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9/2/2022 4:36:14 PM
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PvP: The above average scrub perspective*

My favourite type of matchmaking is SBMM. I love closely contested matches where my performance impacts the outcome of the match. That’s what motivates me and that’s where I have the most fun. I hate getting stomped and I get bored when I’m stomping someone else. I try to improve as a player, but it’s not my main motivation to play. I prefer loose SBMM in casual playlists and strict SBMM in competitive playlists. There are plenty of players similar to me, but there are also plenty of players who are not. Many players prefer CBMM. From reading lots of comments on these forums, here are a few things I feel differentiate a CBMM player from a SBMM player (I’m going to stick to ‘motivation to play’, rather than the technical preferences of queue times, connections etc). Average CBMM players enjoy a variety of matches (including stomping those well below them and getting stomped by those well above). Confident players can experiment with off-meta weapons and builds, without severely affecting their performance. Over time, improvement is visible in matches, through the frequency of kills, assists and deaths. Highly skilled players see the fruits of their labour, when they routinely dominate matches. A lot of the CBMM/SBMM ‘debate’ ignores any appreciation for what motivates different types of players. Many forum posts on this topic are so caught up in hurling insults at the other side, they completely undermine any comment being made. If you genuinely care about Destiny PvP, you will surely want the playerbase to be as healthy as possible. That means looking beyond merely our own preferences. There are people attempting to steer the conversation this way. Unfortunately, they are currently being drowned out by people who are only interested in their side ‘winning’. [spoiler]*I’m a 1.4kd in Elimination, 0.6kd in Trials[/spoiler]
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  • I'd call myself an above average scrub as well, not amazing, but pretty good. My only gripe currently is it feels like the SBMM can't decide where to stick me. Some matches I'm getting paired against absolute monsters. And some matches are pretty solid and fun. I'm hoping with time it balances out a bit more, cause it's pretty brutal when the game thinks I'm a god and matchmakes me as such! Aside from that I'm eager to see what changes with time

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