9 Ways Overwatch Changed My Life

Explained with DATA SCIENCE

I recently bought the game Overwatch and as a Data Scientist (intern… barely), I used Data Driven approaches to analyze the changes that was going on in my life.

1. I started using Windows more than Mac

I actually lied. My competitive rating dropped, but I was too embarrassed to show that.

Though my competitive rating curve has remained flat, my K/D ratio has increased significantly (from 1.8 to 1.85). We can infer two things from this:

My K/D ratio will reach 5.0 in 4 months using advanced statistical forecasting (linear regression) I’m a God at Overwatch

2. My wallet successfully went on a diet

I didn’t even know what Rio 2016 was until Overwatch

I love the Olympics. It was such a great time to play Overwatch. And speaking of international sporting events…

3. I learned new languages

The phrases I knew back then were limited to oppa saranghe and dónde está el baño. Now, I lost track of how many phrases I know. Here are a few:

ryuu ga waga teki wo kurau personne n’échappe à mon regard ogon po gotovnosti Helden sterben nicht dòng zhù, bù xu zǒu!

4. My YouTube recommendations are actually relevant now

That’s what I call passion.

5. I use my keyboard as much as a novelist

6. I attained the sleep habit of successful people

My girlfriend and I recently got Fitbits to monitor our sleeping patterns so I can prove to her that I keep waking up mid-sleep because of her annoying ass twitches and jerks. But that’s beside the point, let’s focus on Overwatch.

Francois can go die in a hole

Successful people like Elon Musk, Marissa Mayer, Richard Branson and Barack Obama, all sleep less than 6 hours a day. So what does that say about me with 8 hours of sleep back then? What does that say about me now? Success.

7. I started using Google a lot more

Here are the search queries before and after Overwatch.

8. My significant other became a better listener

Below presents the messages shared between my girlfriend and I in the form of iMessage bubbles.

Actual texts have been masked for privacy reasons

As you can see she interrupts me less…

9. I’m more independant

I miss her. I feel alone.

I think it is pretty self-explanatory… If you guys want to hang out (please), feel free to add my Battle.net tag JOMA#11362.

At least I still have Overwatch…

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