DevReply I think matchmaking is ok.

So the devs admitted that they use a predictive system for hits/misses to make for better gameplay since there are 10 people from all over the world with different internet connections in one game. This makes sense. However, its suspect when my games are lag free, then all of a sudden they are “filled with lag” but only on games where the system is balancing my ratio downward. If they have acknowledged that they use a system that hits/misses a player based on where they think they will be, not where they are, then wouldn’t it be super easy to automatically adjust the sensitivity of that system plus/minus a few points to balance a player/team up or down? I’m not saying that’s the only thing Rovio is doing here, just one very plausible scenario. Thus far, all they have done is deny certain things without simply telling us what it is that they do to balance the win/loss ratio. Anyone who actually believes that the current explanations for the 50/50 ratio is statistically plausible, like “flipping a coin”, needs to go back to math class!

By the way, regardless of how civil this thread is, watch, it will probably get locked with no answers. Then new ones will start asking the same questions, and there will be the same generic answers, lag, it’s fair, etc. if there is nothing going on, and the devs want to end the speculation, they need to spill the truth about how they are doing it. Then, done, no more threads about this topic!

 

Haha, confess, that made me smile, good one. The predictive aiming/hit, wasn’t my theory, that was posted by the devs on this forum. If they are already doing that, factoring in an “offset” would not be an issue.

Look, I’m not a wise ass, not the best player, and I have plenty of games where it’s my fault that I lost. But, the 50/50 win/loss ratio explanation given makes no sense and short of an explanation from the devs, the in-game issues we regularly experience feed the theories.

 

I don’t know why I didn’t do this before but here is the plan. I own a company that makes software. I am not a coder but I have a team of them. My PM used to work on iOS and Android games so I’ll bring this to him and the team, and ask what they think is going on. If you keep this thread open, I’ll post the reply once I speak with them. If I am wrong that Rovio has been manipulating win/loss, I will humbly apologize.

 

The thing is, it doesn't matter what your coders say. Rovio will never admit they're doing anything like that and I don't think your coders have access to any of their code to prove that Rovio is in fact lying to everybody.

But have you tried to think what would be the benefits for Rovio to add this secret win/lose mechanism into their game? What do they benefit if you get a losing streak and become angry? I think their customer satisfaction would be much higher if no one ever had a losing streak. You think people buy more pearls when they are angry? No, they close the game and if they are extremely pissed they never open it again. No benefit for Rovio here.

Win and losing streaks happen just because the system isn't controlled by any secret code. If you flip a coin 10 000 times, it's obvious that you'll get similar streaks sometimes.

 

in english plz

 

ahhh...ok

 

ok now i confuzzled again i think u owe me a new brain

 

I never thought about that since we are not watching a video but kind of spectating a battle, some weird things that happened in battle could happen on replays as well... If It understood correctly.

 

ok @Miika i think u owe me a few extra brains now
what is this "latency" u speak of?

 

Read this:

Then ignore our confusion and you'll get it