Please, show me where I have complained about any of the replies in this thread and also show me where I said that I care about ranks, because you got me curious now.
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"It's quickplay" and how to turn off all my interest in Overwatch
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Please, show me where I have complained about any of the replies in this thread and also show me where I said that I care about ranks, because you got me curious now.
timetokill
Banned
This presupposes that I know who is good on offense and who isn't, which I might not know because I haven't played them before. Plus maybe I want to learn Widow and there's always a person on my team who plays Widow. Should I just keep dropping out of matches and try to find one where nobody else is playing her and where I can try Widow and not be shit on by people insisting I "git gud" with her despite that being exactly what I'm trying to do?
Whenever I play I always try to help the team win, but sometimes I want to try a character out in a situation I haven't tried them out in before, and saying that I should have to spend a bunch of time trying to hunt down a match where I can do that without hurting somebody's feelings seems against the spirit of a "casual quick match" as well.
friskykillface
Banned
lol I mess around in quick play all the time
Go play competitive brotendo, I like to try out different heroes I don't normally use.
Go play competitive brotendo, I like to try out different heroes I don't normally use.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
I'm going to get flamed for saying this, but the in-game community is the worst part of Overwatch. Sure there's salt and cursing in most online games, but nothing to the level of what you see in Overwatch. This is only one story among many, but I remember playing a competitive match where one player on our team was straight up livid that one of our teammates chose Soldier 76 instead of some other hero. For the entire match, this guy would just yell at and insult Soldier over voice chat.
"What are you doing dude?! If you're going to play Soldier at least use him properly!"
"Everyone tell this guy to switch off Soldier! What is this bullshit?!"
"You suck, why aren't you going for headshots?! Switch to someone else!"
It just went on and on and on until Soldier eventually just dropped out of the game. I can't say I blame him. We were actually winning most of the game but this guy would just not shut up, so eventually Soldier had enough and left, and we ended up losing.
I stopped playing Overwatch a couple months ago because I just couldn't put up with the community anymore. It's like no one is happy with you unless you play exactly how they want you to play. I just figured my free time is valuable and I would rather have fun than get yelled at for trying to enjoy myself.
"What are you doing dude?! If you're going to play Soldier at least use him properly!"
"Everyone tell this guy to switch off Soldier! What is this bullshit?!"
"You suck, why aren't you going for headshots?! Switch to someone else!"
It just went on and on and on until Soldier eventually just dropped out of the game. I can't say I blame him. We were actually winning most of the game but this guy would just not shut up, so eventually Soldier had enough and left, and we ended up losing.
I stopped playing Overwatch a couple months ago because I just couldn't put up with the community anymore. It's like no one is happy with you unless you play exactly how they want you to play. I just figured my free time is valuable and I would rather have fun than get yelled at for trying to enjoy myself.
The community or it's excellent or it's bad, but I think it happens in all places, you are doing exactly what I expect from the mode, I cheer people who kill me or do good stuff, I also advert the team when I picking a character I'm not good with or I'm not in the best moment.
I try people to have fun, I don't understand people who are trying to ruin others experience, that's all
Aizen.S.Kennedy
Banned
Umm yea no thanks. I'll do whatever I want on quick play.
100% attack mercy? You betcha
Torb on attack only using my single shot to get better with it? You're goddamn right
Sym no turrets. Straight vacuum? Fucking right doggy.
Sombra? Come on man don't throw the game!! Atleast try lol.
Seriously tho you are a dick if you reported ppl in qp for not playing how you want. Idc if they just stand in the base spinning in circles. It's fuckin quick play.
100% attack mercy? You betcha
Torb on attack only using my single shot to get better with it? You're goddamn right
Sym no turrets. Straight vacuum? Fucking right doggy.
Sombra? Come on man don't throw the game!! Atleast try lol.
Seriously tho you are a dick if you reported ppl in qp for not playing how you want. Idc if they just stand in the base spinning in circles. It's fuckin quick play.
I never report such things. Read my posts before calling me out.
Dargor
Member
You should simply do what I do, don't care about anything any random is saying and if the randoms getting a little too crazy, I just mute him.
This isn't true of OV because no kills but I generally couldn't give a fuck if my team wins in COD or Titanfall or whatever I just want my K/D ratio to be tight, or my points to be good. If that means not trying to take a point because its a meat grinder so be it.
Actually it might be true of OV in different ways they might give themselves other goals, or decide they want to kill that asshole playing Hanzo or whatever.
poodaddy
Member
Wait you report people for not playing to your standards in a video game? Seriously? I mean I report people on occasion, but it's generally more for sending me salty insults cursing me out after I won a match on a fighting game; but I can't imagine being reported over....not being good enough or not being competitive enough in a quickplay match.
What is up with Overwatch players?
What is up with Overwatch players?
if you get riled up by the possibility that people on your team aren't playing properly (whatever that means, and often you're wrong) then the only way round this is to only play with people you know.
Solo q is the fucking badlands but it's the same for everyone, the only way I can play it and stay sane is to adopt a zen like acceptance state where I don't break shit if I lose.
Solo q is the fucking badlands but it's the same for everyone, the only way I can play it and stay sane is to adopt a zen like acceptance state where I don't break shit if I lose.
TimeEffect
Member
OP would hate me
If the enemy waves and tries to make peace with me in Overwatch, I cease fire all the time.
If the enemy waves and tries to make peace with me in Overwatch, I cease fire all the time.
Aizen.S.Kennedy
Banned
I read them. I haven't seen specifics. Exactly what things are report worthy to you.
I said what I report, look further.
I never said that I don't know where you got the idea from, you should read the rest of the post before jumping in conclusions
Lol why I would hate you for that? I do that all the time in skirmish.
Aizen.S.Kennedy
Banned
Can u save me time and just answer.. what does it hurt?
If you call me out for whatever reasons out of nowhere, you at least should have some evidence to point out your arguments, save me time for the both of us and stop replying with such a mindset then
Agree, but isn't winning more fun than losing?
I play Quick Play all the time and I always try my hardest to win. But I don't get pissed at my teammates because I'm not a jerk. However I've experienced many assholes in the voice chat talk shit about everyone and criticize everyone but themselves. Those people are the real problem with multiplayer games.
Most people that complain about team comp in quick play refuse to switch themselves, its kinda funny.
Most people that complain about team comp in quick play refuse to switch themselves, its kinda funny.
Aizen.S.Kennedy
Banned
lol I should report you for not conducting this the way I want
nephilimdj
Member
Noiidea why anyone would report in quick play considering 3/6 normally instant lock in, its just lucky d.va and roadhog are fun since your either forced to be tank or healer due to instant lockers.
Its a fun dumb game.
Its a fun dumb game.
friskykillface
Banned
Incitemaybe
Member
I kind of agree with you, most people seem to think they are the priority and glue of the team. Many people playing also are under the belief they know what characters, composition, and strategies are best. This leads to everything not working as their focus is on being right instead of adaptation.
I need healing!
You and everyone else who is rushing into the point alone repeatedly.
Lol, sometimes I play my worst characters on quick play just for laughs with my friends "who does the less damage when actually trying to win?".
Same thing in lol "Let's play a team with 5 characters that have red eyes"
That's what quickplay/normals are for, to try characters, and to have fun. When we are 4 a random will get caught on that team, most of the team and usually they'll join the fun
Same thing in lol "Let's play a team with 5 characters that have red eyes"
That's what quickplay/normals are for, to try characters, and to have fun. When we are 4 a random will get caught on that team, most of the team and usually they'll join the fun
Yeah that's the problem, like of course you will lose some times even if you try and it could be that you are not as good, I never claimed I'm better as any of my teammates, but those behaviours are the ones I'm complaining "git gud" "shut up its qp"
I change my role if it's necessary, I goof and play around and greet everyone, I just don't like people who throw and try to make people to lose, plus the guys who are toxic in the chat, that't the main problem.
I also said that I was wrong about Competitive but my main fear was to ruin other's because, and I said this several times now, I'm not as good and I feared to shit other's placement matches and progress, looks like it's way more flexible than I thought, but maybe the mode, as Blizzard stated, could be more focused in promote itself as what it is:
A quick match with no ranked penalties or benefits.
This is a bit subjective and everyone can have a take of what it means and how is correctly to approach it, as Blizzard has yet to make a statement on it, everyone's take in the mode is correct.
I think the mode could use some tweaks and offer some custom searchs for people who wants different types of matches with no repercussions, with some requierements and harder penalties for leaving, etc. I think that's the way to do it.
lol I should report you for not conducting this the way I want
Nice self own btw.
Yes, and playing Reaper is more fun then playing as the tank the team needs. Guess which one I'll do in quickplay.
It depends, playing with a friend that got 0 kills but died 13 times in League of legends in 30 minutes was one of the funniest games I've played.
Von Krukru
Banned
QP is meant to experiment exotic stuff, like playing a full match as Battle Mercy DPS or trying more in depht that one character you only picked 5 minutes over 200h. All that while singing in the mic , emote dancing from time to time and mildly trying to stay around the payload.
DigitalRicket
Member
HAHa I love this. It would be like playing a pick up game of basketball and actually caring if you won or lost. If you care so much then join an amateur league. Same with Overwatch, I do play to win but it's also where I go to learn new characters, and try out strats. If we lose then so what, go to competitive if you care so much.
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I don't have any complaints about any of these, never stated otherwise.
You just said everything I have being saying all these 6 pages.
TwiztidElf
Member
It's Quick Play
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I'm a bad player. I don't play comp. I play video games to have fun. Quick Play is awesome, even when people are horsing around. I guess they should be in arcade, but ¯\ _(ツ _ /¯
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I'm a bad player. I don't play comp. I play video games to have fun. Quick Play is awesome, even when people are horsing around. I guess they should be in arcade, but ¯\ _(ツ
_ /¯Most of the fanbase are just cringelords who want to unlock costumes or "ship" characters & draw weird fan art. The game isn't even competitively viable atm, so honestly you can't be mad at them for not caring about winning or getting better.
Play a good shooter instead OP, crisis averted.
Play a good shooter instead OP, crisis averted.
I feel your pain man.
I play quick play to get better with characters I know and also try new ones, but always I try my hardest to win even if I'm playing someone I've only spent a few hours with. I like having fun and trying to find new combos or places on the map for certain characters and I have a lot of fun in qp... I just hate when people deliberately don't play to win.
It's infuriating when people throw matches to goof off that's what the arcade modes are for... The only way to train for comp is quick play and it sucks when it's full of people that don't want to win.
I play quick play to get better with characters I know and also try new ones, but always I try my hardest to win even if I'm playing someone I've only spent a few hours with. I like having fun and trying to find new combos or places on the map for certain characters and I have a lot of fun in qp... I just hate when people deliberately don't play to win.
It's infuriating when people throw matches to goof off that's what the arcade modes are for... The only way to train for comp is quick play and it sucks when it's full of people that don't want to win.
I want to play with you
AfterTheFall
Member
I always thought the point of Quick Play was simply to have fun and not to worry too much about things?
I'm completely fine with people playing the way they want in Quick Play. Have fun and play the way you see fit. I understand your complaint, but you have to understand that the other team run the same odds of having similar players on your team, so it's a balance. I feel like for a lot of people winning validates their fun, so they feel they have to win. it's kinda like enjoying the journey vs the destination. Winning a game playing support but absolutely hating the whole time you played because it's what the team needed isn't really fun.
The bigger issue is that people are intimidated by ranked. there are people who only want to win, but have no desire to see their losses posted along with the wins so they stay away from ranked, but keep the same mindset. Heck I play on the league of legends beta servers and people are were so obnoxious they had to take out draft mode because people would ban the new champs.... WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT ON THE BETA SERVERS!?!?! The is to beta test the new champions lol.
The bigger issue is that people are intimidated by ranked. there are people who only want to win, but have no desire to see their losses posted along with the wins so they stay away from ranked, but keep the same mindset. Heck I play on the league of legends beta servers and people are were so obnoxious they had to take out draft mode because people would ban the new champs.... WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT ON THE BETA SERVERS!?!?! The is to beta test the new champions lol.
I don't play OW as much now because I can't even learn how to use a hero in QP. I have to go to arcade to learn. But last time I played Mayhem mode, a guy called me out using Pharah. That's the first time I really tried to use her. I mean I'm just a causal player and I just want a good time when I'm playing OW, but I can't even enjoy it anymore. And this is not happening on PC, but PS4.
Where do you want me to practice OP?
Where do you want me to practice OP?
King Gilga
Member
But quick play is there just to screw around.
There's no reason to take it seriously.
There's no reason to take it seriously.
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