Predictive Analytics sounds like seeing the future through numbers. Which might be cool. Or boring.

I've had an incredibly boring day. Most everything on the project is done for this week. Just waiting on my boss to have his meeting on Thursday to give them the "bill" for what we need. Sit and wait is boring work, but the best way to kill time.

jcarlsoniv

United States27922 Posts

August 05 2014 13:38 GMT

#53503

On August 05 2014 22:37 Cixah wrote:
Predictive Analytics sounds like seeing the future through numbers. Which might be cool. Or boring.

That's the general idea behind it - using data to influence future business decisions. I've got a couple books on it that I need to read through.

mordek

United States12705 Posts

August 05 2014 13:42 GMT

#53504

Yeah, sounds like it has the potential to be cool but also to be mind-numbing.

I'm currently writing a procedure/instructions on how to do the monthly trending analysis that has been hodgepodge and passed down to me through my predecessors... it's a tad arduous.

jcarlsoniv

United States27922 Posts

August 05 2014 13:46 GMT

#53505

On August 05 2014 22:42 mordek wrote:
Yeah, sounds like it has the potential to be cool but also to be mind-numbing.

I'm currently writing a procedure/instructions on how to do the monthly trending analysis that has been hodgepodge and passed down to me through my predecessors... it's a tad arduous.

Well, my coworker is starting to learn some analytics stuff for our department, and it looks like I may be her partner in crime. Predictive stuff has always been pretty interesting to me, and we have a bunch of data that we may be able to do something with. We just don't really have the tools/knowledge available yet (SAP Lumira is pretty ass)

AsmodeusXI

United States15536 Posts

August 05 2014 14:15 GMT

#53506

On August 05 2014 21:16 mordek wrote:

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On August 05 2014 07:40 OhTwoMise wrote:

On August 04 2014 22:55 mordek wrote:

On August 04 2014 11:32 Parnage wrote:
After you unlock the class cards, beat all the bots on hard for a gold boost, keep doing daily quests and then try your luck at arena if you feel comfortable with it. If you don't feel comfortable with arena yet just try some ranked ladder for funsies(most players at the low ranks are easy enough to beat even with more cards open to them). Nice thing about arena is the ability to leave mid run if you want to do something else. Which is super awesome.

Yeah hearthstone spectating is so freakin odd to me. Everyone does it differently and each time you gotta adjust. Did they put in an actual spectator mode yet? They should look into it if not, just so the scene which is actually starting to get interesting thanks to naxx cards.

I have a few random adamant torchics with speed boost. If anyone wants um let me know or else I'm wonder trading them this evening.

If you're at all serious about being efficient with your gold I don't recommend arena until you know every card and ranked up to a past 15 or so. I'm not saying you can't be successful but it's just a gold sink if you're only getting 2 or 3 wins while you can be playing and earning gold in ranked/unranked.

I don't think this is true. Arena has its own MMR, which in my experience levels out fairly quickly. It seems to try to put you somewhere in the 3-5 range for an average run, regardless of your ability (unless you happen to be at the top). You will probably be able to put together a couple of 9+ runs if you wait for Arena until you have a very firm grasp of the game, but it will level out very quickly. I don't think you'll get significantly more long-term value out of waiting if you learn the game relatively fast. There's a pretty good chance you'll be able to keep ahead of your MMR and stay in the 5-7 win range for awhile.

Not to mention the short-term gains are much higher--you will accrue new cards MUCH faster than just grinding constructed, you will be exposed to more cards and learn the game faster, and you will have to play a variety of different decks, which will keep the game in its honeymoon phase longer.

Although I (and all of the people I know that play) have a very solid background in competitive Magic, so that may significantly color my perception of how fast you'll learn the game.

That goes against my own experience, experience with friends starting the game, and everything I've read online. I listed two suggested pre-reqs: know all the cards, and have enough fundamental playing experience to get past rank 15 (pretty generous and easy for anyone dedicated) I'm not suggesting take months before getting into arena but I also know a bunch of new players that were like oh cool arena, 0-3, 2-3, 1-3 and they have no gold now and have to grind constructed. If you're not getting 4+ wins you will run out of gold unless you play infrequently enough that daily quests keep your gold up and even then you're still playing constructed to get those done or to have enough gold to play arenalol. No one jumps in and gets 7+ wins consistently. I'm merely suggesting get familiar enough with the game without dropping 150g for each experience when you learn well for free while making gold.

Happy Tuesday all. Subbed for a soccer game last night, subbing for a beach volleyball game tonight and frisbee tomorrow. My legs are going to be wrecked by Friday.

For a more casual viewpoint: I'm not concerned at all about maximizing the efficiency of my gold, and Arena is definitely the most fun way to get packs/dust/progress. But I'm also in the "don't play enough to ever run out of quests" camp.

Scip

Czech Republic11293 Posts

August 05 2014 14:34 GMT

#53507

IM BACK MY INTERNETS WORK NOW
what 5 day stretch it was
3 days at LAN, then 2 days without internet
highlight of the LAN: an underage dude asked me to buy him a drink (with his money, but they wouldn't sell it to him). I was wearing the eEriness (team I was playing with) dress at the time, after we finished 3rd. I told him to ask someone else and that I wouldn't buy a drink for him, so he asked me why was I so evil. I said "sorry bro, I was always this evil, I think I was born this way" and he said "oh, that's a shame. I guess that's why eEriness and not eSuba" (the team that won the tournament), then he turned around and went. LOL got rekt
While at home I watched Attack on Titan, which was pretty damn good and read Nekomonogatari White and Nekomonogatari Black. Highlights: 80 page discussion about underwear, 2 hot girls showering together (although the exact details were omitted in the book).

Gahlo

United States35174 Posts

August 05 2014 14:45 GMT

#53508

Ha, Scip was wearing a dress.

loSleb

Austria1389 Posts

August 05 2014 14:59 GMT

#53509

On August 05 2014 23:34 Scip wrote:
LOL got rekt

Summarises the whole post quite well.

Dandel Ion

Austria17960 Posts

August 05 2014 15:03 GMT

#53510

he shoulda worn cat ears and said "scip senpai pls buy me drinks desu~"

would have worked 10/10

Requizen

United States33802 Posts

August 05 2014 15:04 GMT

#53511

Good morning friends! How are you? Are you ready for the day today?

Scip

Czech Republic11293 Posts

August 05 2014 15:05 GMT

#53512

There was this massive dude (like both fat and muscle) with curly light yellow hair and he got smashed at like 2PM and then he was constantly begging other people to buy him drinks LOL what a champ

Hey, I got 3rd, Ill get a steelseries mouse and 40euros. Not that bad for a tournament I just subbed for and didn't have to qualify in.

Cixah

United States11285 Posts

August 05 2014 15:05 GMT

#53513

On August 06 2014 00:05 Scip wrote:
There was this massive dude (like both fat and muscle) with curly light yellow hair and he got smashed at like 2PM and then he was constantly begging other people to buy him drinks LOL what a champ

Sounds like a real american hero.