Modern Warfare 2 players fight back against SBMM by “reverse boosting”
Skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) is something many Modern Warfare 2 beta players don’t like. So, they’re using a strategy called “reverse boosting” to trick the game.
SBMM has been a controversial topicnot only in Modern Warfare 2, but in many different competitive multiplayer games. FromApex Legendstoevery CoD released in the past 3 years, reverse boosting has been a strategy players employ to manipulate matchmaking.
What is reverse boosting, and how does it impact Modern Warfare 2’s matchmaking?
Modern Warfare 2 players “reverse boosting” to counter SBMM
In a nutshell, reverse boosting is a comparable term to inting. The idea is to either kill yourself or let yourself be killed repeatedly to trick skill-based matchmaking into thinking you’re a bad player.
Some Modern Warfare 2 beta players are alreadyreverse-boostingto take advantage of SBMM and guarantee they’ll be matched against worse players.
I asked him after the game ended and he told me he’s tired of SBMM..pic.twitter.com/ouJTudcX0x
Some players are determined to get their matchmaking rating down at any cost, even if it requires them to reverse boost their way through entire matches.
There is basic detection within Modern Warfare 2 (and other Call of Duty games) that will detect if someone’s sitting in a lobby. So, players have had to outsmart the system.
Instead of sitting in spawn and dying repeatedly, players have to move around and shoot to trick SBMM into thinking that they’re trying to play the game and losing rather than dying on purpose.
Many of Modern Warfare 2’searly issues have been addressedduring the beta, but SBMM wasn’t on the list from game developer Infinity Ward.
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Big figures in the CoD community likeTimTheTatMan,Dr Disrespect, andCouRagehave weighed in on this issue, and a great deal of them have rallied against SBMM.
Reverse boosting is both a way to counteract matchmaking and a method of protest, one that is skewing the results of every match these players are involved in whether they stomp a lobby or go 0-30.
