How does the MVP / Key Players system work?

Fallougin

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Hello!
I’m very interested in understanding how the MVP or Key Players system works in the game. I’ve tried to figure out the logic behind it, but unfortunately I haven’t been able to see a clear connection.


Situations where the MVP of a match is awarded to a player whose contribution seems unclear to me have happened more than once. This is not an isolated case. As an example, I’ve attached two screenshots — this is just one of the situations where the MVP selection is absolutely unclear to me.


Could you please clarify:


  • what criteria are used to determine the MVP / Key Player;
  • which statistics have the greatest impact (damage, team support, survivability, objectives, etc.);
  • whether the system takes into account hidden parameters that are not shown in the match statistics.

I would appreciate any explanation.

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Although Valve and "Statlocker" have different valuations for the "Key" and "Most-Valued-Player(s)", Statlocker (and some other DeadlockAPI-utilizations) can give some hints / insights.

More details of the match featured in the screenshots of the first post:
https://statlocker.gg/match/52993240/summary

Some personal theories of mine:
- Currently last-hit player-kills are extremely overvalued especially in Standard-mode.
- Deaths are extremely cheap.
- Player-kill-assists in Brawl-mode somewhat oddly seems higher valued by both Valve and Statlocker.
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If it is any consolation,
you ("Fallougin" presumably) were the top MVP of both matches by the metrics of Statlocker:
https://statlocker.gg/match/53594793/summary
https://statlocker.gg/match/53861365/summary

How Valve-backend has made the decision on the key-players here feels like a dice-roll.
Only guess I can think of would be some sort of experimental "clip"-worthiness akin to how many games generate the "highlights" nowadays
( E.G. in "Marvel Rivals" ).
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I didnt even get key player for this carry lmao
 

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