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someone tell me what it said.
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someone tell me what it said.
the clause would be defaulting to agreeing to display your stats by playing the game.
removing it would be no longer playing the game.
the ideas you are trying to push are implemented in other systems in every game
like toxicity rules.
there is a law that you must explicitly let the user know the rules, and get their consent, and allow them to withdraw consent at any time, if you are going to remove their ability to use the product they paid for because of rule infractions.
yet there is no changing whether or not you want to follow those rules.
they were asking for a website like overbuff from overwatch, since overbuff no longer works because of private profiles
the size of the sample is not the issue. its always about the quality of the sample.
in my opinion the data on overbuff is not good enough anymore to make valid conclusions. it has too many bias, you can take the overbuff data and analyze it but it canât be used to draw conclusions about the whole playerbase.
thatâs why I said the sample size isnât big enough my dude
Law is very powerful folks
Except legally Blizzard and anyone who operates within the EU cannot do that anymore. GDPR law that was instated says that consumers should have more controls over their data and this includes in games, so even though I can see why youâd want your alternative, thatâs not feasible.
The issue isnât that Blizzard has your data, itâs how they handle it and who they give it out to. They canât just display it to everyone anymore unless specific users agree to, and itâs not up to Blizzard to decide for all of us now.
If they just decided you canât use their product or play their game anymore unless you consent to sharing your data at all times, they simply canât operate in the EU anymore. And websites who donât want to comply simply block EU IPs now. That would hurt Blizzard to do that, so they donât.
And they were transparent about that. If a law required them to add private profiles, they would not sit there and take all of the blame and literally try to compromise with the community, which would hypothetically be impossible.
ah so its a EU thing, well that explains it. I (as self centered as this may sound) thought this was referring to American laws, because im American.
no its not about the size.
its about the QUALITY of the sample.
you can make a study with 20 people ⌠or one with 10 000 people⌠the 20 people study can be better than 10.000 because it has less bias and confunding.
you are basically right that the data cant be used anymore but you are wrong about the reason.
Europe is very powerful
Sorry for not elaborating that. While it doesnât directly affect you though, itâs much easier to put this system across all regions, especially as you can play on any of the 3 public regions and the PTR from the EU. I used to regularly play on NA servers with American friends, so Blizzard has to work around that since Iâm based in the EU.
ah yes, meta implications, forgot about that, I was thinking more just raw stats, because the person I was debating was trying to say âwe need to see pick and win ratesâ
so the idea was that overbuff isnât reliable because it doesnât show a full spectrum.
my point was they wanted to know the pick rates across the board for every hero at every rank. the argument that âthey would only use it to bully people into playing meta herosâ (which I donât believe, im just pushing their own point onto them) is the sense of perceived meta. meta derived through stats, and not actual meta.
like the ladder thought meta was double sniper with rien zarya when it was triple tank hanzo zen mercy, but they couldnât pull it off so ladder meta was different.
thatâs where the disconnect is.
im talking about perceived meta
Apparently, because, if we were to assume this law was precisely the reason we have private profiles, they changed it universally for one continent. So, if this is indeed true, yes⌠Europe is very powerful. At least to Blizzard. Stand up to China, stand up to Russia⌠But cave to⌠A European privacy law? It could just apply for them, easily. But they, under the great weight of Europe, decided that everyone should suffer the consequences of a law that likely has more to do with relevant information than game stats. Lul.
Think thatâs because people in EU have the ability to play on other regions.
I mean while yes you can argue that âEurope is powerfulâ itâs more that is it worth it to fight or reject the demands of this law? Probably not, youâd eliminate an entire regionâs playerbase which also impacts their esport theyâre so invested in. So itâs not just one country theyâd be rejecting, but a collection of many.
That honestly sounds like a separate issue that could have been addressed. But what do I know?
Same, what do I know?
Made this thread under the assumption that private profiles wouldnât be a hindrance. Donât worry, Iâm full on pro-private profile.
obviously not if you want things you cant have with private profiles. being âfull on pro somethingâ means you are okay with everything about it, not just some specific parts
Well I was under the assumption that private profiles wouldnât play a part in this thread. My incompetence is to blame but I am full on pro-private profile.