Warzone player reveals how to reverse-engineer SBMM for \u201cbot lobbies\u201d ActivisionAs Call of Duty: Warzone\u2019s players continue to grapple with skill-based matchmaking (SBMM), some have discovered an unfair workaround to guarantee easy bot lobbies. From Infinity Ward to Treyarch and Raven Software, the developers Activision have enlisted for Call of Duty: Warzone have remained completely silent about their approach to SBMM. Instead, the game\u2019s millions of players have had to come up with theories about the matchmaking algorithms themselves. Warzone debuted in March 2020 and players have spent months arguing about the merits of SBMM and its enforcement. Some believe it\u2019s necessary to protect newer or more casual players, others believe it unfairly punishes players for having good games. Most lie somewhere in between, simply hoping for some transparency and balance to the matchmaking system. Recently, fans have discovered their own way to achieve some level of transparency by using the SBMM Warzone website \u2014 which allows you to view full kill-death-ratio (K\/D) data for your entire lobby. Using that and some experimentation, YouTuber \u2018Rara\u2019 has discovered the method for reverse-boosting into bot lobbies and simultaneously exposed a streamer for using said method to get easy content. While we won\u2019t detail the specifics of this method, it\u2019s relatively simple and easy to pull off, although it does require multiple accounts and multiple gaming setups. While it\u2019s unclear how prevalent the issue is, it\u2019s clear that numerous players have been taking advantage of it. Read more: Best Warzone weapons to replace the DMR – \u201cI debated doing this. I debated leaving it alone until it was fixed. But I feel like if I\u2019m gonna use this, because I am and I\u2019m gonna put a disclaimer every time I do, I want you guys to be able to use it. I really fought with the thought.\u201d Ultimately, while Rara wasn\u2019t sure if he should post the video explaining the method, he decided it was worth sharing so that Activision can address it and streamers can be held accountable. One such streamer is YouTube\u2019s \u2018Hydro,\u2019 who Rara relentlessly exposed and critiqued for abusing this method to ensure easier lobbies. Unsurprisingly, the relatively new content creator was not thrilled with the backlash. https:\/\/twitter.com\/hvdro\/status\/1347188360885006336 In response to being called out, Hydro proceeded to draw a difference between his abuse of the game\u2019s system \u201cfor content,\u201d versus the cheating taking place in monied Warzone tournaments. Read more: 7 best Call of Duty Warzone players to watch – While the developers have yet to address SBMM, fans are continuing to find ways to learn how it can be manipulated. With accusations flying left and right, either for content or tournaments, the game\u2019s community is diving deeper into matchmaking discourse. Additionally, it should be noted that we do not recommend that any players use this reverse-boosting method themselves. Developers have punished accounts for abusing similar methods in the past and users could find their accounts in jeopardy should they game the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Warzone player reveals how to reverse-engineer SBMM for \u201cbot lobbies\u201d ActivisionAs Call of Duty: Warzone\u2019s players continue to grapple with skill-based matchmaking (SBMM), some have discovered an unfair workaround to guarantee easy bot lobbies. From Infinity Ward to Treyarch and Raven Software, the developers Activision have enlisted for Call of Duty: Warzone have remained completely […]<\/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-33658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33658","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=33658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}