Opaque Matchmaker: Don't legitimate electronic sports need transparency?

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Did you even respond to my question of, what more do you want to know about the matchmaker?

Lots of things. For one, precisely what metrics does it use to compute MMR?

Read this topic in its entirety. Don’t just skim for the part you’re looking for, read ALL of it:

How Competitive Skill Rating Works (Season 16)

The rating and matchmaking system is confusing, and a good overview does not appear to be available. The official overview (1, 48) is incomplete and does not answer a number of common player questions and concerns. This information below is gathered from sporadic blue posts and developer update videos, and salted with my own experience and experiments, various forum threads, and watching streams. Note that since Blizzard does not give exact algorithms, I do have to fill in some gaps, or leave so…

This is the 3rd time I posted this link in this topic.