So this seems prevalent in just about every CoD I've played online (CoD4 and up), and it constantly perplexes me as to why it still happens.
Let's say for example I wanna play TDM. I absolutely despise TDM on Strikezone. I don't want to play it. When it comes up as a map option, it gets picked, I leave to join a new game where I don't have to play Strikezone. Upon selecting TDM again though, I'm thrust back into the same mothertrucking lobby I just left, sometimes even multiple times, until I just give up on that game mode. I've even marked people as avoided players and it STILL sticks me back in the same room. It annoys me to no end.
My question is this: Is this a CoD thing exclusively or is it a problem with XBL matchmaking? If it's CoD, why the hell haven't they made it so you don't get placed back into the same lobby you just left? Even if it was accidental and I wanted back in I could just use recent players. Doesn't make sense.