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Overwatch |OT3| White, White, Blue, White
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randomusername
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Is it me or did the new PS4 update make the colors all weird?
orthodoxy1095
Banned
that feel when you get a mercy potg
I'm going to say screw it and treat comp like quickmatch. It's virtually the same thing.
Used to really bother me that losing a single match will lower me by a full rank no matter how I played during it, but I'm going to treat comp like the "competitive point grinding simulator" it deserves to be.
Used to really bother me that losing a single match will lower me by a full rank no matter how I played during it, but I'm going to treat comp like the "competitive point grinding simulator" it deserves to be.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Welp lost my first match already 6 vs 1
Fuck you Blizzard for giving assholes a free leave, then leaving a stupid prompt of you can leave but with a loss...
The fuck kind of bullshit is this
I stayed and ate the loss, yet watch that not matter at all into my SR
Fuck you Blizzard for giving assholes a free leave, then leaving a stupid prompt of you can leave but with a loss...
The fuck kind of bullshit is this
I stayed and ate the loss, yet watch that not matter at all into my SR
Dead Prince
Banned
subtract my brain.
little miss gogo
Member
whats this mean
Dead Prince
Banned
whats this mean
you get to play with seagull
Forerunner
Member
Down 0-2 on Nepal and coming back to win 3-2 always feels good.
You've ascended to a higher plane of Overwatch.
Got 2 POTGs as Symmetra on attack in Hanamura and Numbani today, the latter with 3 gold medals.
The most satisfying thing is imagining the defence Symmetras' reaction to my POTGs. They get killed by me and change character, whilst I stick with Symm and do their job better than them.
Teleporters are better than rezzes because the team can immediately come back with different characters in response to e.g. a Bastion, and you're not all clumped together to feed Reapers ults and the such.
The most satisfying thing is imagining the defence Symmetras' reaction to my POTGs. They get killed by me and change character, whilst I stick with Symm and do their job better than them.
Teleporters are better than rezzes because the team can immediately come back with different characters in response to e.g. a Bastion, and you're not all clumped together to feed Reapers ults and the such.
Wow Symmetra on attack? What's your tip for that? I always die and not sure what to do to attack when I play on attack.
reminder that Season 1 should be completely scrapped, your rank, EVERYTHING.
Permanently A
Junior Member
whats this mean
little miss murder
3 of my 4 loses during placement was due to a leaver. Seriously, it's stupid that you still get a loss if someone else leaves.
Means if you want to maintain/grow that skill rank you better only play in a good group, because solo queue gobble ranks like crack.
But forreal, that's an amazing rank!
Berserking Guts
Member
Finally! And in competitive mode no less. Two birds, one stone.
I've been lucky enough so far in pub that I've won my first 5 games out of 6. Even if I lose the next 4 games now I'll be happy.
I've been lucky enough so far in pub that I've won my first 5 games out of 6. Even if I lose the next 4 games now I'll be happy.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
31 Symmetra elims tho
Berserking Guts
Member
I think it's 20.
little miss gogo
Member
thanks guys! my secret was solo q hanzo every single game
DeSo
Banned
Jesus, that seems excessive.
Oh, another question, can you come up against groups in solo queue and can you tell if a team is grouped?
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Forerunner
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Yeah you can solo que group and you can tell who's in a group by the bracket on the VS. screen. Generally, the game does a good job of matching. It uses solo players to fill spots a lot of the times. Like a group of four and two solo players. I’ve never seen it pure solo vs a full group. A lot of my games actually have been everyone solo.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
I don't get it
Leaving should be huge in Competitive
Placement should punish you to high heaven for even doing it
Rather than give you the leavers penalty it should automatically drop you -5 or -10 ranks from the get go
I get too many leaves equals bans you for the mode, but shit needs to be strict from the start that this isn't quick play now with mics
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I don't like being team captain per say, I call out everything
My second game was pure Competitive Bliss
My team listened to me, I called out enemy locations, called out I was placing armor packs, my team was fucking cohesive just me only the one communicating
Started on Hanamura as Defend, went full 10 minutes, but teammates were smart to come pick up armor before venturing out
I almost shed a tear when Mcree came back from running outside, grabbed a pack, thanked me and got a double kill in the process, I know my +75 helped him there
Switched to Attack, I called out the setup of the team and location, 2 flanked left, 3 center, I as Reaper flanked right
Two deaths later worth of back and forth from both sides, their Defense crumbled trying to cover that many points
Smart Tracer peeled off @75% and ran to Objective B to cause chaos, while we got there
I just flanked from underneath, Triple Kill Death Blossom, for them chasing Tracer letting their guard down
Capped point
Our Reinhardt got there @99% and just emoted like Victory
I love this game when shit is on point
I would have taken a loss here if my team played that competently and no reason to bounce on them
Fuck why is this game so cruel ;(
1st placement I'm ready to never play this mode due to leavers
2nd game pure Working Gears in Perfection of getting that win
xaosslug
Member
finished my placement matches... 5-5 and ended up rank 42. Some of the best and worst team experiences I've had in this game. In one match 4 peeps quit and it was just me & Genji trying to duo Nepal... it was a hot-ass mess. T__T
gotDAMN I need a solid group of peeps to play with if I'mma survive rank'd. smh
gotDAMN I need a solid group of peeps to play with if I'mma survive rank'd. smh
DeSo
Banned
Cheers!
chrominance
Member
God, fuck competitive. I don't know why Blizzard thought it would be fun to give someone an unnaturally high ranking, but let me tell you: my 3-10 record today felt like fucking SHIT. If the game had just placed me at, I dunno, 42 or 45 or whatever my actual ranking should be, maybe I'd actually win some games. Instead, every game feels awful and I hate everything. Like, what the hell did I ever do to you, Blizzard?
It depends how often you leave games apparently. It lasted 2 games for me when the servers kept kicking me one day.
On another note, I've apparently discovered an achievement glitch -- I ulted as D.Va right as a round was ending, and it gave me a quintuple kill + the 4-kill achievement.
There is no set amount if games it lasts. It lasts as long your leave percentage over the last X games (20 I believe) is over a certain threshold. So the more often you leave in a row, the longer it will take to get away as all your leaves are concentrated in your recent games.
CybernatonEvolution
Member
I have the same issue. Goodbye season 1.
P.S I saw some ridiculous ranking requirements in the recruit reddit. I just won a game against people of 4-6 higher points average and I couldn't even level up one spot (I used Lucio and got some medals). I had two rage quits that prevented me from ranking, so something like 6-3 and I am lower than the point where I started. This is hands down the worst ranked system (execution and design wise) I've ever came across; it has a similar attitude to that bugged matchmaking that does weird things and disregards bloated stats.
CybernatonEvolution
Member
That number dictates who you group up with and the quality of competition. It is essential that you get at least 40-45 points to be safe from the cesspool below.
Dead Prince
Banned
tried out zarya. not about that attacking and shielding people. how does one do it especially when your team clumps together and you want to shield that one person who is dying
also was playing Nepal and was on the point. roadhog hooks me. he didn't try to kill me but just let me go. luckily i calmed down and didn't panic. skidded on the wall and jumped to the other side and started riding back up.
also was playing Nepal and was on the point. roadhog hooks me. he didn't try to kill me but just let me go. luckily i calmed down and didn't panic. skidded on the wall and jumped to the other side and started riding back up.
DeSo
Banned
Yeah I left like two games in a row over salt (left one game, got placed back into the same game, left again). It's gone now though.
AnotherNils
Member
There's no way those overbuff stats are right. It lists me has having 31 eliminations with Winston in competitive and being 0-1. I used him for parts of two games, one which I won and one which I lost. Combined I don't think I had 20 kills.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Fun with a group, kinda a crapshoot on whether it'll be fun or unfun with randoms.
So like usual then.
So like usual then.
yeehamuffins
Member
I actually decided to just play quick play tonight rather than torture myself with more competitive (currently 8-13, and 6 of the 8 wins were in my qualifying matches, so you can see how well things have been going once I got ranked) and I honestly had a lot more fun playing "casual" than watching my ranking tumble with every loss. Might just stick with quick play from now on, and wait for Season 2 to get back into competitive.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Do what I'm planning to do. Quick play when I don't have a group, ranked when I do.
CybernatonEvolution
Member
Ranked is amazing. Everyone is giving their best; each match is an exhausting 20 minutes of back and forth action. Everyone is using mics, chat, commands..,etc. The leveling up system is fair and works properly. Solo que works; someone went 9-1 in solo que and was rated 50+. Everyone is running meta teams and adapting mid-fight; no bad picks or quick play strats.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
To be fair just because someone runs meta teams doesn't mean that they will be actually good.
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