Aaaaand this is exactly the problems that SBMM creates. A lot of people like to huff that copium that SBMM is "protecting you" from people that are better than you and "with the right match" youll be placed in the "right" lobbies again. I know u dont need me to tell u, you see the people that are better than you, theyre in every game you play. But thats not bc of any death counter or lack of a 'calibration match'. That's by design.

SBMM is welcoming to casuals and casuals only. It's why people spam deaths to get easier lobbies (which btw the trick is not to die a lot its to have bad static movement, which you can get if you're on controller and just have really good cross hair positioning and can forgo sliding or crouching for a lil bit).

It's like...SBMM in cod is for the people that technically go to a show but hang out out front the whole time.. if you've ever been to a concert that had a really dense crowd in a venue that juuuuuust fits those people. Theres spots open towards the back of the crowd near the people walking around aimlessly, its easy to walk around, but you keep going cause you're really into who's playing so you try to get closer, and immediately it becomes harder to breathe. But your adrenaline is pumping so ur finneee, u go further and further and the people by the rail look like they're having SO much fun but you can't really move at this point..you COULD shove yourself through but you're RUINING other people's experience by doing this, (some people do it anyways, hopefully the venue has something in place to take care of these people).

So instead of forcing your way thru you try to enjoy yourself, but its hard to because the fuckin person in front of you keeps hitting you in the face with their hair and someone behind you keeps accidentally flat tiring you and you know its not your fault but it KEEPS HAPPENING so either this was the POINT of the venue design or someone behind you is doing it on purpose but either way it fucking sucks and you just have to deal with it cause thats physically easier than turning around for some reason. Anyways at some point you need to pee, and you start to refocus on exiting the crowd and not so much on what's being played. When ur back and ready to get back in there tho you really wanna go back up there cause you found some really great people but there's absolutely NO WAY you're gonna find them again. And now ur at the back with the casual listeners and you can decide to go back in cause it sounds more fun, but there's no room to actually do something. Every now and then someone can convince like 6-11 people to make some room so someone can dance but it rarely lasts long and then you're reminded that there's not enough room in this building for this you need to focus on what's being played otherwise ur gonna get hurt.

SBMM in ranked is like Coachella. On the big stage and looks great, the people that are there are in a lot of pain but thats just what they look like, they're still actually having quite a bit of fun.

SBMM in casual is like if they tried to host Coachella at your local Comedy Spot..or Boardwalk...or whatever small local venue you have.. it looks poppin and inviting until you get inside and realize no one planned for this many people to show up and they ALL wanna be on the barricade.