Not sure if the community perception around this mode has changed since I last paid much attention to the series, but it feels really odd (no pun intended) to have this mode in the ranked playlist.
Oddball has always been a more casual, quirky game type. Not sure if others will agree but personally I’d prefer to see this cut from ranked. It doesn’t play well and the playstyle it mandates is extremely unfun for the carrier, it’s frustrating not being able to actually participate beyond just hiding. You can’t juggle the skull to frag like you can with the flag, so your gameplay becomes hugging walls and dodging nades, not the best experience IMO.
Really sucks to lose out on a potential good game type whenever Oddball rears its weird little head, or skull as it were.