Developer Update | Competitive, Defense Matrix, & more

Senior Systems Designer Gavin Winter and Senior Research Scientist Natasha Miller are here to discuss changes coming to Competitive and the Defense Matrix Initiative.

Starting in Season 10, all Competitive ranks can group up with each other! Wide Groups will be formed when there’s a wider gap between the different ranks, while Narrow Groups will be formed when playing solo or with others close to your own rank.

Also coming in Season 10 are new leaver penalty changes, improved anonymity and streamer protection features, restricted chat features for reported players, and much more.

In addition to those changes, chat functionality will be removed for spectators in Season 11, in-game player surveys will also be arriving in Season 11, and we’ll be adding a faster way to report players mid-match starting in Season 12.

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