1. #5361
    Quote Originally Posted by Lysah View Post
    I go entire games without true sight all the time, I'm pretty sure its a pub thing and not a MMR thing. Even good players can be too "lazy" to buy dust/sentries in public games.
    I usually base my true sight purchase off how well the individual hero is doing... unless its riki then I get a gem asap.

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    https://dotabuff.com/pages/dbr

    if you're not in platinum or higher don't even talk to me scrubs

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    I honestly don't understand the fuzz about this. Winrates are alreay avaible, why this matters so much?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommo View Post
    https://dotabuff.com/matches/104290686

    Im the doombringer, it was literally impossible to kill phantom lancer, but because I was so fed this made me sad. Any tips for killing PL in the future?
    Have more than a single AoE nuke across an entire team.
    Quote Originally Posted by Jangri- View Post
    I honestly don't understand the fuzz about this. Winrates are alreay avaible, why this matters so much?
    Winrates say far less than a rating system would.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommo View Post
    https://dotabuff.com/matches/104290686

    Im the doombringer, it was literally impossible to kill phantom lancer, but because I was so fed this made me sad. Any tips for killing PL in the future?
    Get some dmg items?

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    https://dotabuff.com/pages/dbr

    "As you can see above, win rate is indeed a very poor way to judge player skill.
    CALCULATION FACTORS
    The only factors considered in determining the change in your rating is match outcome and skill difference between players. "

    They are definitely not the smartest bunch. Oh well, people really need to understand that these systems only work for ranking teams in certain games or in 1v1 SC2, but alas people need to jack off to their e-peens in every game...

  8. #5368
    Quote Originally Posted by Daraiki View Post
    https://dotabuff.com/pages/dbr

    "As you can see above, win rate is indeed a very poor way to judge player skill.
    CALCULATION FACTORS
    The only factors considered in determining the change in your rating is match outcome and skill difference between players. "

    They are definitely not the smartest bunch. Oh well, people really need to understand that these systems only work for ranking teams in certain games or in 1v1 SC2, but alas people need to jack off to their e-peens in every game...
    I agree, I can't wait to see how horrible the system is at judging people.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lysah View Post
    I agree, I can't wait to see how horrible the system is at judging people.
    HoN simulator, new in dota.

  10. #5370
    You can rate "optimal play" for each role. This will generate a rating that is reliable to a certain degree but there is no way you can calculate skill levels in pubs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lycoris View Post
    Oh look, they're copying the absolute worst fucking part about SC2's ladder, designed to completely shit up a 1v1 game, and applying to a 5v5 game.

    What could possibly go wrong?
    http://steamcommunity.com/id/PizzaSHARK
    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan Cailan Ebonheart View Post
    I also do landscaping on weekends with some mexican kid that I "hired". He's real good because he's 100% obedient to me and does everything I say while never complaining. He knows that I am the man in the relationship and is completely submissive towards me as he should be.
    Quote Originally Posted by SUH View Post
    Crissi the goddess of MMO, if i may. ./bow

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    Quote Originally Posted by PizzaSHARK View Post
    Oh look, they're copying the absolute worst fucking part about SC2's ladder, designed to completely shit up a 1v1 game, and applying to a 5v5 game.

    What could possibly go wrong?
    lol angry bronze player

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daraiki View Post
    https://dotabuff.com/pages/dbr

    "As you can see above, win rate is indeed a very poor way to judge player skill.
    CALCULATION FACTORS
    The only factors considered in determining the change in your rating is match outcome and skill difference between players. "

    They are definitely not the smartest bunch. Oh well, people really need to understand that these systems only work for ranking teams in certain games or in 1v1 SC2, but alas people need to jack off to their e-peens in every game...
    Win rate is not a good way to judge skill, but a rating based on wins alone is probably the best system you can wish for (however bad that may or may not be.) Any attempt to weight additional statistics into the equation will increase the inaccuracy by a lot. I doubt there is any reasonable way to take KDA or GPM into account, even if you could detect when players are playing support or hard carry there's still a hundred things messing with the statistic.

    And I'm not saying ratings are ever accurate or that they could not be completely wrong, nor do I support the system, but still after having played HoN with multiple accounts all I can say the difference between playing in games with very different MMR range was pretty easy to notice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Everything Nice View Post
    Oh god... I don't want my rating and such public.
    I think there was a possibility that viewing other people's rating would require you to pay for their premium service, which I doubt that many players will do. And there was also talk of the possibility to set your rating as private if you login to their site. But that's just rumours at this point.
    Last edited by Hermanni; 2013-01-23 at 07:18 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommo View Post
    https://dotabuff.com/matches/104290686

    Im the doombringer, it was literally impossible to kill phantom lancer, but because I was so fed this made me sad. Any tips for killing PL in the future?
    Phantom Lancer relies heavily on early and mid game farming, also a decent PL sends his illusions to go jungle for him or her, you can cut those off. It takes a degree of knowledge (and luck) to decipher what are his illusion and what is him. Best thing you can do is look at the damage output.
    Also aoe helps taking em out!
    Last edited by Intropid; 2013-01-23 at 07:52 PM.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Lysah View Post
    lol angry bronze player


    Rating systems for a game like Dota just seem stupid. It makes sense in a game like SC2, since you and only you determine whether or not you lose games, but for games like Dota... heh.
    http://steamcommunity.com/id/PizzaSHARK
    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan Cailan Ebonheart View Post
    I also do landscaping on weekends with some mexican kid that I "hired". He's real good because he's 100% obedient to me and does everything I say while never complaining. He knows that I am the man in the relationship and is completely submissive towards me as he should be.
    Quote Originally Posted by SUH View Post
    Crissi the goddess of MMO, if i may. ./bow

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    Quote Originally Posted by Longview View Post
    - Added a privacy setting in the UI so that players can specify whether they want to allow external 3rd party websites to be able to access their match history (defaulted to private).
    - Added Troll Warlord!
    - Added All Random to matchmaking!
    - Added tournament calendar view to the Watch tab!
    - Added new item sets for Lone Druid and Necrolyte.
    - Least Played mode now eliminates each players' top 40 played heroes, up from 20.
    Did I ever mention I like Valve.

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    Oh god I'm in tears right now
    That's some funny shit right there
    10/10 hats off to Valve
    Quote Originally Posted by icylock View Post
    Gamon spends more time of his knees and back than haris pilton...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Longview View Post
    Basically shuts down dotabuff in one fell swoop. I approve of and like this change, Valve FTW. Dotabuff is not improving the community imho, people are now using it to heckle others.

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