Match Making Rating Tool - Page 170

On October 24 2013 12:45 korona wrote:
First you can enable showing which games are good:
'Config' > 'Data' > 'Mark assumptions / bad games'

Data errors rarely happen that can cause spike upwards. But it is very rare to get two data errors in a row, so you usually see immediately if a 'good game' is likely invalid. In the next version of the tool the bonus pool tick detection algorithm has been improved --> less data errors in the future. But as you likely have several consistent 'good games' in the end portion of the graph, then the end portion most likely represents your current MMR.

Also did you have a break from Starcraft lately as MMR decay can also cause such drops. Or there might be missing games?

On October 24 2013 20:17 flyrev wrote:
My MMR Plugin tool says

ERROR Game is set to BAD because of DB lock
Common reasons: ladder lock period, web profiles not updated to new season
Visit TL thread for more information!

Could you give me more information about what this means?

On October 24 2013 21:30 fried_rice wrote:


Thanks, I didn't have that enabled. Now my graphic looks like this:
+ Show Spoiler +

I have a big loss streak, 4 losses which were caused my computer freezing a few seconds ingame, I fixed it by updating my graphics driver T_T;

I did have a period of inactivity where I didn't play for like a month and after that I played on and off (few games a week), would that make my MMR decay so much? And seeing as I have 3 'good games' out of 94 how accurate is this? Are the assumptiosn after a 'good game' the most accurate ones?

Thanks once again.

On October 25 2013 00:27 korona wrote:

Maximum MMR decay seems to be around 300 points, which is more than a league. Did your inactivity period happen between the first and second good game? You can check the opponent names from 'analyse log'.

Assumptions even farther away are often close as they use the typical MMR change of one match. Of course if you have missing matches between (e.g. forgot start sc2gears) decreases accuracy.

On October 25 2013 00:33 fried_rice wrote:


No, I've been pretty active since I started using SC2 gears, all 90ish games are recent. I do have like 3 or 4 missing matches from fogetting to start SC2 gears.

On October 25 2013 00:23 korona wrote:

What does it say in start of the MMR tool log regarding the DB file? You either have old DB file or no DB file at all. Just before you Trfel was having problems regarding the DB file.

On October 25 2013 00:38 korona wrote:

Then it is likely that the first 'good game' was caused by a data error especially if your 'missing games' were not between the first and second 'good game'. Wait until the next 'good game'. If it is consistent with the two last ones, then mark the first 'good game' bad via 'config' > 'data' > 'refresh' > select the game from the list > 'mark as bad game'

On October 25 2013 01:19 flyrev wrote:



It says
18:16:57 ERROR No DB found ¨
18:16:57 Downloading new DB File...
18:16:58 FATALERROR Datahandler: failed to download new Database file
18:16:58 FATALERROR Loading DB failed
18:16:58 FATALERROR fall back to emergency DB / OUTDATED!

On October 25 2013 02:20 flyrev wrote:


I downloaded the file manually as described a few pages back. Now I get pre-results at least.

On October 27 2013 18:35 KillerofGods wrote:
Hey Korona I have a question if you wouldn't mind answering it. Does leaving my league affect my mmr at all other then that of a normal game would? I am asking because I was under the belief that it wouldn't but somebody from the Battle.net forums insists that it does lower your mmr and that I am wrong. So I don't want to be spreading around false information at all so I thought I should back up my claims and ask you as I would consider you one of the knowledgable people concerning this issue. (If it' is a big deal then just ignore this post.)

Thank you for your time and happy gaming!!!

PS: Sorry for asking such a question but it just seems like Blizzard is a bit tight lipped about things like this so I went here

On October 28 2013 03:08 Wilko wrote:
From my experience it happens if you not play any game for 2 full seasons, but i don't have any definite proof for it

On October 27 2013 21:27 Nothus wrote:
For some reason the plugin has decided to stop working. I've been on the latest version for a while, I have played some games in last week or so w/o sc2gears/mmr running. But now when I start the program w/ the plugin enabled it takes about 3-5 mins for it to load, and then the tracking doesn't really work after a match. I get no errors. The diagnostic tool is green all the way down.

I have re-installed the plugin. When I did and started back up it took a while but it had a conversion window showing. But then the plugin would not update after games. I keep getting the replay saved sound after every match though. I also downloaded and installed sc2gears again, same long opening time. Disable mmrstats and sc2gears opens no problems.

Is my data fubar? Since its not getting every match anyway now its not a big loss but does seem odd to suddenly have a problem.

On October 28 2013 20:22 kryogenic wrote:
I've played 9 games with Memory Reader enabled, and I'm getting "Need a game with better data 0/9"
Screenshot: http://puu.sh/51OuN.png

Is this normal, do I just have to keep laddering until I get a good game?

The system log looks like this:

Successfully copied last replay to: C:\SC2Replay Archive\2013-10-28 02-11-13  MD5_nMgjHaRHTVcjqKRoILMKP$.SC2Replay
Failed to store replay in the Sc2gears Database: no Authorization key is set: C:\SC2Replay Archive\2013-10-28 02-11-13  MD5_nMgjHaRHTVcjqKRoILMKP$.SC2Replay
Successfully copied last replay to: C:\SC2Replay Archive\2013-10-28 02-31-06  MD5_lqWH3K$LwO#PPrmfQiNAKA.SC2Replay
Failed to store replay in the Sc2gears Database: no Authorization key is set: C:\SC2Replay Archive\2013-10-28 02-31-06  MD5_lqWH3K$LwO#PPrmfQiNAKA.SC2Replay

On October 28 2013 04:10 korona wrote:
First check if there are MMR tool related messages in Sc2gears system messages when MMR plugin is enabled. First select 'Help' menu > then 'View system messages'.

Also what operating system are you using? If you are using Win 8, did you just update it to v. 8.1? Few users had network IO related problems (downloading the DB file) and I believe at least the other had Win 8.1.

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I have also been experiencing diftterent kind of problems with the latest Java virtual machine (Java 7 update 45) on Win 7. After long use Java processes have started suddenly using lots of CPU time. Few times I have needed even kill Java processes manually. This has happened with few different Java applications. I haven't had time to switch back to older Java version to see if that solves the problem.

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But your old MMR data should be available if you have not deleted it yourself. The data is stored in following folder:
[PATH_TO]\Sc2gears\User content\Plugin file cache\mmr.plugin.MMRPlugin\

games_i.data contains the match data
games.arch contains archive data
client.data contains tool settings

It is possible that client.data could have been corrupted if the Java process has stalled when closing sc2gears. You can test this by renaming the current client.data to something else and then starting Sc2gears. But it then requires you to do all MMR tool settings again.

On October 29 2013 01:35 korona wrote:You just need ladder more. Some info in this post: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=334561&currentpage=162#3226

Regarding the log: autosave is functioning. The other line likely is that you have set it to use sc2gears database, but don't have account for it. I have never used it, so please refer to sc2gears online help if you want to use it.

Regarding MMR tool, it is usually enough to check the MMR tools own log (log button in top row). Reason why I asked sc2gears log from few previous posters, is that I get to know if the program crashes to some exception.

17:24:38 ERROR Game is set to BAD because of DB lock

On October 29 2013 09:40 kryogenic wrote:


Alright thanks. I signed up for a sc2gears database account, and I can now see my replays on their site.
I figured MMR tool would write to the system log, but now that I look at MMR tool's log I see something rather curious:

17:24:38 ERROR Game is set to BAD because of DB lock

This happens every game, and I think it might be part of the reason why it's not figuring out my MMR.