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DarthValtrex's avatar
DarthValtrex
Hero (Retired)
5 years ago

Re: The night I went blue ...

@EdwardDLuffy "I did enjoy it when an obvious genuine newb stuck to me like glue. I hope I helped them with movement and positioning. Most of the time though you're playing solo as newbs just don't want to fight"

This is probably my only complaint with SBMM. I never get legit noobs on my team anymore. It was so much fun when I'd get the chance to carry someone to their first win in Apex. They'd get so excited about it, such a good time.. Match is ending "so uh wanna squad up?!" you could hear the nervousness/fear of rejection. I'd always say no and send them an invite to play some more.

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  • MandatoryIDtag's avatar
    MandatoryIDtag
    5 years ago

    @EdwardDLuffy  I did this also a long time back, as a test of whether sbmm is actually protecting newbs, I do think I made a topic regarding it...I've slept since then though so who knows? 

    First game, it was all news, ran around with two mozambiques and clocked 15 kills. Had 2 more similar games messing around with high kills and then it returned me to normal lobbies. So we can safely say that sbmm is protecting newbs somewhat...the core issue definitely lies in the ease with which players can create alt accounts to smurf with.

    I'm tempted to make another and deliberately play awfully just to see how long sbmm does protect bad/new players...It's kinda hard to play worse than your opponents in that kinda lobby though so I doubt I'd get any realistic results.

    P.s I approve of your choice of smurf name. 😛