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Overwatch |OT9| There is no Cow Hero

Out of 12 or so boxes I got Rein Uprising skin in first box and a Hog base game legendary which I'll never use cos got monster skin.

Rest all sprays, icons and voices.
 
Man, I'm not calling anyone out specifically or anything, but really says something about the game if you have someone checking your account for hours logged on a character every time you swap a character.

Like sure, if someone plays at around the 3000 level with a given character, and they change to a character they're less familiar with because they've made a judgemental call that said character is needed (or they just want to play that character), their skill level may drop a bit, but it's still gotta be somewhat consistent.

Guess Overwatch is some serious business.

I like how you posted that right after I talked about a player with 40 hours on D.Va and 5 minutes on Widowmaker who picked Widow on Numbani defense and was useless lol.

There's no denying general game skill carries over and if you know how to aim and such you can make any character work, but when I have 10-12 hours on multiple characters across all seasons I feel comfortable switching. When I saw this Widow had less than ten minutes on Widow across all seasons, I kind of knew it wasn't going to go well.

Especially when D.Va would've been a great pick for the map / dive comp they had.
 
Hey Kor - I ran into you this morning in a Mystery Heroes game defending on Gibraltar. I was Zarya, you were Mercy and we stopped them from getting the first point.

I really need to figure out how this whole Discord thing works and play with gaffers regularly. Solo queuing is a recipe for frustration.
 

thenexus6

Member
I wish the events weren't so repetitive.. if it was just a straight up horde mode it would've been way better. This event (like Halloween) is too repetitive.
 

Anne

Member
Got placed at ~1700 SR, climbed my way op to ~2600 in a few days.

Last few weeks I'm in the ~2000 / 2200 bracket.

That seems about normal. You're probably set to be in around 2200-2300 area but the streak system and other nonsnese throws you around. Game quality at that range is already a bit of an issue for a number of reasons, but I hope the fact they significantly toned down the streak system helps you.

You're best bet to make games better at that elo is to learn a damage dealing flex pick btw. Zarya is the best option in that case.

I've been playing at 4k+SR and it's not quite russian roulette status, but sometimes things just happen where teams get horribly imbalanced due to the streaking system and high SR variance. once you get into the 2k-3k range with all that in mind it can be p frustrating. The new rules on matchmaking just kicked in today, but hopefully they filter out some of the issues.
 
People are so clueless in their character picks for legendary.

In general with that mode. (In general, full stop, but that's another conversation.)

All Heroes is more of a liability than going with the fixed hero mode.

"Orisa can main tank. I'll pick Reaper since that other guy already picked Junkrat."
 

NeoRaider

Member
Fucking finally.

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After 12 boxes.
 

DevilDog

Member
Noone takes tracer away from me in the legendary PvE

All you're going to do is feed behind on top of a ulting bastion and the entire enemy team so stop
 
3-day weekend. Had my custom controller modified past couple of days (the "custom" analog sticks are worn out...). I do miss the contrast in color, but I didn't buy it for the looks, just for the functionality! I'm ready for some OW this weekend.

Before (when I first bought it)

After (modified with xbox elite magnetic thumbsticks)

Terrible matchmaking filled with sexism, throwers, and bad dps. I guess that's what I get for playing at 2am.

Sounds like a regular night of Overwatch. Just play with the GAF group (you're on PS4 right?)!
 
3-day weekend. Had my custom controller modified past couple of days (the "custom" analog sticks are worn out...). I do miss the contrast in color, but I didn't buy it for the looks, just for the functionality! I'm ready for some OW this weekend.

Before (when I first bought it)


After (modified with xbox elite magnetic thumbsticks)




Sounds like a regular night of Overwatch. Just play with the GAF group (you're on PS4 right?)!

Nice!

Three day weekend Overwatch is gonna be nice.

Time to make it to Diamond!
 

KanameYuuki

Member
So I came back to play with this even since I love PvE and I'm surprised to see so many people playing on high ground on quick play its like a whole new world, lot's doing basic pro ow stuff.

And off course when I want to learn Mei that bug happens... I just hope it doesn't take a whole month for them to fix it on console like what happened with Ironclad, never felt like a second citizen on console until this game.
 
I've had zero fun playing the last couple days.

I don't really care about rank, but I feel like I am much worse at the game than I was two seasons ago, even though it's a video game it sucks to get worse at something that you put hundreds of hours into.

I think I just need finals to end.
 

exYle

Member
I've had zero fun playing the last couple days.

I don't really care about rank, but I feel like I am much worse at the game than I was two seasons ago, even though it's a video game it sucks to get worse at something that you put hundreds of hours into.

I think I just need finals to end.

You're almost through man, keep it up
 
New event, I got the band back together brother!
*4 games later of golden weapon Widows and Genjis in quick play with mysteriously snap happy console movement*
I don't think they're coming back.
 
Pinku is going to be a zenyatta until overwatch 2.

We should just accept who we are Owzers. I'm always going to be Mercy and you're always going to be Rein or maybe off tank.

I've had zero fun playing the last couple days.

I don't really care about rank, but I feel like I am much worse at the game than I was two seasons ago, even though it's a video game it sucks to get worse at something that you put hundreds of hours into.

I think I just need finals to end.

It's not that you're worse it's that while you were away everyone advanced. New tactics and comps are built and new strategies and vids and lessons were built around the characters.

Everyone has either caught up or exceeded where you are at.
 

Chance

Member
Vault, I think the last couple of days have brought an influx of players who haven't touched the game in months and don't appreciate the whole "group up" thing. Matches since the event have been toilet water.
 

Moonkeis

Member
Did they patch that Tracer glitch on the event yet? I had a Tracer glitch it last night, last thing I want is to get banned for something I didn't do. Though, it definitely made the escort part a lot easier on Legendary. :D
 

antitrop

Member
Holy shit Seagull just stepped down from the NRG active roster

Replaced by Mendokusaii

Hey everyone,

This will be a surprise to most of you, but today I'm announcing that I'm stepping down from NRG's main Overwatch roster to a sub position.

For the past year, it's become obvious that I struggle with maintaining a balance between professional play and streaming. When I originally blew up on twitch, I decided that I was still dedicated to being a pro player. This hasn't changed.

However, in the current Overwatch pro scene, we're in limbo while we wait for the Overwatch League to start up later in the year. I've been struggling to justify giving up streaming hours to play in the competitive scene during this downtime. As any competitive FPS player knows, it's tough maintaining motivation for small online tournaments - particularly when I knew I was letting down my fanbase by not having a regular stream.

So for now, I'll be stepping back from the competitive scene. In the meantime, I'll be streaming under NRG as their biggest cheerleader for their OW team.

Expect to see me back in pro play for Overwatch League's first season.
 

komaruR

Member
Well, I didn't realize beating it on legendary all heroes didn't unlock the spray, lol. Damnit.

ive said that in the past page. first time notice it was when i tried to get the 90% payload health spray on all heroes hard mode but it didnt unlock. then notice even the hard mode didnt unlock.
basically if you on all heroes mode, dont bother anything other than normal mode. but if you want to train/get use to a specific hero then be my guess and use it on higher difficulty. otherwise if you play hard and higher, play on the vanilla mode.
 

antitrop

Member
Can't blame him. Pretty sure it's both less stressfull and much more profitable to stream for 10k+ people without the need to be able to perform at your peak

Seagull had 20,000 people watching him stare at a login queue the other day.

He made the right decision.
 

Data West

coaches in the WNBA
I liked Seagull because despite how easily he could 'sell out' and be a full time streamer he didnt do it and cited it was because he valued the competitive Overwatch so much as a scene. I thought that spoke volumes about him.

Can't say I'm too excited to hear him going 'babbabooey babbabooey thanks for subscribing' daily
 
tbh i don't get how anyone can watch most streams with all the random shit most streamers have cluttering up the viewport, coupled with obnoxious sound effects whenever someone gives them a virtual tip

delete it
 
Nice!

Three day weekend Overwatch is gonna be nice.

Time to make it to Diamond!

I'm down, let's get all the non-diamonds into diamond!

I've had zero fun playing the last couple days.

I don't really care about rank, but I feel like I am much worse at the game than I was two seasons ago, even though it's a video game it sucks to get worse at something that you put hundreds of hours into.

I think I just need finals to end.

You need some liquid courage or something. You were nice and loose that one night!

Man, I get bad tunnel vision trying to melee with Rein. I cannot see shit when I start swinging that hammer.

Me too, I don't stop swinging until everyone is dead (or when I'm dead).
 
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