Smurfs: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly - Q&A

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@Trias-2243

In case you didn’t understood, argument from authority is the weakest proof level mankind ever invented to constitute statistically significant evidence. Yes or no ?

Coming from there, you repeatedly trying to dodge the fact that you didn’t apply any replicable nor objective method because of being much better at , or because it is true , does not in any way prove the superiority of your method over mine (provided there was even one, what you did seems more like lifting a finger to the wind to me). Let’s say my procedure of data gathering is mediocre to bad, yours is worse than bad, supposing it does exist in the first place.

I am fully aware my method isn’t perfect. Yet it’s somewhat randomized, it’s objective, and replicable. So as faulty as it is, it’s the most objective data gathered yet on the subject ; and this is acceptable as we are simply talking about a game.

That being said, I may provide detailed updates from time to time, so that everyone can ascertain the exact numbers and procedures behind those.

Let me say it one more time. I am not telling you that you are wrong because I have some sort of agenda, I am telling you that you have a very biased and inaccurate estimate of the proportion of smurfs because its true. I specifically mentioned my background because I know what I’m talking about, whether you choose to listen to me and come up with a better argument or don’t is up to you. However, if you want people to actually listen to you then to find a much better methodology to estimate the true proportion of smurfs.

P.S. I never said that the number of smurfs was low, I mentioned my experiences because I think you and some other people have a biased view on the matter, as well as my own anecdotal experience ,which btw does a much better job at sampling as its from multiple people, regions and across the entire spectrum of leagues, but I have not and will not give an estimate as to the actual population of smurfs because as far as I know there is no good way to estimate the actual number of smurfs. So I’d really appreciate it if you stop trying to put words in my mouth.