Here is the final, true distribution of SendouQ Season 1. Lots of work went into this, I'm happy with it. But the neat thing is I can finally debunk the argument I see everywhere online, that skill is distributed normally. It is not, it is distributed log-normally.

@OctaSpla2n Riot has deep issues with misogyny so I’m glad you reconsidered

@PKfuzzy Blue Period is fantastic and really different

@OctaSpla2n Well they’re moon knight due cuz they can’t aim so that tracks… unlike their aim

@OctaSpla2n Social media is the major influencing force, people are way more polarized now than ever. But major events happened in those years too. Sandy Hook in particular was devastating

@OctaSpla2n They’re technically bronze 3!

@OctaSpla2n Never played competitive* Woops lmao

@risu3k @xveramata They’re the most popular type of tournament, with skill-capped-with-badge being the single most popular tournament type consistently

@DavidPhilipos A chronic lack of accountability :)

@OctaSpla2n Time to investigate if this has an API I can mess around with then 👀

@OctaSpla2n Is this in-game or is this through an app/website

@MissPixiSix And if you point it out they’ll say it’s not that serious and they don’t actually care lolol

@OctaSpla2n I burned my linear algebra book the instant it got to matrix multiplication for this reason

@ashbinary_ ash I've enrolled you in a technical writing class, the semester starts in January

@SplatCue I think it’s pretty doable as an analysis, part of the data I’ve pulled from sendou includes each player’s unique ID so identifying badge farming shouldn’t be TOO difficult (knock on wood)

@Grey_spl Fair enough. I want to address that skill floor issue somehow, because you and kyo both feeling unmotivated is the canary in the coal mine. Seems relatively important to resolve rather sooner than later

@Grey_spl @RippingH_ Do you think a data-driven team ranking would incentivize grinding again? I’ve had a few ideas for a while on this end

@SplatCue @elymentalW Let’s automate this, I’ll DM you so we can collaborate on this

@Sunne_Three Look buddy if I’m a dataminer for working with data, you are too. We’ve expanded the definition