@apostolateofDOOM
I agree with you on your criticisms of this guy.
But I must say that I only slightly find ranked pred harder than my current pubs— the fact that they are even REMOTELY close is ridiculous though.
This guy is TOTALLY wrong for how he is treating people— but (I hate to say this) he is kinda right; practicing to get better, only to lose just as much as you did before is really discouraging. There are definitely outliers who win and perform WELL above average, but the majority of even high skill players are demonstrating performance ratios similar to lower skilled players. I posted an entire thread about SBMM seeks equal outcomes but the mods removed it.
Equal outcomes in competitive activities— because it makes companies more money, is wrong.
@Axs5626Sxa5001It can be as bad but that's why i put on average.
I did offer to repost that SBMM thread for you as i agree with the points you made and think it needs discussing especially with the current ways many are using to bypass the protections for new players and the reason i created this thread.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Let-s-bash-the-new-guy/m-p/9471200
A healthy balance can and should be found otherwise we'll just have skilled players forced into mentally draining matches constantly being punished for improving or many more creating smurfs single handedly destroying half of new player lobbies and neither of which promotes an enjoyable experience.
In this guys case though, it wasn't what he said but how he said it.
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