{"id":622,"date":"2014-05-08T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starcraft.kevinleung.com\/?p=622"},"modified":"2014-05-08T00:49:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T07:49:25","slug":"update-after-a-year-of-extracting-build-orders-from-replays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.spawningtool.com\/?p=622","title":{"rendered":"Update after a year of extracting build orders from replays"},"content":{"rendered":"

A year ago<\/a>, I launched Spawning Tool<\/a>, and it’s grown tremendously in that time. It started out as an experiment in using Blizzard’s replay format to grab build orders. Since then, it has become a site for organizing and labeling replays not only to steal build orders but also to analyze replays in bulk.<\/p>\n

So where are we now? By the numbers, Spawning Tool has:<\/p>\n

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  1. 9,051 replays uploaded<\/li>\n
  2. 132,364 replay tags<\/li>\n
  3. 23,092 lines of code<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I like to hope that Spawning Tool has contributed meaningfully to our understanding and analysis of StarCraft. Highlights are:<\/p>\n

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    1. Comparing win rates by supply difference (part 1<\/a>, part 2<\/a>, reddit<\/a>)<\/li>\n
    2. Putting PvT Blink Stalkers in perspective (blog<\/a>)<\/li>\n
    3. Finding close\/cross position win rates (blog<\/a>, reddit<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      I ended up going on hiatus for quite awhile around the beginning of this year, but I have cranked out a few changes recently to highlight as well:<\/p>\n

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      1. Tags are now directly searchable<\/a> so you can understand the hierarchy and dig down into specific builds<\/a> and players<\/a><\/li>\n
      2. Added spawn positions<\/a> for players to mark cross and close positions<\/li>\n
      3. Started using machine learning<\/a> to suggest build order tags for replays<\/li>\n
      4. Added an easy accept\/reject option for rapidly labeling build orders<\/a><\/li>\n
      5. Drag-and-drop file upload<\/li>\n
      6. and lots of other bug fixes, optimizations, and changes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Of course, I have an ask for all of you as well:<\/p>\n

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        1. Label a few build orders<\/a> just by accepting or rejecting suggested builds. The archive of replays is as good as its searchability, and build orders still require human expert knowledge<\/li>\n
        2. Fill out a survey<\/a> about your experience with Spawning Tool. I would love to know where to take the site from here<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Thanks to everyone in the community for their support. Specifically, I would like to mention\u00a0GraylinKim<\/a>\u00a0(creator of the sc2reader<\/a> library), dsjoerg<\/a> (creator of ggtracker<\/a>), and ChanmanV<\/a> (host of so many shows) for all of their help in getting Spawning Tool this far. I look forward to seeing what else we can do in the next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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