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Please keep the QQ to a minimum if you do not like this update. We are happy to hear your reasoning for not liking a ranked system, but no "OMG VOLVO WHY" posts.
Sif_
Profile Joined January 2011
Brazil3106 Posts
January 07 2014 22:26 GMT
#1901
Is the color thing actually confirmed? I can't tell for solo, but when i'm in a party with my friends, the order isn't always right about who has the highest rating in the game.
Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
January 07 2014 22:30 GMT
#1902
its only confirmed at the highest level
It's also confirmed that the order in party has no meaning besides whos faster at clicking accept
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
Sif_
Profile Joined January 2011
Brazil3106 Posts
January 07 2014 22:32 GMT
#1903
On January 08 2014 07:30 Erasme wrote:
its only confirmed at the highest level
It's also confirmed that the order in party has no meaning besides whos faster at clicking accept


Even if we're 3 in a party and 2 outsiders? Thanks for the quick response btw
Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
January 07 2014 22:36 GMT
#1904
I have no idea for the party + outsider thingy, but as i said it doesnt really matter unless you're in the 5.5-6k range :p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
Sif_
Profile Joined January 2011
Brazil3106 Posts
January 07 2014 22:46 GMT
#1905
But whats the logic in it working for higher ups and not for the rest? If its automated, shouldnt it be like that for everyone?
Selassie
Profile Joined April 2012
Ireland58 Posts
January 07 2014 23:06 GMT
#1906
Frustrating that when you win early you gain less MMR, since i've started tracking MMR i'm 12 wins 11 losses but overall -3 MMR
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-07 23:09:23
January 07 2014 23:09 GMT
#1907
On January 08 2014 07:46 Sif_ wrote:
But whats the logic in it working for higher ups and not for the rest? If its automated, shouldnt it be like that for everyone?

The theory is that it's possibly arranged in the order that players are added to the game. Since high-rated players are going to have longer queues by nature of how few of them they are, they will usually be the first players to be added to a particular game. Lower down where matching games is fast and easy due to the breadth of the player pool, the players might be added in more or less random order.
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cecek
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Czech Republic18921 Posts
January 07 2014 23:11 GMT
#1908
What's the MMR of those super high winrate accounts? Like d3xter's wisp account, etc. Do they have like 6500 or something?
super gg
Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
January 07 2014 23:23 GMT
#1909
Since they win 1-2-3points per game and lose 30, they hover around 6.1-6.2k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
CountChocula
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada2068 Posts
January 07 2014 23:47 GMT
#1910
On January 08 2014 07:32 Sif_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 08 2014 07:30 Erasme wrote:
its only confirmed at the highest level
It's also confirmed that the order in party has no meaning besides whos faster at clicking accept


Even if we're 3 in a party and 2 outsiders? Thanks for the quick response btw

He means order in party as in [3 1] 2 4 5. The order of the ppl in party is based on who invited who and the order in which ppl joined the party. Ppl in the same party will also be next to each other always. Some speculate the average MMR is used for the party so you can have [3 1] ahead of 2.
Writer我会让他们连馒头都吃不到 Those championships owed me over the years, I will take them back one by one.
AndyJay
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Australia833 Posts
January 08 2014 02:45 GMT
#1911
On January 08 2014 08:06 Selassie wrote:
Frustrating that when you win early you gain less MMR, since i've started tracking MMR i'm 12 wins 11 losses but overall -3 MMR


It's already been said, but the variation in points earned is a result of the expected outcome of the match. This tends towards small gains for quick matches because they are the ones against relatively worse teams that you're expected to win.
Atreides
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2393 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-08 04:03:53
January 08 2014 03:23 GMT
#1912
How early of wins are people talking about, because anecdotally I receive the same average sort of points for a 30 min win as a 40-60 min wins (playing pushy sorts of games every game) so I 100% believe the explanation given.

People complaining about this points/mmr system btw clearly did not ever play high rated WoW arena (lol) prior to the last expansion as EVERY complaint here about points gain was SUPER common in that system. Win +1-3 25 games in a row. Lose to one of those teams -28. It is just standard elo and the only solution to it is to have more high rated players so you get better, more evenly matched games at the top of the ladder. It is a lot harder though when you have to match 5 per team.

Oh, I am curious about party mmr though. It seems very strange to me. I q exclusively with the same group of people who only stack with each other yet there is a fairly large range in the party mmrs we got upon placement, that does not even neccesarily correspond to the range in our solo mmrs. It is very strange. All I can come up with is that prior to the ranked implementation the mmrs were not actually separate so upon initial placement there is wide range however with enough games played with the same party everyones mmr SHOULD trend to one point if the system is working correct?
Stancel
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Singapore15360 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-08 14:49:19
January 08 2014 14:49 GMT
#1913
didn't they fix solo ranked players queueing in to 4/5 stacks?
ffxiv enjoyer
Laurens
Profile Joined September 2010
Belgium4558 Posts
January 08 2014 15:08 GMT
#1914
You can still face 5stacks as a solo, with a 4stack on your team.

It's also possible for a 2- and a 3-stack to play vs 5stacks in party ranked.

Both favour the 5stack by a looooong shot imo.
Kreb
Profile Joined September 2010
4834 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-08 15:14:56
January 08 2014 15:10 GMT
#1915
On January 08 2014 08:09 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 08 2014 07:46 Sif_ wrote:
But whats the logic in it working for higher ups and not for the rest? If its automated, shouldnt it be like that for everyone?

The theory is that it's possibly arranged in the order that players are added to the game. Since high-rated players are going to have longer queues by nature of how few of them they are, they will usually be the first players to be added to a particular game. Lower down where matching games is fast and easy due to the breadth of the player pool, the players might be added in more or less random order.

That sounds incredibly far fetched. Even if it would work like that, there woul dbe plenty of examples where, say, 9x 5500 guys would look for a game and suddenly a 5600 guy queues and fills up the game. So he gets in last but is still highest.

Im seen more than one people say its "confirmed" but Ive seen nothing "confirming" it save from a few anecdotes. And there seem to be anecdotes telling the opposite too.

And that Valve would implement a random threshold where above it colors mean something and below it doesnt? Please, do people actually just take claims like that as facts without any critical thinking?

That said, Im not saying colors dont mean anything, but until I've seen some quite a lot more solid evidence it seems to be a stupid myth to me. Is it even a thing on other Dota forums?
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
January 08 2014 16:13 GMT
#1916
The main reason I think that it is random is that Valve made MMR hidden. I don't think they would do that and then line everyone up in order by MMR.
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-FmP-
Profile Joined October 2002
Canada85 Posts
January 08 2014 17:27 GMT
#1917
On January 09 2014 00:10 Kreb wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 08 2014 08:09 TheYango wrote:
On January 08 2014 07:46 Sif_ wrote:
But whats the logic in it working for higher ups and not for the rest? If its automated, shouldnt it be like that for everyone?

The theory is that it's possibly arranged in the order that players are added to the game. Since high-rated players are going to have longer queues by nature of how few of them they are, they will usually be the first players to be added to a particular game. Lower down where matching games is fast and easy due to the breadth of the player pool, the players might be added in more or less random order.

That sounds incredibly far fetched. Even if it would work like that, there woul dbe plenty of examples where, say, 9x 5500 guys would look for a game and suddenly a 5600 guy queues and fills up the game. So he gets in last but is still highest.

Im seen more than one people say its "confirmed" but Ive seen nothing "confirming" it save from a few anecdotes. And there seem to be anecdotes telling the opposite too.

And that Valve would implement a random threshold where above it colors mean something and below it doesnt? Please, do people actually just take claims like that as facts without any critical thinking?

That said, Im not saying colors dont mean anything, but until I've seen some quite a lot more solid evidence it seems to be a stupid myth to me. Is it even a thing on other Dota forums?


Do you know how rare it is for 9x 5550 solo players to be searching at the same time? This may have been possible 3 weeks ago with the old match finding algorithum but with the newer and faster queue times there's no way something like this would happen.
SkelA
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Macedonia13086 Posts
January 08 2014 19:28 GMT
#1918
Played 2 games in a row against 5 stacks as solo.... volvo fix.

Funny thing is i've gotten 21 and 22 points for the wins even with a nice win streak .
Stork and KHAN fan till 2012 ...
Andre
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Slovenia3523 Posts
January 08 2014 19:45 GMT
#1919
Why are people complaining about getting matched with stacks!?!?

Those stacks are lower rated players, you should be able to crush them individually.

Everyone in solo queue will get matched against stacks, it's therefore fair for everyone. Stacks get a bonus to their rating because they're a "team".

There's also gonna be scenarios where you might be playing with stack as the 5th player for example, but I guess people don't notice it those times? Just when you lose right.
You must gather your party before venturing forth.
Alur
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Denmark3900 Posts
January 08 2014 19:59 GMT
#1920
On January 09 2014 04:45 Andre wrote:
Why are people complaining about getting matched with stacks!?!?

Those stacks are lower rated players, you should be able to crush them individually.

Everyone in solo queue will get matched against stacks, it's therefore fair for everyone. Stacks get a bonus to their rating because they're a "team".

There's also gonna be scenarios where you might be playing with stack as the 5th player for example, but I guess people don't notice it those times? Just when you lose right.

Isn't the "bonus" just the fact that they are matched by using their party rating?
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