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Valve closes pro player pub replays and data, forbids party queueing to combat wintrading in Dota 2

2025-03-20 09:42:00

Valve released a new patch for Dota 2, which addressed wintrading and closed the data of professional public matches. Immortal Draft now starts from 8500 MMR and forbids party queueing. These games can only be seen live in the game client, other forms of access like replays and data parsing are blocked. The changes were posted on Steam page of the game.

Immortal Draft Changes

Immortal Draft rules will now be used if any player is above 8500 MMR (roughly the top 0.5% of players). Previously, the cutoff was 6500 MMR, (roughly the top 1.5% of players).
Immortal Draft games do not show up in public match history. Replay access is restricted to game participants, and these games are not listed in Web APIs.
Players who are above 8500 MMR (the top 0.5% of players) are now required to register an official name to queue for ranked. This name cannot be changed and will be displayed during the pre-game player draft phase of Immortal Draft games. Approximately half of players at this rank already have an official name registered.
Players above 8500 MMR who are guaranteed to play an Immortal Draft game may not queue for ranked as a party. Unranked is unchanged.
Changed the way MMR gain/loss works in Immortal Draft games to better take into consideration the possible outcomes based on player draft choices.

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In summary:

If your MMR is 8500+, all of your ranked games will be Immortal Draft. All matches will be private. You're required to have an official name registered. You cannot queue for ranked matches as a member of a party. Unranked is unchanged.
If your MMR is 6500+, your ranked games will only be Immortal Draft if matched with a player above 8500 MMR. Otherwise, you'll play using standard ranked match rules. Unranked is unchanged.

The update had a mixed review from the community. Many are skeptical that this change will prevent wintrading. The fans are also upset that they cannot see pro builds and worry about future of data services such as Dota2ProTracker. Some hope this will open a new opportunities for content creators to make breakdown videos.