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The Evolution of Matchmaking in 'Apex Legends'

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Apex Legends launched four years ago with no skill-based matchmaking (SBMM). While players often claim that the best SBMM is no SBMM, significant evidence proving otherwise quickly emerged and the team has been iterating on in-house approaches to matchmaking since. This session is a full chronological review of how and why the matchmaking in Apex Legends has evolved since launch. Technical Director Samy Duc and Principal Data Scientist Christopher Pierse will discuss the details of Respawn's tech stack, skill measurement algorithms, and matchmaking algorithms at every step of this journey.

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