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Is Going For Deep Targets Worth It and More – Longpoint Stats Review

April 17, 2019 Sean Franklin 0

Longpoint showed us that once again we want to be going deep and targeting the head, if we care about the afterblow at all that is.

Building the Longpoint Back End

April 3, 2019 Sean Franklin 0

This year I had the privilege of helping out the Longpoint team with software support, and on the way go to offer my two cents about some of the things.

How Did The Sources Say We Should Weight Targets?

March 20, 2019 Sean Franklin 0

A thought experiment: what if we assigned points by how often targets were mentioned?

Loss Aversion – Counting Up vs Down

February 20, 2019 Sean Franklin 0

Counting down, rather than up. Would you be surprised to hear that I actually think that’s better?

Does HEMA have “Home Field Advantage?”

January 23, 2019 Sean Franklin 0

Is there such a thing as home field advantage in HEMA tournaments? Do international or local fencers tend to win more matches?

FNY Rules are not about single exchanges!

January 2, 2019 Sean Franklin 0

While FNY was based on single hit matches, this was not the interesting part of the rules at all!

Are Double Hits and Afterblows Related?

December 12, 2018 Sean Franklin 0

Can the Bilateral Hits measurement tell us about Afterblows and Doubles? Or are they essentially independent quantities?

What are Tournament Stats?

November 28, 2018 Sean Franklin 0

I like to post about tournament stats, but we all need to keep in mind the inherent limitations of what the numbers can and can’t tell us.

Do they Double a Lot in the Swordfish Finals?

November 7, 2018 Sean Franklin 0

Some people have taken issue with the matches on the Swordfish finals due to a perceived high number of double hits. Let’s crunch some numbers and see if this is actually true.

Survive the Pools and Fence the Finals?

October 31, 2018 Sean Franklin 0

Many people perceive that pool fighting is uglier and leads to more double hits than elimination bracket fights. But is this really the case?

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