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  2. Boosting (video games) - Wikipedia

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    [7] [8] In World of Warcraft, the Classic Honour System allows players to unlock titles and equipment at various ranks and earn PvP ranks based on the number of Honorable Kills in their weekly PvP contributions. [9] A player's rank can affect their ability to qualify for e-sport team selections and qualifying for e-sports tournaments. [10]

  3. List of massively multiplayer online role-playing games

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    Map-Based Survival Game with PvP, Factions, Customization, Upgrades & Crafting. World of Warcraft: Active 3D Fantasy Pay-to-play 2004 Launcher Free-to-play until level 20 Wurm Online: Active 3D Medieval fantasy Freemium 2006 Sandbox game with hundreds of skills, multiple kingdoms, and a deep crafting system. Xsyon: Early access 3D Apocalyptic ...

  4. Multiplayer online battle arena - Wikipedia

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    Due to the large volume of matches played on a daily basis around the world and the relatively complicated nature of the genre, [c] MOBAs have become a popular target for the application of big data tools to predict match outcomes based on in-game factors such as hero kill/death/assist ratios, gold earned, time of a match, synergy with other ...

  5. IGDB - Wikipedia

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    The IGDB lists details about video games and their companies, crew and cast. Similar to Amazon's Internet Movie Database, IGDB's content is user focused, letting registered users rate, list and review games. Users can also edit and create pages, which are published after being validated by IGDB's employees.

  6. Glicko rating system - Wikipedia

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    Mark Glickman created the Glicko rating system in 1995 as an improvement on the Elo rating system. [1]Both the Glicko and Glicko-2 rating systems are under public domain and have been implemented on game servers online like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2, [2] Dota 2, [3] Guild Wars 2, [4] Splatoon 2, [5] Online-go.com, [6] Lichess and Chess.com.

  7. 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 ...

  8. Matchmaking (video games) - Wikipedia

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    The cross-game server browser offered by Steam. Some games (particularly those with dedicated servers) present a list of active sessions to players and allow them to manually select one. This system can be used in conjunction with ranking and lobbies, but is frustrated by the on-demand session creation of playlists.

  9. 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.