EPTStarcraft 2 Science: Skillcraft's Study - Page 12
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NationInArms
United States1553 Posts
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NarutO
Germany18839 Posts
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La1
United Kingdom659 Posts
 good luck in your findings | ||
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ChApFoU
France2983 Posts
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klo8
Austria1960 Posts
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CrushDog5
Canada207 Posts
THE SC2 DATA ANALYSIS CONTEST Post your data analysis suggestions in (http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/kfjbk/skillcraft_replay_analysis_contest_thank_you/), and we will do the three analyses with the most upvotes! Not all the analyses we do for the scientific report will be interesting to the average SC2 Player. Similarly, not all analyses that will interest players will be considered for our journal article. You are encouraged to submit analysis suggestions that will interest the typical gamer, that is, analyses that we might not do otherwise, but which the community might enjoy. REPLAYS HAVE COMMANDS, AND ONLY COMMANDS Remember, we are analyzing replays. Replay files hold all, and only, the commands that the players issue during the game. Replays show where people move units to, but don't show actual pathing. Replays show attack commands, but not unit deaths. Not even the death shriek of a ghost makes it into the replay. Analyses that are map specific are fine (and the kind of thing that wouldn't be in the journal article). Please, no questions regarding which races are IMBA (ie. 'Terran') or OP strats (like the 1-1-1). NOTE: There will likely be analyses suggested that are not technically feasible, and obviously we won't be doing them, even if they are popular. I'll try to comment on those as I see them so people will know not to bother upvoting them. http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/kfjbk/skillcraft_replay_analysis_contest_thank_you/ | ||
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Shrubbles
Brazil29 Posts
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PeterUstinox
Germany47 Posts
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fishinguy
Russian Federation798 Posts
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Nazeron
Canada1046 Posts
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CrushDog5
Canada207 Posts
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antas
Indonesia300 Posts
For Aiur!! | ||
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Demonace34
United States2493 Posts
Hope people can keep pitching in their replays, I'll ask my gold friend to submit before Friday comes. | ||
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pigtheman
United States333 Posts
i wonder if starcraft helps me when i study :O | ||
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Kreggar
United States83 Posts
This is an awesome study. I can't wait to see the results. | ||
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JackDiamonds
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Long story short, I'm doing some graduate work at the London School of Economics at their School of Management. Largely my work focuses around leadership and decision making and I think SC2 has a lot of value in proxy, or practice, decision making for young leaders. Too often people are promoted into positions of authority without having the opportunity to develop their decision making skills sufficiently. This creates managers who are ineffective at finding solutions to problems outside their experience, often characterized as the "Peter's Principle" where people are promoted to the level of the incompetence. SC2 is helpful in that it gives you the opportunity to practice crisis and non-imminent decision making, something Day[9] characterizes as in game and between game decision making. I suspect this works, anecdotally at least, because of my experiences. I picked up SC2 last year after some time in the Canadian Forces as an infantry officer. Admittedly I played a bit of SC BW back in highschool, but I hadn't touched it in years. I placed in platinum, though, NA platinum. Arguably far higher than a relatively new player should. Certainly my macro/micro skills were not that strong. I suspect that my military skills played a role in the meta game, relating to timing and unit composition. Terran in particular has a number of overlaps with military tactics. Further, over the last year I was a policy analyst for the Canadian federal government and repeatedly found that SC2 planning and analysis has parallels to my real job. Being the high-school football captain doesn't actually help you lead a boardroom meeting, or soldiers into combat, but it provides a baseline experience where you have practiced making decisions and leading people in safe, controlled environments. SC2 is the same for analytical skills. I am looking to build a catalog of professionals who feel that their SC2, or related experience, has relevant, real world applications. Please, PM me if you are interested and have stories to share. | ||
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DrSeRRoD
United States490 Posts
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CrushDog5
Canada207 Posts
On September 16 2011 03:47 DrSeRRoD wrote: It also helps not having a committee to convince (possibly only those funding the project). Again, best of luck! It can be tough when a dissertation committee just doesn't get it. I'm glad I have Tenure. | ||
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MattyClutch
United States711 Posts
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Houzi88
18 Posts
QUICK POST THIS EVERYWHERE! | ||
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