Salary calculation?

Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood's picture
Submitted by Hadrian Mertins... on Tue, 2017-11-07 08:27

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It seems there's a new formula this year for calculating "pay" and overall salary each week.

John Haig's pay last night was 58k compared to 56k for the next highest player, but John's new salary is 170k compared to 153k for the next highest. Also, pay and salary are not rounded to the nearest 1000 for most players, so I'm assuming there's some kind of multiplier based on game outcome, points played, or some other variable.

Can one of the data gurus explain?

Link for the uninitiated: https://parity-server.herokuapp.com/

Geofford Seaborn

Tue, 2017-11-07 08:54

So the salary calculation is normalized per point played and prorated against a standard number of points played. Not sure what that is, but I'd bet it's pretty close to the average number of points played in past seasons.

This is done, I'm told (and agree with), to prevent salaries being run up by players who just play more. (You missed my lecture on the matter on your sideline.)

The evening's pay might still just be points-based..?

Carrie-Anne Whyte

Tue, 2017-11-07 09:01

Do you know if there were any additional adjustments based on how many more points you play on D versus O?

Geofford Seaborn

Tue, 2017-11-07 09:06

I'm pretty sure there isn't.

And I'd be curious to check (or rather, have someone else check) what difference that would make.

Frederic Caron

Fri, 2017-11-10 08:35

From what I can see if you start on D a lot and get scored on then your salary was lower in the past and your normalized salary will be even lower.

Nice a new way to lower my salary even more.

Amos Lee

Tue, 2017-11-07 09:07

This concept was suggested in previous year(s) and I think it does better to help marry the parity gimmick with the goals of the league (actual parity). But I would have left the old salaries intact for the non-GMs to gush over because who doesn't like starting at a $500k salary and aiming for $2 million by the end? 50k... blah, my admin assistant (Tom Newman) makes more than that.

Jim Robinson

Tue, 2017-11-07 09:11

I suspect there is a bug in the weekly salary calculation code.  The fact that there is only an $8k spread doesn't feel right. 

John Haig

Tue, 2017-11-07 09:45

I concur.  I've never seen an I-Party league before, let alone played in one, but last night certainly felt more impressive than 58k.

Am I doing this rigt?

Christopher Keates

Tue, 2017-11-07 09:56

The salary calculations are a bit of a work in progress.

Currently the Raw Stats view shows what appears to be 50k + salary per point played.

Team and Trade view shows what is close to actual salary calculations. 

I do not believe either is "normalized". What is displayed where will be changing in the next few days so people can see their gaudy numbers (Jon Haig, ~170k for the night), and also their on field value per point they play (Hannah Dawson, ~$6,800).

Please be patient, the product is continuing to undergo changes.

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Kevin Hughes

Thu, 2017-11-09 11:08

Keates is right there was a typo that showed the wrong data in the app. It was fixed earlier this week and it now shows the pay earned based on your stats. Team comparison views use a normalized per point salary.