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    Cyborg16
    last edited by 23 Sept 2021, 08:59

    Last night's game (https://replay.faforever.com/15370273) showed another issue with the TMM ratings: my opponents were both rated around 580. In reality, one was a much better player than the other; presumably they always played 2v2 together thus always won/lost (rating) together. Perhaps one could call the result "balanced" (1248 + 16 vs 580 + 584), but their ratings still massively misrepresented the players (the better of the two is 985 on 1v1 and 1100 on global, the other ~500 on global).

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      BlackYps
      last edited by 23 Sept 2021, 09:16

      People having inaccurate ratings is a problem that the matchmaker can't do anything about.
      For specific players it should go away over time when they play more.

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        Valki @Cyborg16
        last edited by Valki 23 Sept 2021, 09:24

        @cyborg16 I thought this too... After being initialized at the wrong rating and then playing always with the same friend I feared I was still massively overrated. I am 1100 he was 600

        Somehow though, my winrate is pretty close to 50% when queuing up solo. Apparently I really am as good in 2v2 as my rating suggest (now at least).

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          Katharsas
          last edited by 23 Sept 2021, 12:13

          my opponents were both rated around 580. In reality, one was a much better player than the other; presumably they always played 2v2 together thus always won/lost (rating) together

          Yeah no rating system in the world can really fix that (if they indeed always play together), unless it measures other things than win/loss, which would open the door to people trying to game the rating system (potentially grieving their teammates to gain points) instead of trying to win.

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            FtXCommando
            last edited by 23 Sept 2021, 12:18

            Inaccuracy is built into prebuilt teams. If we wanted a perfect system you would prohibit premade teams, but that’s a less fun experience for lots of people.

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              BlackYps
              last edited by 1 Nov 2021, 14:49

              The server update on Friday fixed the bugs I mentioned earlier in the thread. So from now on you shouldn't see games with extreme imbalances anymore.

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                Eternal-
                last edited by Eternal- 11 Jan 2021, 15:09 1 Nov 2021, 15:04

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                  Morax
                  last edited by 9 Nov 2021, 19:44

                  Is there anything being done further in regards to the map chosen is biased towards maps on the lower rating player’s pool?

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                    Askaholic
                    last edited by 9 Nov 2021, 21:30

                    @Morax I asked you about this before making the last server release. You told me to leave it as is.

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                      Morax
                      last edited by 9 Nov 2021, 22:29

                      Yep, and I’m asking if anything is being done about it now.

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                        BlackYps
                        last edited by 9 Nov 2021, 23:52

                        Because you said to leave it as is, I guess the answer is no?? Do you want us to do something about it?

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                          Morax
                          last edited by 10 Nov 2021, 01:23

                          Not what happened, but per our zulip convo we figured it out ...

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                            Askaholic
                            last edited by 10 Nov 2021, 02:33

                            I wouldn’t call that “figuring it out”. I would say we deferred the conversation to a different medium, in which hopefully things can be communicated in a way that don’t just make everyone confused…

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