Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Unsurprisingly, what’s on most people’s mind in the Black Ops Cold War Alpha is the strength of the Skill Based Matchmaking (SBMM). Discussion and complains have once again exploded about it, perhaps justifiably so to not have a repeat of last year’s CoD. I wanted to share my personal experience and show some numbers I tracked from my first 35 games. A proper test can’t be done until there’s more time and access to more stats, but I wanted to try to get just a bit more than my personal feeling since so many people disagree on the level of SBMM they’ve been feeling so far.
K/D Tracking sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NBEi8VZxSvwKsDNp1Pa8VVr3__GyL5ZvBfomeWUmp4A/edit?usp=sharing
Image of my first 35 games: https://i.imgur.com/MHFzq1Q.jpg
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:48 - Overview of my first 20 games
4:27 - Making an alt account to compare
7:14 - More issues with BO4 K/D
8:25 - Other problems
11:08 - Some thoughts
11:56 - People having different feelings compared to MW
12:32 - Worse than MW?
12:53 - Fresh account bot lobby?
13:04 - My feeling for the level of SBMM in CW
14:17 - Repeat of thoughts on strong SBMM
15:38 - Wrap-up
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S0ur Twitter: twitter.com/S0urPatchAdults
S0ur Discord Server: discord.gg/URWFF58
Website: s0urpatchadults.com
Unsurprisingly, what’s on most people’s mind in the Black Ops Cold War Alpha is the strength of the Skill Based Matchmaking (SBMM). Discussion and complains have once again exploded about it, perhaps justifiably so to not have a repeat of last year’s CoD. I wanted to share my personal experience and show some numbers I tracked from my first 35 games. A proper test can’t be done until there’s more time and access to more stats, but I wanted to try to get just a bit more than my personal feeling since so many people disagree on the level of SBMM they’ve been feeling so far.
K/D Tracking sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NBEi8VZxSvwKsDNp1Pa8VVr3__GyL5ZvBfomeWUmp4A/edit?usp=sharing
Image of my first 35 games: https://i.imgur.com/MHFzq1Q.jpg
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:48 - Overview of my first 20 games
4:27 - Making an alt account to compare
7:14 - More issues with BO4 K/D
8:25 - Other problems
11:08 - Some thoughts
11:56 - People having different feelings compared to MW
12:32 - Worse than MW?
12:53 - Fresh account bot lobby?
13:04 - My feeling for the level of SBMM in CW
14:17 - Repeat of thoughts on strong SBMM
15:38 - Wrap-up
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S0ur Twitter: twitter.com/S0urPatchAdults
S0ur Discord Server: discord.gg/URWFF58
Website: s0urpatchadults.com
