Raider.IO Announces Acquisition of Keystone.Guru - Auto-Route Generator Tool

Live Posted 2023/07/21 at 12:12 PM by Anshlun

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RAIDER.IO ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF KEYSTONE.GURU TO ENHANCE WORLD OF WARCRAFT’S MYTHIC+ DUNGEON EXPERIENCE

Integrating data, features, and services for the World of Warcraft community

TEXAS, July 21, 2023 - Raider.IO is pleased to announce the acquisition of Keystone.Guru, a website and Mythic+ dungeon route creation platform. The acquisition was finalized on the morning of Friday, July 21st, 2023.

Raider.IO was founded in 2017, and has quickly become the premiere platform for PVE players of World of Warcraft, one of the longest-running and most successful MMORPG games in the world. The Raider.IO suite of products and services includes a website, an in-game addon, and a desktop client, through which hundreds of millions of hours of Mythic+ dungeons and raids are tracked.

Raider.IO has become an integral part of the Race to World First, the largest and most popular live-streamed event in World of Warcraft, and provides high-quality global coverage of the competition, as well as data services and logistics to productions and teams.

A proud member of the World of Warcraft community, Raider.IO is heavily involved in hosting and supporting multiple community-led events and tournaments, and creating original content. Raider.IO also proudly works hand-in-hand with the Blizzard Esports team on all MDI and TGP competitions. A true community hub, Raider.IO has become a household name for World of Warcraft players.

Keystone.Guru offers the ability to create, share and discover new routes for World of Warcraft dungeons and raids. Work together with your Mythic+ team and build routes together using live synchronization. Full MDT import/export integration makes getting started easy and risk-free.

Created from a need to coordinate Mythic+ strategy and routing better between friends, and to give back to the community which has given us so much, Keystone.Guru has grown from a simple web page to a fully-fledged platform with many community-requested features and tools to make your Mythic+ runs a success. The website's code and development is fully open-sourced on Github, so you can easily follow along with current development and give your own feedback to make the site even better.

The acquisition is intended to bring Keystone.Guru under the umbrella of Raider.IO, providing a way to collaborate on features much more closely. This will allow for continued creation of new tools and services for players of World of Warcraft under both the Keystone.Guru and Raider.IO banners.

To coincide with the acquisition, both Raider.IO and Keystone.Guru are thrilled to announce the launch of a brand-new feature, the Auto Route Creator! This is an exciting new feature that allows users to automatically generate a detailed Keystone.Guru route directly on the Raider.IO website from any completed Mythic+ dungeon live-tracked via the Raider.IO Desktop Client. Gone are the days of meticulously inputting every pull - now you can automatically generate a route from a dungeon you, or anybody else, has completed! Take routes directly from the top of the leaderboards, find ones with your exact group composition, and so much more.

With Keystone.Guru becoming a part of the Raider.IO suite of products and services, you can expect even more exciting features like the Auto Route Creator in the future!

From Raider.IO Founder and CEO, Jah:

I've long admired the innovative work that Wotuu has done on Keystone.Guru. It aligns perfectly with Raider.IO's core mission of enhancing the World of Warcraft experience with practical tools and valuable data. This acquisition marks a significant stride in our journey and opens up exciting opportunities. We're eager to work more closely with Wotuu to build upon Keystone.Guru's potential and look forward to unveiling several upcoming features to the community soon!From Keystone.Guru Developer, Wotuu:
I've worked with Jah and the Raider.IO team for a long time now for the Weekly Route and Play Like the Pros series. Our collaboration has been a great source of feedback to continuously improve Keystone.Guru. Our shared drive to make our respective websites better makes us great partners. When approached by Jah to join the Raider.IO family, I immediately knew this was a great next step and opportunity to amplify both Raider.IO and Keystone.Guru to levels not possible before. Keystone.Guru has grown from a simple hobby project to a cornerstone of the World of Warcraft community and the joining of forces with Raider.IO solidifies this. There are many exciting projects coming up together with Raider.IO for which I'm so excited, and I can't wait to share them with the community.

Comment by parkersmuleWComment by aaron000WComment by AntarliaLook like there is value in everything even pointless sites/apps there is always someone willing to buy it.Comment by bhaijeWComment by NarhwalsGreat addition. I wish Blizzard would reward M+ pushersComment by TaergEnoHmm where on that site does it 'auto-generate' routes? I only see where you can manually create them.Comment by MikezilaWhile M+ is fun and all, I can't help but feel like the system needs better in-game tooling so that people don't have to lean on addons and external resources so hard.Comment by dabone1337While M+ is fun and all, I can't help but feel like the system needs better in-game tooling so that people don't have to lean on addons and external resources so hard.Comment by mentorviiIs there a world where you can work with shadowed unit frames, elvui unit frames or whatever....to where you can highlight the mobs hp bars based on if they are selected to be pulled on the route or not?Comment by onkieCan’t imagine not using single brain cell when it comes to making your own routes. This sort of automation just takes away yet another key aspect of dungeon running.

Next add on might as well do your rotations for you based on a pack by pack basis.

Sad.Comment by TyneicHmm where on that site does it 'auto-generate' routes? I only see where you can manually create them.Comment by picc0Can’t imagine not using single brain cell when it comes to making your own routes. This sort of automation just takes away yet another key aspect of dungeon running.

Next add on might as well do your rotations for you based on a pack by pack basis.

Sad.https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/hekiliComment by nicocpossCan’t imagine not using single brain cell when it comes to making your own routes. This sort of automation just takes away yet another key aspect of dungeon running.

Next add on might as well do your rotations for you based on a pack by pack basis.

Sad.Comment by VSozonovWhile M+ is fun and all, I can't help but feel like the system needs better in-game tooling so that people don't have to lean on addons and external resources so hard.Comment by Tachii09Can’t imagine not using single brain cell when it comes to making your own routes. This sort of automation just takes away yet another key aspect of dungeon running.

Next add on might as well do your rotations for you based on a pack by pack basis.

Sad.Comment by 2475398Can’t imagine not using single brain cell when it comes to making your own routes. This sort of automation just takes away yet another key aspect of dungeon running.

Next add on might as well do your rotations for you based on a pack by pack basis.

Sad.Comment by SandertpI'm always a bit surprised when I hear about a WoW tool acquiring another one. I don't know why I assume these projects are mainly for the good of the community with little-to-no profit involved. I guess premium subscriptions and site advertisements must go a long way.Comment by ClawmedaddyWhat need is there for a route generator? Every season blizz makes it so the dungeon pool is mostly just linear dungeons so there's never any route but straight through.Comment by CalwellSites like this are the problem with WoW.