SpeedRunners News

Today we released an update which also marks the start of the Beta Ranking Season which will run until May 14th! After the Beta Season we return to the previous ranking system with the same rank and points you had before this update.

• ELO-based Beta Rank Season
• Badges
• Discord Voice Chat
• All New Ranking UI
• Skill-based matchmaking is now more precise
  
• No longer searches for better rooms when in a friend's custom game
  

With that many big updates we may have overlooked some new bugs. If you encounter any issues please let us know on the forum or Discord server, and we'll try to fix them swiftly! Enjoy!

Today we released an update which also marks the start of the Beta Ranking Season which will run until May 14th! After the Beta Season we return to the previous ranking system with the same rank and points you had before this update.

• ELO-based Beta Rank Season
• Badges
• Discord Voice Chat
• All New Ranking UI
• Skill-based matchmaking is now more precise
  
• No longer searches for better rooms when in a friend's custom game
  

With that many big updates we may have overlooked some new bugs. If you encounter any issues please let us know on the forum or Discord server, and we'll try to fix them swiftly! Enjoy!

Adding features such as the ELO Beta Season and Badges made the ranking UI super cluttered. So we looked into de-cluttering the ranking interface and make it more future proof. Here is what we came up with:



The ranking screen is now more focused on your own achievements and rank status. We also added some trend indicators. These show if you are trending upward or downward since the last time you visited the rank screen.

You can still see your standing among Steam friends or the World when you click on the rank section.



We also added a new screen which shows off all the badges you've earned. This is also the place where you can select the badge you want to show in-game when taunting!



Brace yourself, the update is coming soon!

Adding features such as the ELO Beta Season and Badges made the ranking UI super cluttered. So we looked into de-cluttering the ranking interface and make it more future proof. Here is what we came up with:



The ranking screen is now more focused on your own achievements and rank status. We also added some trend indicators. These show if you are trending upward or downward since the last time you visited the rank screen.

You can still see your standing among Steam friends or the World when you click on the rank section.



We also added a new screen which shows off all the badges you've earned. This is also the place where you can select the badge you want to show in-game when taunting!



Brace yourself, the update is coming soon!

Since the start of this year we've been working with Discord to get Voice Chat support in SpeedRunners. Now finally, after the update tomorrow, Discord Voice Chat be available in-game for everyone!

For those of you who don't know yet: Discord is a free chat client that can best be described as a mix of IRC and TeamSpeak. You don't need to install the client to use voice chat in SpeedRunners, but we still recommend getting the Discord Client and joining the SpeedRunners Community Discord Server. It's a great way to meet other players and to find opponents for exciting matches.

So once again: voice chat will work even if you don't have the Discord Client installed. You don't need a Discord account or anything like that either. It will simply work when you enable voice chat in-game!*. This will allow you to chat with your opponents while in-game or in a lobby. Voice chat is disabled by default, and obviously muting is also an option.



We hope you enjoy the update tomorrow; please let us know what you think of the ranking updates and the voice chat support on the forum!

*Except for Max and Linux. On these platforms, you will actually need to install the Discord Client if you want to enable voice chat.