Trying to understand SBMM - 20 match experiment

@Balladalidila In your reply to @Professor_Doggy that it's just rumours or misinformation that people are playing in lobbies filled with predators but you're the one (intentionally or not) spreading rumours trying to back up your claim with poorly designed research giving misleading conclusions.

I think firstly trying to judge a servers skill base on trails is flawed, especially when that player is seeking diamond or predators. Series 1-2 are the only seasons where you kept your diamond trails and in the results you posted you, on average and pretty consistently, had more than a handful of visible trails at that rank.  If that's just over a third of all diamonds in that match (giving a rough estimate) as Series 3-4 aren't visible, that would roughly be a third to half you're lobby at the same rank as you. You may have the odd predator here and there that have fallen from having bad rounds and others who have been doing reasonably well to fill some of the void but your matches seem to be approximately at your skill level throughout.

You won't be placed in full master/pred lobbies when you're diamond tier and not at that level. Not to criticize you but in the context of the topic at hand.

I do know from people who have smurfed that you can have at least 2 rounds after creating a new account before SBMM puts them in their respected lobbies so i doubt it's dependant on just the previous match but without any clear win streaks or bad rounds consecutively placing 15th with zero kills where you were clearly out matched i'd say it's hard to make a determination from the graph you provided.

SBMM has been discussed pretty extensively and multiple times in general chat. One of the conclusions and also verified by a post from someone at Respawn on twitter is matchmaking will try to balance teams out for solo que players. If you're diamond/master/pred solo queing, it will give you 2 pretty low level/skilled to balance against a gold/platinum pre made for example instead of stacking you with people of equivalent skill so on this you were right. I personally don't like this method because if your skilled and carrying 2 deadweight players then you're basically playing solo and if you're the low level you'll likely get beamed first as they're the most likely to wander from their team leaving them at a disadvantage = Not enjoyable for either but statistically balanced.

They also have this in ranked now which imo is a complete joke to competitive or aspiring professional players alike.

Server location and regional time, que time, SBMM are just some of the things the algorithm will consider when matching teams but also things like accuracy where we can't see the stat will also likely be used so while i applaud your efforts at trying to figure it out, i think the way in which you have tried to calculate it is fundamentally flawed in combination with such a small sample.

I can also vouch that some of my lobbies are up to 80% master/predator trails so i know how gruelling it can be to play like that often. It's mentally draining leaving no room for error and sometimes be tougher than ranked with those willing to try pull off riskier plays and i'm totally sympathetic towards those that want a more casual experience without feeling like their playing scrims in pubs when we have ranked. It's not about wanting to bash noobs but rewarding better players who have invested the time to improve instead of punishing them so lesser skilled players have a better chance and over time more likely to spend more. Why should a silver have the same win rate as i diamond? What's the point in improving if the end result is always the same?

Equal opportunities or equal outcomes and SBMM or EOMM.. I'm sure @Axs5626Sxa5001 can discuss this more with you. 😛 

Next time I log on, I'll add you. My gamer tag is Squid Lemonade.