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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
That feel when you think your team blows because they seem to overextend constantly on defense, but then you manage to blow away the other team through deathballing with speedboost.
For solo Q I tend to appreciate having a reaper and rein on my team when I play lucio because they seem to benefit the best from speedboost even if you have 0 communication.
The stat I really like following the most as lucio is my off assists stat. Getting close to that top 99%.
For solo Q I tend to appreciate having a reaper and rein on my team when I play lucio because they seem to benefit the best from speedboost even if you have 0 communication.
The stat I really like following the most as lucio is my off assists stat. Getting close to that top 99%.
Incendiary
Banned
It's always fun in comp when your team royally fucks up on defense and let's the team get all the way to the end but manages to hold that last 5-10m just by sheer luck, and you go into the attack phase thinking the worst. And then your team steamrolls all the way to the end and gets a victory no problem.
I also discovered (and can't remember if I mentioned this before) that on hybrid maps, if you hold the other team and they finish the map in overtime, but your team finishes with time to spare, you automatically get the victory if you manage to cap the first point on the second attack round. I thought for sure the other team would get another chance as well, but nope.
LucidMomentum
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So many people just don't know what to do when the Reinhart stops shielding and goes in.
I didn't play at all over the weekend, and went from 2400 to 2300 last night.
I ended up with the same two stack for two different games, and boy were they awful. Like, trying to coach while one of the guys only played Hanzo and Genji and would complain whenever he got one shot by Pharah, instead of switching to something more viable for the map / lineup.
But of course I was responsible for not holding the point as Lucio, despite contesting it for so long that I got 2 ultimates off and we still couldn't push them back.
UGH.
So I went Rein for the last match of the night and we ran a train on the other team. But that was without those two goobers.
I kept myself from falling below to the high 2200s, so hopefully I can climb back up to 2500 this week. We'll see.
I didn't play at all over the weekend, and went from 2400 to 2300 last night.
I ended up with the same two stack for two different games, and boy were they awful. Like, trying to coach while one of the guys only played Hanzo and Genji and would complain whenever he got one shot by Pharah, instead of switching to something more viable for the map / lineup.
But of course I was responsible for not holding the point as Lucio, despite contesting it for so long that I got 2 ultimates off and we still couldn't push them back.
UGH.
So I went Rein for the last match of the night and we ran a train on the other team. But that was without those two goobers.
I kept myself from falling below to the high 2200s, so hopefully I can climb back up to 2500 this week. We'll see.
TheThinWhiteDuke
Member
Nah, that's just a more extreme variation of "taking a break", which is necessary at times of salt and rage.
I hope we get all of the "Origins" skins at some point.
It should of been the default. It is so much better than her base skin.
The rule of 2 is great. Sometimes I even break after one just to think of what went wrong and what I could of done differently.
Newtype-001
Member
This motherfucker was hiding in the top corner of the gas station in route 66 contesting our payload and i didnt realise until a minute left holy shit we were steam rolling them and i thought the game bugged out. I made sure to look everywhere to see if there was anyone contesting. There was no one there until i checked the character screen and realised i hadnt seen Mccree in ages and i checked the top of the station and this mother fucker was chilling in the corner but by then my team just fell apart ffs i feel outplayed i can just imagine how that fuckers feeling im so mad.
Incendiary
Banned
I've talked about this before, but man I do not understand how Blizzard's stats/Overbuff calculates wins/losses.
My record in season 2 comp is 54-56. And yet when I tally all my character's individual wins and losses, they come out to 51-59. I get that character switching mid-match would fuck with the algorithm and what-not, but you would think the totals would be accurate.
My record in season 2 comp is 54-56. And yet when I tally all my character's individual wins and losses, they come out to 51-59. I get that character switching mid-match would fuck with the algorithm and what-not, but you would think the totals would be accurate.
MastAndo
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Had a bunch of free time yesterday, so I figured what better way to spend it than to send my SR plummeting into the depths of hell? Went 6-14 in competitive matches yesterday, good enough to drop me some 240 or so points to 1770. I know it's best to stop playing after a couple of losses in a row, but it got to a point where I was just curious as to see how many games in a row I could lose. Turns out it's a lot.
Just when I think I'm getting the hang of things (I'm relatively new at this, having just hopped on after the recent free weekend), this game kicks me in the nuts.
Just when I think I'm getting the hang of things (I'm relatively new at this, having just hopped on after the recent free weekend), this game kicks me in the nuts.
xaosslug
Member
LOL! Yesterday while duoQing w/ a friend we were twice matched with this Zenyatta know-it-all kid that kept criticizing our team composition, and whining in general. -__- First on Volskaya, where we managed to force a draw even w/ a 5 minute deficit, and then on Dorodo where we lost (I'm pretty sure because this kid would. not. shut. uppp! >_>) smh
TheThinWhiteDuke
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Had that last night as Lucio on the first CP on King's Row. D.Va, Tracer, and Winston on my team and they didn't even try to find the teleporter. I finally started making kamikaze runs to destroy it- full speed, wall-riding, whatever to stay alive- and got it destroyed. We took the point in OT, and got it all the way to the end for the win.
I will move off D.Va to a healer if the team needs it, but if someone chooses D.Va after, there better not be any Teleporters, Widows, or Winstons messing us up.
TheThinWhiteDuke
Member
Gotta be concussion syndrome. Dude takes a TON of hits to the head charging into walls. His CT scan must be a mess.
SgtWiggles
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That happens so much in my matches. People don't understand that if you wipe the enemy or stop their push you need to go back to where you were, not chase them down or try to chokehold them even further in.
TheThinWhiteDuke
Member
"Need Healing!" as he is bouncing amongst the team. Yeah, no problem, Genji.
SgtWiggles
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Had the weirdest shit happen to me with Mei last night, wish I could have gotten the gif of it.
Got hit at some weird time and it caused my gun to go into overdrive. It felt like the spray was shooting like 2x as far, but I also couldnt stop shooting and it just ran my clip out eventually.
Got hit at some weird time and it caused my gun to go into overdrive. It felt like the spray was shooting like 2x as far, but I also couldnt stop shooting and it just ran my clip out eventually.
LucidMomentum
Member
I didn't play Zen last night, so I doubt it was you two lol.
The second game they loaded in and I recognized their names instantly.
The first words out of their mouths were "COULD WE GET SOME SUPPORTS" and I said "Only if you two shut up about trying to coach like last game and just call out flanks and picks."
"WE HAD GOLD ELIMS BRO SHUT UP"
"Because you asked us to support you"
That second game, they only mumbled when they died and refused to communicate after that. Was a great match watching Genji die constantly.
Vault Dweller 111
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Heh, I made a twitch account for Twitch Prime and gave my free sub to MOONMOON. He said my username was a dumb meme name. Mission accomplished.
Incendiary
Banned
I'm gonna use my Twitch Prime to subscribe to Flik - I love his Overwatch stream videos. Problem is he's in Scotland so it's nearly impossible for me to be able to subscribe while he's streaming live.
I gave my free sub to ENB this month, Moonmoon can have it next month since he's pretty entertaining most of the time.
Vault Dweller 111
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Google Fiber is currently being installed in my home. Hopefully this puts an end to my occasional lag.
optimus8936
Banned
Lol what was the twitch name?
Vault Dweller 111
Member
Harambae
Learning the Chinese names of the heroes because I play on the Asia servers with mostly Taiwanese players. Some interesting ones in there.
Widowmaker = "Deadly Woman"
Junkrat = "Bomb Rat"
Roadhog = "Roadblock Pig"
Hanzo = "Half-Possessed" (possessed as in "owned or stored by someone") or (less likely) "Half-Hidden"
Tracer = "Flash"
Bastion = "Barrier Machine"
Widowmaker = "Deadly Woman"
Junkrat = "Bomb Rat"
Roadhog = "Roadblock Pig"
Hanzo = "Half-Possessed" (possessed as in "owned or stored by someone") or (less likely) "Half-Hidden"
Tracer = "Flash"
Bastion = "Barrier Machine"
Did you clip the moment?!
Vault Dweller 111
Member
No. Maybe I'll try to find it on the archive later. It wasn't a huge deal, but it was funny that the entire chat spammed the new Winston emoji afterwards though.
Terareflection
Member
If you want, we can group together. I am around that SR.
divisionbyzorro
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LucidMomentum
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McCreamy exists to bring a smile to my face and remind me how garbage I am at the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyUmlVIMxf4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyUmlVIMxf4
Princess Carl
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Why can't people adapt and switch characters in ranked in diamond I don't understaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand.
I see it happen most of the time with people who just instalock DPS when we need an additional support. And these are the same players who can't even get any kills in.
Vault Dweller 111
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In general I'm a believer in first come first serve. Just because I can't really think of a better way. It does suck when two people instantly lock into DPS but I still say they get it over some guy who tries to lock in the third later on. It is super refreshing to see the insta lock Genji go tank or support if the comp doesn't look good though.
It'd be nice if people talked and tried to choose the best roles but it's an imperfect system. I usually just hope that they are really good and are instalocking their main, which happens to be true quite a bit tbh.
It'd be nice if people talked and tried to choose the best roles but it's an imperfect system. I usually just hope that they are really good and are instalocking their main, which happens to be true quite a bit tbh.
SgtWiggles
Member
Pisses me off more when they pick the most situational DPS ever and force a Tank to swap to a healer.
Yeah buddy, your Hanzo on Hanamura Offense is more useful than a Reinhardt or Zenyetta.
PalaceBrother
Member
I lock in Zarya or Lucio pretty much every time depending on the map. If it looks like our composition is bad I'll offer to switch as long as someone covers the character/class I'm abandoning. If I'm the only tank for example, I'd rather not switch to a Mercy.
divisionbyzorro
Member
So I'm watching Stylosa's stream, and it's like I'm watching some sort of alternate universe. He's on a losing streak and dropped into the low 3000s and complaining about how trash his rating is, and raging about how bad his teammates are. And here's the thing - his teammates are bad. They literally are throwing the game by missing some of the most basic stuff. Basically, his games look exactly the same as the games that I complain about, and I'm fluctuating between 2100 and 2300! I actually can't tell the difference in skill level between the players at his level and the players at my level. Literally the same dumb shit is happening.
He ran into a D.va main, with 40+ hours only on D.va who wouldn't switch no matter what. He had games where there was only one healer. He had games where players argued over Zarya. There were ragers, toxic players, and dumbasses. So what's the difference? Because I can't figure it out. What is it that these players did to distinguish them enough to get up to the 3000s when they're behaving like this?
He ran into a D.va main, with 40+ hours only on D.va who wouldn't switch no matter what. He had games where there was only one healer. He had games where players argued over Zarya. There were ragers, toxic players, and dumbasses. So what's the difference? Because I can't figure it out. What is it that these players did to distinguish them enough to get up to the 3000s when they're behaving like this?
Wyndstryker
Member
They got carried
Newtype-001
Member
When you actually see progress in how well you play a character👌
Tracer used to be my worst dps hero.
Tracer used to be my worst dps hero.
Shes so fun now
The game has 23 characters but you put in most of your time into one character(Junkrat for this person) is not really smart. I'm not a top 500 player or anything but I at least took some time in quickplay and learned how to play most characters in every class.
Paltheos
Member
It's remarkable how quickly games can fall apart. Since I play tank/support 95% of the time, I decided I wanted to practice McCree a bit (an endeavor I've since abandoned - I suck super-hard at him and have at least a usable Soldier). So I enter QP and insta-lock him - Or try anyway, often other players would beat me to the cap or just pick McCree again because why not. And the rest of the team refused to pick anything resembling a good comp. Maybe one tank, maybe one healer. One match I entered wtih 6 DPS.
But it seems to go a little better when I pick a tank/support early. ... I mean, I know it's QP, but how can the whole team go forward with 6 DPS? Is everyone just practicing like me?
But it seems to go a little better when I pick a tank/support early. ... I mean, I know it's QP, but how can the whole team go forward with 6 DPS? Is everyone just practicing like me?
Newtype-001
Member
Nobody gives a fuck if its qp.
QP is human ai practice. I dont care if i lose ill play the character i want.
QP is human ai practice. I dont care if i lose ill play the character i want.
Incendiary
Banned
When I play in QP, I rarely play with my mains anymore. I'm usually experimenting with different strategies and characters I'm not as comfortable with, regardless of team composition. Example: I'm not gonna auto lock Lucio on KOTH if there's nobody else on support, just because I already know how to play Lucio and don't need practice with him. I might still choose a support like Mercy or Zen just to get in more practice with them if the team comp is otherwise fine, or I might choose Torb if the team comp is crap (two Hanzos and a Widow, for example) just to fuck around.
Wyndstryker
Member
A lot of people use QP as the practice grounds where they don't care about losing. Playing QP seriously is just asking to get frustrated since you'll see hero stacks and other stupid things.
Newtype-001
Member
Why fight configured ai when you can battle real people for better experience?
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