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Finding New Music with the Help of your Musical Soulmate

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17. May 2021

Your next favorite song already exists. There is a banger out there that you would play on repeat for the next three days if you only knew its name. Unfortunately, I have no clue about your taste in music so I don’t know its name either. But I can help you find someone who does. Let’s find the playlist of your musical soulmate.

The Effect of Online Popularity on Matchmaking in Warzone

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17. March 2021

Let’s do something dangerous. Let’s shut down our critical thinking apparatus and ignore the ensuing (and hopefully loud) ring of our cognitive alarm bells. If we maintain this state long enough while looking at the following figure, we will be rewarded with outrage. [Click here for the Reddit link of this post (878 upvotes, 291 […]

Public Matchmaking in a Competitive Esport

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7. March 2021

Skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) is the devil. At least if you are an above-average player trying to pubstomp in a match of a recent Call of Duty game. The most popular title of the series, Call of Duty: Warzone, is especially haunted by fierce discussions regarding the extent to which matchmaking is based on player skill. […]