Summary

• Semi-Anonymous Matches

Version 26.2.0 adds the ability to randomize and anonymize country selections for a match.

Semi-Anonymous Matches

The host of a match can choose to "Anonymize Country Selections" from the Match Lobby Country Selection menu. This toggle disables individual country selections and returns all players to the player queue. When the match starts, players are randomly assigned a country, and country selections are hidden until the end of the match.

For Semi-Anonymous Matches, Auto-Start will trigger based on the total number of players in the lobby and the number of players for the given variant. Changing the map or variant could trigger Auto-Start if the total number of players in the lobby is greater than or equal to the number of players for the variant. If there are more players in the lobby than the variant can accommodate, the players for the actual match will be randomly selected up to the amount allowed for the variant. Any players in the lobby who are not randomly assigned a country will be removed at the start of the match.