Why do Some Argue Against Skill Based MM?

RingoMcLennison, on Apr 17 2021 - 15:21, said:   There's no answer if you keep talking about "balance" as a mythical creature made of unicorn fart.   Specify what do you call "balance" and we can start talking business. It's been 26 pages already and the SBMM crowd keeps going in circles.   Your hypothetic 2 teams are already selected. There are only 2 purple players. One in a tier X Obj 430U and the other in a tier VIII Tiger 2. How do you balance that? One in each team? Then the team with the 430U is given a large advantage. In this "balance" land of yours, how many greens you have to put in the other team to balance a purple? How many yellows per green? How many reds per yellow?   How do you measure the skill of players? Per global WR? Global WN8? Recent WR? Recent WN8? Per tank stats? How many battles in that particular tank do I have to play in order to be measured?   My question (which you didn't answer) points to a very simple reasoning: if you need to wait for another purple player in a tier X med to appear on the queue to match the 430U player, you're already adding time.   If your magical SBMM doesn't wait, well then, answer: how do you balance 2 purples, one in a tier X med and the other in a tier VIII heavy?   If you shuffle around players you're screwing tank composition. One team will end up with more heavies, or more arty, or more TDs, or more mediums than the other. Congrats, you balanced the skill while creating a different imbalance.