barlakopofai
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One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn't belong, can you tell me which thing is not like the others before I finish my song
Bad Matchmaking Thread
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One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn't belong, can you tell me which thing is not like the others before I finish my song
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The game currently does not provide a way to be matched with players your own approximate skill level and that is a huge problem. The rating and matchmaking systems are broken and do not function towards that regard.
If Deadlock were a fighting game with matchmaking this bad, it would be causing a lot of backlash and driving negative reviews. This would be like Street Fighter 6 matched Bronze players against Platinum or Diamond or Master players, so Bronze players get hopelessly stomped over and over again with no chance to learn the game.
Seriously, why is it impossible to be matched with players even close to my own level? Deadlock has lots of players yet the matchmaking is absolutely miserable.
The game currently does not provide a way to be matched with players your own approximate skill level and that is a huge problem. The rating and matchmaking systems are broken and do not function towards that regard.
If Deadlock were a fighting game with matchmaking this bad, it would be causing a lot of backlash and driving negative reviews. This would be like Street Fighter 6 matched Bronze players against Platinum or Diamond or Master players, so Bronze players get hopelessly stomped over and over again with no chance to learn the game.
Seriously, why is it impossible to be matched with players even close to my own level? Deadlock has lots of players yet the matchmaking is absolutely miserable.
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zippydasquirl
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I was Eternus 1 when I queued this match
Average ranks for the team were Asc3 and Asc4
Very lopsided
I was Eternus 1 when I queued this match
Average ranks for the team were Asc3 and Asc4
Very lopsided
spacemancer
New member
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Holiday in this game is abusing some kind of matchmaking bug but are obviously eternus.
Holiday in this game is abusing some kind of matchmaking bug but are obviously eternus.
AJR
New member
Match ID: 71625218
Played in a game with a very obvious smurf. He went 26-1 on Drifter in a ~24 minute match. I did some digging and according to his Statlocker (https://statlocker.gg/profile/902958236/matches ; https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198863223964) he has only played 6 standard matches so far. What was even more odd was he's played on the same team as another player from that game (https://statlocker.gg/profile/844721335/matches ; https://steamcommunity.com/id/katayune/) for the past several games. It became clear to me and my friends that this person is smurfing to boost their friend up (as the two of them are friends on Steam).
After some additional research I managed to come across the smurfer's main account (https://statlocker.gg/profile/290288776/matches ; https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198250554504) after doing some searching through the friends list of the person being boosted (the smurfer's friends list, was of course, private). The smurfer's main account is currently Eternus II and ranked #469 NA. Nowhere near the skill level of an Ascendent I/II lobby. To add some additional evidence, the person being boosted is friends with both the smurfer's main account and smurf account.
It's in my opinion that all three of these accounts should be permanently suspended from the Deadlock playtest for violating the integrity of matchmaking by forcibly creating bad matches. Hopefully @Yoshi sees this post and does what needs to be done to ensure the matchmaking experience is fun for all involved.
Attached are some screenshots of the evidence:
Played in a game with a very obvious smurf. He went 26-1 on Drifter in a ~24 minute match. I did some digging and according to his Statlocker (https://statlocker.gg/profile/902958236/matches ; https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198863223964) he has only played 6 standard matches so far. What was even more odd was he's played on the same team as another player from that game (https://statlocker.gg/profile/844721335/matches ; https://steamcommunity.com/id/katayune/) for the past several games. It became clear to me and my friends that this person is smurfing to boost their friend up (as the two of them are friends on Steam).
After some additional research I managed to come across the smurfer's main account (https://statlocker.gg/profile/290288776/matches ; https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198250554504) after doing some searching through the friends list of the person being boosted (the smurfer's friends list, was of course, private). The smurfer's main account is currently Eternus II and ranked #469 NA. Nowhere near the skill level of an Ascendent I/II lobby. To add some additional evidence, the person being boosted is friends with both the smurfer's main account and smurf account.
It's in my opinion that all three of these accounts should be permanently suspended from the Deadlock playtest for violating the integrity of matchmaking by forcibly creating bad matches. Hopefully @Yoshi sees this post and does what needs to be done to ensure the matchmaking experience is fun for all involved.
Attached are some screenshots of the evidence:
