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[Shadeness]

You might have heard about the here, irc, reddit, and probably on a sign in CraftyDus' mother's fridge.

Check it out now if you haven't already:
http://hawken.herokuapp.com/
http://hawken.heroku.../user/Shadeness

It fuzzy bunny the snot out of the in game server browser, allowing you to filter by nearly anything. People who poke around in it can view a server's average MMR. It shows who's on a server you click on. Every user has their own page listing their mechs. Yep that's right, your mech names are now public.

Now that the friends list is down, KOing ScrimBot, there's no way for a user to find out their MMR. *gasp* Some people have asked if I could add this feature to the Hawken App.

First off, you can see your MMR rounded to ~100 if you join an empty server. But what about decimal points and precision_!


So it's come to this. Should I publicly add everyone's MMR in the Hawken App_
Every user's MMR will be public. Even mine.

Edit: Belay that. Yesterday's discussion about publicizing mech names caused me to realize I could use them as an authentication method. I made a quick update that checks if a user has a mech called PublicMMR. If it finds one, your MMR will be public.
Watch this if you're not sure how to change your mech name: http://fat.gfycat.co...oundbeetle.webm

Edited by Shadeness, October 29 2014 - 01:09 PM.

[Kopra]

Sure.

What's the worst thing that could happen_

Edited by Kopra, October 28 2014 - 12:24 PM.

[DerMax]

Of course! Why not_

[phed]

Yes do it!

Similarly, it should link to alt accounts played on the same ip address

[Ashfire908]

phed, on October 28 2014 - 01:14 PM, said:

Similarly, it should link to alt accounts played on the same ip address

Not possible.

Edited by Ashfire908, October 28 2014 - 01:15 PM.

[Dr_Freeze001]

Well, seeing as mmr is only useful for 'guessing' whether or not matchmaking will allow you to play with a certain person, sure. Why not_ Might also be handy for events.

Edited by Dr_Freeze001, October 28 2014 - 02:19 PM.

[Browno]

i like it! Thanks a lot

[Nept]

Don't see why not.  TBH, I thought that revealing the names of everyone's mechs was crossing a privacy line.  Not that I was personally perturbed, though - just surprised.  Not something you would imagine being publicly-visible information.

[TwentyFirstPilot]

Your Predator looks neglected..

[SS396]

Nept, on October 28 2014 - 02:21 PM, said:

Not something you would imagine being publicly-visible information.

There has always been plans to display that data in game and on a website, remember they wanted "transmedia".

[Saturnine]

There's been an update - if you rename one of your mechs to "PublicMMR" it'll act as an opt in system to display your mmr publicly.

[Analysis]

Saturnine, on October 28 2014 - 03:37 PM, said:

There's been an update - if you rename one of your mechs to "PublicMMR" it'll act as an opt in system to display your mmr publicly.

Thanks that worked.

[JeffMagnum]

Those stupid themed DMs I played yesterday and didn't tryhard in hurt my poor MMR. I thought I'd never get to see it again.

[Lioot]

I voted yes but at the same time it'll make me feel sad about my mmr cause I'm guessing everyone else has super high mmr

[TwentyFirstPilot]

Saturnine, on October 28 2014 - 03:37 PM, said:

There's been an update - if you rename one of your mechs to "PublicMMR" it'll act as an opt in system to display your mmr publicly.

We all know what this means, right_ This means we can check our MMR more than once per hour. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, I'll leave that for everyone to individually decide.

[Shadeness]

TwentyFirstPilot, on October 28 2014 - 04:46 PM, said:

We all know what this means, right_ This means we can check our MMR more than once per hour. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, I'll leave that for everyone to individually decide.

Get bored of it faster! With the new and improved MMR lookup!
Warning: MMR will not bear your children. Going outside and meating women is essential to progression.

Edited by Shadeness, October 28 2014 - 04:52 PM.

[Massive_Assailant_Stingray]

TwentyFirstPilot, on October 28 2014 - 04:46 PM, said:

Saturnine, on October 28 2014 - 03:37 PM, said:

There's been an update - if you rename one of your mechs to "PublicMMR" it'll act as an opt in system to display your mmr publicly.

We all know what this means, right_ This means we can check our MMR more than once per hour. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, I'll leave that for everyone to individually decide.

I've checked mine 5 times already and I haven't even played the game today.

[LoC_TR]

Cool

[TwentyFirstPilot]

LoC_TR, on October 28 2014 - 05:09 PM, said:

Cool

Your Predator..

I .. I don't know how I feel about that.

[IareDave]

So close I can almost taste it