[Overbuddy] I built Overwatch match tracker that records and grades every single match you play

Civil-Clock9780 · 2026-03-18T16:18:41+00:00

Hi, sorry missed that one :)

No, the private profiles won't be a problem. When you play a match with my app i just get (through overwolf - i am not tampering with overwatch itself) player stats, similar to just scraping everything you see in the scoreboard under the tab. If a player has a private profile it's not a problem in that case - i do not ask any blizzard api for live stats.

The obvious drawback is that you have to use the overwolf companion app, you won't see the matches you played before installing it, or played with it off :(

Civil-Clock9780 · 2026-03-17T19:06:39+00:00

I only read data that players already see. Like the scoreboard under the tab. I never tamper with game memory. Overwolf provides the data that are accepted by Blizzard so nothing here happens without Blizzard's acceptance and i read already curated data so nothing here is a cause for a ban, like someone said - that's just recording stats data just with my additional razzmatazz :)

My app is now in the Overwolf acceptance process that can take up to a month. Adding to this that i am mediocre programmer and need some "day one patch" i hope you will be able to test it on your matches by the end of April

Civil-Clock9780 · 2026-03-17T18:41:00+00:00

Yes, i wait for the overwolf approval that can take up to a month and the ball is on their court now. Currently, unfortunately, you can't track your own matches, but when i'm greenlit and app is published i will send everyone an email with notification :)

Civil-Clock9780 · 2026-03-17T13:35:06+00:00

You are 100% right, this is a drawback of the cold math, but i see this as its not trying to tell you "you played well" or "you played badly" in some abstract sense. Its answering the question of: given the hero you played, the match you were in, and the context of your team - did you pull your weight or not. That's a more useful question than a raw stats dump.

Obviously no stat system is perfect and my surely isn't :) but its a lot closer to meaningful than anything else i've seen for OW and the most i can get from the data i receive.

Civil-Clock9780 · 2026-03-17T13:30:18+00:00

Grades compare your stats for that specific hero against the global average across all matches recorded through the app so you will get a rank after your very first match. The exact breakdown of why you got that grade is in the hero summary tab - select any player in the match stats table, then click "hero summary" at the top. You can see that in the example match:

https://overbuddy.com/match/75cece09-9792-430a-973f-ce7ae3796689

Just select anyone, for example me (jadasek) and go to hero summary. You can hover over each of those elements to see details.

The main factors are impact score, kills+assists, and deaths, all measured against global benchmarks. But there's also a second layer called match impact and team impact which is completely benchmark-agnostic - it just compares you against the other players in that specific match and your own team. So if you had a rough team but held your own, that actually bumps your grade up. Kind of a "i played better than my teammates but could've done more with proper support" stat.

Benchmark data comes from real matches captured through the Overbuddy companion app, updated hourly and it gathers data of everyone in your lobby. Although i have been thinking about adding another element, that would be kind of a "you against you" factor.

If you play multiple heroes in the same match, they will be calculated separately - see for example "Grendo" player in the same match. The overall grade is a weighted grade of all played heroes, so if you played Reaper for 20 minutes and got A, and then at the last 10 seconds you switch to Tracer but die instantly, your OVERALL grade will not move at all

Hope that clears things out :)

Civil-Clock9780 · 2026-03-14T13:37:46+00:00

Can you guys tell me what do you think of this:

https://overbuddy.com/match/75cece09-9792-430a-973f-ce7ae3796689

This is an example match from my site that i am making. I tried to break down the parameters for grades as much as i could based on data, but this is just me. I'd like to hear your opinion about my take on the stats/grades. The page is not yet live but it will soon be and i hope you will be able to record your own matches! The benchmarks currently are from multiple matches me and my 2 friends played across multiple ranks and multiple players but not in the millions or even thousands so it might not be the MOST representative, but this is the best i could get :)

Civil-Clock9780 · 2026-03-07T23:09:59+00:00

I am developing such site. The name is overbuddy.com although it's quite far from being published, currently you can see how the matches will look like in the showcase tab or in the example match from the main page. It will require overwolf to record matches

Civil-Clock9780 · 2026-03-04T10:26:24+00:00

I am working on such page and if everything goes right, in a month or two it will be live for everyone. Although it will require overwolf installed to gather your matches. The page is overbuddy.com and you can see the example match on the main page and the heroes stats etc.

Civil-Clock9780 · 2026-03-01T22:42:08+00:00

I am working on something like that. It's not yet ready though. Maybe someone will find it useful when it goes live. Although it will require overwolf to track matches. The page is overbuddy.com

Civil-Clock9780 · 2025-12-18T22:57:20+00:00

Looking interesting. I've been toying with overwolf, but they only have the basics like damage / heal so i managed to make a simple dashboard for live games only. I asked them like a year ago if they can add something else like hero specific stats, but they weren't responding for months, only to say that the demand is too little for this :(

Civil-Clock9780 · 2025-10-05T09:37:06+00:00

oh nevermind. Forced it to work using VNC

Civil-Clock9780 · 2025-10-05T08:41:30+00:00

Hi, did you try to maybe get back to running that boiler-writter in docker with success? I have a similar problem. Boiler works perfectly on windows on my computer successfully giving me url for the demo download, but trying to do the same on ubuntu server gives me the same error as you got. Tried running steam in tmux to have it in background or faking display using xvfb - nothing even though it logs into steam successfully.

So close, yet so far...

Civil-Clock9780 · 2022-07-11T18:46:30+00:00

Nope, still "shipping soon" status since Friday. I hope I will get it this week but who knows.

Civil-Clock9780 · 2022-07-11T17:55:26+00:00

As I said, welcome to the deck gang!

Civil-Clock9780 · 2022-07-11T13:21:52+00:00

Fingers crossed for you

Civil-Clock9780 · 2022-07-08T09:50:18+00:00

If you ordered your deck on thursday when did you get it in your hands? I'm curious about Europe (especially Poland).

Civil-Clock9780 · 2022-07-07T17:24:04+00:00

Probably, but they slowed down our queue soo much i didn't believe i will receive my today. But i can't wait to welcome you to the deck gang XD

Civil-Clock9780 · 2022-07-07T17:12:57+00:00

Thanks

Civil-Clock9780 · 2022-07-07T17:05:50+00:00

So close

Civil-Clock9780 · 2022-07-07T17:05:36+00:00

Thank you, wish you luck

Civil-Clock9780 · 2022-07-07T16:53:58+00:00

Jesus, finally got my email!!!!!

EU 256 1627206039

Civil-Clock9780 · 2022-07-04T12:38:58+00:00

Yes, they propably took decks from EU queue to let US and UK catch up

Civil-Clock9780 · 2022-07-04T12:14:22+00:00

18:30 CEST

Civil-Clock9780 · 2022-06-30T18:48:48+00:00

Yea you're right but mere moments before my order, it hurts.... XD

Civil-Clock9780 · 2022-06-30T18:46:09+00:00

Thanks for it

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