I’ve been doing Monte Carlo Simulations (let’s just call them MCS from now on) in esports since 2014 (around The International 2014). …

5566 total professional games Radiant won 50.88% of them Total gameplay time of ~211972 minutes Average game time 37:05, with std deviation of 9:41 Longest game: Neptune vs RNG (1:47:20) Shortest game: Inverse vs Infinity (13:01) Dy and Pyw played the most games (256 each). 18 players had 200+ games this year, 243 players…

I had seen the term WORDLE mentioned in Discord servers, but didn’t check it out until a few days ago. It’s a fun game that is essentially a Word Mastermind variant for 5 letters:

… and some pictures Won by Team Spirit ($18,208,300) Matches 194 matches deciding $40,018,195 144 matches in the Group Stage, 0 tiebreakers, and 50 Playoff Games. Longest match: 64:42, Fnatic vs SG Esports Shortest match: 17:05, LGD vs Elephant Average Game Length: 39:07 (38:53 in Groups, 39:47 in Playoffs) Drafts Most contested…

Hey, it’s time for some TI10 predictions. There’s no public announcement regarding stuff like tiebreakers or which teams start in which group — so it’s possible I’ll change some of these if any of these are crazily different to what I expect. Remember that last TI there were 193 games…

Recently a lot of people have been discussing how the DPC is flawed, although mixed in with that discussion is a lot of bias towards or against specific teams — and a lot of people engaging in the conversation without understanding the core tenets of the reworked DPC system: The…

As @scantzor said in his preview I think some teams will perform better/worse if they are hungry for the TI slot or have it secured already. This definitely makes it more difficult to predict with all this shifting around — but it’s take a stab at it anyhow. IG…

As promised, the final DPC Season 1 summary featuring China and Overall. Part 1 featuring SEA & South America is available here. Part 2 featuring NA, CIS & EU is available here. China 80%+ pick/ban heroes: Puck, Mars Unique heroes picked: 100 Best hero by winrate with 20+ games: Pangolier (71.0%) …

This is part 2 out of 3, featuring NA, EU, and CIS. Part 1, featuring South America and South-East Asia is available here. Part 3 (China and overall) will come out whenever China ends. North America 80%+ pick/ban heroes: Puck, Keeper of the Light, Nyx Assassin Unique heroes picked: 98 Best hero…