Recent content by john.oaklander

You are right that its unlikely a forum post will help someone with a discord ban, but at the same time what other option do these people have in reaching valve? there is nowhere else to contact them and no way to appeal such a ban.

but because you are the only constant in your teams, each match you have a random set of opponents and teammates, over a large set of games we see only your impact, because the randomness of teammates and opponents evens out over a large sample. Its perfectly mathematically sound, there is no...

If stats are a part of the calculation then it will be eventually found out from data (which many sites are collecting) and reverse engineered and people will start optimizing for it and the goal of the game will shift from winning to stat optimization. if this is the case the system is...

if the system is gameable its already flawed.

why would it be pointless? If we dont know how the system works its impossible for us to give feedback on it. I dont see how transparency could ever be bad. Knowing how the system works could address alot of peoples perceived issues and complaints with the system. Or it could help with proper...

Now I assume youre here just to stir shit, but from the evidence Ive seen it seems that 3 reports in 1 match, even if they are from the enemies in entirety or in part, will cause you to automatically be banned. You do not need to say anything for this to happen, as the only thing checked for is...

It doesnt seem that the devs read here, and one cant reach them on the discord either. I suppose we will never get any elaboration on how the ranked system works.

yes, its bizarre. I wish the developers would make the system more transparent.

Hey, Could we please be provided with some transparency on how the ranked system works? Its very hard to give feedback on it when its a complete mysterybox. It seems from some anecdotes that you guys might be implementing some sort of a "true skill" system, where instead of ranking purely by...