{
  "id": 254265,
  "title": "Opt-in, updated training set soon available",
  "url": "/competitions/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting/discussion/254265",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2021-07-21T00:22:14.144065600Z",
  "votes": 18,
  "comment_count": 15,
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  "content": "<p>As promised, we will shortly be adding a <code>train_updated.csv</code> file to the competition data, which covers 2018-01-01 up to 2021-07-17. You may choose to use this new file (warning: may contain new data surprises) or stick with the existing training set. We are making it opt-in so that the new data doesn't break existing notebooks (whether by contents, size, or runtime).</p>\n<p>Important things to note:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>We will update <code>train_updated.csv</code> again prior to the evaluation period (containing data up to July 31).</li>\n<li>The new training data overlaps with and goes beyond the dates of the current preliminary public leaderboard. It's up to you to handle potential leakage implications if you train on the new dataset.</li>\n<li>Please resist the urge to scrape and submit the current leaderboard labels. It will not improve your final ranking.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Thank you and good luck!</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "1395139",
      "postDate": "07/21/2021 00:22:14",
      "content": "<p>As promised, we will shortly be adding a <code>train_updated.csv</code> file to the competition data, which covers 2018-01-01 up to 2021-07-17. You may choose to use this new file (warning: may contain new data surprises) or stick with the existing training set. We are making it opt-in so that the new data doesn't break existing notebooks (whether by contents, size, or runtime).</p>\n<p>Important things to note:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>We will update <code>train_updated.csv</code> again prior to the evaluation period (containing data up to July 31).</li>\n<li>The new training data overlaps with and goes beyond the dates of the current preliminary public leaderboard. It's up to you to handle potential leakage implications if you train on the new dataset.</li>\n<li>Please resist the urge to scrape and submit the current leaderboard labels. It will not improve your final ranking.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Thank you and good luck!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "As promised, we will shortly be adding a `train_updated.csv` file to the competition data, which covers 2018-01-01 up to 2021-07-17. You may choose to use this new file (warning: may contain new data surprises) or stick with the existing training set. We are making it opt-in so that the new data doesn't break existing notebooks (whether by contents, size, or runtime).\n\nImportant things to note:\n- We will update `train_updated.csv` again prior to the evaluation period (containing data up to July 31).\n- The new training data overlaps with and goes beyond the dates of the current preliminary public leaderboard. It's up to you to handle potential leakage implications if you train on the new dataset.\n- Please resist the urge to scrape and submit the current leaderboard labels. It will not improve your final ranking.\n\nThank you and good luck!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1395336",
      "postDate": "07/21/2021 06:35:04",
      "content": "<p>Currently the path to competition dataset is '../input/c/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting' instead of '../input/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting', is it related to the update? Will you change the dir back?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Currently the path to competition dataset is '../input/c/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting' instead of '../input/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting', is it related to the update? Will you change the dir back?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1395359",
      "postDate": "07/21/2021 06:50:31",
      "content": "<p>I see this as well - it looks like there was an extra \"c\" added to the path, and this appears to break my existing notebook. (I can fix the issue by changing my path to include the \"c\"). </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I see this as well - it looks like there was an extra \"c\" added to the path, and this appears to break my existing notebook. (I can fix the issue by changing my path to include the \"c\").",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1395392",
      "postDate": "07/21/2021 07:17:57",
      "content": "<p>May I ask if the PB will also change correspondingly?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "May I ask if the PB will also change correspondingly?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1395929",
      "postDate": "07/21/2021 16:15:49",
      "content": "<p>What does PB stand for?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "What does PB stand for?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1395950",
      "postDate": "07/21/2021 16:37:01",
      "content": "<p>Hmm, strange. If you have a duplicate dataset (i.e. a dataset namespace collision), then one of them will be prefixed with /c/ for competitions. Can you check to see if you somehow have the dataset (or an identically named one) mounted twice?</p>\n<p>FWIW, on my notebooks the data is still in <code>../input/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting</code>.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hmm, strange. If you have a duplicate dataset (i.e. a dataset namespace collision), then one of them will be prefixed with /c/ for competitions. Can you check to see if you somehow have the dataset (or an identically named one) mounted twice?\n\nFWIW, on my notebooks the data is still in `../input/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting`.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1396064",
      "postDate": "07/21/2021 18:14:38",
      "content": "<p>I am not seeing this issue</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I am not seeing this issue",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1396580",
      "postDate": "07/22/2021 08:27:06",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/wcukierski\" target=\"_blank\">@wcukierski</a> maybe public leaderboard dataset</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "wcukierski maybe public leaderboard dataset",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1396828",
      "postDate": "07/22/2021 14:16:32",
      "content": "<p>Thank you, I fixed it by removing this dataset and reloading it.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you, I fixed it by removing this dataset and reloading it.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1396951",
      "postDate": "07/22/2021 16:00:01",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/zacchaeus\" target=\"_blank\">@zacchaeus</a> If you are asking whether the public leaderboard will be rescored, no it will not before the evaluation period. This training set update is purely optional for your use/exploration and scores will not be updated until after the submission deadline, when we switch over to the future evaluation period.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "zacchaeus If you are asking whether the public leaderboard will be rescored, no it will not before the evaluation period. This training set update is purely optional for your use/exploration and scores will not be updated until after the submission deadline, when we switch over to the future evaluation period.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1396973",
      "postDate": "07/22/2021 16:30:09",
      "content": "<p>Thank you Julia. I am clear now.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you Julia. I am clear now.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1405520",
      "postDate": "07/31/2021 01:42:50",
      "content": "<p>will 7/31 data update today? </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "will 7/31 data update today?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1405534",
      "postDate": "07/31/2021 02:17:54",
      "content": "<p>I also know about when the data will be updated </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I also know about when the data will be updated",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1405900",
      "postDate": "07/31/2021 09:51:10",
      "content": "<p>without update train_updated.csv, evaluation period will delayed?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "without update train_updated.csv, evaluation period will delayed?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1406543",
      "postDate": "07/31/2021 23:20:16",
      "content": "<p>It will be updated before the evaluation period.  If your submitted code uses the updated file, it will get the latest update.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "It will be updated before the evaluation period.  If your submitted code uses the updated file, it will get the latest update.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1406547",
      "postDate": "07/31/2021 23:24:47",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/dynamic24\" target=\"_blank\">@dynamic24</a> thank you!</p>\n<p>It was my mistake :)<br>\nI misunderstood it as being able to see if the output of 7/18 is stable before submission.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "dynamic24 thank you!\n\nIt was my mistake :)\nI misunderstood it as being able to see if the output of 7/18 is stable before submission.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1395336,
      "author_name": "jiangtt",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "07/21/2021 06:35:04",
      "content": "<p>Currently the path to competition dataset is '../input/c/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting' instead of '../input/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting', is it related to the update? Will you change the dir back?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1395359,
          "author_name": "splashing",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/21/2021 06:50:31",
          "content": "<p>I see this as well - it looks like there was an extra \"c\" added to the path, and this appears to break my existing notebook. (I can fix the issue by changing my path to include the \"c\"). </p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1395950,
          "author_name": "wcukierski",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/21/2021 16:37:01",
          "content": "<p>Hmm, strange. If you have a duplicate dataset (i.e. a dataset namespace collision), then one of them will be prefixed with /c/ for competitions. Can you check to see if you somehow have the dataset (or an identically named one) mounted twice?</p>\n<p>FWIW, on my notebooks the data is still in <code>../input/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting</code>.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1396064,
          "author_name": "redfoongus",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/21/2021 18:14:38",
          "content": "<p>I am not seeing this issue</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1396828,
          "author_name": "jiangtt",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/22/2021 14:16:32",
          "content": "<p>Thank you, I fixed it by removing this dataset and reloading it.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1395392,
      "author_name": "zacchaeus",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "07/21/2021 07:17:57",
      "content": "<p>May I ask if the PB will also change correspondingly?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1395929,
          "author_name": "wcukierski",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/21/2021 16:15:49",
          "content": "<p>What does PB stand for?</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1396580,
          "author_name": "assign",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/22/2021 08:27:06",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/wcukierski\" target=\"_blank\">@wcukierski</a> maybe public leaderboard dataset</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1396951,
          "author_name": "juliaelliott",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/22/2021 16:00:01",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/zacchaeus\" target=\"_blank\">@zacchaeus</a> If you are asking whether the public leaderboard will be rescored, no it will not before the evaluation period. This training set update is purely optional for your use/exploration and scores will not be updated until after the submission deadline, when we switch over to the future evaluation period.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1396973,
          "author_name": "zacchaeus",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/22/2021 16:30:09",
          "content": "<p>Thank you Julia. I am clear now.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1405520,
      "author_name": "assign",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "07/31/2021 01:42:50",
      "content": "<p>will 7/31 data update today? </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1405534,
          "author_name": "deepkun1995",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/31/2021 02:17:54",
          "content": "<p>I also know about when the data will be updated </p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1405900,
          "author_name": "assign",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/31/2021 09:51:10",
          "content": "<p>without update train_updated.csv, evaluation period will delayed?</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1406543,
          "author_name": "dynamic24",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/31/2021 23:20:16",
          "content": "<p>It will be updated before the evaluation period.  If your submitted code uses the updated file, it will get the latest update.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1406547,
          "author_name": "assign",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "07/31/2021 23:24:47",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/dynamic24\" target=\"_blank\">@dynamic24</a> thank you!</p>\n<p>It was my mistake :)<br>\nI misunderstood it as being able to see if the output of 7/18 is stable before submission.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
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    "1395139": "As promised, we will shortly be adding a `train_updated.csv` file to the competition data, which covers 2018-01-01 up to 2021-07-17. You may choose to use this new file (warning: may contain new data surprises) or stick with the existing training set. We are making it opt-in so that the new data doesn't break existing notebooks (whether by contents, size, or runtime).\n\nImportant things to note:\n- We will update `train_updated.csv` again prior to the evaluation period (containing data up to July 31).\n- The new training data overlaps with and goes beyond the dates of the current preliminary public leaderboard. It's up to you to handle potential leakage implications if you train on the new dataset.\n- Please resist the urge to scrape and submit the current leaderboard labels. It will not improve your final ranking.\n\nThank you and good luck!",
    "1395336": "Currently the path to competition dataset is '../input/c/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting' instead of '../input/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting', is it related to the update? Will you change the dir back?",
    "1395359": "I see this as well - it looks like there was an extra \"c\" added to the path, and this appears to break my existing notebook. (I can fix the issue by changing my path to include the \"c\").",
    "1395392": "May I ask if the PB will also change correspondingly?",
    "1395929": "What does PB stand for?",
    "1395950": "Hmm, strange. If you have a duplicate dataset (i.e. a dataset namespace collision), then one of them will be prefixed with /c/ for competitions. Can you check to see if you somehow have the dataset (or an identically named one) mounted twice?\n\nFWIW, on my notebooks the data is still in `../input/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting`.",
    "1396064": "I am not seeing this issue",
    "1396580": "wcukierski maybe public leaderboard dataset",
    "1396828": "Thank you, I fixed it by removing this dataset and reloading it.",
    "1396951": "zacchaeus If you are asking whether the public leaderboard will be rescored, no it will not before the evaluation period. This training set update is purely optional for your use/exploration and scores will not be updated until after the submission deadline, when we switch over to the future evaluation period.",
    "1396973": "Thank you Julia. I am clear now.",
    "1405520": "will 7/31 data update today?",
    "1405534": "I also know about when the data will be updated",
    "1405900": "without update train_updated.csv, evaluation period will delayed?",
    "1406543": "It will be updated before the evaluation period.  If your submitted code uses the updated file, it will get the latest update.",
    "1406547": "dynamic24 thank you!\n\nIt was my mistake :)\nI misunderstood it as being able to see if the output of 7/18 is stable before submission."
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