Wildcard : Updating the Scoring System This Week

Updating the Scoring System This Week

Updating the Scoring System This WeekTournaments this week will be Thursday, January 22nd and Friday, January 23rd.

Over the last few tournaments and ranked tests, one thing has become clear:

The current scoring system doesn’t always reflect how well someone actually played, and in some cases it can be influenced by things that don’t represent real skill or impact in a match.

Since competition and rewards are a big part of why many of you are playing right now, we’re rolling out a new scoring system that’s designed to be fairer, harder to exploit, and more focused on real performance over time.

Here’s what’s changing and why:

Scoring Is Now Based on Performance Over the Tournament, Not Just Single Games

Instead of matches feeling like isolated point swings, your score now reflects:

• Consistent wins
• Playing against stronger opponents
• Performing well across many matches

This means:

• One big game won’t carry you
• Consistency and difficulty matter more
• Grinding easy matches is far less effective

The goal is to reward players who are actually competing at higher levels, not just farming volume or lucky streaks .

Beating Stronger Opponents Is Worth More

Your score now accounts for who you beat, not just that you won .

• Wins against stronger teams are worth more
• Wins where you were heavily favored are worth less

This helps:

• Keep matchmaking fair
• Prevent boosting and win trading from being effective
• Reward players who take on harder games

Fewer Ways to Game the System

The new scoring model also reduces the impact of:

• Extremely short matches
• Repeated games against the same players
• One-sided lobbies

These matches still count, but they’re no longer the best way to climb the leaderboard.

The goal is simple:

The best way to score well should be to play real, competitive games.

This Is A Step to a Bigger Ranked Overhaul

This scoring update is a step toward the larger ranked and seasonal system we’re moving to, where:

• Ranked performance over time matters more than single events
• Leaderboards are more meaningful
• Payouts and rewards better reflect actual competitive skill

We expect to keep tuning this as more data comes in, and this version lets us make faster, more accurate balance and matchmaking adjustments.

As always, your feedback and match data are what help us refine this so jump in, play hard, and let us know what feels better (or worse) with the new system.