How does the SBMM actually work?

People were told to just leave the game for months if they didn't like squads-only, or SBMM.

And then everyone left.

@Axs5626Sxa5001 thank you very much for sharing your experiences, it kinda makes sense now even though it can be really frustrating getting a lot less skilled teammates most of the time. Also didn't mean to spread hate about the matchmaking system, just wondered how it actually works but now I kinda hope it get's changed lol. anyways, thanks for the help bro, hf gl in your games.

@TXC_Rafael SBMM also consider your previous game performance.

If you play "Sucks" and struggling (0 kill and <100 damage) for few times, they will downgrade you to lowers players lobby with similiar performance with you. It's ladder step, so you don't directly go to the bottom.

If you don't believe, test it out, sucks at least 3-4 games.  You will see the Champion level is decreasing lower and lower.

Note: This's similiar to GRE test, if you ever took it, you know what I mean.

Trios. 60 players, 20 teams, 3 players per team.

Let's say 1000 players in queue. Queue is traditionally a FIFO system (first in, first out), think of it as a line at the supermarket. The SBMM might be using a "priority" queue, where users can be pushed up the queue to serve the immediate needs of balancing. That being said...

Let's say you're level 300. This isn't SOLO, so the sample size is 3 people. And yes, because many people group up, that messes with the skill balancing. But ultimately it finds the average skill level per team. So if you did NOT squad up, and the average is, say 450 per squad, then you should EXPECT either 2 level 150's (or some combo, like a level 100 and a level 200, etc) to join up. Yes, they'll be of lower skill. That's not THEIR fault. Woe are you to be teamed up with lower-skilled players, but that's just the roll of the dice; it's statistically happening to every other team as well.

You're bringing a solo mentality to a trio game. 

If the game were to wait until it was assured that nobody was of lower skill than you, why are YOU the sample then? It can't say "Oh, Player 1 of 60 is skill 300, so I should only let 300+ in to ensure that the PLAYERS which COMPOSE the Teams are of similar level. Well, what happens when Level 600 player comes in and he now feels the same way about being teamed up with a "pitiful" level 300 player?

Everyone wants a perfect system, but variances are always at play.

@Aegis_KleaisSome people have suggested that having lobbies populated randomly is a solution that is technically “the most fair”.

What’s your stance?

I certainly want to provide a safe space for newer players to learn the ropes, but I do think that after a certain amount of “time played”, lobbies should be random.

I do want to acknowledge that I don’t think the solo experience is horrible at all, because ultimately the lobbies aren’t selected to be full of “killers”. There are a fair amount of players of all skill.

Playing with friends is freaking grueling though. I think something needs to be tweaked here and fast. It takes actual tournament level focus for my friends and I to survive to the top 5. Its fun when we are in a “super tryhard” mood, but that is simply not sustainable. Even after losing 20 games straight we don’t see any relief. Not fun.

it doesnt work. predators play in gold lobbies and get easy games and pubs are just like ranked games so have fun. ty sbmm