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    Serious US Election Thread (read post #2014)

    I can offer no real consolation unfortunately. I fear what will happen geopolitically whichever candidate wins. What does give me consolation is humility - and this might be the most nihilist thing that you'll ever hear me say, an understanding that even in the worst possible scenario, people...
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    Serious US Election Thread (read post #2014)

    As an observer from afar - I can only say I am absolutely appalled to see an American presidential candidate say "you would be in jail in my administration" and have the audience whoop. This smacks of a small country that has been under democracy for < 20 years, on the cusp of collapsing to a...
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    Serious US Election Thread (read post #2014)

    If America really is in the distressing realm of "least awful", I think Gary Johnson wins. I watched some more of the "What is Aleppo" video, and it did seem possible that he had a contextual flap from an out-of-the-blue question, and his response after was a little garbled, but he did at least...
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    UK and the EU referendum

    This is what worries me the most. As a mixed race British citizen (albeit with a rather nervous disposition), I've never seen the mood like this before and it's the first time that I've ever felt uncertain about my own future in this country. Calmer people will tell me that I didn't live through...
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    Data Visualising metagame trends (v2)

    Thanks guys :) The mega split change is due to the way that stats were collated at the time? I actually find it pretty cool to see it change into the compositions. The majority that I've found the mega has almost entirely replaced the original, but seeing the more gentle splits like TTar...
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    Data Visualising metagame trends (v2)

    Approved by celticpride Traditionally, usage data has been analysed in month-by-month slices, as and when new statistics are published. This is great for looking at short term changes, for example the impact of a particular centralising Pokemon being banned from a tier. What about longer term...
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    Very much enjoying the old Gold / Silver animated thumbnails. Takes me back a ways, always get...

    Very much enjoying the old Gold / Silver animated thumbnails. Takes me back a ways, always get the most nostalgia over Gen 2.
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    ORAS PU Tubular Bells

    I've spent most of the afternoon playing with this team, and I must say I've really enjoyed it, got myself safely onto the ladder too. I played around with stall in DPP OU and a little in BW OU as well, perhaps it's just a new generation and a new tier, but there was something a little more fun...
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    Lovely to hear from you! I still find myself reading the RMT for our old UU team! Life is good...

    Lovely to hear from you! I still find myself reading the RMT for our old UU team! Life is good thanks, I'm a few months into my second job, so life feels like its moved on quite a lot! Only the one year to go... It must feel like it's been a LONG journey :P Where are you based at the moment?
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    Official Smogon University Usage Statistics Discussion Thread, mk.2

    Thanks, additionally, are the lead stats generated from something other than the chaos file? I can't see anything in it that suggests that you can derive the lead stats. I would suggest the same is true of Mega forms and your metagame analysis, but am less confident asserting those. I assume...
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    Official Smogon University Usage Statistics Discussion Thread, mk.2

    Does anyone know what the values in the chaos.json files mean? I'll give you an example from November, ou, 0 ranking: { "Fletchinder": { "Abilities": { "flamebody": 32.062900673043, "galewings": 97.777307721119 }, ... "Raw count": 426, ... } I'd initially...
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    Smogon NFL PPC '15 Winner: Del Rio

    Baltimore (#6) @ New England (#1) Carolina (#4) @ Seattle (#1) Dallas (#3) @ Green Bay (#2) Indianapolis (#4) @ Denver (#2)
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    The Everything NFL Punter Thread - 2014/2015 Season

    Loving this game. Classic from both sides - Cowboys shooting themselves in the foot, Stafford's thrown a pick. Don't know what else I expected
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    Smogon NFL PPC '15 Winner: Del Rio

    Weekly picks: Arizona (#5) @ Carolina (#4) Baltimore (#6) @ Pittsburgh (#3) Cincinnati (#5) @ Indianapolis (#4) Detroit (#6) @ Dallas (#3) All at home. Arizona crippled by QB issues, Big Ben gets over potential lack of Le'veon and continuous to hit Antonio and Martavius as he has done all...
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    Programming Visualizations of "usage" stats

    You may have seen the recent thread where I showed pokestat.org.uk. Behind this is a larger intent to put statistical analysis in the hands of the average player (rather than just programmers) by means of providing visualizations. The usage graph demonstrated is a simple example of the power of...
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