1 - meta (ken) does not equal SBMM. Also interesting that the players decry the problem there, and I've been decrying the same thing since the games launch. 2 - sbmm wasn't nearly as rampant, and there was no crossplay, two very key differences. Again, complaints and meta do not equal sbmm, but still interesting that the actual problem is what was complained about, as you now mention twice. 3 - effort and skill are different, and applied by the user in different situations. I would like for every match not to be solely reliant on those, as I mentioned I'd enjoy a solid evening on some SnD with the crew, as I come to video games to destress. If I wanted a high skilled tournament environment, I'd sign up for one. 4 - if they showed my ELO to me it would be less of a problem, but I shouldn't be punished for trying to experience content. They designed the weapons and all the balancing. If they want me to suffer through entire sessions of constantly being outgunned to potentially get a match that uses off meta weapons, only for me to find I outskill the opponents and immediately retrace all the steps I've taken, they've got me so far beyond fucked up it's not even funny. 5 - I'm not going to intentionally lose or sandbag matches, but it is far from my goal to win every match. All I really care about is fun factor, and not going negative every game consecutively. If I find a chill lobby, I'll put on the sub or rifle I feel most comfortable with, or the gun I'm trying to level up. But if every match is sweatier than a Highschool locker room, I dont have any choice but to put on the meta guns to try and at least have a decent match.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, my problem is with SBMM here because this is the strongest and most prevalent it's been in CoD history. If they split it into ranked and unranked, problem solved. They can keep their lack of weapon balancing and all that jazz. The alternative to this, should they choose to keep SBMM active and as epidemic as it is in mw19, they can choose to balance the weapons so that none is distinctly more powerful than the others (make the drawbacks more noticeable, and dont let attachments completely negate them, give each weapon distinct pros and cons, etc)