How I Started Digging into Player Stats
Alright, so I got hooked on this game comparison after watching streams all weekend. Saw tons of folks arguing about HB W players being better than PS W players or the other way around. Figured instead of guessing, I’d just pull the numbers myself. Grabbed my laptop, cracked open another coffee – seriously, those things keep me alive – and hit up the official game stats site. Man, their search is clunky. Typed in “HB W” and got stuff about health bars. Finally found the right filter after like, 10 minutes of clicking around.
Downloading the Messy Data
Found the player stats sections for both games. Saw the “Export to Spreadsheet” button and thought, sweet, easy. Clicked it. Big mistake. Instead of one clean file, it dumped like, 12 separate CSV files on me for each player position. My desktop looked like a digital trash pile. Spent another half-hour just renaming files so I wouldn’t lose my mind: “HB_W_Striker_Season_*”, “PS_W_Midfield_*”, you get the picture. Opened them all in Sheets. Boom. Thousands of numbers staring back. Win rates, average kills, survival time, you name it. Looked like alphabet soup at first.
The Sorting and Filtering Chaos
Decided to focus on just a few key things everyone argues about: win percentage when playing ranked, average assists per match, and survival time. Didn’t want to drown. Started with HB W players. Clicked the little funnel icon over the “WR Ranked” column, sorted Z to A. Wanted to see the top dogs. Weird names popped up I’d never heard on leaderboards. Filtered again to only players with over 50 games played. Made sense, right? Can’t trust the dude who played twice and got lucky. Found the top HB W striker – their average survival time was shockingly low. Like, died fast but won anyway? Didn’t make sense. Tried the same filters for PS W players in the same position. Top player there? Higher survival time, fewer average assists. Hmm. Patterns starting to show, maybe.
Making Sense of the Mess (Visually)
Just staring at rows wasn’t cutting it. Needed pictures. Selected the WR Ranked and Avg Survival Time columns for all my filtered players in both games. Hit “Insert Chart”. Chose a scatter plot because I wanted to see dots! The Chart Editor popped up, always fiddly. Tried to drag the PS W dots into a different color from HB W. Took me like three tries clicking the right series. Finally got it: Blue dots for HB W, red squares for PS W scattered on my screen. And wow, there it was! Most HB W top players clustered low on survival time but high on Win Rate. PS W top players? Spread out more, but generally higher up on survival time for the same win rates. Needed more proof though.
My Real “Ah-Hah!” Moment
Kept thinking about those HB W stats. Dying fast but winning. Why? Checked the averages again. Scrolled sideways to the “Avg Enemy Distraction Time” column. Remembered this from old patch notes. Pushed the data around some more. Sorted HB W players by distraction time, descending. Compared to Win Rate. Boom! Higher distraction time? Usually higher win rate, even if they died quick. That top HB W striker? Absolute master at causing chaos. PS W players? That distraction stat seemed way less important for them in the top ranks. Their wins leaned heavier on survival and holding positions based on the numbers. This changed how I saw “good play” in each game entirely.
Final Takeaway Tips
So after wrestling with spreadsheets all afternoon? Here’s the raw stuff you gotta focus on:
- Playing HB W? Forget holding ground! Top players are chaos engines. Your job? Disrupt, distract, dive in. Even if you die fast, distracting multiple enemies creates openings for teammates. It’s messy, but the stats say it wins.
- Playing PS W? Slow down! Rushing like HB W gets you wrecked there. Top players survive longer by picking spots. The data shows holding key positions longer boosts win rates way more than risky distractions. Survive to control the map.
- Track Your Own Distraction/Survival Time! Don’t just watch kills. Get these stats from your matches. If you play HB W and your distraction time is low? Figure out why. PS W player with low survival? Change positions or tactics. Stats don’t lie.
Seriously, digging into the numbers myself beat reading forum opinions any day. Grab some data. It’s messy work, but man, finding patterns like that? Feels good.
