CoD pros Scump, Attach & more hit out at SBMM in Black Ops Cold War Treyarch\/CDLA host of Call of Duty pro players and prominent content creators have hit out at Black Ops Cold War\u2019s Alpha, over its controversial inclusion of skill-based matchmaking. There are few topics that have been as prominent and divisive in gaming as skill-based matchmaking. Unfortunately, it does appear to be any closer to a resolution, with a host of new titles including SBMM as a key part of finding lobbies. While early feedback to the Black Ops Cold War Alpha has been largely positive, criticisms emerged on September 18 as it became clear that players were being put into lobbies with those of very similar skill. SBMM, many argue, should only be present in ranked game modes to ensure casual matches remain casual. However, it appears to have been added to the Black Ops Cold War Alpha, with a host of prominent Call of Duty names hitting out at its inclusion. Chicago Huntsmen SMG and Call of Duty legend Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner commented that the SBMM was \u201cnuts\u201d, and hinted that he wants to see it toned down. As one of the best players to ever touch Call of Duty, we can\u2019t imagine being put in a lobby with players of Scump\u2019s level is very fun. His feelings were echoed by pro player Attach, who argued that SBMM should only be present in ranked game modes. \u201cSBMM doesn\u2019t belong in CoD,\u201d the ROKKR pro stated. \u201cJust give us a good Ranked Playlist instead.\u201d Ex-CoD World Champion JKap stated the exact same. SBMM doesn\u2019t belong in CoD Just give us a good Ranked Playlist instead \u2014 MN Attach (@Attach) September 19, 2020 Similarly, content creator and CoD sniper FaZe Bloo hit out at the mechanic for punishing good players; one of the most common complaints about SBMM. \u201cI\u2019m literally just gonna keep making new accounts to play the Alpha,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause it makes no sense to me that we\u2019re PUNISHED for being GOOD.\u201d I\u2019m literally just gonna keep making new accounts to play the alpha because it makes no sense to me that we\u2019re PUNISHED for being GOOD \u2014 FaZe Bloo (@FaZeBloo) September 18, 2020 His fellow FaZe Clan member Pamaj, though, shared a different opinion and encouraged players to \u201cadapt\u201d to \u201cwhatever gets thrown\u201d at them. \u201cGuys I don\u2019t care about SBMM,\u201d he said. \u201cLike I went to play Wagers\/GBs last year chasing the cracked players not running from them. I can\u2019t enjoy a game if I\u2019m going into it knowing certain things like that cause then I\u2019ll be bitching 24\/7 about it. I always just be adapting to whatever gets thrown our way.\u201d Like I can\u2019t enjoy a game if I\u2019m going into it knowing certain things like that cause then i\u2019ll be bitching 24\/7 about it. i always just be adapting to whatever gets thrown our way \u2014 FaZe Pamaj (@Pamaj) September 18, 2020 It seems that, once again, skill-based matchmaking will prove a controversial topic in this year\u2019s Call of Duty. It\u2019s long been unpopular, but game studios have their reasons for including it and more and more games seem to be using it as a key part of matchmaking. We\u2019ll have to wait and see how Activision plays this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CoD pros Scump, Attach & more hit out at SBMM in Black Ops Cold War Treyarch\/CDLA host of Call of Duty pro players and prominent content creators have hit out at Black Ops Cold War\u2019s Alpha, over its controversial inclusion of skill-based matchmaking. There are few topics that have been as prominent and divisive in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}