Scump explains why Black Ops Cold War\u2019s SBMM needs changes Huntsmen \/ Activision[jwplayer QkvtNtzX]As the SBMM debate continues, Chicago Huntsmen\u2019s Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner has delved into his reasons for wanting Treyarch to dial it back before Black Ops Cold War is released to the public. It\u2019s about that time of year where Call of Duty fans begin to look forward to the next iteration in the franchise. After the multiplayer reveal looked promising, many were eager to get their hands on the Cold War Alpha when Treyarch announced they\u2019d be flicking the switch live between September 18-20. But while certain aspects of gameplay \u2014 such as sniping \u2014 were raised as a cause for concern throughout the Alpha, skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) stole the show. Scump and other CoD pros were vocal about their distaste of its inclusion. In a September 19 Tweet, Abner wrote: \u201cSBMM does not belong in Call of Duty.\u201d There should be a ranked playlist for people to sweat in.\u201d And Scump expanded upon this in a recent video, where he laid out what Treyarch needs to do to make the game more enjoyable for pros. SBMM does not belong in Call of Duty. There should be a ranked playlist for people to sweat in. I\u2019m not trying to play Scuf wielding game fuel chugging demons with szn in their psn on Miami TDM. Also, to the noobies that are gonna cry about this tweet, hold this choppy gunny. \u2014 OpTic Scump (@scump) September 19, 2020 Scump: Ranked & SBMM tuning are needed Scump was eager to get in some game time on the Alpha, in early preparation for the Call of Duty League 2021 Season. But after merely one day of playing, the \u2018king\u2019 of Call of Duty went right back to Warzone. Why? SBMM. According to Abner, the level of competition while playing public matches during the Alpha was comparable to playing the CDL Playlist in Modern Warfare. And because of the impact it had on his Cold War experience, Scump planted his flag firmly in the camp that wants SBMM to change. The 2017 World Champion believes that a solid ranked playlist \u2014 where SBMM is in full effect \u2014 would be a better implementation. But Scump doesn\u2019t want to get rid of SBMM in public matchmaking altogether. Instead, he believes that it needs to be \u201ctuned\u201d or dialled back, to ensure that skill level is still evenly distributed throughout the lobby. Incentivizing a ranked play system is a solution which streaming megastar Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins is an advocate of, saying that it would \u201cdeter\u201d those looking to pub-stomp on beginners. Of course, Scump is biased to give his opinion from a content creator\u2019s standpoint, with the CDL pro saying that it can sometimes take two to three hours just to record the perfect gameplay for YouTube. It\u2019s for this reason that Abner trolled and \u2018reverse-boosted\u2019 in a bid to be matched up against less skilled players \u2014 something which he claims he\u2019s never had to do before in his Call of Duty career. Another solution that Seth put forward would be for Treyarch to adopt connection-based matchmaking, with a hint of SBMM. \u201cI don\u2019t want to play against the bottom 10-30% of players, but I also don\u2019t want to play against the top 5% of players all the time.\u201d But of course, this would require the Cold War devs to fine-tune the matchmaking algorithm further, which might actually impact on the speed in which matches are found. What would be your perfect balance? Be sure to have your say on our Twitter poll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Scump explains why Black Ops Cold War\u2019s SBMM needs changes Huntsmen \/ Activision[jwplayer QkvtNtzX]As the SBMM debate continues, Chicago Huntsmen\u2019s Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner has delved into his reasons for wanting Treyarch to dial it back before Black Ops Cold War is released to the public. It\u2019s about that time of year where Call of Duty […]<\/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-30968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30968","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=30968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}