Big Data Helping Riot Games Make a Better Community, Game
Last week, Riot Games made headlines across the eSports community by banning a pro gamer. After coming to trial in its Tribunal penal system nine different times, the pro gamer, […]
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Premium Services, Market Discrimination, and the Cross-Server RealID Invite
Everyone and their dog has an opinion on “premium” services in WoW. There are some people that feel that because WoW charges a monthly fee, it is unethical to charge […]
Economic and Efficient Archaeology: Leveling, Keystones, and Epics
I have a pension for efficiency: I have my inscription business down to a science. It’s all fully automated, and my revenue and time investments are carefully calculated to contract out my […]
StarCraft 2’s Battle.net Leagues, Ladders, and Rankings Explained, Part 2
Now that we have the basics down from the previous article, let’s look at how the MMR and rankings in StarCraft II. One of the design goals of StarCraft II‘s […]
WotLK Progression Statistics: Looking Forward to Cataclysm
Progression in ICC has been moving along at a steady rate for many guilds. The stacking buff in Icecrown Citadel that updates about once a month to add increased healing, […]