Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Call of Duty fans have been divided on Black Ops 7's matchmaking system going from the beta to the launch, and now we know for sure that something changed. Whether it be for player retention, or to soften the blow for full-SBMM in Modern Warfare 4, Activision have rug pulled the playerbase
• My Initial Impressions of Black Ops 7: youtube.com/watch?v=ACH_IskXYxg
• Battlefield 6 Season One Review: youtube.com/watch?v=jsPtvDjfAo0

• Stay Connected
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Intro: On The Sunny Side of the Street By ProleteR soundcloud.com/proleter-beatmaker/ella-fitzgerald-count-basie-on-the-sunny-side-of-the-street-proleter-tribute
Outro: I Get Ideas by Louis Armstrong (ProleteR Tribute) soundcloud.com/proleter-beatmaker/louis-armstrong-i-get-ideas-proleter-tribute

• XclusiveAce's Matchmaking Testing & Results
youtube.com/watch?v=K96b3cU9MTM

• Erock, who built my PC
youtube.com/@ErockOnTech

• Timestamps
00:00-01:00 Introduction
01:00-02:00 Black Ops 7's Rug Pull Matchmaking
02:00-03:12 XclusiveAce Tested Black Ops 7's Matchmaking
03:13-03:45 Classic Matchmaking vs "Open" Matchmaking
03:46-05:14 "The Nuketown Experience" With The New Matchmaking
05:15-07:05 People Actually Defending Activision...
07:06-09:30 It's Time To Rant
09:31-11:07 Activision's Bait & Switch
11:08-12:00 Call of Duty Controversy Through The Years
12:01-13:35 Why I Care So Much
13:36-14:15 Their Plan To Divide The Community
14:16-15:21 Closing Thoughts & Outro

#CallofDuty #BlackOps7 #Activision