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General DiscussionDBR and privacy setting - How does it work?

DBR and privacy setting - How does it work? in General Discussion
Admiral Allah Ackbar

    How are games being evaluated when one or more person(s) has/have stats-sharing disabled?
    Will that game just not be considered for DBR at all?
    Or will just the players that have stats-sharing enabled be considered?
    If so, then wouldn't this lead to huge errors in the calculation?
    I.e. a bad player hiding his ranking will lead to a higher-ranking of his team,
    giving opposing players to much DBR for a win and a strong player hiding his stats
    will decrease the overall-ranking of the team leading to worse DBR for the other team than deserved.

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      Based on this thread (http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=70718) we can assume that the way privacy setting works at the moment (unless Valve has changed it since) allows DB to track DBR of players with privacy setting enabled.

      Admiral Allah Ackbar

        I would enjoy that very much. Also I hope Valve will post a public announcement clarifying the results (and intended results) for DB. Although I think it would be best if Valve included public ranking inside Dota 2 at the moment DBR is the best we have and I like it.