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Originally Posted by RchW
I'm no projections expert but 5% to 7% off does not seem way off to me. I see articles explaining projection misses all the time on the web.
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That's not really my point. All projection systems are generally within 5% to 7% of each other. I'm more asking why the game is advertised as using ZiPS when it seems clear that it's really not, or if there is an explanation of like "We started with ZiPS, then put our own spin on them." In which case... why mention ZiPS at all?
And yes, in these two examples, they're acceptably close. There are lots of players that are not.
Andrew Triggs, for example, has ZiPS projections of 4.38/4.18 & 1.4. OOTP projects as 3.51/3.62 & 4.5. That's definitely not "based" on ZiPS. It's not even close. And if you look through players, you'll find a lot like that.
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