Apex Legends Smurfing and Matchmaking

Thing is the hated smurf is the people going all sweatmode on a noob lobby ruining everyone's day. If you run around with a p2020 having fun, dieing on purpose so your son can Res you and in general not ruining anyone's day your son will love it, people get their fun and you can have a proper laugh at the same time.

When I go full force again I need two alts, main for team, one for soloranked and one for my daughter. Two sweaty and one bubu account with the worst stats ever.

Increasing the level minimum for Ranked should be done ASAP.  It won't eliminate smirfs but it sure will reduce the number to only the truly dedicated a-holes.  Pubs matchmaking should adjust to smurfs...anybody who drops a 20 bomb in a low level lobby should be immediately moved up.  Pub stomping is obnoxious, IMO.

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@lightning_5o wrote:
@SewerTierGamerI work too, and I understand not everyone has time to practice like others. However, if someone puts in the work to be elite they deserve to win more than someone who does not. So your job, does someone who works hard deserve to be paid less or the same as someone who doesn’t? That’s literally what SBMM does to above average players. Are you in favor of everyone having the same win rate despite skill level? Why should my win rate be near the same as my fiancés when I’m a master pred skilled player and she’s never gotten out of plat?

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Because youre in division 1 and she is in division 6.

In football its the exact same thing, 6 division team can be the winner of the division with straight wins no losses.

Still the team in 1st division might be mediocre and have 3 draws and as many wins and losses, the 1st division team is still ranked much higher and is better then the division 6 team.

The 1st division team dudsies/womansies for sure put more work into the football too then the 6th division team and still they have lower winrate.

Explanation enough, see the real life resemblance?

To cater for the masters and diamonds who sweated blood to become what they are, the game needs to open diamon and master+ only content, as I for instance drew an example for in a different post I made a few days ago. I dont know any sports where a full division 1 or elite devision ranked person gets to go up against a mid division contender, its a reason for this.

@ZkepzWhile I appreciate the comparison to sports, I think everyone needs to take a step back and realize that playing pubs shouldn’t be compared to playing in a league with divisions. THAT would be ranked.

Pubs should be the equivalent of casually playing sports at the park with your friends or randoms. Pick up games.

High ELO players aren’t getting paid or getting scholarships. So demanding them to ALWAYS demonstrate a high level of competence, while simultaneously not rewarding them more is actually kind of ridiculous.

Not that I’m verbalizing this, but this is why certain people equate it to “everyone gets a trophy” culture. Personally, I’m okay with everyone getting a trophy, so long as the more competent people are getting MUCH bigger trophies. People having similar outcomes despite vastly different competence levels is what “aggressive socialism” is built on; its like a notion built on “anti-hierarchy”.

Again, how you are explaining this makes PERFECT sense for ranked. But pubs shouldn’t feel like ranked. Right now I occupy the bottom of the top ELO tier. Losing HUNDREDS of games in a row does not put me down into an easier tier. So I’m just locked in this solid cycle of losing that essentially informs me that my experience matters less than someone less competent than me. It just feels— wrong.

Of course you could both have the same win rate - IN YOUR OWN LEVELS. Duh.

Do YOU think that NEW PLAYERS who are trying to ENJOY the game, should be stomped and made feel *, because you can't keep up IN YOUR OWN LEVEL.

How hard a concept is it, to understand that it isn't o.k to make players feel like crap, because you want easy wins?