Balance in all things. Back when I considered myself a serious gamer, my macro was way better than it is now. I didn’t need missing calls, I knew when someone was missing from your lane before you did. I didn’t need you to tell me how your lane was going, because I already knew (and …
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S19 PST-S Draft Sheet
115 sign-ups23 captainsAverage Badge: Ancient 2/311 immortal players36 divine or above70 ancient or aboveAverage draft value: 27.7 If you’re like me and aren’t sure what the lower badges represent: Guardian = 770-1540 mmrCrusader = 1540-2310Archon = 2310-3080Legend = 3080-3850Ancient = 3850-4620
Pre-draft sheet thoughts
How accurately does current mmr represent a player’s true skill? Would it make more sense to use some kind of lagging indicator, like a trailing average? Can you capture the differences between players like bloodninja, who fluctuate up and down, and those who are on an upward trajectory? When bloodninja fluctuates up and down, does …
Proposal: Split RD2L by MMR
I propose splitting RD2L into a higher mmr league, and a lower mmr league. The higher league, which I will call RD2L-A, could have an mmr floor of say, 3300. The lower league, RD2L-B, could have an mmr ceiling of say, 4800. Players between 3300 and 4800 mmr could play in both leagues. The effects …
Love a Plenty ’20
Gamers, forget your game, and list’ to the game of these… I’ll start with a personal story. I used to think that supports who didn’t buy wards were lazy, greedy, and, unconscientious–lazy because they didn’t care about doing their job; greedy because they had incorrect ideas about “needing farm”, or just plain simply wanting it; …
Player Draft Retrospective
For want of blogboy content, I’ll look back at my player draft this season. I went into the draft intending to first pick the best off-laner available. (I intended to play mid.) I think the off-lane role is too important: It’s the hardest role in the game, requiring familiarity with the most match-ups, and ability …
Do you believe in life after loss
Inspired by Burrahobbit’s vlog last night, I will continue blog-boying it up. Someone last week opined that 109 was the best mid-laner in the division this season. For me, the best mid-laner was FlyingNightmare. When I ask who the “best players” are, another way of putting it is “who can I learn from and not …
A Peon’s Paean
I am thankful to my team. I am thankful that everyone is good-natured and agreeable. (It only takes one bad apple to spoil the bunch.) I am thankful for Lilith 开花, for carrying the burden of being a high mmr first-pick. I am thankful that even though we don’t always see eye-to-eye, you are able …
Week 0 Power Ranking Scorecard
I scored the Week 0 power rankings for accuracy. Basically, I calculated a power-rank’s deviation from the end-of-season ranking. For example, if you ranked a team 5th, and they were actually 1st at the end, this is a difference of 4 places. Here are the results. A “perfect score” would be 0. BoX: 314Treebeard: 376Itachi: …
Week 0 Ranking Explained
When I made my Week 0 ranking, I didn’t explain my method. There were several reasons: I was just trying to get the content going, so the point of my post wasn’t really the method used. I was trying an experimental method, which I knew was not particularly sound. It was for my own amusement. …
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