skillbased

Skilled-based matchmaking has been an ongoing topic of conversation in the Call of Duty community for a while. For obvious reasons, it’s a necessity that prevents lower-skilled players from quitting or just having an awful experience. However, it also makes playing any style of Call of Duty, other than “sweaty,” downright impossible for more skilled players. The game’s servers recently had some serious issues for a day, and part of those problems stopped skilled-based matchmaking (SBMM) from working properly. When the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A concerning trend known as qualification inflation has been plaguing hiring practices for years. Qualification inflation—also known as degree inflation—refers to the growing number of employers requiring degrees and extensive experience for jobs. As highlighted in a 2017 Harvard study, job listings now often demand…

Popular new free-to-play game The Finals has been given another new update by developer Embark Studios. The recently released first-person shooter has been given a new update to fix a couple of significant issues, including a fix for skill-based matchmaking and another for players who may have been wrongfully banned. Update 1.2.3 is available now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, with players encouraged to restart the game after downloading the patch.Embark Studios explains more: "We solved an authentication issue that was…

For more than a decade, Call of Duty players have raised concerns with the series' skill-based matchmaking system. Call of Duty's matchmaking system tries to match players together with similar statistics dependent on their kills, deaths, and assists. Sometimes, this system does not work as intended and places vastly varying skills together with games becoming lopsided.Earlier today, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's team was quoted about the game's skill-based matchmaking. The team reiterated that it has…

Mark Rubin, who was an executive producer at Infinity Ward until 2015, has shared that he’s “not a fan” of the skill-based matchmaking system that’s present in Call of Duty and other multiplayer games. Ahead of Modern Warfare 2 launching tomorrow (October 28), the Call of Duty community has debated whether the inclusion of skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) is positive or negative for the game. SBMM refers to a feature that puts players against opponents that the game thinks are roughly equal to them in skill, with the aim…

India esports athletes' body EPWA has urged the Tamil Nadu government to recognise skill games as a distinct sport, not club it along with gambling, and provide safe harbour for professional players, a senior official of the entity said on Friday. "We have sent representation to the state government on August 13. We have requested the Tamil Nadu government to recognise skill games as a distinct sport and not club it along with gambling and provide safe harbour for professional players," Esports Players Welfare Association…