RoboPaul Works His March Madness Magic

If you are like us at VPS.NET, you’ve had your March Madness picks on the brain recently. We brought in some help from an old friend to make ours…

Created by our in-house expert, Cody Erekson, with a little help from our data ninja Cameron Bird,  RoboPaul acts as our robot, mystic and friend in times of need. More importantly, RoboPaul answers our questions about important issues like World Cup and college basketball winners. All you have to do is ask….
Hey RoboPaul, who do you think is going to win the NCAA championship?
Find out at prediction.ninja.
**prediction.ninja is hosted with a cPanel VPS with VPS.NET
RoboPaul, our resurrected version of Paul the Octopus, is alive and ready to use his psychic abilities to lead our brackets to victory. RoboPaul comes from humble beginnings (which you can read about here) and a creative algorithm created by Cody.
See the steps that Cody took to construct RoboPaul using our favorite gadget, Raspberry Pi.  We asked Cody to share some of his secrets concerning RoboPaul’s intuition. Although there are strict proprietary rules, he gave us a few hints.
After last year’s in-office March Madness pool – where RoboPaul had a 75% success rate no less!- Cody decided he had to bring his creation to the public eye. RoboPaul’s accuracy must be shared with others and was just in time for the World Cup in 2014. He worked his way through to the championship with amazing accuracy, and since then has been in semi-retirement, resting for this month when his talents are required yet again!

Follow RoboPaul on Twitter @RoboPaulLives to stay up to date with his latest predictions.
Cody explains that through the use of social media, Chaldean numerology and lunar cycles (no really, these metrics are really used) he has created the sports dream of all geeks. Computer programing and algorithms blended with a physical competition that makes our whole office celebrate.
We noticed throughout last year’s tournament,  individuals in our office were using the skills that make them great employees to get ahead in their bracket. For example, our outstanding tech support used research to base their estimations, while human resources used their exemplary interpersonal skills to form hypothesis. This evidence proves that you don’t have to be an NCAA expert to score well, you just have to make the most of the talents you already have.
What methods did you use to pick your teams? Send us a Tweet to tell us about it @VPS