Rising in the Rankings

[[PETA] Cor13:4]

(05-31-2014 06:28 AM)SuperDonkey Wrote:  

(05-31-2014 01:41 AM)[PETA] Cor13:4 Wrote:  I don't know, I kinda find it annoying that these games will also throw off the OSN statistics. Now that we have all the games recorded we were able to start doing some good analysis, but suddenly he inserts dozens of fake games that will throw off every statistic.

This is actually a *very* good point and one that I hadn't considered. If you want to know how STs playing as Adorables do against STs playing as Scallywags, you're going to have some really whacked-out statistics. Still, let me make two points:

1) We don't know how whacked out the stats are already. If a player selects Adorables and draws Peekaboo as FP, how many times have they quit it? We don't know. Examples could be added, but I believe this problem would also be fixed by the changes I suggested. So while my submissions admittedly further sully the purity of the stats you're gathering, I think you're fooling yourself if you think you can with confidence say that they were trustworthy previously.

2) Gathering stats on Adorables vs Scallywags is one use of OSN. Gathering stats on what it takes to reach ST is another use. If OSN doesn't want us using it for the second purpose, perhaps we could get that "Do Not Submit To OSN" optional button added that I was lobbying for earlier (although in the context of friendlies).

Edit: Ah, I see Gullsjakal already made my point.

I don't know, I would disagree that the statistics weren't trustworthy. Most of the statistics are not changed whether or not someone used P1 map selection.

It might throw off overall Team A. vs. Team B stats (and this is assuming that there are more players of a certain team that do P1 selection that of another team), but it won't throw off Team A vs. Team B stats by map. It also doesn't throw off any in-game statistic, such as # of turns, # of untis spawned\special spawned, etc. which your fake games definitely do throw off.