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Welcome to my Post-Contest Analysis (PCA) for Game of the Decade II! I have done one of these before during our previous games contest back in 2015. My motivation is first and foremost that I love these contests, theyre the primary reason Im here and have been here for a long time by now. I love discussing them and I believe I have some great points to bring to the table. I learned recently that Im the fifth best overall guru for the previous decade, which is all the ones Ive participated in, and while I made incorrect assumptions pre-contest of course, Ive been right about all but two matches involving the same game since round 2 began and was the first to predict azuarc as guru winner. This sounds a lot more arrogant than intended. I am trying to make a point that I want t share my thoughts because I think theres some level of quality in them, which is a great motivation for me as well. A lot of the ideas Ill put fourth will be ideas that Ive had presented to me by other contest nerds here. None of this means everything here is facts, obviously, and I hope a lot of the write-ups can lead to some discussion. Im also not trying to turn any attention away from Ulti or any other PCA. Those were a great inspiration for me to do this five years ago and I always read and enjoy them, I recommend you do the same! I do think its fun to see different perspectives, however. The primary point of the topic is that we look back at every match with what we know post contest and analyze why things went as they did where Ill begin the discussion with me write-up.

I have no specific timetable for this. The most important thing for me is to keep a consistent pace. Without rushing things, I expect to not move slower than the contest did and I will strive to do more than four matches a day on average, although what matches come up will also influence that, there will obviously be a lot more to say about some than others. My schedule is usually not very consistent, but due to the pandemic, its more consistent than ever, which hopefully means the pacing will be constant. When that is said, there may be days off if something comes up, but I will do my best to learn of such days ahead and possible have some write-ups ready. Also, Im European and the times I post these will reflect that.

Finally, be nice to everyone! Im a stats topic regular and I enjoy them, but occasionally the discussion gets unfriendly and aggressive. Youre entitled to disagree with me or others, but please do so without being rude and keep insults out of here. The saying that stupid questions doesnt exist but only stupid answers has a lot of truth to it. Please do your best to be polite.

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Guinness Book of World Records is the name of the diary that belongs to azuarc, the winner of the Game of the Decade II guru contest.