CS: Before IEM Cologne 2023

Not a bad showing for the play-ins. Sure, the top pick (FURIA) didn't make it through and two of the bottom three (TheMongolz, OG) did. However, six of the top eight did make it. On Bits for the qualifying teams, SCooTeRS went negative but it wasn't that negative. And on map results it actually went …

AFL: After Round 19, 2023

A solid week. 8 tips, 3.8 Bits, 18.41 MAE. There weren't any great games on the numbers side by STaRS' reckoning, even though Port and Collingwood played a pretty good game against each other (apparently, I didn't see it). West Coast get another F for their performance against Carlton but at least it wasn't a …

CS: Before IEM Cologne 2023 Play-ins

The BLAST group stage went pretty well in the end. G2 were a bit of a bust again but I'm hoping that they were treating the event like a boot camp, which is how BLAST Groups should be treated with how terrible their format is. Now that it's over for another 6 months, I'll stop …

AFL: After Round 18, 2023

Definitely not my best week, but not a bad week by any means. Considering I got one less tip than most Squiggle models, below average Bits and MAE isn't that bad. Geelong were easily the best team of the week, earning a double S grade for dispatching Essendon by 77 points. Carlton and Collingwood also …

Introducing ScArPer: My Sport Climbing Model

In what can only be regarded as an incredibly weird step, I've decided to start a model to rate athletes participating in sport climbing - ScArPer (Stattraction Average Performance Rating System). Yes, I skipped the more typical sports to model like cricket, rugby, baseball and basketball and went straight to one so niche that I …

AFL: After Round 17, 2023

I'm bring back a results graphic for the first time this year. Also wow it's already round 18. You'll see that I've given each team a grade below their heart icon (S, A, B, C, D, F - adding an E just seemed like too many). These grades do not factor in how well they've …

CS: Before BLAST Fall Groups, 2023

I did say that I was going to introduce a better prediction system over the season break but I did not. Currently, I'm playing with the idea of having simulated vetoes but that hasn't gotten off the ground yet. It's going to require a bit of data collection to get it right, too. And probably …

AFL: After Round 16, 2023

Yep okay back to archiving posts.