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  2. Elo rating system - Wikipedia

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    Despite questions of the appropriateness of using the Elo system to rate games in which luck is a factor, trading-card game manufacturers often use Elo ratings for their organized play efforts. The DCI (formerly Duelists' Convocation International) used Elo ratings for tournaments of Magic: The Gathering and other Wizards of the Coast games ...

  3. Skill-based matchmaking - Wikipedia

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    The term skill-based matchmaking first appeared in a 2008 interview with game designer John Carmack in which he emphasized its importance in Quake Live (2010). Upon setting up an account with id Software , the game will ask the player for their skill level and judge accordingly depending on their performance from that point forward. [ 5 ]

  4. Player versus player - Wikipedia

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    Some games offer open PvP (also sometimes called world PvP), where one player can attack another without warning anywhere in the game world. A pure PK game is one where PvP conflict is the only gameplay offered. Ganking (short for gang killing) is a type of PKing in which the killer has a significant advantage over his victim, such as being ...

  5. Elo hell - Wikipedia

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    Elo hell (also known as MMR hell) is a video gaming term used in MOBAs and other multiplayer online games with competitive modes. [1] It refers to portions of the matchmaking ranking spectrum where individual matches are of poor quality, and are often determined by factors such as poor team coordination which are perceived to be outside the individual player's control.

  6. Glossary of video game terms - Wikipedia

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    Also isometric graphics. Graphic rendering technique of three-dimensional objects set in a two-dimensional plane of movement. Often includes games where some objects are still rendered as sprites. 360 no-scope A 360 no-scope usually refers to a trick shot in a first or third-person shooter video game in which one player kills another with a sniper rifle by first spinning a full circle and then ...

  7. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six - Wikipedia

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    Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (often shortened to Rainbow Six or R6) is a tactical shooter video game series by Red Storm Entertainment and Ubisoft, marketed under the Tom Clancy's banner of military-themed video games.

  8. Minecraft Legends - Wikipedia

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    Minecraft Legends is a 2023 real-time action-strategy [1] [2] [3] video game developed by Mojang Studios and Blackbird Interactive and published by Xbox Game Studios.A spin-off of the 2011 sandbox game Minecraft, it was released on Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on April 18, 2023.

  9. Performance rating (chess) - Wikipedia

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    A player's performance rating in a series of games is the Elo rating a player would need to have to expect to get their actual total score against the opponents they faced in those games. A practical way to understand the performance rating centers around the fact that a player's actual rating changes after each game played.