Lets Talk About 'Skill-Based Matchmaking'?

So, it's a thread to share some player experience and thoughts about skill-based matchmaking. 

Well, I don't like the SBMM. I LOVE it. I hope the EA and Respawn would let it be as it is. It's great.

See, I'm playing APEX almost from the day one. I've played solo, I've played with friends. It was a first season, no SBMM, no ranked - only the random lobby. And despite I liked the game design, characters, fast pace and titanfall feel of the game (I liked it all so much, I almost immediately paid for a starter pack) the main gaming experience felt like a pure piece of sh#t for me. Very rarely I've had a satisfying game session. I don't even talk about winning the game -  I talk about having fun and give a good fight. Almost every game had this point then I've got killed in a couple of seconds by some "above average"(c) player who doesn't miss a single bullet and can absorb a seemingly infinite amount of damage. The learning curve of the game was broken, if not non-existent - what exactly can you learn from being killed in a couple of seconds game after game? I uninstalled the game right after I realized, that I have much more frustration than fun every single game session.

I came back in the second season after the ranked system was implemented. And it was almost good. Much better than before - I still met some "above average"(c) players now and then (I have no slightest idea what they forgot in bronze\silver\lower gold tiers) but I started to have some good and fun fights, and well-earned wins and top places. And I even purchased a battle pass.  But - it was ranked. It had the leavers penalty, toxicity, and needed devotion like a catholic marriage. It was nothing like casual gaming for after-work chill. So, after some highly unsuccessful attempts to play in the main "casual" lobby I've uninstalled the game again.

And now it's the third season. I came to the game after I heard about SBMM. And what I can tell? It seems I'm here to stay. I have a great, yet undemanding game evenings. I actually started to have some fun. I like to play with other players of my skill level, I like that I can actually use some tactics without being instantly killed by some diamond-predator-"above average(c)" piece of sh#t. [ yes, I know - it sounds toxic and too personal - but It was a game state once - those people just happened to you like in "sh#t happens" ]  I can only thank Respawn and EA and tell them to leave the SBMM system as it is.