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Re: Downloading game logs

By Bexus76
3/20/2020 8:59 am
setherick wrote:
Definitely not a waste of time for me. I download games to pull out the statistics from them to keep my data analysis and SQL skills sharp.

I'm just getting into the SQL state of mind. I've made a few half-hearted attempts at using this game to learn it, but due to a recent promotion, it's become a part of my irl job too. That, and XML writing. So, time to start deep-diving.

Re: Downloading game logs

By MuttleyGrouch
3/26/2020 9:15 am
I missed database class, (was probably in student bar), so I just mess around with spreadsheets - however the classic problem still exists - the tussle between Holmes and Coase....

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.” — Sherlock Holmes

&

“Torture the data, and it will confess to anything.” – Ronald Coase

"Its one thing to know stuff, its a different thing to know what to do with it" - Me

Re: Downloading game logs

By Bexus76
3/26/2020 9:20 am
Is SQL the most frequently used language? I'm seeing a lot that use java, and others in their syntax. I downloaded Memento on my phone just to play with it and get-learnted. I like it because it links to Google Sheets, but it seems to have it's own language.
Last edited at 3/26/2020 9:21 am

Re: Downloading game logs

By TarquinTheDark
3/27/2020 1:02 am
SQL is the language for relational databases. Other languages like Java handle the interface between the user and the logic, often acting as a wrapper for SQL code when they need it.

Re: Downloading game logs

By CrazySexyBeast
3/28/2020 9:16 pm
Some do it and track it in their head for the same reasons. DB'ing should just be a second check of the conclusions - or perhaps a refinement of decisions made.
For me, I will always be a pencil guy :)

Re: Downloading game logs

By CrazySexyBeast
3/28/2020 9:21 pm
MuttleyGrouch wrote:

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.” — Sherlock Holmes

&

“Torture the data, and it will confess to anything.” – Ronald Coase

"Its one thing to know stuff, its a different thing to know what to do with it" - Me


I really like this. :)


Last edited at 3/28/2020 9:36 pm