While Call of Duty: Warzone players continue to struggle with skill-based matchmaking (SBMM), some have found an unfair solution to ensure easy bot lobbies.
From Infinity Ward to Treyarch and Raven Software, Activision’s developers enlisted for Call of Duty: Warzone remained completely silent about their approach to SBMM. Instead, the game’s millions of players had to come up with theories about the matching algorithms themselves.
Warzone debuted in March 2020 and players spent months discussing the merits of SBMM and its application. Some believe that it is necessary to protect younger or casual players, others believe that they unjustly punish players for having good games. Most are somewhere in between, simply waiting for some transparency and balance for the combination system.
Recently, fans have discovered their own way of achieving some level of transparency using the SBMM Warzone website – which allows you to view complete death and death rate (K / D) data for the entire lobby. Using this and some experimentation, YouTuber ‘Rara’ discovered the reinforcement reversal method in bot lobbies and simultaneously exposed a streamer to use that method to obtain easy content.
Although we will not detail the specifications of this method, it is relatively simple and easy to perform, although it does require multiple accounts and various game settings. While it is not clear how prevalent the problem is, it is clear that several players have taken advantage of this.
“I debated doing that. I thought about leaving it alone until it was fixed. But I feel like I’m going to use this, because I’m going and I’m going to post a warning every time I do that, I want you to be able to use it. I really struggled with the thought. Ultimately, although Rara wasn’t sure if he should post the video explaining the method, he decided it was worth sharing so that Activision could handle it and streamers could be held responsible.
One such streamer is YouTube’s ‘Hydro’, which Rara tirelessly exposed and criticized for abusing this method to ensure easier lobbies. Unsurprisingly, the relatively new content creator was not enthusiastic about the reaction.
I find it funny how people are going to “expose” me to the reverse increase in CONTENT while you have Warzone tournaments on hold because of the professionals who use geographic filters and VPNs.
There is a big difference between the $ 100,000 prizes and a guy making class setting videos. Why am I so special? 🤣
– Hydro 🌊 (@hvdro) January 7, 2021
In response to being called, Hydro began to draw a difference between his abuse of the “for content” game system and the cheating taking place in lucrative Warzone tournaments.
Although developers haven’t yet addressed SBMM, fans continue to find ways to learn how it can be manipulated. With accusations flying left and right, whether for content or tournaments, the gaming community is deepening its matchmaking discourse.
In addition, it should be noted that we do not recommend that any player use this method of reverse reinforcement. Developers have punished accounts for abusing similar methods in the past and users may find that their accounts are at risk if they manipulate the system.