Summary
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 players can request a massive data dump from the Activision support website.
- The information reveals a player's hidden skill rating, which is not something that can be viewed in-game.
- YouTuber discovers that backing out of games can cause a drastic decline in skill rating.
A YouTuber has stumbled across a method to reveal a plethora of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 statistics that cannot be viewed in-game, such as a player's skill rating. While this discovery won't change any core fundamentals of the way an individual plays, skill-based matchmaking continues to be a hot topic in the Call of Duty community, which means plenty of Black Ops 6 players will be eager to see their hidden skill rating and learn more about how they are matched with other players online.
Skill-based matchmaking in Call of Duty has been a controversial topic for many years now, with things only becoming more divisive since the launch of Black Ops 6 in October 2024. Skill-based matchmaking, which is often abbreviated to SBMM, is a system featured in plenty of competitive multiplayer titles where players are matched with others based purely on their skill level. It's a complicated algorithm that goes against the usual matchmaking system which relies solely on a player's internet connection. SBMM has become incredibly controversial, especially in the Call of Duty community, as players believe it favors newcomers and punishes those who are good at the game.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Player Discovers Hidden Skill Rating Stat
Activision has recently begun breaking down Call of Duty's SBMM system for the community, but the studio has never made it clear what an individual's skill rating is. Although players can see various in-game statistics such as their kill-to-death and win-to-loss ratio, it is not currently possible to see a player's skill rating in-game. However, YouTuber XclusiveAce has recently discovered that players can request a full breakdown of their Call of Duty statistics dating back to 2021's Vanguard. The data can be requested via the Activision support website by signing in with the relevant Activision ID and submitting a new request. The YouTuber says it may take some time to be delivered, but a massive datasheet will then be available for players to sift through.
As shown in XclusiveAce's most recent video, the data shows a player's skill rating for every single multiplayer match that they've played in Black Ops 6. Although there isn't much that can be done with this data, it is interesting to see how an individual's skill rating can change over time. One of the most fascinating discoveries made by the YouTuber was that a player's skill rating will take a drastic decline when backing out of matches persistently, but will then massively increase afterward. XclusiveAce showed how their skill rating went from just under 200 right up to almost 400 in just one game. While they did have multiple games at the lower skill rating, there was no gradual increase as the rating doubled from one game to the next.
It's currently unclear how high an individual's skill rating can go, but it doesn't seem to be based on a player's kill-to-death ratio, according to XclusiveAce. The YouTuber noted how they had exceptional games with a 3.0 kill-to-death ratio but actually saw their skill rating decline, which they speculate could be down to the overall skill level of their lobbies, which is not displayed in the data. So while many Black Ops 6 players will likely be checking their combat record for their kill-to-death ratio and assuming the higher it is the more likely they are to have a higher skill rating, that doesn't seem to be the case, as a massive factor is how well the individual performs in higher skill rated lobbies.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 83 /100 Critics Rec: 91%
- Released
- October 25, 2024
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Suggestive Themes, Strong Language, Use of Drugs
- Developer(s)
- Treyarch, Raven Software
- Publisher(s)
- Activision
- Engine
- IW 9.0
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- Yes - PlayStation, Xbox, PC
WHERE TO PLAY
Forced to go rogue. Hunted from within. This is Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Developed by Treyarch and Raven, Black Ops 6 is a spy action thriller set in the early 90s, a period of transition and upheaval in global politics, characterized by the end of the Cold War and the rise of the United States as a single superpower. With a mind-bending narrative, and unbound by the rules of engagement, this is signature Black Ops.
The Black Ops 6 Campaign provides dynamic moment-to-moment gameplay that includes a variety of play spaces with blockbuster set pieces and action-packed moments, high-stakes heists, and cloak-and-dagger spy activity.
In a best-in-class Multiplayer experience, players will test their skills across 16 new maps at launch, including 12 core 6v6 maps and 4 Strike maps that can be played 2v2 or 6v6.
Black Ops 6 also marks the epic return of Round-Based Zombies, the fan-favorite mode where players will take down hordes of the undead in two brand-new maps at launch. Post-launch, players can look forward to even more exciting maps and groundbreaking experiences dropping into both Multiplayer and Zombies.
- Cross Save
- Yes - PlayStation, Xbox, PC
- Prequel(s)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: World at War
- Franchise
- Call of Duty
- Number of Players
- 1-4
- Split Screen Orientation
- Vertical or Horizontal
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- Unknown
- PC Release Date
- October 25, 2024
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- October 25, 2024
- PS5 Release Date
- October 25, 2024
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC
- Genre(s)
- FPS
- How Long To Beat
- 8 Hours
- X|S Optimized
- Yes
- PS Plus Availability
- N/A
- File Size Xbox Series
- 216 GB (October 2024)
- Local Co-Op Support
- 1-2 Players
- OpenCritic Rating
- Strong
