The recent Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War alpha resulted in ?skill-based matchmaking? (SBMM) trending on Twitter over the weekend. A large number of players have taken to social media to complain about SBMM in casual playlists, and noted that it took the fun out of matches and turned them into a frustrating experience.
When a fan wrongly theorized that previous Call of Duty titles, like Black Ops 2 and Modern Warfare 3, were fun to play because they didn?t use SBMM, Treyarch?s Director of Technology Martin Donlon corrected them by revealing that past Call of Duty titles did in fact have SBMM. However, it?s the implementation that seems to be the issue in Black Ops Cold War, and Donlon acknowledged that it?s a valid complaint.

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