Analysis and visualisation company Skybox Technologies, Business development firm Copenhagen Capacity, and event organiser BLAST teamed up to showcase a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive prediction application at the BLAST Premier Fall Final earlier this month.
The initiative began with an ‘AI Hackathon’ which challenged participants to create a real-time tool to predict the outcome of CS:GO matches based on in-game situations. The competition was said to have drawn 373 participants from more than 20 different countries.
The three winning algorithms were showcased during the BLAST Premier Fall Final matches, displaying an average 73% accuracy, but later found to increase in accuracy as matches progressed.