Where on the map do players die most, once you count how often they go there?

A heat map of deaths is mostly a map of where people walk. A corner visited twice with one death looks deadlier than a busy crossing. This entry shows how to rank places fairly and keep tiny samples from topping the list.

Why this works

People die where they walk, so a raw count mostly maps traffic. Dividing by visits shows danger, and pulling thin cases toward the overall average stops a place seen twice from outranking one seen a thousand times.

When not to use it

Skip it when deaths come from something that is not tied to a place, such as poison, hunger or a timer. Then map the cause instead, or the moment in the run, and keep the map for traps and fights.

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