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I'm looking for volunteer players of all ranks to do some science! If this initial experiment goes well, I plan to do more, with some more interesting handicaps, but I figure maphacks is a good one to start with because it's something everyone is familiar with.

The way this works is I take 2 players of different ranks and give either the higher ranked player a handicap or the lower ranked player an advantage (maphacks in this case) using a custom mod. These players will play a bo3 and we'll compare the outcome to their prediction. After repeating this with a few sets of players, hopefully I can determine with some rough accuracy how much impact the given handicap has in terms of mmr.

Can a gold player with maphacks beat a diamond player without? or only a platinum player? or not even that? I expect the impact of maphacks will vary depending on the base skill of the players, but we should still be able to get a fairly accurate estimate after a few series.

I will be casting the series and will make a video with the highlights and conclusions afterward to wrap it all up.