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[tidus_mi2]

Can someone explain this magic number business please

It's the minimum needed points for us to finish in said position

[Franchise FC]

Can someone explain this magic number business please

It's the minimum needed points for us to be certain to finish in said position

C4Y

[leon]

now that's magic!

[Snowflake Royal]

With 11 games to play there are 66 magic number points available.

Title - 54
Automatic - 52
Playoffs - 37
Relegation - 18

I may be having a brain fart here, but given we're 20 points behind first, and have played the same number of games, how can the magic number for the title be less than the number of points available?

Oh hang on, I get it... you're counting any points dropped by opposition as magic number points, so you've doubled the number available... we can gain a max of 33. Coolio.

[From Despair To Where?]

I did it for easy reference, so you can look at the magic number and if it's greater than the number of available points, it's over.

[Snowflake Royal]

Yep, makes sense. I just hadn't thought of doing it like that and took me a moment to work it through.