1114 the Statistical Outlier

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by nuclearnerd

As a visual person, I would love to see overlapping histograms of the OPRs for all of the years that Ed has spreadsheets for. It would be useful to have a sort of "gini index" for different years. The chart should show if there is a trend towards more skewed performances, or if it's a game specific thing. I'd worry that a long-term trend of this kind would start to turn "inspiring" into "discouraging". I'll try to make the chart when I get some time, unless someone beats me to it.

Disclaimer: I am in slobbering love with Simbot Sideswipe, and I'm not calling foul over their accomplishment. I'm just interested in the meta trends of FRC, and their impact on the sustainability of the sport.

I have a couple of charts done already but I haven't had time to load them up here--it's trickier than on other websites.

The skew appears to be game specific and not a trend. The games that seem to get the highest praise on CD have the lowest skew.