Why do Some Argue Against Skill Based MM?

Nixeldon, on May 22 2021 - 15:14, said: You don't get it. There is an anomaly in WOT called the bell curve. Random matchmakers spontaneously produce bell curves to rig match outcomes. It takes good players and puts them in easy matches. It takes bad players and puts them in hard matches.The reason those players are good or bad is because of the Random MM shifts bell curves. The Random MM makes distinctions between players and treats them differently because blind selections are biased.   Captains of the 3rd grade kickball team are professionals, because good players are 40 years old, purple and have names like Tom Brady. Bad players are 8 years old because they are red, they are the majority of the player base, and they can't reach their keyboards.   The bell curve hates colors so swapping colors makes it vanish. This makes matches fair because discriminating based on colors is impartial. You can test this easily: 1) Play WOT with XVM installed.  2) Wait for a 'SBMM*' match(matching colors). 3) Notice, you won't see the bell curve or feel the shift.   'SBMM*'  doesn't reduce landslides. It removes steamrolls. If the team colors are wrong, it is called a steamroll. If the teams have the correct colors, it is called a blowout. The budhaDictionaryTM explains this. You have to use XVM to see the difference.    Did you fail 3rd grade??? Most players don't use XVM, so they don't see how the bell curve gives them advantages or screws them. How can they possibly know anything? hurp durr...   As long as the pros on both teams are getting screwed, it cancels out like it never happened. If your house is robbed and your neighbor's house across the street is robbed too, then it is win-win. Now the short-armed robber moves in down the street, across from the 8 year old and you have a balanced neighborhood. That's the definition of 'SBMM*'.   There is a special exemption for platoons because platoons are naturally immune to bell curves. They can't influence their matches because the bell curve didn't shift them.