{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jsoma/playfair-projects/issues/45","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jsoma/playfair-projects","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jsoma/playfair-projects/issues/45/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jsoma/playfair-projects/issues/45/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jsoma/playfair-projects/issues/45/events","html_url":"https://github.com/jsoma/playfair-projects/issues/45","id":167436401,"number":45,"title":"Sports Misery Index","user":{"login":"spm2164","id":19689113,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19689113?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/spm2164","html_url":"https://github.com/spm2164","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spm2164/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spm2164/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spm2164/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spm2164/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spm2164/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spm2164/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spm2164/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spm2164/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spm2164/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jsoma/playfair-projects/labels/Bot%20Request:%20Checklist","name":"Bot Request: Checklist","color":"006b75"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jsoma/playfair-projects/labels/Type:%20Pitch","name":"Type: Pitch","color":"d4c5f9"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2016-07-25T18:42:05Z","updated_at":"2016-08-06T19:40:54Z","closed_at":null,"body":"The inspiration for this piece comes from the fact that I'm from Cleveland, and Cleveland just this year won its first major league championship since 1964. Also, from articles like [this](http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/16472883/sports-misery-index-cleveland-passes-crown-most-tortured-fans-san-diego-buffalo) from ESPN or [this](http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2016/06/23/where-does-cleveland-rank-in-sports-misery-now/#75b500f8d520) from some rando at Forbes where they attempt to track the same thing. They basically assign points to a city based on consecutive team seasons spent without winning their respective championships, and then reset the count to zero whenever any team from a city wins a championship.\r\n\r\nMy deal with this is that \r\n1. Not all seasons are created equal. A season in which your team goes to the playoffs is better than a season where your team is in last place. And \r\n2. Cities with multiple teams do no necessarily have overlapping fan bases. Just because the Cleveland basketball team won the championship, doesn't mean that all misery is dispelled. Football fans that do not care about basketball still have nothing since 1964. This is especially apparent in a city like Chicago with multiple teams in one sport. The Cubs haven't won the World Series in over 100 years but the White Sox last won one in 2005, and Cubs fans are almost never White Sox fans. The total sports misery of the city should still reflect that reality.\r\n\r\nMy methodology will be similar to ESPN, assigning points to seasons in which teams do not win championships and grouping them by city, and then attempting to increase the sophistication of the results. First, taking into account the contribution of each team in a city to the total city misery, and then adjusting that amount by qualitative measures like made it to playoffs, bottom of the league, etc."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jsoma/playfair-projects/issues/comments/238045111","html_url":"https://github.com/jsoma/playfair-projects/issues/45#issuecomment-238045111","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jsoma/playfair-projects/issues/45","id":238045111,"user":{"login":"playfairbot","id":20874077,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20874077?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/playfairbot","html_url":"https://github.com/playfairbot","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/playfairbot/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/playfairbot/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/playfairbot/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/playfairbot/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/playfairbot/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/playfairbot/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/playfairbot/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/playfairbot/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/playfairbot/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-08-06T19:40:53Z","updated_at":"2016-08-06T19:40:53Z","body":"Hi there, I'm the Playfair Bot! Would you mind posting the appropriate checklist in the main body of your issue? You might have posted it as the first comment, but it turns out it works **way better** in the actual body of the issue - just go up to the veeery top right and click the **pencil icon** to edit. You'll probably want to edit the comment to copy the checklist, then edit the original issue to paste it in. Thanks! :pray:"}}
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