PROJECT PTR
Real stakes for the test realm: a live competitive ladder built to put The Bazaar's new tournament feature through its paces.
Every new season resets MMR to 500. Standings refresh automatically.
What is Project PTR?
An independent, community-run event that brings real competition to The Bazaar's test realm while the new tournament feature gets put through its paces.
The Bazaar's new in-client tournament feature is in testing on the test server, but a test realm usually gives people very little reason to actually grind. Project PTR fixes that. It wraps the testing in real competition: a live ladder, a public leaderboard, and a finals, so the community has a reason to show up, and the new feature gets battle-tested under genuine pressure.
Every match runs through a custom Discord bot that organizes lobbies and calculates a true skill rating for each player. Standings update live on this site throughout the event, so anyone can follow the race for the top while the tournament tech gets its workout.
It's meant to be fun first. Reputation doesn't seed you. Results do. Newcomers share lobbies with established names, every win lands on the board for all to see, and the whole thing doubles as the most useful kind of stress test: a lot of people genuinely trying to win.
Open Field
Newcomers and top players in the same lobbies, so anyone helping test can climb the board.
Live MMR Ladder
A custom bot tracks every match and updates a transparent rating in real time.
Bugs, Not Exploits
It's a test realm, so bugs are part of the fun and fair game. Deliberately abusing them is not, and gets you removed.
Format
Play the test realm through the new tournament feature. Climb the ladder. Make the finals.
The Ladder
Registered players queue into bot-organized lobbies on the test realm, run through The Bazaar's new tournament feature. Every match adjusts your MMR. Play as much as you like, and the ladder rewards both consistency and the quality of your opposition.
The Cut
When the ladder window closes, the top finishers by MMR advance. Everyone else locks in their final placement and seeding for next time.
The Finals
The qualified field plays a multi-game finals with reseeding between rounds, decided by a checkmate-style points race, where a player must take a clear win to claim the title.
MMR & Scoring
Everyone starts each run at the same baseline. Your rating moves with your placement in every lobby, and the size of each swing is weighted by how strong your opponents are. Beating a tough lobby is worth more, and losing to one costs less. This rewards seeking out the hardest games rather than farming easy ones.
Exact values are set by the bot and tuned per season.
Compete
Registration runs through Discord. Here's how to get in.
Who can play: Project PTR is open to anyone who wants to help test. You just need access to The Bazaar's test realm. Top pros and recent finalists get auto-seeded into the Finals. Exact eligibility is announced before each run in the Discord.
Get test realm access so you can log into The Bazaar's test server. Right now, only Steam users can do this. Right click the game in your Steam library, click "Properties", go to "Game Versions and Betas", and enter this code: 17IR8wb70MJOxCCh
Join the Discord and read the announcement for the current competition period's dates and eligibility.
Register by claiming your name from this site or through the Discord bot directly.
Queue up with the bot during the ladder window and climb the live board on this site.
Connect Your Name
Sign in with Discord and link your in-game name so your results are tracked on the ladder.
Profile
Career stats, recent games, and hero usage. Tap any player on the ladder to view theirs.
Hero Stats
Win rates, average placement, and pick rates across ranked games.