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How do you do, fellow tamers?
In a competitive match, do you prefer blue side or orange side?
High-tier players have expressed an imbalance between both sides, and new data confirms it. We're ready to get to the bottom of this
In a competitive match, do you prefer blue side or orange side?
High-tier players have expressed an imbalance between both sides, and new data confirms it. We're ready to get to the bottom of this
Up until the Kisiwa patch, the general data we had showed a very even, 50/50 win rate for both blue and orange sides, but our community disagreed. More specific analytics, introduced with Kisiwa, proved there is indeed a small difference in high TMR levels, favoring orange side.
We've gotten plenty of good suggestions from the community to balance and even this out, and Early Access is the perfect time to polish and improve.
So today we'll be changing the pick&ban phase order, and the new one will be looking like this:
So today we'll be changing the pick&ban phase order, and the new one will be looking like this:
This is not a permanent change.
It will last from today, 10 am UTC/6 am EDT, until next Monday at that same time. We're hoping to get valuable data out of this test, and we might try different variations until we hit a balance that works well for all TMR ranges.
It will last from today, 10 am UTC/6 am EDT, until next Monday at that same time. We're hoping to get valuable data out of this test, and we might try different variations until we hit a balance that works well for all TMR ranges.
As a treat, and to ensure we get enough precious data, Pansun rewards from Competitive matches will be increased a 33% during this time period. There, take it.
Another interesting thing the 
data has shown us is that color allocation was not 100% random, but somehow linked to the TMR difference between players. We'll perform a smol maintenance so we can ensure 100% randomness in color allocation, and get truly useful, unaltered data.
data has shown us is that color allocation was not 100% random, but somehow linked to the TMR difference between players. We'll perform a smol maintenance so we can ensure 100% randomness in color allocation, and get truly useful, unaltered data.
This was born from the community, so thank you again for bringing this to our attention, and for all the useful analytics, data and possible solutions you've offered 
Please share your feelings on this new pick&ban order, yes?
Please share your feelings on this new pick&ban order, yes?
