Why are people very dismissive of the notion that matchmaking puts in you in a match with a high probability that you will lose? Do you guys have any proof to backup that statement other than accusing people of being deluded?
I am not trying to stir up anything or call someone out; I just want to discuss it. The phenomena of getting "punished" in a bad group or a very high level lobby seems to be consistent every time after getting good matches. I do have in mind that this is purely a probability based on a vulnerable matchmaking algorithm that matches million of players.
P.S the game didn't save a great PoTG and last push in Hollywood. That was an amazing match (best Reinhardt play I ever did). I blocked 19k damage (not my best) and went apeshit on their whole team. The only thing pissed me off was that level 26 player who just kept going Torb or Pharah; he was in a lobby of people with prestige and shit.
I actually remembered the forced 50 thing because every time I have a streak of good games, I get grouped with either abnormal people, or high level play AND a low level one who always goes torb/bastion/hanzo--it is like a punishment camp every time you do well. I just had that moment with that low level torb, but we won later on. Just before that punishment camp, I was in a very crappy lobby of two bad teams: one went with Torb+rein+pharah, and our team couldn't counter them until I used Pharah to kill torb. Then I switch to Reaper because of an annoying tracer and I cleared their team with the ult (but no one capitalized). Some idiot started complaining about McCree+mercy combo, but I told him that our torb (count how many times I mention torb) dragged us down and refused to switch at the beginning when I told him politely TWICE.
Note that I was practicing in quick play. I don't want to ruin my 3-0 ranked score--not until I get a group and improve more.
lol. told people. and with the torb nerf, she's only going to get worse and worse and worse.
I am starting to hate her seriously big time. I know how to counter her, but I just met one today that kept on attacking near health packs. I almost killed her like seven times and she keeps coming back; I was having a hard time in that match because my team was getting smashed (the first torb match where I told him we don't need torb). I fought her as Soldier-76 and made a mistake of not chasing when she had a pixel left at the start of the match, and she kept on escaping again and again, but I had to watch the payload and push. That Tracer ended up with a 20 kill streak.
