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[Squire]

Tbf a streamer I follow named Korea plays Genji almost all of the time, and he's really good and carries games a lot. If it works for you, no reason to change.

That being said, he will change if it isn't working.

I have a couple of friends that are determined to keep equal time on every character, which honestly strikes me as even more strange than only ever playing one. I don't know, I don't get imposing limits on yourself. I also don't think it's bad to have a main seeing as it's perfectly possible to have one and still be well-rounded. Everyone should just play who they like.

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Unless you're a Hanzo main. Jump into the well on Ilios, if so.

 

[PatjuhR]

First healer at 9th position ;(

 

[MarioHead3]

We have a couple of people here in bronze and silver don't we?

I refuse to believe that.

 

[DevilDog]

I've seen some shit that I'm sure many of you wouldn't want their enemies to see...

What are we talking about here? What are cornballs? What do these entities post?

 

[XenoRaven]

We have a couple of people here in bronze and silver don't we?

Which color is ~2600 rank and get salty at bad teammates at every loss?

 

[Vault 101]

Five torbjorns and a Rein shielding all the turrets.

Safe to say I quit the game

 

[PatjuhR]

Dirty plat.

 

[XenoRaven]

Conditions that will make Xeno quit before the game starts:

- Selecting and deselecting your hero over and over again
- Hanzo and Widow
- Hanzo or Widow on CP maps
- Three of a single hero

 

[MarioHead3]

Which color is ~2600 rank and get salty at bad teammates at every loss?

That would be Platinum.

 

[PatjuhR]

Conditions that will make Xeno quit before the game starts:

- Selecting and deselecting your hero over and over again
- Hanzo and Widow
- Hanzo or Widow on CP maps
- Three of a single hero

I understand these leaving terms, but why play QP? This is going to happen in 8/10 games.

 

[Antiwhippy]

What are we talking about here? What are cornballs? What do these entities post?

http://spader7.tumblr.com/post/150967485997

Don't you love lore.

 

[BaronLundi]

joins QP

teammates autopick double Ana

quits OW

I feel your pain. Have you thought about goint to the movies to clear your mind? I hear there's this great new flick called Moonl-

 

[MarioHead3]

http://spader7.tumblr.com/post/150967485997

Don't you love lore.

I expected that to go in a bit of a different direction.

 

[moojito]

Conditions that will make Xeno quit before the game starts:

- Selecting and deselecting your hero over and over again
- Hanzo and Widow
- Hanzo or Widow on CP maps
- Three of a single hero

This is sometimes used as a way of communicating "I'd like to play this hero, but I see we're missing a tank/support/whatever and will switch to that if noone steps up". Weird thing to get triggered from!

 

[PatjuhR]

I read that signal as "I want everybody to play this character"

 

[MarioHead3]

I read that signal as "I want everybody to play this character"

I read it as "select, deselect, select, deselect, etc."

Like, they might just be bored.

 

[maomaoIYP]

This is sometimes used as a way of communicating "I'd like to play this hero, but I see we're missing a tank/support/whatever and will switch to that if noone steps up". Weird thing to get triggered from!

I always interpret it as "HEY let's all totally pick this same character because winning isn't fun!"
It annoys the shit out of me too, so xeno isn't alone there.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Though incredible stuff still do come from the fan community.

https://youtu.be/QVCIUFROrDY

 

[THe_DeiCiDe]

RIP

No dout.

Played 1 game, had 2 people drop out about 2 minutes in...lost a quick 25SR.

RIP indeed.

 

[Mendrox]

I always interpret it as "HEY let's all totally pick this same character because winning isn't fun!"
It annoys the shit out of me too, so xeno isn't alone there.

What's wrong with stacking 4 meis and two supports. I love Hanamura cancer.

 

[MarioHead3]

What's wrong with stacking 4 meis and two supports. I love Hanamura cancer.

You joke, but that sounds like a fun time for me.

 

[XenoRaven]

You joke, but that sounds like a fun time for me.

I'm too lazy to avatar quote

 

[maomaoIYP]

What's wrong with stacking 4 meis and two supports. I love Hanamura cancer.

Nothing wrong with it........if it was on the opposite team. Because I will just counter pick and wreck faces. On my team it sucks because you know people only counter pick when there is just 30 seconds left.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Scrim review of muselk playing lucio ahead of the overwatch world cup, and yeah, we're going to get fucking punted, but I thought this review is a really good highlight of where I think most lucios get it wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_aH7SKo-C0

 

[MarioHead3]

I'm too lazy to avatar quote

I'm not.

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I'm rewriting the narrative.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Hey now, that's slander.

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You have my axe.

 

[MarioHead3]

Hey now, that's slander.

No, that's politics.

 

[Azoor]

I've played 3 games in QP with a group of five, they all choose Mei in all of those 3 games and I've decided to roll with it. And we actually won all 3 games !

I feel... different after that.

 

[MarioHead3]

I've played 3 games in QP with a group of five, they all choose Mei in all of those 3 games and I've decided to roll with it. And we actually won all 3 games !

I feel... different after that.

It's always a little weird your first time.

 

[XenoRaven]

I should mention that I don't have a problem with Hanzo as a character, just a majority of the people who play him.

To me it screams:

"I'm not good enough at aiming to actually be a sniper but still want to feel good about my sniping abilities so I'm going to spam arrows until I get a headshot".

I mean, I do the same thing on Hanzo, but the difference is I understand that anyone can do what I'm doing when I play him.

 

[Geneijin]

The first time I got called a cheater in Overwatch. I guess I'm making progress (even though he was just a Torb).

 

[Antiwhippy]

Nah, I'd rather have a hanzo that can aim, because a hanzo that only gets his kills from spam is pretty much dead weight 99.9999999% of the time.

 

[MarioHead3]

Nah, I'd rather have a hanzo that can aim, because a hanzo that only gets his kills from spam is pretty much dead weight 99.9999999% of the time.

He makes an excellent meat shield.

 

[Veelk]

I should mention that I don't have a problem with Hanzo as a character, just a majority of the people who play him.

To me it screams:

"I'm not good enough at aiming to actually be a sniper but still want to feel good about my sniping abilities so I'm going to spam arrows until I get a headshot".

I mean, I do the same thing on Hanzo, but the difference is I understand that anyone can do what I'm doing when I play him.

How is that different from any other character? I mean, that's what people do, they lay down fire until they get a kill. "I'm just gonna spam my shotguns until I get a kill" as reaper or "I'm just gonna wait for my Dragon blade ult" or whatever. Everyone plays and the vast majority of people are going to be average or worse at the game no matter who they're playing.

I just am never going to get this Hanzo hatedom. There is no secret cult scrub mentality behind this character. It's just people going "Hey, this character is pretty fun" and playing to the best of their abilities, like literally every other player does with every other character.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Those types of hanzos stand so far back that your team is usually all dead before they get to him.

 

[THe_DeiCiDe]

I played Mei for pretty much the first time in QP. I went 18 elims with no deaths on defense, getting head shots pretty much at will. Sniped a Pharah outta the sky several times.

Admittedly the team we were against were absolutely horrible, but it still felt pretty damn good.

Does her alt fire have damage falloff? It absolutely destroys with crits.

 

[Geneijin]

We have a couple of people here in bronze and silver don't we?

I'm Bronze.

 

[Antiwhippy]

It does. Only projectile with fall-off damage. The fall-off distance is slightly longer than mccree's.

 

[Mendrox]

You joke, but that sounds like a fun time for me.

It's fun time, just not for the enemy team. I don't know how many times we were called cancer squad.

 

[ScaryShark]

I can't even fathom what Bronze/Silver/Gold is like considering the horrors I've experienced in Platinum hell. The quality of play there is hardly anything to write home about and the idea that there are three levels below it is just haunting.

 

[THe_DeiCiDe]

Oh ok, it still destroys people quick as a bitch. Definitely gonna play her some more in QP, that was good times.

 

[MarioHead3]

It's fun time, just not for the enemy team. I don't know how many times we were called cancer squad.

Not your fault they didn't counterpick.

Embrace the salt. It can empower you.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Mei hanzo junkrat soldier rein mercy comp against a proper 2/2/2 setup with zarya.

Guess who the mei is.

RIP RIP RIP.

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The enemy team didn't even make it to the first chokepoint of gibraltar lmao.

The match was so shit that my PotG was literally just me headshotting mccree once, spraying a lucio till he died and headshotting and killing their widow.

 

[THe_DeiCiDe]

Tilt confirmed.

 

[Geneijin]

I can't even fathom what Bronze/Silver/Gold is like considering the horrors I've experienced in Platinum hell. The quality of play there is hardly anything to write home about and the idea that there are three levels below it is just haunting.

Sym, Torb and Bastion are common picks for defense. Is it that often in Platinum?

 

[PatjuhR]

Sym, Torb and Bastion are common picks for defense. Is it that often in Platinum?

Barely see them. I think out of those 3 I see symmetra the most.

 

[1871]

Five torbjorns and a Rein shielding all the turrets.

Safe to say I quit the game

Why? I mean, it's obviously QP, it is super easy to wreck that setup with 2 characters on your side, let alone six. It sounds like Training in Overwatch game mechanics 101.

Take the time to think, don't expect Overwatch to play like a typical deathmatch.

 

[divisionbyzorro]

So I'm watching Harbleu's stream right now.

Holy hell. It sounds like he's typing a novel whenever he's in an intense situation.

 

[Antiwhippy]

So I'm watching Harbleu's stream right now.

Holy hell. It sounds like he's typing a novel whenever he's in an intense situation.

Mechanical keyboards are pretty great.

 

[THe_DeiCiDe]

Was watching him some earlier on Hog. His hook game is strong.