Quote Originally Posted by Gilraen View Post
The thing is I don't need a parser to tell me how I'm doing, I can see that just fine for myself. If a run isn't going well, I'll try harder. If in trying harder nothing changes then no amount of data is going to make me try any harder than I already am. All throwing numbers at me will do is point out where the real problem might actually be. We have the best potential to improve when it's on terms of our own choosing, because it will be us willingly pursuing improvement. Forcing people to 'get good' only makes things worse. Doesn't take a degree to realize that.
It's not about forcing you to try harder, it's about giving you more information so you know what's working and what's not.

At the end of the day all it is is information. Sometimes it won't help, sometimes it will. But having more information about your performance is never harmful.