Getting Started (and Getting Confused)
First, I had to get my hands on, well, everything. I mean, where do you even start with something like this? I found some data, a whole bunch of numbers about past games, player stats, wins, losses – the whole nine yards. Honestly, it was a little overwhelming at first. I spent a good chunk of time just staring at spreadsheets, feeling like I was drowning in numbers.
Wrangling the ataD ehData
Next up, I attempted to clean up the data. This was like trying to untangle a giant ball of yarn after a cat had its way with it. There were missing values, weird outliers, and stuff that just didn't make sense. I used some basic tools – mostly just sorting and filtering – to try and make sense of it.
- Deleted some rows that were missing important details.
- Figured out that Some of the number columns were not formated as "number" format.
- Did my best to get rid of anything that looked really off.
Trying Stuff Out (and Failing... A Lot)
Then came the "fun" part – trying to actually make a prediction. I started simple, I used the basic average of each player's score. That's easy to caculate, just sum the numbers and divide by the *, that didn't work so well. The predictions were way off, like, not even in the same ballpark (wrong sport, I know!).
I messed around with different ideas, I tried to find some patterns, but it felt like I was just guessing. It was frustrating, to say the least. I felt more lost to be honest.
A Tiny Bit of Success?
Finally, after a lot of trial and error,I got something that looked kind of decent. It wasn't perfect, not by a long shot, but it was better than random guessing. At this point, I'm not even sure I can explain exactly how it's working, but hey, it's something!
Still a Long Way to Go
So, that's where I'm at. It's definitely a work in progress. I've learned a ton, mostly about how much I don't know. But I'm going to keep plugging away at it. Maybe one day I'll actually have something that can reliably predict rocket magic. Until then, I'll just keep sharing my messy, sometimes confusing, but always interesting journey.
