Charlie Olson

Charlie is a co-founder of Invokation, which specializes in skill-ratings and matchmaking for multiplayer games. Invokation recently worked with Embark Studios on their revamped Ranked Play and MMR systems for The Finals.

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All Sessions (including recorded video) by Charlie Olson

May 2025
00:00 - 00:01

Competitive System Design: The Evolution of Ranked Play in The Finals

No other game is quite like The Finals, and no other game has such a boldly transparent Ranked Play system. Players can even see their potential payoffs before the match starts. It turns out, transparency like this is not easy. This talk will explain how we solved it.

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All Sessions (including recorded video) by Charlie Olson

May 2025

Competitive System Design: The Evolution of Ranked Play in The Finals

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