Back to collectionMatching Work Continues While Bitcoin Sits at USD 44,000
Background: By mid-May, the Iron Pigeon playtest still needed refinement, especially around matchups between players with different skill levels. Today: On Sunday, BTC stood at USD 44,000. Impact and next steps: Matchmaking moved from a pending task to a dedicated round of revision, but the team has not yet verified whether the algorithm makes playtests fairer.
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Background: By mid-May, the Iron Pigeon playtest still needed refinement, especially around matchups between players with different skill levels. The designer needed uninterrupted time to turn adjustments to the algorithm into a plan that could be checked.
Today: On Sunday, BTC stood at USD 44,000. The designer responsible for matchmaking shut themselves away to revise the algorithm, deliberately tuning out market talk. As market updates kept coming, they kept their attention on how matches were assigned, so a rushed change would not merely react to the mood of the moment.
Impact and next steps: Matchmaking moved from a pending task to a dedicated round of revision, but the team has not yet verified whether the algorithm makes playtests fairer. The next step is to assess match outcomes with the revised parameters and decide whether to adjust them again.