{"id":106,"date":"2026-09-26T14:31:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T14:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juegosdivertidos.es\/?p=106"},"modified":"2026-09-26T14:31:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T14:31:45","slug":"what-are-the-different-types-of-matchmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juegosdivertidos.es\/?p=106","title":{"rendered":"What are the different types of matchmaking?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re asking about <strong>matchmaking in video games<\/strong>, there are several common types. Matchmaking is the system used to find suitable players to play together or against each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Different Types of Matchmaking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Skill-Based Matchmaking (SBMM)<\/strong><br>Players are matched based on their skill level, often using a hidden rating or ranking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rank-Based Matchmaking<\/strong><br>Players are matched according to their visible competitive rank, such as Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Connection-Based Matchmaking<\/strong><br>The system prioritizes players with a good internet connection and low latency to provide smoother gameplay.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Random Matchmaking<\/strong><br>Players are matched without considering skill or rank. The system simply finds available players.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Team-Based Matchmaking<\/strong><br>The system creates teams while attempting to balance the players on each side.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Region-Based Matchmaking<\/strong><br>Players are matched with others in the same or nearby geographical region to reduce network latency.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cross-Platform Matchmaking<\/strong><br>Players using different platforms\u2014such as PC, PlayStation, Xbox, or mobile\u2014can be matched together.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Party-Based Matchmaking<\/strong><br>Players who join a game as a group or party are matched with other players or teams, sometimes taking party size into account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role-Based Matchmaking<\/strong><br>Common in team-based games. Players are matched according to their selected roles, such as tank, healer, support, or damage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Behavior-Based Matchmaking<\/strong><br>Some games consider player behavior, such as reports or repeated disruptive behavior, when determining potential matches.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re asking about matchmaking in video games, there are several common types. Matchmaking is the system used to find suitable players to play together or against each other. Different Types of Matchmaking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-video-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juegosdivertidos.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juegosdivertidos.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juegosdivertidos.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juegosdivertidos.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juegosdivertidos.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/juegosdivertidos.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/juegosdivertidos.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juegosdivertidos.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juegosdivertidos.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juegosdivertidos.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juegosdivertidos.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}