Changes to Rating Buddy and Ranked MMR Tracking
Yesterday in the October 16 update to Dota 2, Valve deployed a change which removed the in-game profile functionality that Rating Buddy uses to share ranked MMR with friends. This broke our existing implementation for Rating Buddy, and we've been working on a fix for it since then. Which is totally fine. We didn't have weekend plans anyway.
A problem and a solution
The good news is that we've come up with a solution, and it's even easier to use. You no longer need to keep a Rating Buddy friend on your friends list to track your Ranked MMR. As a matter of fact, you don't need any friends!
The new method for tracking your MMR uses the in-game profile customization options that were added in Reborn. You know, the 2 little boxes at the top of your profile that you use to show off your most impressive or least embarrassing stats. This means that in order for Dotabuff to track your ranked MMR, you'll need to display your MMR on your in-game profile. It's easy: just edit your profile to highlight one (or both) of your MMR values. From there you don't need to do anything else, we will collect your data after each ranked game you play.
The bad news is that there's no longer an option to have Dotabuff collect your MMR without also exposing it to other players in-game. You'll need to choose between in-game privacy and sweet, sweet MMR tracking functionality.
Don't worry if you had previously setup a Rating Buddy, we won't unfriend you. We'll be friends forever, promise.
Enabling Rating Buddy
If you already display your MMR on your profile then you don't need to do anything. If not, you should consider it. You can check the status of your Ranked MMR tracking in your profile settings. Solo and Party MMR will still be graphed on your profile and will not be shared publicly.
Fun Fact: Of players who expose public match data and play ranked matches, approximately 30% currently display their Solo MMR on their Reborn profiles. Around 20% display their Party MMR.
As a reminder, Rating Buddy is available to all players and does not require Dotabuff Plus.
"Friends" you say...My rating buddy is ignoring me....So sad....
Gaben's Hand of Midas really cares...
Yea, still friends Chen's Lack of Wards
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198159832252
fix rating ladder now,like a hots/lol.
No, i don't want to be "friend" forever. Just be my love or delete me :( Btw who's my rating buddy? I even forgot.
Batrider's clarity, my only true friend :') <3
"You know, the 2 little boxes at the top of your profile that you use to show off your most impressive or least embarrassing stats."
What is this?
P.S. Oh, I figured this out. It's "edit profile" thing.
@jukerlaw:
Leshrac's Rapier Drop
Out of curiosity, what API call do you use? I can't find anything.
Voids arcane boots
Hmm, I'm climbing mmr and don't want to show it to people, especially not opponents... is there no other way!?!
что это вообще
я нечего не понял
Well, I have Solo and Ranked MMR on my profile visible, but it hasn't updated the whole day (which is fine by me, because I lost all my ranked matches today *g*) but the Dota client also hasn't updated the value, so I guess it's probably no thing on Dotabuffs side.
Where do I find the Rating Buddy thing? I've never used it nor did I add the bot to track it
edit: nvm found it
Currently the Enchanted Mango only has a 37.94% win rate. Although it is a challenge, together the Dota 2 Community has the ability to fix this tragedy. Please help. As gamers, we can make Dota 2 a better place.
The item win rates are useless for that kind of analysis because they can only inspect the inventory at the end of the match, not at the start.
I actually wonder that the Mango doesn't have a lower value.
For me rating buddy is not working properly, or better it works entirely diffrent.... It only recognizes my last match when I refresh the site and then gives it the MMR I have, even if there where like 5 games in between, hence it is just not as relieable as it used to be. I have won Matches saying I lost 49 MMR for example.
I hope you find a way to work that out!
was rating buddy always a free feature? i thought it was plus only for a while
Actually, the client now shows the current MMR, but Dotabuff doesn't, although both values are shown on the profile.
Oracle's Loss to Bots. My truly friend!
I still have doubt, if i play a party mmr match and a solo mmr match displaying both mmr, then i hide both mmr... Does it keep updating?
@bippum yes it has always been a non-plus feature
@Peter The MMR display on your profile is cached, unfortunately :(
Me no buddies adding :(
My buddy stopped tracking my MMR; The Dire's Arcane Boots more specifically.
EDIT: Oh, you have to have your shitty ass embarrassingly low MMR on your profile. I am not fine with this
Well i guess i'll show my 1,909 mmr now x)
But since this feature on reborn client doesn't update after each game then the graphs on "Trends" on Solo or Party MMR will skyrocket or dive hard.
Whats my rating buddy's name?
sniper's urn of shadows
who can MMR 6k??
I supposed to had my mmr tracked in source 1. But Gyrocopter's tower deny was never accept my friend request in the first place :(
if I accidentally delete Rating Buddy from friends list how can I retrieve him? Who know?