[Patch 6.11] Meeeeee-ow! General Discussion - Page 6

On June 03 2016 07:17 Slayer91 wrote:
the beauty of statistics is that on average it does matter

a pseudo random system like this makes more sense than a pure random one

the 100 mmr on average makes a difference, how much doesn't matter because once you decide you want to give pick priority to higher ranked players you should do so
i don't see why you want an arbitrary cut off point for when you should get first pick

we aren't stealing peoples first picks here, on average you'll still get the same amount of times first pick/last pick etc its just that in your games the higher ranked people get their roles more often

it was a good system I think. Not sure on their reasoning for removing it. Probably the toxicity of "last pick sucks".

like you're basically saying you shouldn't say a certain hand in poker is stronger than another because on a given day the "weaker hand" could win 9 times out of 10
yes it can but on average the stronger hand wins and on average the 100 mmr player is quite a bit better

On June 03 2016 12:55 cLutZ wrote:
Frossie,

If you are arguing that MMR-based pick order is essentially random for all but higher MMR, that is not an argument against it. Pick order had to/has to be determined some way, and MMR is the best way given the tools the game has at its disposal. Random has no benefits to it, MMR gives the system a chance of giving the best player ban control and first role priority.

Given the new role-based queue an interesting thing would to assign pick order based on the relative probability that your assigned role is picked at that point in pro play. That would be kinda fun, for a day.