BaskeySZN

Data driven approach to Sorare and FPL

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

@CfCRay2012 Ah mate, he could still play a blinder, save a pen or get a last man tackle 🤞

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

⚠️ WARNING: some of the projections may be FALSE

😳😂😭

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[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

@CfCRay2012 I think it’s due to being his error that required the goal line clearance but I thought the same.

That’s very unfortunate bro, do you have more attempts left?

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

@Sorare 92 + Baskey

[Sorare @Sorare]

LE CLASSIQUE GIVEAWAY 🇫🇷

Win a SIGNED Ousmane Dembélé HyperGlitch Card! ✍️

The Ballon d’Or holder is back tonight at the Stade Vélodrome. Last season, he missed this fixture after it was postponed to the night of his Ballon d’Or triumph...

Revenge tonight? 👀

Predict Dembélé’s exact Sorare score to win his signed HyperGlitch Card with a 35% scoring bonus!

To enter:

🔁 RT + ❤️
➕ Follow @Sorare
⚽ Reply with Dembélé’s score + your Sorare username

If multiple people guess correctly, we’ll randomly pick 1 winner on Monday.

And... if Dembélé scores 💯, we’ll give away FIVE cards 🔥

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

First try at £100 and achieved it by 0.47 points 😅

Now onto the big one.

#sorare

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

@riversorare There was no notice of this, they usually inform you in a request that something is depreciated and will eventually be unavailable . As it’s free I’m not sure of any SLA’s but it’s very annoying for both personal and commercial projects to simply turn this off without warning.

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

@Sorare_Inside Thank you! What’s your favourite method of communication?

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

Quick update for anyone using the early access Sets Team Builder.

Unfortunately, Sorare has removed access to the projected starting percentages from their API, so I’ve had to temporarily remove them from the app.

Once I’m back from holiday, I’ll reach out to @Sorare_Inside to see if there’s a way to get this operational again.

For now, when building your teams, make a note of the starting percentages on Sorare and remove any players who aren’t likely to start. Otherwise, some players may appear much higher in the projections than they should.

Hopefully I can get this sorted soon!

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

@Bossfella @Sorare_Inside Yeah unfortunately, I tried lots of different approaches but all outputted a null value. Are you getting the same?

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

Thanks to those using the early access UI over the weekend. Please keep the feedback coming.

FYI: Europa League has been added but players need to have their starting percentages projection on Sorare before they’ll display in the team builder.

#sorare

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

Had some really narrow misses, but finally smashed the score and moved onto the cash threshold!

Now there’s a decision to make.

La Liga Silver packs for the league, or Bundesliga packs for the Europa League?

The algorithm is still working exactly as expected. Time to run the numbers and figure out the best play.

#Sorare

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

First lineup my algorithm has projected that hasn’t hit.

Tried to be aggressive with an early lineup to give myself a chance of clearing multiple steps today, but it didn’t quite work out.

Thankfully I added a couple more lineups in case it missed and they’re both well underway.

Moving a little slower than I wanted, but still very optimistic!

#Sorare

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

First lineup my algorithm has projected that hasn’t hit.

Tried to be aggressive with an early lineup to give myself a chance of clearing multiple steps today, but it didn’t quite work out.

Thankfully I added a couple more lineups in case it missed and they’re both well underway.

Moving a little slower than I wanted, but still very optimistic!

#Sorare

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

I genuinely don’t understand your argument here.

If I receive a card worth €100 and you receive one worth €6, I’m clearly in the stronger position.

Maybe I don’t get the full €100 when I sell it. Maybe I get €80. I could still sell it, buy that €6 keeper if I think he’s the better card, buy the rest of his collection and still have money left over.

I’ve had similar reward experiences multiple times myself. If a company still can’t consistently get this right after six years, I don’t think calling for more transparency around how rewards are determined is an over-the-top demand.

Open sourcing the system would at least give users visibility into how these decisions are being made.

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

@NeelanSam You can set the times so it only includes players playing at the same time

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

Got a lot of interest in my Sets team builder, so I’ve been working on a UI to turn it into an app that helps Sorare managers make better decisions.

As you get into the later steps, I think having the right data becomes even more important. Do you try to attack multiple steps over a weekend, or play it safe and maximise your chances of progressing?

The tool lets you select different times throughout the gameweek and see your projected lineup scores, helping you make those decisions with a bit more confidence.

A few people have already reached out about testing it, so once I get the all clear from Sorare I’ll give them early access.

Hopefully I’ll have something ready to drop next week!

#Sorare

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

But the hand-picking approach was only ever going to scale so far, and if that’s producing results like this, what’s the point?

It should be automated. Even if the underlying algorithm isn’t perfect, we now live in a world where you can run an AI evaluator over the final rewards list, flag obvious inconsistencies and have them reviewed before rewards are distributed.

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

Maybe it’s time to make the rewards system open source.

Let the community understand how reward quality is actually determined and help identify where it’s going wrong.

@ni2las @Sorare @soraresupport

#Sorare

[Vithaliy @Vithaliy]

if a bug is not fixed 6 years later, it might be time to accept it’s actually a feature.

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

I disagree entirely. You can’t really say “it’s not that deep” to @sorare_buli.

They’ve put that Bayern stack together, probably at considerable cost, hit a monster score and finished 10th out of 15,000+ managers. That should be a huge moment.

Then the reward drops and it’s worth €6, while managers finishing below them receive cards worth €80-100+. However you dress it up, that doesn’t feel like a reward system working properly.

Market value matters because it gives the manager choice. I’d take the €100 Bayern player, sell him, buy the €6 keeper if I rated him that highly, then use the remaining €94 to build an entire team around him.

A card can have great utility and still be a poor reward relative to the cards being given out around it.

[BaskeySZN @BaskeySZN]

😬😬😬 Ok computer

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