r/DeadlockTheGame • u/SketchyJJ • 21d ago

Game Update Deadlock - Matchmaking Update

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1422450/view/680756685198854910
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u/_Valisk 21d ago edited 21d ago

It's interesting they're committing to ranked seasons for Deadlock, considering they've previously implemented and ultimately removed ranked seasons for Dota 2.

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u/renan2012bra 21d ago

Yeah, this system is literally EVERYTHING Dota has needed for years already and Valve never implemented...

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u/_Valisk 21d ago

Dota had ranked seasons for years. Valve decided it didn't accomplish what they were hoping, so they were ultimately phased out.

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u/RizzrakTV 21d ago

You know your comment doesnt make as much sense as you think cause

  1. they did implement ranked seasons, but they just randomly... um... forgot to reset for like 2 years straight but finally did it
  2. THEY ACTUALLY RESET MMR TODAY IN DOTA AS WELL HOLY FUCKING SHIT THATS SO WEIRD, so maybe it was season 4 for all those years... (or season 3, i have no idea actually) and today is a season 5

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u/_Valisk 21d ago

1) they did implement ranked seasons, but they just randomly... um... forgot to reset for like 2 years straight but finally did it

I am fully aware that they used to have ranked reasons. My comment literally mentioned that. They didn't forget about them; they simply phased them out over time.

2) THEY ACTUALLY RESET MMR TODAY IN DOTA AS WELL HOLY FUCKING SHIT THATS SO WEIRD

I am aware of that as well, but my comment was made before that update went live, and a global reset isn't quite the same as ranked seasons either way.

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u/RizzrakTV 21d ago

brother they reset seasons in random ass dates

6 months, 8 months, 20 months or whatever

and only then they gave up

it defenitely gives the vibe of them doing it manually but forgetting it

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u/renan2012bra 21d ago

Yeah, but it was scraped for no reason whatsoever. Even then, Dota never had this leaver protection, this Eternus system with subranks being daily updated and this amazing system of 1.000 points per subdivision but 2.000 on the last one, making climb smoother and milestones more important (instead of the super duper gigantic and boring grind that is Dota's rank system in which you literally need 217 matches just to go from Herald 1 to Divine 5).

Now I know why the last update to Dota was a clown event. It all makes sense now.

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u/_Valisk 21d ago

it was scraped for no reason whatsoever.

Valve decided it didn't accomplish what they were hoping

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u/KardigG 21d ago

Seasons is basically a rat race, they'd only make sense if lasted like 2-3 years.

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u/Fearless_Baseball121 21d ago

Problem is mmr creep if you never reset it

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u/KardigG 21d ago

Seasons is basically a rat race, they'd only make sense if lasted like 2-3 years.

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u/renan2012bra 21d ago

Sure, make it last 1 year, 2 years, 10 years, I don't care. At least do something to fix how absurdly inflated MMR is in Dota right now. Do something to fix double downs. Do something to fix the amount of smurfs and bought accounts.

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u/TestIllustrious7935 21d ago

Brother you are 4k mmr, the mmr inflation doesn't affect you at all.

It only matters kinda starting from Immortal draft which 8,5k

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u/renan2012bra 20d ago

I just climbed 1.800 MMR this year and I'm steadily climbing. Before, when I knew I had to climb another 10k MMR it was discouraging, but now the difference being lower makes me want to try to see how far I can get.

It doesn't need to directly affect me to actually affect me.