MW3 SBMM Rant - A Company Ran By Idiots?

Here's my official review of MW3, and what I think of the Developers and Executive Staff at Activision. Move SBMM to Ranked and go back to a ping-based match making system, don't leak the source code to future updates to Ricochet, and things will be much better.

[@run4fun143]

Former pro here... RIGGED GUNFIGHTS make recent cods a unplayable ILLUSION OF COMPETITION!!

[@joegar47]

Sweaty matchmaking should be limited to ranked, thats why it exists. The fact that they try to incorporate it into MP casuals is a joke

[@Retro3433]

Brother, I feel your pain. I'm an OG gamer as well. Been playing COD since the beginning. I've never seen such crazy SBMM and in-game manipulation. Thanks for the rant, I needed to hear it lol

[@mr.whiskers243]

So many people complaining about the game, I've been playing the game just fine and no leg. It's just PC gamer that leg, I'm on a console, no leg. And it's OK to be bad at call of duty.

[@yuckimusic2670]

Gotta stop buying it.

[@AllThingsFilm1]

I once heard a COD dev say that SBMM was the future of gaming. I was already losing respect for COD over its horrible lag infested servers. Yes, the lag compensation they incorporate into COD is literally punishing me for having a better internet connection than little Johnny's connection. They pander to the young kids with crappy connections because they represent a group they hope to keep around for years to come. SBMM is the way they're doing it. I've been playing COD since COD3. And it's only gotten worse over time. Thanks for your spot on commentary. The truth needs to be known.

[@smoochypit104]

I agree with the complaints, but I would argue that the game developers aren’t to blame for a lot of the decisions- Activision has turned it into a service, so getting players to buy the game each year and spend money on cosmetics is more important than player experience. It’s not incompetency, it’s greed.

[@a2birdcage319]

Stop playing their games, vote with your wallet

[@aussieman3582]

Cod mobile is the best original game play. This version feels like you no control of your outcome in gameplay. Feels like a 50/50 coin toss each game you play. I'm going to get a refund from steam.

[@synastershred2269]

If everyone stopped buying COD every year… Activision would get it and possibly change their scummy practices… but as long as people keep shoveling money at them, they will never stop… ever, just STOP BUYING COD… literally that simple.

[@Acc0rd79]

Us old COD players gave up on COD years ago. SBMM ruined what was once a fun game. I loved some ladder play but it's gone now. Where is the prestige mode?? lobbies break as well. No more rivalries, no more trash talk, nothing. COD is nothing more than a name anymore.

[@ForceMultiplier]

Some solid points made. you took the words right outta my mouth with alot of this stuff. If they change back to basing everything on ping i think it will be a good thing for everyone.

[@huf_fitness26]

Has anyone else noticed after doing well your controller seems to have a “mind if it’s own”? It aims you in directions you aren’t trying, almost feels like your ice skating and can’t keep steady? I think they are nerfing you mid Match when you begin to do well

[@TheCshort01]

It makes me feel better hearing/seeing others this frustrated with SBMM. I miss the BO2 days when you were in a random lobby and sometimes had good players, sometimes bad. It was SO much more fun than these non-stop sweaty lobbies. I hate Activision for not listening to us.

[@Denelix]

The “lag compensation” happens in any game where if you shot someone on your end while having bad internet the game will allow the bullet to kill since they shot them on their screen. On the victim’s screen they were not at that position anymore but since the server picked up “i hit x player” it allows the hit to register anyways. Many many games do this so people don’t complain about hit registration. Source: im a software engineer for an anticheat. And i made mods to exploit this function in less competitive games like minecraft.

[@CasualResearch]

I wanted to thank everyone for coming by and watching the video. I appreciate all the love. There's more content coming!

[@supersnow17]

Wait a fucking minute here. Are you serious about that lag compensation thing?! No wonder I was dying so much in MW2 I thought these dudes were all cheating and using wall hacks, but no the game neuters me because I have gigabit internet and these clowns have dial up from 97?! The fuck! That's one of the cheapest things I've ever heard of in my life.

[@siriusshabazz7746]

I remember getting destroyed in the OG MW2, it was my first online game. But that never stopped me from playing, it did the opposite and made me want to get better. Losing now is soul draining and rage inducing because the crap they added.

[@1itrak]

SBMM is only something the higher ups wants in the game. They want the player statistics to be the same for all players, it benefits them greatly if everyone has the ideal 1.0 K/D and 50% Win rate. You are more likely to both keep playing the game, and spend money in the store if you are performing "good". This of course is not a good decition gameplay wise, especially with how agressive the SBMM is in recent call of duties. You can go from having a game where you go 20 - 5, and the very next game you go 2 - 23 because the SBMM overcompensates. Ex-Devs for activision titles has made it clear that the decition to keep SBMM both in the games and have it as agressive as it is are completely up to the higher ups at the company.

[@davidcayo3117]

I miss the old cod games. Sbmm is the reason why I quit playing Cod games .