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PaGaLGuY Mock CATs Premier League CAT & Related BSchools

estranged_gnrs
04:52 PM, 30 Jun '08
30 Jun '08
In the last few years, we have seen formation of teams like Dream team and Underdogs Team and their success in bringing people together has been awesome. The only drawback of this was that it was limited to few users. With time, we need to learn from our past and try to make things better and bigger. Hence few of us at PG HQ, other mods and admins and few users who have been integral part of PaGaLGuY came up with the concept of PaGaLGuY Premier League.
So what it is all about ? Let us read below -
Henceforth, we will have 8 teams for this MBA entrance prep season. The teams will be

1> Mumbai Dream Team - Click here to know more about Mumbai Team
2> Chennai Dream Team - Click here to know more about Chennai Team
3> NCR Dream Team - Click here to know more about NCR Team

4> Bangalore Dream Team - Click here to know more about Bangalore Team
5> Pune Dream Team - Click here to know more about Pune Team
6> Hyderabad Dream Team - Click here to know more about Hyderabad Team

7> Kolkata Dream team - Click here to know more about Kolkata team

8> India United Dream team - Click here to know more about India United team

The names of the teams is something which is open. Team members can suggest names after forming their teams. Keep them exciting, enthusiastic and positive.

Q.1. How the teams will be constituted ?
Ans . Every team will have 15 players, 1 coach and 1 manager. There is no limit to number of supporters though.
Every team needs to have minimum of 10 members from the same city. e.g. Bangalore Dream team must have 10 members from Bangalore. Other 5 members should be preferably from nearby locations.
Members appearing for TIME, IMS , CL and CF mocks are eligible to be part of the teams. Members from other coaching institutes can be incorporated if the total number is more than 15 out of 120 players in the league.

Q.2. Every team will have a different thread for themselves ?
Ans . Yes. We will be opening a sub-section for premier league where all team threads will be moved.

Q.3. Ok, so what is the first step ?
Ans. After this announcement, members from different cities can club together and should post the nomination list of at least 8 people to start with. A captain will be chosen by the same set of people.Captain alongside coach will manage more additions.

Q.4. Ok, teams are formed, what next ?
Ans . Every week, once the mock results are declared, a captain can chose scores of 11 of his team. ( other 4 can be considered substitutes ) and post. The teams will be go up and down on the leaderboard as per this formula -

Team Score = *0.75 + -

Where,
R1 - percentile of the 1st ranked performer in the team
R2 - percentile of the 1st ranked performer in the team
R11 - percentile of 11th ranked performer in the team

R1M2 - percentile of 1st ranked performer in the 2nd mock
R1M1 - percentile of 1st ranked performer in the 1st mock

or, we can say,

Team Score = Average of percentiles of top 11 performers in the team * 0.75 + Sum of difference of percentiles of top performers in the team - Difference in percentiles of 1st rank and 11th rank member in the team

0.75 is multiplied with the average to give weightage to this score. We wanted to give ,
60% weightage to Average of percentiles of top 11 performers in the team
20% weightage to Sum of difference of percentiles of top performers in the team
20% weightage to Difference in percentiles of 1st rank and 11th rank member in the team


The above formula is devised to incorporate the following -
1> Overall performance of the team.
2> Change in performance over previous mock.
3> The diversity in the team.

The captain will be responsible for compiling the scores and publishing them as a team by every thursday evening.We are working on making an application where Captains can manage their teams, enter scores and publish them. So no worry about them calculating the scores based on formulae, everything will be automated. ;)
It is captain's responsibility to verify mock scores of members in his team. If anyone is found to be publishing wrong scores, the whole team is disqualified. The admins have the right to verify scores if and when required.

Q.5. What are the benefits ?

1> You are able to make focus groups in your city and work together.
2> Members will get their team ranks in their user profiles.
3> The top team of the month will be featured on PaGaLGuY's homepage with photos and profile of each member.( substitutes included ;) )
4> PaGaLGuY.com will arrange expert sessions for the teams in their respective cities.
5> Certificates of appreciation and helping others to team members if as a team their is marked improvement in team's overall performance by end of Mock season.
6> Opportunity to learn, strategize, motivate and organize your preparation this year.
7> You are never alone . :D
8> Free merchandise like tees for the team members.


To add to this, we will be trying to get sponsors for this whole product. If we are able to do that, expect lot of rewards and incentives for the performances. Individual as well as team.By performance, we do not mean just high percentiles, but we will be looking at enthusiasm, zeal and improvement.

Q.6 How does substitutions work?

1> A captain can chose top 11 performers from his 15 member team and publish the scores provided -
- Rank 1 and Rank 11 members of a team have to be compulsorily included in the next mock scores.
- A player has not been part of the first 11 for publishing of the scores for consecutive 3 times. (everyone should get a chance )
2> There may be cases when a team has to retire a member from his team for some reasons. e.g. Disillusionment with MBA or something like that. In cases like that, a captain is allowed to replace this member with a new one. Maximum of 3 replacements will be allowed per season.
Q.7. What is role of Coach and Manager ?
Ans . Coach's and Managers will be preferably those people who have been there and done that. These are people who can motivate the team, keep them together and help them in devising strategy , guidance along the prep .
Coach should be someone who has been through the grind of MBA entrance prep . He may be someone who has already got admission in a B-School or he can be someone who is appearing for CAT again.
Managers, as the term imply, will manage the team, resources, meets etc in co-ordination with the captain.
Few things to note -
1>The decision of administrators will be final in case of any conflict. We will welcome queries from members but decision of incorporating those belongs to the administrators.
2>The administrators have the right to change the rules for the betterment of the league during the season.
3>Additions to this concept will be made as the season progresses. It is a new product for us, hence be patient. We all will have our learning curve this year. Do understand, this is a new baby, and it will need lot of support and care to take it to next level in coming years.
Finally, let us not forget the real purpose of this league. The real purpose is to create more dream teams, to instill the feeling of helping around each other and give our best shot to the task at hand, i.e. getting into the B-School of our dreams. This is, at the end of the day, meant to strive ourselves making us better people in life, not hardcore competitors. It is meant to enjoy the success of people around us and share our ups and downs with others.
Important dates -
Finalisation of team members, captains etc - Wednesday, 9th July
First Sunday, whose mock scores will be taken in account - 6th July
So, get started people, make your teams, decide the names . You can start different threads for the discussion about forming your teams. Any queries, post here please.
Cheers,
Rohit
I am not an MBA, hence; I have to use my brains.
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