Tag Archives: statistics

Liability, or REliability?

Posted on November 23, 2014 by stoove

Someone graciously linked my Statlords of Shamanor post on Reddit the other day, in this post which discusses stat weights. I was flattered to have the attention of a major part of the community, and even better an interesting question … Continue reading →

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Simulating Chain Heal – Preliminary Results

Posted on April 22, 2014 by stoove

Sim, simming me/sim, simming me/sim, sim, simming you. As I’ve been going on about for ages, I’ve been developing a simulation of Chain Heal’s application in Warlords of Draenor raid-type situations, including the variation on raid positioning and decision making. … Continue reading →

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To Craft a Sim – Part 1

Posted on April 18, 2014 by stoove

In this series of posts, I’m talking about putting together a simulation I’ve built called CHsim. It’s designed to simulate the way Chain Heal will behave in Warlords of Draenor – including interactions with player positioning, talents, incoming damage, Riptide, … Continue reading →

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Quantum Ignorance

Posted on January 15, 2013 by stoove

“Quantum ignorance” might sound like a joke, like something a non-scientist might say to show they know nothing whatsoever about quantum mechanics. Well, here’s the punchline; “quantum ignorance” is a real thing in quantum mechanics. Even better, I’ll explain why … Continue reading →

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