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  2. Boosting (video games) - Wikipedia

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    In practice, when a player or team with a higher MMR (matchmaking rating) plays against a competitor with a lower MMR, the winner gains a few points from the loser. Meanwhile, if the lower MMR opponent wins, more points are deducted from the higher MMR loser and awarded to the winner. [6] Games may give in-game rewards to players with high MMRs.

  3. Apex Legends - Wikipedia

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    Over time, the game's safe zone will reduce in size around a randomly-selected point on the map; players outside the safe zone take damage and may die if they do not reach the safe zone in time. This also confines squads to smaller spaces to force encounters. The last squad with any members left alive is crowned the "Apex Champions" of that match.

  4. 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.

  5. Matchmaking (video games) - Wikipedia

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    Many matchmaking systems feature a ranking system that attempts to match players of roughly equal ability together. [2] One such example of this is Xbox Live's TrueSkill system. Games such as League of Legends use divisions and tiers for their matchmaking rating system. Each player competes in a variety of tiers : Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold ...

  6. The NBA’s 'shot desert' problem is real. Could 3-point dunks ...

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    Make it 15 feet at the apex (where the nail at the free-throw line currently is now) and broaden it to about 17 feet in the corners. Anything inside it is 2 points. Take the old 3-point arc and ...

  7. Battle royale game - Wikipedia

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    The name for the genre is taken from the 2000 Japanese film Battle Royale, itself based on the novel of the same name, which presents a similar theme of a last-man-standing competition in a shrinking play zone. The genre's origins arose from mods for large-scale online survival games like Minecraft and ARMA 2 in the early 2010s.

  8. Apex Legends Global Series - Wikipedia

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    In December 2019, Electronic Arts (EA) and Respawn Entertainment announced the first Apex Legends Global Series. The series was split up into total of 22 events over four phases, and each phase culminated in Major Events, the series' top-level events; the last Major of season, called the Apex Legends Global Series Championship, would determine the winner of the season.

  9. Sentinels (esports) - Wikipedia

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    After a close 2-1 victory to FNATIC, Sentinels' run ended in the Top 4 as Team Heretics eliminated them 2-1 in the lower bracket. On September 14, 2024, TenZ announced his retirement from Valorant competitive play after over four years of competing, removing his spot from the active roster. [26] The following day, Sacy announced his retirement.