Tonight is proof sbmm is short term based
Last night me and a couple friends won multiple times against people that were struggling. Tonight it was nothing but predators and super teams and we were the ones struggling until the game put us ...
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@PROInD3 Each additional play choice splits the playerbase, so it's not OK. SBMM needs the queues to be big enough in order to be able to fill the lobbies for each skill bracket without a long waiting time, reducing those queues to half would make it inefficient, affecting those who want SBMM.
@asukojo I think some of the longterm stats may be used in the formula, like games / hours / seasons played, overall win rate and k/d ratio, etc.. They may use this to detect whether you're actually struggling or just faking it to get down on easy prey. Also, I think they may check the hardware id to detect smurfs in order to keep them out of the easy lobbies when possible.
@asukojo I think some of the longterm stats may be used in the formula, like games / hours / seasons played, overall win rate and k/d ratio, etc.. They may use this to detect whether you're actually struggling or just faking it to get down on easy prey. Also, I think they may check the hardware id to detect smurfs in order to keep them out of the easy lobbies when possible.
Anyone who plays Apex a lot should be able to tell how SBMM works. If not, do you even play?
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