Steffo<p><a class="hashtag" href="https://junimo.party/tag/askfedi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AskFedi</a>: How do you all feel about <strong><em>competitive ranked matchmaking</em></strong> in videogames?</p><p>(Not competitive games or skill ranks in general, but the existence of a separate queue which pits you against random opponents of a similar skill, possibly with random teammates as well…)</p> <p>Personally, I’m a bit torn…</p><p>…on one hand, I love friendly competition, and ranked matchmaking makes that quickly and easily accessible to everyone…</p><p>…on the other hand, ranked matchmaking in team games empirically seems to increase the toxicity of the playerbase, which most of the time is not a good thing…</p> <p>hashtag spam of random games i’m somewhat knowledgeable about with a significant ranked matchmaking component:</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://junimo.party/tag/deadlock" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deadlock</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://junimo.party/tag/dota2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dota2</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://junimo.party/tag/leagueoflegends" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LeagueOfLegends</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://junimo.party/tag/counterstrike" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CounterStrike</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://junimo.party/tag/starcraft" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarCraft</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://junimo.party/tag/apexlegends" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ApexLegends</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://junimo.party/tag/mtgarena" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MTGArena</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://junimo.party/tag/townofsalem" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TownOfSalem</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://junimo.party/tag/trackmania" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trackmania</a></p> <span class=""><br><br>RE: <a href="https://junimo.party/objects/69a543dd-ad3c-41ff-a918-9ed7378b6c42" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://junimo.party/objects/69a543dd-ad3c-41ff-a918-9ed7378b6c42</a></span>