CISO at @sardineai. Treasurer of @OWASP Board of Directors. (he/him) qatta' mIghtaHghach.
Phoenix, AZ
Joined July 2009
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If Valorant could find a way to match the teams more evenly, or reduce the impact that one or two good players can have on a match, I think the game would be a lot more enjoyable. If I stop playing, it'll be because I no longer want to play 21 unfun games to play the 9 funs ones.
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So my experience is that Valorant mostly put me in uneven matches where the other team was much better than my own. A full 40% of all my games were where I lost to an overpowered team. 30% of all my games were where I won against an underpowered team.
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The uneven games were 21 out of 30 matches. That's a lot of matches to slog through with one team dominating the other. And it doesn't matter if I won or lost, either it was brutal losing or boring winning. Out of 21 uneven games, I won 9 and lost 12.
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I tracked my last 30 competitive games, of those, only 9 were evenly matched, of which I won 5 and lost 4. But the interesting thing is that it has been near 50/50 the entire time I tracked it. Insight: when the teams are evenly matched, they are pretty even. Super fun!
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First, know that I'm talking about competitive play. Teams are matched based on rank and should be roughly even. They are not usually.
I define an evenly matched game as both teams win at least 10 rounds. Less than that, it's an uneven match.
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I've been tracking some stats from my games in @PlayVALORANT. The game is really fun when the teams are evenly matched, but it turns out that's only 30% of the time. The other 70% of time it's uneven and usually terrible.
If you're interested, some stats follow...
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That’s a LOT of cutting edge security research.
The program for IEEE S&P 2023 is now available -- ieee-security.org/TC/SP2023/….
Take a look for all the amazing work that will be appearing at the conference.
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“All that glitters is not gold.”
Might have to do what D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks did, start your own production company to ensure you have the control needed to make the changes you want.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United…
Dinner was great. My graduation is drawing near!
(I’m a MLS student)
Graduation dinner means it’s officially finish line season! 🎉
Tonight, we celebrate the accomplishments of #ASULaw graduates at our awards dinner and honor our students’ persistence, grit and determination to pursue their goals.
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I didn’t read it, but did they suggest unleashing a worm to form a botnet? A few million computers can do a lot.
Yeah, the library often doesn’t have it, or is scratched up.
In those cases I buy the DVD used from @ThriftBooks, watch it, then donate it to the library.
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I realize I'm one of only three people using the @netflix DVD service, but I'm going to miss being able to get movies, tv shows, and instructional videos that the streaming services don't have.
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