A match starts when real players are on a team, and ends when the map or game type changes, the team scores reset, or the server has had no real players for about 10 minutes. Matches shorter than 2 minutes aren’t kept. At the end, the winner, the MVP (top scorer) and a story such as Comeback or Nail-biter are recorded, and ratings, rivalries and achievements are updated.
Start and end
- Start: when real players are on a team on a tracked server. Matches between bots alone aren’t recorded.
- End: the map or game type changes, the team scores reset to zero, or the server goes quiet (no real players, or offline) for about 10 minutes.
- Too short: matches under 2 minutes are thrown away.
The result
- Team games: the team with the higher score wins. Equal scores are a draw.
- Result not reported: some servers, including many 1fx. servers and some 1.00 ports, don’t publish team scores, so the winner can’t be known. The match page says “Final score not reported by this server”. These matches still count for hours and points, but not for wins, ratings or predictions.
- Free-for-all games, like Deathmatch, have no winning team, but still have an MVP.
- Team names are Red and Blue, except in hide-and-seek modes (Hiders and Seekers) and humans-versus-zombies modes (Humans and Zombies).
The MVP
The MVP is the real player with the highest score, as long as they scored at least one point. Bots can’t be MVP.
What a match updates
- Matches, wins, losses and MVPs on each player’s profile.
- Ratings, for decided team matches with real players on both sides.
- Rivalries between the players on opposite teams.
- Achievements such as Comeback Kid, Miracle and Hat-Trick.
- Predictions made before the match started on that server.
- The activity feed, for matches with 2 or more real players.
- Clan wars, when 2 or more members of one clan play against 2 or more of another. See How clans work.
Questions
Why isn’t my match listed?
It may have been under 2 minutes, had no real players on a team, or been on a server we don’t track.
Why is one match split into two?
If the scores reset or the map changes, a new match starts. A server restart mid-game does the same.
Are bot scores counted?
Bots aren’t listed or rated, but a team’s score includes points their bots scored, because that’s what the server reports.