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Modern Warfare - Here's How to Bypass Skill Based Matchmaking (SBMM)

Skill based matchmaking (SBMM) dragging you down in Modern Warfare? There's a relatively easy (and legal) way to do it and here's how.

Shikoku1949d ago

Why would you want to bypass SBMM then you end up getting steam rolled by far better players

excaliburps1949d ago

Nope. This method essentially ensure you're matched up with newbies all the time, and you get to pub stomp. I mean, to each their own, I guess.

I do agree that SBMM in this COD is super strict. You literally will have a hard time getting 3-5 games with super good KD/scores due to it.

Shikoku1949d ago

Yeah no thats not what happens and not to each their own if that is what you have to do to feel good about yourself is bypass SBMM so you can pup stomp then you really need to reevaluate your life serious its not even sad at that point is even below pathetic.

KyRo1949d ago (Edited 1949d ago )

Shikoku, how can you even defend IW implementation of SBMM when it's so fundamentaly broken. I wouldn't use this method myself but I can understand why people would.

SBMM will put you in lobbies with people on the other side of the world, with 300 ping just to put you with someone 'on your skill level'... That's a load of shit. Connection should always, always, always come first in multiplayer. Not only that but the people who play the objective, could have 3000 score in domination, 9 captures but have 3 kills to 40 deaths but SBMM will think you've had a good game because of your score and keep you with the sweat lords who done nothing but chase kills. The people who play the game how it's supposed to are the ones being fucked the most. The system is so broken it's a joke at this point.

2pacalypsenow1949d ago (Edited 1949d ago )

@Shikoku

“then you really need to reevaluate your life “

Dude it’s just a video game lol, the system is broken, you have one good game, then you get punished and thrown into a game where you get raped.

How can you even defend that lol.

CDbiggen1949d ago

Is this even really a problem? All my games feel exactly the same. I thought the concept is you're put with people on your level - bad players with bad, good players with good. That's fair enough right?
I don't really follow everything so I don't know, but for me all games are pretty much the same.

DigitalDaniel1948d ago (Edited 1948d ago )

Yeah I don’t mind this either. It’s how it would be if you play sports where they have divisions with different skill levels.
Saying no to «SBMM» is like wanting top tier football teams play against little league kids. Or maybe pit a top UFC fighter against a chubby schoolyard bully. Doesn’t make any sense to me. I don’t need to play against noobs in CoD, that would become boring real fast. You don’t learn anything by playing against lower skilled people. Only way to get better is to play against good people.

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Zefros1949d ago

The main issue i have the game when playing with randoms are in the objective based modes. Usually im the only one going for the flgs while the rest are only focusing on kills. I mean ffs if you only want kills, go play kill confirmed og tdm...

DigitalDaniel1948d ago

This has always been a problem unfortunately. I always play the objective and feel like I am not being rewarded for it, only punished

Bruneblomst1948d ago

100% agree. Im feeling so lonely when i am the only guy defending the hardpoint or the headquarter spot:( Still a great game in my opinion. peace and merry christmas:)

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Coming to Game Pass July 24

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darthv72276d ago (Edited 276d ago )

Will be interesting to see what sort of numbers GP users draw in come tomorrow. It is believed that this is one many have been waiting for.

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thesoftware730275d ago

Darth,

That is not accurate; this game is old, and most people who want it have already bought it. You might get a small number of subs, but we will mostly see a good influx of players(not new subs) from people with Game Pass who will try it, which is what happened with D4.

CoD: BO 6 will be the test for actual sub numbers.

darthv72275d ago

That's fair... seeing as many have been saying they want CoD in GP. My comment was more of , now that its here... what can it do. Im sure there will be other titles in the franchise that will either entice or turn off different users.

Bathyj275d ago

No one's buying a console and signing up for a monthly bill just to get this game to avoid buying it. That's ridiculous. Besides everyone bagged the crap out of this on release for the 4 hour campaign.

andy85275d ago

Sweet. Never got round to it on release. I'll give the campaign a go

chicken_in_the_corn274d ago

Severly underrated game. Big improvement over 2.

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EazyC372d ago

MW was an excellent videogame. They messed up Spec Ops big time, but aside from this it was a huge step in the right direction initially. Most notably, at launch it seemed to come from a very cohesive creative vision that was felt across gameplay, to story to art style/visual direction. It was also very notably written by prominent ex-Naughty Dog guys that quit almost immediately before release.

That COMPLETELY dissolved through post-launch content and the full pivot to a "cross-mode" narrative that completely obliterated the cohesion in overall story direction. Warzone then "became" the new face of Call of Duty and the franchise completely removed itself from anything remotely creatively "good". It is a pure money machine, so I kinda get why they're doing it....but I personally completely lost interest.

I would love to see Infinity Ward move off CoD and get to make their own product with full control. They clearly have some massive talent in their ranks but it's perverted by Activision's corporate interests.

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