Review 2021

Time to put together all the pieces from last year! 2021 marked the start of the post-covid era where everyone tries to find a new way to thrive. For me, the biggest change is the introduction to several long-term commitments that could benefit my life.

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596 Days of Gacha

Since April 2020, I have been playing Arknights, a gacha game. In the meantime, I have been keeping track of important in-game events, such as character pulls and upgrades. I believe it’s time for some nice data visualisation and some reasoning on why people shouldn’t do p2w (pay-to-win) in gacha games, or simply play them.

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Visualizing the Best and Worst Finisher

In recent years, the term Expected Goals (xG) has risen to prominence in football analytics. Being a low scoring game, xG provides with a rather clear insight instead of the score itself. Today I would like to present a related metric called xG outperformance to describe how good a player is at finishing.

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