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Re: Do you ever look at game quality in game tab?

2017-04-05T11:38:44+02:00

Typically i look at the players rating in the hoverbox that appears when you mouse over a lobby

GQ i have interpreted as being trash for a long some now and if you have a high variance in players (maybe a 1700 and then a 1000) it cannot really provide a "good game" for anyone

Statistics: Posted by biass — 05 Apr 2017, 11:38

Re: Do you ever look at game quality in game tab?

2017-04-05T11:34:20+02:00

Would probably be more usefull if it showed average rating or min-max rating instead.
Cause now you have to hover over each one to check out who is playing etc.

Statistics: Posted by KeyBlue — 05 Apr 2017, 11:34

Re: Do you ever look at game quality in game tab?

2017-04-05T03:24:57+02:00

To be honest you should just ignore it. Most time until game is full the lobby isn't balanced anyway. Don't not join because it says it's only 40%. Just means that it hasn't been balanced yet. Just look at rating of people in the lobby to decide to join.

Statistics: Posted by This_Guy — 05 Apr 2017, 03:24

Re: Do you ever look at game quality in game tab?

2017-04-05T01:06:25+02:00

heh, i am also surprised why everyone started to link tutorials and wikis.

Statistics: Posted by ZLO_RD — 05 Apr 2017, 01:06

Re: Do you ever look at game quality in game tab?

2017-04-05T00:32:47+02:00

I'm pretty certain the client code doesn't calculate game quality anywhere else.

I imagine it would be nice to display quality of a stored replay (since player ratings seem to be also stored with it), but there's no such thing in place right now.

Statistics: Posted by Wesmania — 05 Apr 2017, 00:32

Re: Do you ever look at game quality in game tab?

2017-04-05T00:18:49+02:00

You're right, it's completely useless there and should be removed.

Doesn't it also get used in the replays though?

Statistics: Posted by JoonasTo — 05 Apr 2017, 00:18

Re: Do you ever look at game quality in game tab?

2017-04-04T23:27:51+02:00

oh riiiiiight client.

ok in client i totally blank that number, its broken 99% of the time anyway, or at least thats my impression.

in the LOBBY its invaluable however, and i know the distinction has already been made i feel its important enough to make it again; hope this helps

Statistics: Posted by Exotic_Retard — 04 Apr 2017, 23:27

Re: Do you ever look at game quality in game tab?

2017-04-04T21:49:38+02:00

To clarify, I'm specifically talking about the percentage that shows in the client, not in the lobby - and I only think it makes little sense because it's either inaccurate or the game is full already.

Statistics: Posted by Wesmania — 04 Apr 2017, 21:49

Re: Do you ever look at game quality in game tab?

2017-04-04T21:43:54+02:00

Wesmania wrote:
PhilipJFry wrote:

I don't need explaining how it works (don't give me that "if you don't like reading" bullshit either). I was interested if people even look at this number, since it's meaningless with uneven number of players in teams, while people are still joining or waiting for one more player.

it's every noob i've ever played with's Bible.

few people know how absolutely crud this feature is.

we should either have it removed or have it replaced by a overall connectivity quality indicator.

Statistics: Posted by tatsu — 04 Apr 2017, 21:43

Re: Do you ever look at game quality in game tab?

2017-04-04T21:24:57+02:00

PhilipJFry wrote:

I don't need explaining how it works (don't give me that "if you don't like reading" bullshit either). I was interested if people even look at this number, since it's meaningless with uneven number of players in teams, while people are still joining or waiting for one more player.

Statistics: Posted by Wesmania — 04 Apr 2017, 21:24

Re: Do you ever look at game quality in game tab?

2017-04-04T21:19:45+02:00

PhilipJFry wrote:
there you go
here is a video if you don't like reading
object

I am 100% sure you missunderstood him.

The question was about the game quality indicator in the client, not in the lobby. It was introduced so you can see how the balance is when you join and take the next free spot. However, it assumes that there is no balancing afterwards...

So no, I dont use it ever.

Statistics: Posted by CookieNoob — 04 Apr 2017, 21:19

Re: Do you ever look at game quality in game tab?

2017-04-04T20:58:31+02:00

i only look at it when game is full

Statistics: Posted by ZLO_RD — 04 Apr 2017, 20:58

Re: Do you ever look at game quality in game tab?

2017-04-04T20:59:17+02:00

there you go
here is a video if you don't like reading
object

Statistics: Posted by PhilipJFry — 04 Apr 2017, 20:56

Do you ever look at game quality in game tab?

2017-04-04T20:42:16+02:00

Look at this here:

Do you ever use this number?

A little context - the client uses a "trueskill" python package. I was curious to see where it was used - turns out right now it's only used to generate this quality percentage. I'm not really sure if it's useful, I feel it's only really reliable when the game is full (and why would you check quality of an already full game).

Statistics: Posted by Wesmania — 04 Apr 2017, 20:42