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PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 6 months ago

Activision secretly experimented on 50% of Call of Duty players by 'decreasing' skill-based matchmaking, and determined players like SBMM even if they don't know it

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Activision secretly experimented on 50% of Call of Duty players by 'decreasing' skill-based matchmaking, and determined players like SBMM even if they don't know it

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PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 6 months ago

The experiment was just one discovery of a 25-page paper covering how SBMM works in Call of Duty.

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if I play in a competitive tournament and go up against a pro

There are pickleball “pros”? Lol. Maybe that’s why it’s cheap to get tennis lessons now.

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