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How often is this updated?

About every hour. Unless I am pugging.

Where does the data come from

The data comes from https://ut4stats.com/, I use data from the last 9 months.

What is BlitzPower

I'm sorry I ever created this as it has caused much confusion, but it is measure of FlagCaps, FlagCarrierKills and KDR, although it is completely subjective, if you look at players with the best BlitzPower you will see that they are the best flag carriers and flag killers.

How does the balancer work

The recommended balancer DamageShare (BlitzPower) tries to balance AverageDamageShare across both teams. There is a little secret sauce which means that stronger players are slightly more heavily weighted than weaker players. Meaning that a player with AverageDamageShare=30 > Two players with AverageDamageShare=15

Different weightings were tried, until I got a best fit, see validator

For example
ShX raw = [30.474298447339564] weighted = [31.241915316236472]
JœKehr raw = [16.634956124678347] weighted = [16.862392188646176]

What is DamageShare

DamageShare is PlayerDamage / TotalTeamDamage (ie the share of Damage contributed by the player). So if everyone was the same skill level, the expected DamageShare of each player would be 20%. Very good players have a DamageShare of 30%.

I tested different variables including Damage, Kills, AverageKillsShare, Score,FragPower and BlitzPower and found AverageDamageShare to be the best predictor. It's not perfect, but it is better than relying on what people think.

AverageDamageShare is the best predictor of team strength, is a real metric (i.e., I don't do any funny weighting to it). This is the primary thing I use to balance on.

You can check the validator, to see that the checker is right 67% of the time, and is at over 80% correct for what the checker predicts are stacked games

In other words, when the checker predicts 75%:25% the team with 25% is almost certainly going to lose - unless the weaker team has LÔßÔ or Bezy-Boomsa - then anything is possible.

🧠 How MVP Is Calculated

The MVP (Most Valuable Player) score is designed to reward players who make a real impact across multiple areas of the game — not just by racking up kills, but also by grabbing flags and taking out the flag carrier when it matters.

We look at three key actions:

• Kills
• Flag Captures (weighted heavily — these win games!)
• Flag Carrier Kills (stopping the runner)

To keep things fair, especially for players who only played a few matches, we use a Bayesian weighted average. That just means we blend your stats with a league average, so someone who had one amazing game doesn’t jump to the top unfairly.

Extra weight is given to:

• Flag Captures ×10 — because it’s a team objective
• Flag Carrier Kills ×2 — because they can swing a game

So your final MVP score reflects not just raw performance, but balanced, team-focused impact over time. 🔥

⚙️ The Formula (Behind the Scenes)

We use a Bayesian Weighted Average to calculate each player’s impact score. This helps level the playing field between players who’ve played 2 games vs 200.

Here's what we look at per game:

• 💀 Kills
• 🚩 Flag Captures → weighted ×10
• 🚩💀 Flag Carrier Kills → weighted ×2

Then we use this formula:

Weighted MVP Score = (RawScore × GamesPlayed + C × m) / (GamesPlayed + m)

• RawScore = (Kills) + (Captures × 10) + (FlagCarrierKills × 2)
• m = smoothing factor (we use 5)
• C = average RawScore across all players

This ensures:

• Players with few games don't randomly spike to the top
• Consistency over time is rewarded
• Flag and team-focused plays get the attention they deserve

🏅 The Badges You Can Earn

Depending on your score and ranking, you might earn:

• 🧠🔥 MVP GOD — Top 1%
• 👑 Elite MVP — Top 5%
• 🏅 Valuable Player — Top 10%
• 💪 Team Backbone — Top 25%
• 🎯 Reliable Impact — Solid contributor with balanced stats

Hover over your badge to see what you earned it for. 🎖️