I want to do Crucible research and write about it. I know - it's like saying I want to play in the sandbox so I buy a backhoe. But we have all this publicly available data just sitting there... It's like when someone on the Internet finds a safe behind a wall in their house. What's in the safe!? The key is stripping the nerd speak, putting it in a format that is readable to non-technical but thoughtful people, and focusing on takeaways and insight. Plus, I see this as a good opportunity for hands on learning for cloud/big data architecture. Before I started playing Destiny, sports analytics was my hobby. But everyone is doing it now, daily fantasy is in hot water, and it's hard to find anything new to talk about as an amateur. Flash forward1,500+ hours into Destiny, and I have a backlog of ideas I'd like to investigate. Here's one example topic: Some players are vocal about hating a particular spawn on a given trials map. We know Alpha/Bravo overall win% is pretty much 50/50 on most maps. But is there meaningful variation within certain tiers of payers? If I find variation, maybe I could tease out a map awareness factor in the leftover noise? I can't imagine that would be possible without a ton of match data. Since PGCR requests can't be choosy, I think incremental is the only way to ensure the data. I'd be interested in leveraging existing resources or partnering with other users. I definitely have more energy than I do knowledge on how to collect and store data effectively and efficiently. Maybe there would be a way to share costs in exchange for sharing data and PGCR responses while keeping the backend proprietary with separate technology stacks or something.