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Overwatch |OT6.99999997311%| Game of the Year
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Is there any confirmation that the Random Heroes brawl is biased at certain times?
I realize "random" can theoretically do streaks, but I feel like I see it almost every time I play it. 4 Widowmakers one map. One suicides and ends up with Hanzo, okay, that's coincidence. 3 Hanzos. 3 Anas. And all that is within maybe 2-3 KOTH games. I've also repeatedly seen games where one champion is dominating, and that's the only one on the team. The INSTANT they are killed, a different teammate spawns as the same champ.
Some may be coincidence, but someone who's good with statistics, what are the odds of 6 different people ending up with 3-4 of the same champ in rapid succession, out of 20+ heroes, multiple times?
I realize "random" can theoretically do streaks, but I feel like I see it almost every time I play it. 4 Widowmakers one map. One suicides and ends up with Hanzo, okay, that's coincidence. 3 Hanzos. 3 Anas. And all that is within maybe 2-3 KOTH games. I've also repeatedly seen games where one champion is dominating, and that's the only one on the team. The INSTANT they are killed, a different teammate spawns as the same champ.
Some may be coincidence, but someone who's good with statistics, what are the odds of 6 different people ending up with 3-4 of the same champ in rapid succession, out of 20+ heroes, multiple times?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Dude, you'll be carrying me, I'm like 360 away.
Sr gain is weird though. I thought I'd be out of the stage where they inflate sr gain by now but I'm still getting 30-40 per win and lose around 15 per loss.
Dude, you'll be carrying me, I'm like 360 away.
Sr gain is weird though. I thought I'd be out of the stage where they inflate sr gain by now but I'm still getting 30-40 per win and lose around 15 per loss.
Yea it's super weird. I lost a match while I was at my season high then on my next win I got enough SR to surpass it. Maybe its based on your career high?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Yeah, in a good day I'd do around 17K damage or so, which is why I'm surprised that the ceiling is so low on overbuff.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Got a new PC so I decided to record some footage
Ended up with the funniest POTG i've ever gotten
https://gfycat.com/EnormousAbsoluteHoneyeater
Ended up with the funniest POTG i've ever gotten
https://gfycat.com/EnormousAbsoluteHoneyeater
The Driver
Member
Oops, 16k damage, wonder where the 2k "damage done" figure in the Oversumo app comes from.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Oversumo does it per life.
Which isn't a bad metric to measure by, honestly.
Certainly better than the per minute thing masteroverwatch does which is like, what does this even mean?
Which isn't a bad metric to measure by, honestly.
Certainly better than the per minute thing masteroverwatch does which is like, what does this even mean?
I do around 7k with but I consider her a situational character for certain points.
The Driver
Member
Ah ok that sounds right lol. Still to be regularly hitting half my record damage output (33k game iirc) in non-KOTH or steamroll payload matches is pretty crazy to me.
Soldier is just too insane right now and I wonder how long he'll go unchanged before Blizzard nerfs him. Outside of niche situations I can think of no reason not to run him nearly every game.
Shouldn't have said anything.
Lost 3 straight
Just got 4 golds and POTG with Zenyatta in the last one.
yeehamuffins
Member
Ugh, I know that pain. 4 golds as D.Va on Hanamura, still didn't manage to stop them from capping Point B. Still trying to break that 2,000 SR barrier yet. Although I'm only 10 wins away from only needing the 200 points from Silver to afford a gold weapon, and I've got a bad feeling that'll probably happen before I crack that Gold barrier.
LucidMomentum
Member
Congrats! I will join you one day.
mugoldeneagle03
Member
It's such a struggle deciding to let someone else play 76 so I can help support or to feel like an ass and choose him every game, but man I just wreck with that guy. Hard to give up.
Does anyone else that plays Tracer get shit for using her in comp more often than you'd expect, even if you're doing well?
I got asked if I was sure about the pick on koth, even though I was putting in work, and this isn't the first time I've been asked this. My friend's theory is that it's because they don't really see what I'm doing since I'm normally not with the group.
I got asked if I was sure about the pick on koth, even though I was putting in work, and this isn't the first time I've been asked this. My friend's theory is that it's because they don't really see what I'm doing since I'm normally not with the group.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Gold ranked, 2234. Goddamn I am so out of practice.
MarioHead3
Banned
Ana is great in theory, but the person playing her needs to have really good aim to be effective. It's not that they don't like Ana, it's just that they don't trust you, and given the number of bad Anas I've seen, I don't necessarily blame them.
RecRoulette
Member
Too many "I need healing even though I'm on my own in the middle of nowhere" Genjis and Tracers have made people paranoid.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Anyone have good tips on how to counter Pharmercy? Just played a match where a Pharah single-handedly carried her team, and I couldn't do a whole lot when my ult is still charging because she had a pocket Mercy the whole time. Her rockets do so much damage now, especially with Mercy's damage boost.
Pressure her out and then focus on the people on the ground, or have a burst waiting. If they are just floating high up take the fight. If Pharah is diving murder her or Mercy with CC or burst.
ScottSullivan
Member
just lost 4 comps in a row...time to quit for the night lol...Should have stopped after 2!
LucidMomentum
Member
One match, it was the Nepal point with the pit in the middle of the room.
Their Roadhog hooks me, right as our Roadhog hooks him.
I start to go forward, then I fly to the right at an angle as their Roadhog falls to his death.
Was hilarious. Vectors, y'all.
Astral/H3X
Member
I've actually been playing a good bit of Ana recently, and I know my usual team seems to enjoy having my Ana around. I don't know if Id particularly say my aim is good, so much as I know when to compensate for that in difficult times with a grenade.
If someone is hopping around it's usually much easier to hit with that splash than trying to hit a snipe.
This pretty much.
This guy on my team in a losing match on Hanimura last night got so tilted that he was actually shrieking in rage at this duo who weren't in team chat. All the more amusing because he was so pumped at the start of the match, telling everyone he was ready for "legendary" time.
The fact that his voice and accent made him sound just like Murray from Flight of the Conchords made it both hilarious and sad at the same time.
Dude claimed the Pharah in the duo on our team was dead weight but, honestly, I couldn't be sure (I also didn't have much sympathy since he insta-locked my beloved Zarya).
Irony is; the very next map on King's Row he was on the opposing team with his party against his former teammates, me and the duo. All the more satisfying when, not only did I out-Zarya him, but the supposedly 'bad' teammates did just fine.
ScottSullivan
Member
This pretty much.
This guy on my team in a losing match on Hanimura last night got so tilted that he was actually shrieking in rage at this duo who weren't in team chat. All the more amusing because he was so pumped at the start of the match, telling everyone he was ready for "legendary" time.
The fact that his voice and accent made him sound just like Murray from Flight of the Conchords made it both hilarious and sad at the same time.
Dude claimed the Pharah in the duo on our team was dead weight but, honestly, I couldn't be sure (I also didn't have much sympathy since he insta-locked my beloved Zarya).
Irony is; the very next map on King's Row he was on the opposing team with his party against his former teammates, me and the duo. All the more satisfying when, not only did I out-Zarya him, but the supposedly 'bad' teammates did just fine.
LOL @ murray from FOTC
scotcheggz
Member
This pretty much.
This guy on my team in a losing match on Hanimura last night got so tilted that he was actually shrieking in rage at this duo who weren't in team chat. All the more amusing because he was so pumped at the start of the match, telling everyone he was ready for "legendary" time.
The fact that his voice and accent made him sound just like Murray from Flight of the Conchords made it both hilarious and sad at the same time.
Dude claimed the Pharah in the duo on our team was dead weight but, honestly, I couldn't be sure (I also didn't have much sympathy since he insta-locked my beloved Zarya).
Irony is; the very next map on King's Row he was on the opposing team with his party against his former teammates, me and the duo. All the more satisfying when, not only did I out-Zarya him, but the supposedly 'bad' teammates did just fine.
Should've called him ginger balls.
I really don't get all the egos in online shooters.
buy teh haloz
Banned
People who pronounce the letters in D.Va separately
so I decided to buy the game for black friday. It's been ridiculously fun. I got a pretty good laugh out of this though:
I just got up on the payload and went to town. The entire match lasted only a few minutes. I mean, I know it's not a lot but as Bastion it's super easy to get picked out and killed before you can even get a good position.
I just got up on the payload and went to town. The entire match lasted only a few minutes. I mean, I know it's not a lot but as Bastion it's super easy to get picked out and killed before you can even get a good position.
BaronLundi
Member
So my experience with comp has been pretty depressing so far. 7 wins - 4 draws - 16 losses.
That's a 25% win rate, compared to 55% in quick play Almost all the wins have been steamrolls. A good portion of the losses too. All close games have resulted in losses or draws despite pretty good team composition and communication. I've seen 6 players leaving (and coming back after a looong time), always in our team.
Still sitting slightly under 2000 SR thanks to the game giving me big boosts for wins and small chunks for losses.
Above all, the level of toxicity has been way higher than I expected. I dare not imagine how it is on EU servers (I moved away to US servers because people seemed more relaxed, at least in QP...).
That's a 25% win rate, compared to 55% in quick play
Almost all the wins have been steamrolls. A good portion of the losses too. All close games have resulted in losses or draws despite pretty good team composition and communication. I've seen 6 players leaving (and coming back after a looong time), always in our team. Still sitting slightly under 2000 SR thanks to the game giving me big boosts for wins and small chunks for losses.
Above all, the level of toxicity has been way higher than I expected. I dare not imagine how it is on EU servers (I moved away to US servers because people seemed more relaxed, at least in QP...).
MarioHead3
Banned
Things are a bit different on console where barely anyone is any good with Ana.
DevilDog
Member
People who pronounce the letters in D.Va separately
Dee vee ayy
MarioHead3
Banned
Leviosaaah
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Can we get a patch to make ana's hello emote more interesting?
What do you suggest ?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Anything but a boring ass salute.
Nintendoga
Member
Man, I had a nice winning streak and reached Master half a week ago. Before immediately going on a losing streak over the next couple of days and dropping back down to 2900's. I think it's time for me to stop playing Comp for a few days...
On a side note, earlier today in a match we had two tanks and only one healer. So I picked Lucio, before being told to switch to a different healer because "We already got Mercy and Lucio's kinda garbage anyway so you know..."
I can cross that off of "things I never thought I'd ever hear on Overwatch".
On a side note, earlier today in a match we had two tanks and only one healer. So I picked Lucio, before being told to switch to a different healer because "We already got Mercy and Lucio's kinda garbage anyway so you know..."
I can cross that off of "things I never thought I'd ever hear on Overwatch".
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Went trip tank as the roadhog on attack of eichenwilde.
Immediately pulled in zarya who was spawn camping.
GGs.
Immediately pulled in zarya who was spawn camping.
GGs.
MarioHead3
Banned
She's a military woman. I don't know what you expect her to do.
Sombra has the best one though.
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