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Griffith`
Profile Joined September 2010
714 Posts
September 13 2013 21:26 GMT
#101
This happens 1.22% of the time and would change Flash KT's chances to 100%
----Flash KT gets 1st place in Season 3 Finals
----Flash KT gets 1st place in Korea Premier

This happens 0.862333% of the time and would change Flash KT's chances to 100%
----Flash KT gets 2nd place in Season 3 Finals
----Flash KT gets 1st place in Korea Premier

I don't understand this.

There's less of a chance (0.86%) versus (1.22%) to get second place in Season 3 Finals?
griffith.583 (NA)
NeThZOR
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
South Africa7387 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-13 21:30:53
September 13 2013 21:29 GMT
#102
Hard work should be rewarded! Good job. Maybe Blizz should make you their statsman.

On September 14 2013 06:26 Griffith` wrote:
This happens 1.22% of the time and would change Flash KT's chances to 100%
----Flash KT gets 1st place in Season 3 Finals
----Flash KT gets 1st place in Korea Premier

This happens 0.862333% of the time and would change Flash KT's chances to 100%
----Flash KT gets 2nd place in Season 3 Finals
----Flash KT gets 1st place in Korea Premier

I don't understand this.

There's less of a chance (0.86%) versus (1.22%) to get second place in Season 3 Finals?

Indeed! That asserts the assumption we've all had that Flash wins more often when he's put in a finals!
SuperNova - 2015 | SKT1 fan for years | Dear, FlaSh, PartinG, Soulkey, Naniwa
synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
September 13 2013 21:29 GMT
#103
this is so cool
:)
Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17750 Posts
September 13 2013 21:29 GMT
#104
On September 14 2013 06:26 Griffith` wrote:
This happens 1.22% of the time and would change Flash KT's chances to 100%
----Flash KT gets 1st place in Season 3 Finals
----Flash KT gets 1st place in Korea Premier

This happens 0.862333% of the time and would change Flash KT's chances to 100%
----Flash KT gets 2nd place in Season 3 Finals
----Flash KT gets 1st place in Korea Premier

I don't understand this.

There's less of a chance (0.86%) versus (1.22%) to get second place in Season 3 Finals?

That's a bit far away to get an accurate reading, and those are small numbers with a small difference. It might be true though, Flash is very high rated on aligulac and the bracket might work out in such a way that he meets his toughest opponent before the finals.
"Expert" mods4ever.com
Ettick
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States2434 Posts
September 13 2013 21:32 GMT
#105
DIMAGA 0.000333333% 1/300000, started with 1450 WCS points


Dimaga will definitely qualify for Blizzcon now
KillerDucky
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States498 Posts
September 13 2013 21:41 GMT
#106
What is this written in? Can you open source it?
MarineKingPrime Forever!
slowbacontron
Profile Joined October 2012
United States7722 Posts
September 13 2013 21:47 GMT
#107
So 10 or 11 players have a very high chance of earning a trip to Blizzcon, and everyone else has to fight for the remaining 5 or 6 spots. :O What a war!

Also can't wait for the implementation of matchup-specific ratings
jjakji fan
crow_mw
Profile Joined March 2012
Poland115 Posts
September 13 2013 21:50 GMT
#108
Very interesting read. When you are updating the OP please keep previous predictions still available. It will be interesting to see how they changed over time.
MaskaGodlike
Profile Joined July 2013
Russian Federation50 Posts
September 13 2013 21:51 GMT
#109
I guess the possibilities are calculated with aligulac help, right?
MMA
chuky500
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
France473 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-13 23:22:28
September 13 2013 23:03 GMT
#110
So here's a part of the point cutoff :
43.3423% of the time 3000 WCS points is enough to qualify
57.4237% of the time 3050 WCS points is enough to qualify
69.3907% of the time 3100 WCS points is enough to qualify
72.5907% of the time 3105 WCS points is enough to qualify
73.7887% of the time 3125 WCS points is enough to qualify

So if I understand correctly, a player like Forgg (ForGG 59.298%, started with 1950 WCS points) is expected to finish at about 3050 points right ?

Also a difference of only 100 points makes a player's chances jump up 25 percentage points. So you should at least grant the 75 minimum points to the ones qualified for IEM and also take into account the WCS Challenger league for Premier League players, which grants up to 100 points and minimum 25.

edit: well I'm not so sure about the IEM since they add so much randomness but anyways it just means the IEM make the whole thing more random and the ones invited/qualified get a mega huge bonus to qualify.
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20345 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-13 23:40:29
September 13 2013 23:40 GMT
#111
I like a system that doesn't require a math professor and a computer to work out basic chances of qualifying
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17750 Posts
September 13 2013 23:42 GMT
#112
To answer some of the recent questions
This was written in C++
I will keep the old predictions
Yes it does use aligulac's help and I do want it to use the matchup specific ratings soon
And I plan to have it account for all WCS points including challenger leagues
"Expert" mods4ever.com
KrazyTrumpet
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2520 Posts
September 13 2013 23:48 GMT
#113
Really cool stuff. Playing around with stats and predicting wins is always fun to see!
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sns3rsam
Profile Joined September 2012
United States138 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-13 23:49:40
September 13 2013 23:49 GMT
#114
Wow... very impressive haha I find it interesting that Jaedong and Bomber are pretty much locked in to make it to Blizzcon. Especially Jaedong haha I guess being the next Kong helps get his points in foreign tournaments! Thanks for your contribution it looks like it took a long time to figure this all out!
"Every Terran same to me... uhhhh ezpz" -DRG // When Life gives you banelings...
Olex
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States135 Posts
September 13 2013 23:54 GMT
#115
It goes without saying that this is amazing and clearly exhaustive (and exhausting!), thank you for your work! I humbly propose the clearest presentation I could think of. I started from your explaining sentence,

"This means that 10.1397% of the time, MMA will get 16th place in the season 3 finals. When he does get 16th place, his chances to qualify for Blizzcon are 74.7506%."

and applied that same readability to the Players not still in Premier League section. I also moved some things around to quickly compare stats at a glance, and (hopefully) add clarity.


So,

+ Show Spoiler [Players not still in Premier League] +
Mvp IM 99.9747% 299924/300000, started with 3425 WCS points

NaNiwa 23.8807% 71642/300000, started with 2525 WCS points+ Show Spoiler [details] +
This happens 4.84267% of the time, changing NaNiwa's chances to 33.1727%
----NaNiwa gets 8th place in IEM

This happens 4.75667% of the time, changing NaNiwa's chances to 96.2498%
----NaNiwa gets 1st place in IEM

This happens 4.57033% of the time, changing NaNiwa's chances to 18.0474%
----NaNiwa gets 16th place in IEM

This happens 3.33933% of the time, changing NaNiwa's chances to 77.1981%
----NaNiwa gets 2nd place in IEM



TLO 1.44% 4320/300000, started with 1950 WCS points



Becomes:

Chances of Advancing to Blizzcon
+ Show Spoiler [Players out of Premier League] +
Mvp IM, 299924/300000, started with 3425 WCS points, 99.9747%

NaNiwa, 71642/300000, started with 2525 WCS points, 23.8807%
+ Show Spoiler [IF game changers] +

----NaNiwa gets 1st place in IEM
This happens 4.75667% of the time. When it does, it changes his chances to 96.2498%.

----NaNiwa gets 2nd place in IEM
This happens 3.33933% of the time. When it does, it changes his chances to 77.1981%

---Naniwa gets 8th Place in IEM
This happens 4.84267% of the time. When it does, it changes his chances to 33.1727%.

----NaNiwa gets 16th place in IEM
This happens 4.57033% of the time. When it does, it changes his chances to 18.0474%.



TLO 4320/300000, started with 1950 WCS points, 1.44%

First IM 2075/300000, started with 2050 WCS points, 0.691667%

Symbol 632/300000, started with 1750 WCS points, 0.210667%

Alicia 594/300000, started with 1850 WCS points, 0.198%

Stephano 239/300000, started with 2025 WCS points, 0.0796667%

Ryung 83/300000, started with 1600 WCS points, 0.0276667%

Grubby 75/300000, started with 1650 WCS points, 0.025%

DIMAGA 1/300000, started with 1450 WCS points, 0.000333333%
Bugs in amber
TaishiCi
Profile Joined September 2013
Korea (South)211 Posts
September 13 2013 23:57 GMT
#116
On September 14 2013 08:42 Die4Ever wrote:
To answer some of the recent questions
This was written in C++
I will keep the old predictions
Yes it does use aligulac's help and I do want it to use the matchup specific ratings soon
And I plan to have it account for all WCS points including challenger leagues

Thanks for the clarification.
Checked a few for fun.
Dae Han Min Gook Man Sae!!!
Danglars
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States12133 Posts
September 13 2013 23:59 GMT
#117
Very cool monte carlo run. Thanks for doing it!!
Great armies come from happy zealots, and happy zealots come from California!
TL+ Member
Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
September 14 2013 00:00 GMT
#118
Idk, I feel like idrA still has a really good chance.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17750 Posts
September 14 2013 00:02 GMT
#119
On September 14 2013 09:00 Jerubaal wrote:
Idk, I feel like idrA still has a really good chance.

You're right he has a really good chance to make it to Blizzcon...as a commentator
"Expert" mods4ever.com
Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17750 Posts
September 14 2013 00:04 GMT
#120
On September 14 2013 08:54 Olex wrote:
It goes without saying that this is amazing and clearly exhaustive (and exhausting!), thank you for your work! I humbly propose the clearest presentation I could think of. I started from your explaining sentence,

"This means that 10.1397% of the time, MMA will get 16th place in the season 3 finals. When he does get 16th place, his chances to qualify for Blizzcon are 74.7506%."

and applied that same readability to the Players not still in Premier League section. I also moved some things around to quickly compare stats at a glance, and (hopefully) add clarity.


So,

+ Show Spoiler [Players not still in Premier League] +
Mvp IM 99.9747% 299924/300000, started with 3425 WCS points

NaNiwa 23.8807% 71642/300000, started with 2525 WCS points+ Show Spoiler [details] +
This happens 4.84267% of the time, changing NaNiwa's chances to 33.1727%
----NaNiwa gets 8th place in IEM

This happens 4.75667% of the time, changing NaNiwa's chances to 96.2498%
----NaNiwa gets 1st place in IEM

This happens 4.57033% of the time, changing NaNiwa's chances to 18.0474%
----NaNiwa gets 16th place in IEM

This happens 3.33933% of the time, changing NaNiwa's chances to 77.1981%
----NaNiwa gets 2nd place in IEM



TLO 1.44% 4320/300000, started with 1950 WCS points



Becomes:

Chances of Advancing to Blizzcon
+ Show Spoiler [Players out of Premier League] +
Mvp IM, 299924/300000, started with 3425 WCS points, 99.9747%

NaNiwa, 71642/300000, started with 2525 WCS points, 23.8807%
+ Show Spoiler [IF game changers] +

----NaNiwa gets 1st place in IEM
This happens 4.75667% of the time. When it does, it changes his chances to 96.2498%.

----NaNiwa gets 2nd place in IEM
This happens 3.33933% of the time. When it does, it changes his chances to 77.1981%

---Naniwa gets 8th Place in IEM
This happens 4.84267% of the time. When it does, it changes his chances to 33.1727%.

----NaNiwa gets 16th place in IEM
This happens 4.57033% of the time. When it does, it changes his chances to 18.0474%.



TLO 4320/300000, started with 1950 WCS points, 1.44%

First IM 2075/300000, started with 2050 WCS points, 0.691667%

Symbol 632/300000, started with 1750 WCS points, 0.210667%

Alicia 594/300000, started with 1850 WCS points, 0.198%

Stephano 239/300000, started with 2025 WCS points, 0.0796667%

Ryung 83/300000, started with 1600 WCS points, 0.0276667%

Grubby 75/300000, started with 1650 WCS points, 0.025%

DIMAGA 1/300000, started with 1450 WCS points, 0.000333333%

I like it, thanks. I'll try out that format for the next run. I found it interesting though that you sort the "game changers" by how much they help the player rather than how probable they are. Also I feel like putting the event over the probabilities will make it look weird when it's multiple events in 1 game changer?
"Expert" mods4ever.com
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