Nice post! While it's just a small sample size, it’s clear there are quite a few players doing this consistently over time.
Also interesting to see a noticeable uptick in June–July 2023—if I recall correctly, that lines up with the introduction of staking requirements to earn SPS, which likely influenced behavior.
Then again in June–July 2024, we saw the rollout of the Seasonal Pass system, particularly for Wild format, along with SPS multiplier changes. So that’s two key changes in back-to-back years that, at least for this sample size, seem to line up with the trends we're seeing.
@seattlea we definitely need to talk about why your line has such a steep uptrend though… (steeper then mine 🤣) What’s your secret?
You caught me, there were quite a few small purchases of SPS involved in that steep line ;)
That explains it, good job 😁
I think all those observations are correct. Since this spans upwards of 5 years now, this is a combination of many things and which when combined reveals our individual personalities!
It's this behavioral part that gets revealed from a plot is what always interests and intrigued me in statistics and data visualization.
You can't hide your behavior from a good plot! :)