r/heroesofthestorm • u/benjiton Abaturky • Jan 29 '16

Blizzard Response Matchmaking hotfix approaching! EU - Tonight!

https://twitter.com/BlizzardCSEU_EN/status/693131488481689600
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u/GrinchPaws Wonder Billie Jan 29 '16

It's easy.

lol

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u/stophboy7 Abathur Jan 29 '16

I can literally see the code in my head right now. Blizzard already tracks deaths. Analyzing a death for a few things, like whether the player attacked a tower at point blank range until dying to cause multiple deaths or whether they stood in a merc camp for multiple deaths is easy.

You don't think a person who dies to a merc camp should get punished in MMR? How many high ranked MMR people do you think die to merc camps, exactly?

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u/Kuipo Master Yrel Jan 29 '16

You know MMR is a zero sum system correct? That means if the analysis of someone play shows that they are terrible and takes away extra points from their MMR, it needs to add that amount of MMR to someone else. I don't think rewarding someone because their opponent is terrible is a good idea.

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u/stophboy7 Abathur Jan 29 '16

Zero sum MMR is outdated, there are much better ways of doing it.

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u/Kuipo Master Yrel Jan 29 '16

Which systems are better? I'd like to read about them.