Re: Why is There Two Ranked Modes?
@ErectRainbow you get two because one mode allows crappy players to rank all the way up to Platinum through sitting in corners and hiding, which makes them think they're good at the game. But then they can't get any higher (because after hitting Plat you actually need to kill people to move up) so then they give up on ranked. Then they move onto casuals, and then get coddled by SBMM by placing them against other amoebas while keeping up the illusion that they're good at the game. There's a reason why all the super upvoted, "woah amazing play" videos on Reddit are really just standard mediocre crap. Some of them are good, most of them are just console plays that are pretty mediocre to any above average skill player, especially when you take into account actual skilled play from professional players.
SBMM continues to be the "participation medal" of Apex Legends. If a Predator player gets into your game while you're a super casual player, why shouldn't the person who's spent time and effort developing their own skills stomp on you? If you give up immediately when you see a Predator player in your game while you're a super casual, instead of being in the mindset to do your best despite the odds, then it's a you problem, not a game problem.
At this point, I'm pretty sure the real reason SBMM continues to be a thing, is because Respawn understands that the majority of its player-base are people who are coddled by the system, locked into brainlet vs. brainlet matches. Those same people spend fortunes on the game, buying heirlooms, cosmetics, etc. etc. and the more money you make, the greater the justification to keep crappy systems in place regardless of what others say.
