I Interviewed the Developers That Rig Your Ranked Games

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Published on November 25, 2024 8:19:09 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Ut8pCH9QM

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How does the matchmaking system for Overwatch 2 work under the hood? I got the opportunity to interview two OW2 developers on the state of matchmaking. Morgan Maddren the Senior Server Engineer, and Gavin Winter, the Senior Systems Designer. In this video I pose tough questions to the developers and gain their insight on what it's like balancing for a massively popular PVP game. How do you give enough information to where your playerbase is happy, but not too much so that the system gets abused? I appreciate both Morgan and Gavin's time as I am able to give you an exclusive insight on game design and the Overwatch 2 ranked system.
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0:00 Introduction
0:24 Disclaimers and Context
7:57 Start of Interview with Morgan and Gavin
11:28 Is Forced 50/50 Real?
24:50 "Saving" Players on Loss Streaks
38:15 Are Win/Loss Streaks Intentional?
49:49 Factors Outside of the Matchmaker's Control
51:15 One-Sided Matches
56:00 Why Do One-Sided Matches Exist?
1:04:00 Artificially Keeping Players Lower Ranked?
1:13:38 Are there "Actors" in my Ranked Games?
1:20:00 Zero Sum Games, Player Psychology, and Loss Streaks
1:28:52 The "Carry" and 'Carried" Effect
1:36:24 Conclusion

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