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Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States7542 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-26 03:26:21
January 26 2014 03:25 GMT
#94721
Typically your actual match making is made up of a rating # and an amount of uncertainty around the accuracy of that number. It's entirely possible that if the color is driven by MMR that the color selection and the displayed MMR are interacting with the amount of uncertainty differently. I'd venture on it not being related to MMR though until there's some good evidence.
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FinestHour
Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
January 26 2014 03:44 GMT
#94722
On January 26 2014 12:21 FinestHour wrote:
they are blue/pink because they wait in que the longest
thats what color is for not mmr

thug life.                                                       MVP/ex-
ch33psh33p
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
7650 Posts
January 26 2014 03:49 GMT
#94723
On January 26 2014 11:41 cecek wrote:
Well, for these 5.5k players it almost always does. When they solo queue, they're blue/pink 90% of the time and are the highest MMR player in their team, but apparently it's not perfectly reliable. Eventho the Merlini game was probably an anomaly, he had a really long queue and then a guy disconnected during loading, so it made him queue again, which probably had some effect on it.


Bro.

Colors are based on how long you've been in queue.

Thats it. Longer in queue, higher your color position is.
secret - never again
etherealfall
Profile Joined December 2011
Australia476 Posts
January 26 2014 03:52 GMT
#94724
Another way to think about it is, valve fills the slots top down.
CustomKal
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada749 Posts
January 26 2014 04:13 GMT
#94725
On January 26 2014 12:44 FinestHour wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2014 12:21 FinestHour wrote:
they are blue/pink because they wait in que the longest
thats what color is for not mmr



So in other words they are probably the person with probably the most different mmr, whether that is for better or for worse since they have the most expanded search
run.at.me
Profile Joined December 2011
Australia550 Posts
January 26 2014 08:06 GMT
#94726
On January 26 2014 13:13 CustomKal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2014 12:44 FinestHour wrote:
On January 26 2014 12:21 FinestHour wrote:
they are blue/pink because they wait in que the longest
thats what color is for not mmr



So in other words they are probably the person with probably the most different mmr, whether that is for better or for worse since they have the most expanded search


or, maybe, just maybe, they queued before the other person(s)

FinestHour
Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
January 26 2014 08:34 GMT
#94727
does anyone really ranked mmr dota 2 games if ever at all
thug life.                                                       MVP/ex-
Stancel
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Singapore15360 Posts
January 26 2014 09:58 GMT
#94728
I blame HoN for this 'color determines who has the highest mmr' mentality.

also I know people who have switched to purely ranked, most of them just pick Earth Spirit to boost their party mmr
ffxiv enjoyer
Laurens
Profile Joined September 2010
Belgium4558 Posts
January 26 2014 10:19 GMT
#94729
I'm also hesitant to play unranked since the patch, and when I do, I random and don't give a toss about the game
It just feels pointless.
FinestHour
Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
January 26 2014 10:40 GMT
#94730
every video game is pointless, whats your point
thug life.                                                       MVP/ex-
thOr6136
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Slovenia1775 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-26 10:43:03
January 26 2014 10:42 GMT
#94731
not to everyone

i mean, if everything is pointless what's the point
solidbebe
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Netherlands4921 Posts
January 26 2014 10:49 GMT
#94732
For you daily dose of philosophy come to GD thread
That's the 2nd time in a week I've seen someone sig a quote from this GD and I have never witnessed a sig quote happen in my TL history ever before. -Najda
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
January 26 2014 10:54 GMT
#94733
On January 26 2014 12:21 FinestHour wrote:
they are blue/pink because they wait in que the longest
thats what color is for not mmr

Yep, and often players with very high mmr have to queue for longer because the pool of players is smaller for them, until the matchmaker expands the search a bit. This is probably why there's a trend of high rated players taking blue/pink. It's an effect, not a cause.
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
FinestHour
Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
January 26 2014 10:55 GMT
#94734
On January 26 2014 19:42 thOr6136 wrote:
not to everyone

i mean, if everything is pointless what's the point


ya its pointless but u do it cuz its fun lol
thug life.                                                       MVP/ex-
Qbek
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Poland12923 Posts
January 26 2014 11:06 GMT
#94735
Life is pointless, nothing you do will have any effect in 5000 years, why even get out of bed today?
This space left intentionally dank /)3(\ http://i.imgur.com/RmeEUcF.png
Cool Cat
Profile Joined June 2009
United States1644 Posts
January 26 2014 11:14 GMT
#94736
wow i never thought of that
back to bed then
thOr6136
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Slovenia1775 Posts
January 26 2014 11:46 GMT
#94737
On January 26 2014 19:55 FinestHour wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2014 19:42 thOr6136 wrote:
not to everyone

i mean, if everything is pointless what's the point


ya its pointless but u do it cuz its fun lol


so it does have a point :D fun
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
January 26 2014 12:00 GMT
#94738
2014 will be year of the atos i call it now the item is so ridiculous
Esports historian since 2000. Creator of 'The Universe' and 'The best scrambled Eggs 2013'. Host of 'Star Wars Marathon 2015'. Thinker of 'teddyoojo's Thoughts'. Earths and Moons leading CS:GO expert. Lord of the Rings.
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42414 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-26 12:05:44
January 26 2014 12:02 GMT
#94739
On January 26 2014 21:00 teddyoojo wrote:
2014 will be year of the atos i call it now the item is so ridiculous


Curious, in what situation is atos a "must" or just good item choice? I feel like its underrated.
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
Andre
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Slovenia3523 Posts
January 26 2014 12:07 GMT
#94740
On January 26 2014 20:06 Qbek wrote:
Life is pointless, nothing you do will have any effect in 5000 years, why even get out of bed today?

w0w

so thats the reason i slept almost 11 hours today
You must gather your party before venturing forth.
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