Skill-based matchmaking
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Sep 24, 2026
BenHOST
Moving on.
BenHOST
Dave, what do you think about SBMM in Call of Duty or games in general? And then also, what do you think about the idea of a petition to remove a core game mechanic?
DaveHOST
When I posted this article to talk about, I'm getting excited for this year's COD.
DaveHOST
I hadn't noticed.
DaveHOST
He's funny.
DaveHOST
And I don't even know to take this seriously or not, but the him tweeting at Asha every day is a very him thing to do.
DaveHOST
But contrary to me being a T-Dog stan, I'm a huge SBMM guy.
DaveHOST
I think SBMM is what keeps the game going.
Stanley557HOST
statement known to man.
Shutter PawHOST
If it makes the Zombies fans feel any better, I've just refreshed Twitter and the top of my feed is a multiplayer person who has shared a change.org petition to remove SBMM from Call of Duty.
Shutter PawHOST
I
The KorboriumHOST
guess I brought it back.
Justin YinHOST
...
Justin YinHOST
this is, this is SBMM-
Mike HargensHOST
Yeah
Justin YinHOST
... added for "Zombies."
FajardiHOST
And I can say, and we were talking about it, I believe last year, I mean, at least we should have been talking about it, that matchmaking felt great in that beta.
FajardiHOST
When they made that change and it was open... that felt great that actually felt very very like i'd probably say the closest we've gotten to a a classic SBMM system, whatever you want to say, was in that Black Ops 7 beta after they announced open matchmaking.
FajardiHOST
It felt great.
FajardiHOST
It was awesome.
14 MINS LATER
FajardiHOST
We're talking about it now.
FajardiHOST
And they've so far been very receptive to it.
FajardiHOST
And the only things that people are still screaming about is SBMM.
FajardiHOST
Sadly, I think after the...
DK DynamiteHOST
But remember back to that white paper.
DK DynamiteHOST
Was it during MW3 when they dropped this? Where they're like, here's what SBMM means.
DK DynamiteHOST
They
FajardiHOST
were free or something.
10 MINS LATER
FajardiHOST
Who knows what that looks like? DLC packs like MWR did, or maybe something more, something more unique like MWR did.
FajardiHOST
I don't think people would necessarily like that, but yeah, a lot of hype and doesn't surprise me because those games are, were extremely popular back in the day.
FajardiHOST
And just going back to the SBMM thing, I think it's crazy to me that they need all these super complex algorithms, these SBMM algorithms in today's COD when back then people could maybe argue Call of Duty was more popular or who knows.
FajardiHOST
And it didn't have all these super complex things, which is, which is also another puzzling fact to me.
CaseyHOST
Like there are so many things we could complain about.
CaseyHOST
SBMM being one of them.
CaseyHOST
But yeah, like the average player is way better now.
CaseyHOST
That's true for everything, by the way, that this is just how it goes.
CaseyHOST
Also, the average football player, the average soccer player, the average Call of Duty player.
CaseyHOST
That's all true.
CaseyHOST
On top of that, you have SBMM.
CaseyHOST
And on top of that, you have Resurgence casuals and Warzone casuals.
Mike HargensHOST
I had way more fun.
Mike HargensHOST
I'll say in the quick play, like standard playlist, you know, doing that was way more fun than playing in like in the SBMM psycho realm.
Mike HargensHOST
Like I couldn't stand that.
Justin YinHOST
The
Sam LaRueGUEST
Bro, it's only in Infinity Ward titles, though.
Sam LaRueGUEST
We had no SBMM-
Dylan PriceGUEST
The Tac Sprint is gonna be here
Sam LaRueGUEST
... no Tac Sprint literally last year.