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PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 4 个月前

Activision secretly experimented on 50% of Call of Duty players by 'decreasing' skill-based matchmaking, and determined players like SBMM even if they don't know it

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Activision secretly experimented on 50% of Call of Duty players by 'decreasing' skill-based matchmaking, and determined players like SBMM even if they don't know it

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PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 4 个月前

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The experiment was just one discovery of a 25-page paper covering how SBMM works in Call of Duty.

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That sounds like it’s correcting too aggressively. Perhaps it should take into account the last three matches before adjusting your ranking.

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