Am i being punished for getting bad teammates each game cause i did not fork $$

@Asmodeus566 ,

Are you certain?

I have often wondered about this myself.

@MrGreenWithAGun 

Yes I am 100% certain.

Every time I play this game it makes me hate myself 100 fold only bad thing is there is nothing else to play right now. All the games are complete a s s.

Well the only source of actual information we have on the subject is the matchmaking post EA made in 2023. 

That post in short:
- if you are playing Pubs and get bad teammates, its because you are good and they are trying to make the lobby even skilled.

- if you are playing Ranked and get bad teammates, its because all three of you are bad compared to the rest of the lobby. 

With that I have my own EOMM theories on how some days even though I am below average skilled I would get those good teams in ranked. 

I would basically fly through certain ranks on one day and then on the next day my games would just be waste of time. 

Offtopic: Sometimes I wonder if devs have actually watched any actual sport ever as what could be seen as good quality match. Coaching junior footie I don't mind losing 2-1 if its a close contest as it makes everyone try their best & kids learn the most from close games. Winning or losing big is not that.

Somehow this is still considered well thought-out SBMM recipe. This is why I stopped playing Mixtape since there was hardly ever any middle ground. One team would get absolutely mollywhopped most of the games. I know making a close SBMM is probably very hard thing to do so having totally lopsided SBMM seems like an easy (or even lazy) way to code it...

What I have also noticed is that playing your off meta legends can also have a positive effect on the MM. 

I personally havent purchased any Apex content with actual money but I still get those good days every now and then. 

@reconzeroHere I come. I've spent thousands on the game. My MM is as bad as everyone else's. I stopped spending during the last year and a half. My MM is still bad.