Tfue discovers unexpected benefit of Fortnite removing SBMM TfueTurner \u2018Tfue\u2019 Tenney is a man of much rage, but Epic Games\u2019 removal of skill based matchmaking from squads in Fortnite, and its impact on his ping, has revealed a new feeling for the popular streamer: pure joy. Perfectly exemplifying the unfettered duality of man, Tfue\u2019s anger at skill-based matchmaking has been replaced with hype about its removal. A longtime proponent of SBMM\u2019s eradication, the star streamer has principally complained about its encouragement of camping and overly cautious playstyles. In one instance, getting one-shot by a hiding player caused him to conclude that \u201cthere is no reason to even play regular solo\u2019s anymore.\u201d But SBMM was reportedly removed from squads yesterday, so Tfue dropped into a match solo and was quickly surprised to find out that his ping was \u201ccut in half.\u201d Understandably, the mad lad was hype and, aided by a smoother playing experience and a mixed lobby, proceeded to drop a light 30-bomb and a second-place finish against mostly teams of four. \u201cSkill-based matchmaking doubles your ping. No cap.\u201d While Tfue\u2019s conclusion is unproven, his preliminary experience suggests that the removal is a net positive for competitive players. (Although, maybe not so positive for the less-experienced players forced to play against happy professionals.) (Segment starts at 0:19 mark for mobile users) It does make sense that opening up lobbies would help with internet connection, though. Since your ping is impacted by the server\u2019s location that the game matches you up with and the congestion of your network, restricting your lobby to just those with similar skill levels might force you into playing on an unideal server. Therefore, removing SBMM should theoretically enable the game some more flexibility in prioritizing internet speed for lobbies instead of skill equality. That\u2019s not the chief reason that streamers like Tfue and Ali \u2018SypherPK\u2019 Hassan have been advocating for SBMM\u2019s removal, though. They think it will impact the meta \u2014 ping improvements are just an added perk. As SypherPK explained back in early April, \u201cwith SBMM, if there\u2019s not an aggressor in the game, aka someone who\u2019s actually playing for kills \u2026 it always end in a heal off.\u201d He elaborated that his gripe with SBMM is \u201cnot because of playing good players\u201d but \u201cbecause of the mentality and attitude that it promotes.\u201d At the moment, we can\u2019t be sure that SBMM\u2019s removal from squads will consistently improve connectivity or the meta. But, you can be sure that Epic Games will look at removing it from other modes if those impacts prove true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tfue discovers unexpected benefit of Fortnite removing SBMM TfueTurner \u2018Tfue\u2019 Tenney is a man of much rage, but Epic Games\u2019 removal of skill based matchmaking from squads in Fortnite, and its impact on his ping, has revealed a new feeling for the popular streamer: pure joy. Perfectly exemplifying the unfettered duality of man, Tfue\u2019s anger […]<\/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-77261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77261","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=77261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}