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Originally Posted by crash
I don't own and would never buy a stats data bank. I'd [also] rather watch paint dry than sit around with a data bank [if I had one] working out rules to fit past results.
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Crash, I know you do things differently and that's fine, but have you ever considered the "other" benefits of a database apart from "retrofitting results".
I write this as a general concept about databases, not just because I sell one.
Even if you start your own, there is a good deal to be gained from the information contained within a database.
Databases are great mythbusters.
They are great ways to test things hypothetically without wasting hard earned on real time testing, when you're chasing a losing proposition.
A database is a tool, how the user uses it, defines how good it is, not the information within.
A database
can be useless, even with an abundance of good information, if the user interprets the data in the wrong manner, or "builds" systems in the wrong manner (retroftting and illogical rules. pinning hopes on a couple of longshots etc.).
A database is also a very good way to identify trends and patterns - real ones, and reap the rewards.
I've actually posted some phenomenal systems on here, but let the postings die a natural death, and nobody seems to be using them. They work - months and years later.
That's why I'm happy for others to have the same info as me, nobody will be using it the way I do.
I guess to each their own, what I'm saying is don't rule it out.
I post this as a user, not a vendor.