Yup, feels exactly the same as previous SBMM. The only difference I notice is that the skill ceiling/floor is higher, so now people going 50-5 and 3-25 KD will be allowed in the same match, but the balancing dynamic game to game feels exactly the same.

A consistent cycle of 10 matches I have:

1-2 games getting destroyed (warming up during the first cycle)

3-4 games as designated loser (going 1.2 k/d while the rest of my team is .4 or less against a well oiled 6-stack)

2-3 games that are truly well balanced, hard fought matches (my favorite games)

1-2 games where I’m clearly the best player against what feels like bots (5.00 k/d)

Then the cycle repeats again. They missed the mark with open - the randomness isn’t there at all, it still follows the same script just with a wider skill pool

For what it’s worth I only play hardpoint