the results been for you in getting the rankings to work for you during a draft. I'm also wondering if anybody has any comments on why "Joe's Secret Formula" gets these "out of whack" rankings for these positions. I'd appreciate any comments or discussion on this, or the VBD Baseline tool in general. 

 

[FishTacoTuesday]

Bump Finley

:sehorn:

 

[Arodin]

I've been using FBG DD Classic for about 15 years. Throughout those years, I've struggled with the position in the rankings (Player Pool) of the Def/Sts, PKs and IDPs. They are consistently significantly higher than where those positions are drafted in all leagues that I play in. As a result, when I get a few rounds into a live draft, those positions begin to "clog" the screen in the DD Player Pool. (I should note that I try to enter picks into the DD as they happen to keep the Player Pool rankings "current" with my live draft.) 

During this off season, I decided to find a way to resolve this problem. I have been experimenting with the "VBD Baseline" in the Setup window. In the past, I've never used that window. I've just accepted the default, or "Joe's Secret Formula", as the best option because I honestly don't understand how the program uses the VBD to affect the rankings. What I've discovered is that by entering my own numbers in the "User Configuration by Position Rank" section, I can change the way that the positions are weighted for integration into the Player Pool rankings. 

I'm wondering if anybody else has done this; and, if so, how satisfying have the results been for you in getting the rankings to work for you during a draft. I'm also wondering if anybody has any comments on why "Joe's Secret Formula" gets these "out of whack" rankings for these positions. I'd appreciate any comments or discussion on this, or the VBD Baseline tool in general. 

Unless this is extremely well-played schtick for FFA fishing, I'm going to figure this was meant for the Shark Pool.  In which case, a lot of what you are asking is already being discussed here:

https://forums.footballguys.com/forum/topic/757016-lets-talk-value-based-drafting/

You'll also find posters there (including Joe himself for a while) with much more ability to actually address your question than I have...

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Another Trump thread?

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

I've been using FBG DD Classic for about 15 years. Throughout those years, I've struggled with the position in the rankings (Player Pool) of the Def/Sts, PKs and IDPs. They are consistently significantly higher than where those positions are drafted in all leagues that I play in. As a result, when I get a few rounds into a live draft, those positions begin to "clog" the screen in the DD Player Pool. (I should note that I try to enter picks into the DD as they happen to keep the Player Pool rankings "current" with my live draft.) 

During this off season, I decided to find a way to resolve this problem. I have been experimenting with the "VBD Baseline" in the Setup window. In the past, I've never used that window. I've just accepted the default, or "Joe's Secret Formula", as the best option because I honestly don't understand how the program uses the VBD to affect the rankings. What I've discovered is that by entering my own numbers in the "User Configuration by Position Rank" section, I can change the way that the positions are weighted for integration into the Player Pool rankings. 

I'm wondering if anybody else has done this; and, if so, how satisfying have the results been for you in getting the rankings to work for you during a draft. I'm also wondering if anybody has any comments on why "Joe's Secret Formula" gets these "out of whack" rankings for these positions. I'd appreciate any comments or discussion on this, or the VBD Baseline tool in general. 

Fun Fact: Joe's Secret Formula is actually a dry rub for ribs.

 

[flapgreen]

Fake News! 

 

[roadkill1292]

Roosters! We need to see roosters!

(don't we?) 

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Boooooring 

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Also just throw that VBD nonsense out the window and subscribe to coach @Otis newsletter and you'll be flying high above the sharks

:hawkscreech:

 

[IvanKaramazov]

VBD just over-complicates things.  My strategy is draft Gates and then let the software auto-pick every other selection, since everybody else is immaterial anyway.

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

Definitely draft Gates

 

[eoMMan]

Depends on your rooster. How big is it?

 

[joffer]

this is all a ploy to motivate Eminence

 

[patsfangr]

Thanks to Arodin for the tip. ... This WAS a serious question. So the rest of you need to work on your communication skills. 

 

[Christo]

Yeah, let's be serious boys.

 

[Galileo]

Thanks to Arodin for the tip. ... This WAS a serious question. So the rest of you need to work on your communication skills. 

Actually, they have.  This is the result.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Thanks to Arodin for the tip. ... This WAS a serious question. So the rest of you need to work on your communication skills. 

You need to work on your reading skills, Ace. Questions like these belong in the Shark Pool. You posted this in the FFA. FFA stands for Free For All. That's right, Chief. This is a ####ing free for all. And you just chummed the water, guy. 

(Also, I like to look at past drafts my league has done to find the average number of QBs, RBs, WRs taken by each of my 2nd round draft slot, 3rd round slot, etc. Then I change the baselines after each pick to reflect what will likely happen before my next pick and use the resulting VBD values to find the best pick based on likely dropoffs. Note, this only works if you can find a consistent pattern or if the results you get follow ADP fairly closely.) 

 

[Ilov80s]

Thanks to Arodin for the tip. ... This WAS a serious question. So the rest of you need to work on your communication skills. 

It's an old running joke. When someone posts a thread in the wrong spot, the poster here will post all kinds of jokey responses. You just got initiated.