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lost

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Ah thanks, makes sense. I guess only diamond above so those below dont feel like the game just got harder.
 

Runnen

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That Torbjorn one-trick ban comes up every now and then and people always seem to miss the real reason the dude was banned.

He wasn't banned specifically because he only played one hero, he was banned because when repeatedly asked by his team to switch, he refused and then when someone else took Torbjorn to "force" him to swap, he just sat there without doing anything.

I completely understand wanting to only play one character out of all the choices because I basically play one or two only, but that's what arcade or other modes are for. Competitive is for people with a sense of teamwork and sportsmanship (as intended, obviously assholes still exist).
 

Needless

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to play the devils advocate:

So in that situation how is the person that purposely steals torb to force some dude who only plays torb into a position he doesn't play any better?
 

Araxen

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Ah thanks, makes sense. I guess only diamond above so those below dont feel like the game just got harder.

They are leaving performance SR in the pleb tiers so the smurfs get out of those tiers faster. They really need to bring win streaks back for those tiers to help get them out even faster, of course smurfs can and will throw no matter what to smurf so I guess it doesn't matter in the end.
 

lost

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True I could see that. I hope I go higher and find people that work better and dont just trickle in and not group up. I spectate my teammates when I'm dead and some are just like WHAT ARE U DOING!
 

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The way picking heroes in this game is done is absolute garbage. There has to be something better other than the current "pick as fast as possible and if other people don't pick around you you're probably going to lose" nonsense.
 
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Araxen

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True I could see that. I hope I go higher and find people that work better and dont just trickle in and not group up. I spectate my teammates when I'm dead and some are just like WHAT ARE U DOING!

People seem to have more knowledge of the game as you go up, but still make stupid hero picks and in general be retards at all levels of the game. I was watching Eviltoaster yesterday and he was rank 4500 and is now stuck in mid-masters. People are just fucking stupid at masters it seems. He's an excellent tank player too and people kept telling him he didn't know how to play the game, blah blah blah.

VOD of his stream yesterday:
 

lost

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The way picking heroes in this game is done is absolute garbage. There has to be something better other than the current "pick as fast as possible and if other people don't pick around you you're probably going to lose" nonsense.

Yeah I hate it, I realized you can hover your mouse over the area of the class you want to pick in the loading screen of a match before the classes show and sometimes the tooltip will come up, lol pro-tip! It does suck though that its a race to pick what you can play, and most people play dps so lot of times we get one healer 3 dps or just 1 tank. So many obvious maps like hanamura where you need a shield and people just dont pick a shield tank.

Had a reinhard guy lastnight who had 200 hours on reinhardt and he was TERRIBLE. He was overly aggressive and left us naked to widow and junk grenades, when we told him to sit the fuck still and keep his shield up as we pushed the cart he swapped to hanzo. Thats when I saw he had 200 hours on rein overall, 47 in this season. Welcome to 2700.
 

Valderen

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I was looking at the NA Leaderboard in game last night. Calvin has 2 accounts in the top 10. He was like 3 and 8 if I remember correctly.

He mostly solo queues which makes that even more amazing.

I wonder why he's not in OWL. He must have received offers.
 

lost

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Someone that solo queued their way that high I would wonder how well they work in teams or if they're just some kind of one hit wonder. Been meaning to join a team again, at least I knew ahead of time we wouldnt have crappy picks lol
 

Araxen

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I was looking at the NA Leaderboard in game last night. Calvin has 2 accounts in the top 10. He was like 3 and 8 if I remember correctly.

He mostly solo queues which makes that even more amazing.

I wonder why he's not in OWL. He must have received offers.

He has said he is waiting till Season 2 of OWL to see how it all shakes out and is focusing on streaming. He'll make more money streaming than playing in OWL. The top salary in OWL is 180kish I guess. Calvin gets like 6-8k viewers a night, plays when most of the other top 500 is active, and could easily make 500k+ by streaming. It is the reason why Moonmoon won't consider OWL because he makes too much money streaming. I bet Moonmoon is a millionaire. He's paid for a house and car in cash. Seagull has to be losing out on a ton of money by playing in OWL, but he really hates playing Competitive so he values his sanity more.
 

Needless

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I was looking at the NA Leaderboard in game last night. Calvin has 2 accounts in the top 10. He was like 3 and 8 if I remember correctly.

He mostly solo queues which makes that even more amazing.

I wonder why he's not in OWL. He must have received offers.

OWL salary and potential winnings probably don't allot to how much would be made as a full time streamer
 

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People seem to have more knowledge of the game as you go up, but still make stupid hero picks and in general be retards at all levels of the game. I was watching Eviltoaster yesterday and he was rank 4500 and is now stuck in mid-masters. People are just fucking stupid at masters it seems. He's an excellent tank player too and people kept telling him he didn't know how to play the game, blah blah blah.

VOD of his stream yesterday:


In one of those games there was a solo healer ana on a team trying to push 2 CP. Seems bronze extends all the way to masters
 

Valderen

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Damn, I wish I was born 30 years later so I'd be 18 and have the option of play games for a living. :)

Hell 40 years later and I could be like that 6 years old that made 11 millions reviewing toys on YouTube.

Now I'm stuck with working on a real job and just play games for fun. :)
 

Needless

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sombra skin is great, fuccboi hanzo is pretty good but his last skin he got was 100x better
 

Araxen

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In the new mode, the lives pool is shared by the ENTIRE team. Yeah, that won't be abused by the toxic fucks of the community. Blizzard really is that naive about the Internet.

The Roadhog, Sombra, Soliders skins I love. I'm pretty disappointed Zarya gets nothing. I'm surprised Mercy didn't get one. It seems to obvious to give her a sexy elf outfit.

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20760125819
Patch Notes:

PATCH HIGHLIGHTS

New Seasonal Event: Winter Wonderland 2017

‘Tis the merriest time of year—Winter Wonderland is here!

From now until January 1, experience the holiday spirit with a brand-new brawl, Mei’s Yeti Hunt, and relive the previous Winter Wonderland’s magical moments by playing Mei’s Snowball Offensive. Players will also be able to unwrap loot boxes to collect last year’s festive fare in addition to 50 new holiday-themed cosmetics, including legendary skins like Snow Owl Ana, Avalanche Bastion, Beachrat Junkrat, Ice Fisherman Roadhog, Rime Sombra, and more.

To learn more about Winter Wonderland 2017, click here.

Player Warning Updates

Several changes have been made to the player report system.

Players being reported will receive an in-game message letting them know that they have been reported, along with a warning concerning continued negative behavior. Ongoing misconduct will result in silence, suspension, or a permanent ban, depending on the severity of the infraction (in severe cases, players may receive their punishment before receiving the initial in-game message).

Players who report someone for poor behavior, resulting in a disciplinary action, will now be notified with an in-game message when the issue has been resolved. We take every report seriously, along with your feedback. Thank you for your patience as we continue to fine tune these systems.

GAME BROWSER AND CUSTOM GAMES

General
  • Added an option that allows heroes to spawn with fully charged ultimate abilities. This can be enabled under Settings > Heroes > General > Spawn with Ultimate Ready when creating a custom game
  • Added an option that allows heroes to cast ultimate abilities that last for the full duration of a match. This can be enabled under Settings > Heroes > General > Infinite Ultimate Duration when creating a custom game


A.I.
  • [PC] An option to “Remove All A.I.” in the custom game lobby can be accessed by Right Click > Remove All Bots
  • [PS4/XB1]A.I. players can be removed from within the custom game lobby by selecting a bot, then selecting “Remove All Bots” from the submenu
HERO GALLERY

General
  • Players can now clear new item notifications with the “Mark All As Seen” button in the Hero Gallery
BUG FIXES

General
  • Fixed an issue that caused the arcade card for Limited Duel and Mystery Duel to not list all currently disabled characters
  • [PC] Fixed an issue that prevented certain sound effects from playing when navigating the Options menu with a controller
  • Fixed a bug in Elimination mode that caused players to spawn as a random hero at the start of a match instead of the one that was highlighted


A.I.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Roadhog Bot to get stuck in the spawn room of the Oasis: City Center stage


Heroes
  • Fixed a visual bug that caused Ana’s Biotic Rifle ammo clip to detach when her Captain Amari skin was equipped
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist’s Rocket Punch from destroying objects
  • Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist’s Rocket Punch to not always deal damage when an enemy hits a wall
  • Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist’s Rocket Punch to not always stop an enemies' movement when they impact a wall
  • Fixed an issue that canceled Doomfist’s Seismic Slam when it was unable to reach the targeted location
  • Fixed an issue that caused Doomfist’s Seismic Slam to trigger instantly when the ability was used to travel up inclines
  • Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist’s Seismic Slam to create performance drops when repeatedly used with no cooldown
  • Fixed an issue that caused D.Va’s Micro Missiles to not destroy breakable objects
  • Added green detail textures on Sparrow Genji's sword scabbard when the golden weapon variant is equipped
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Hanzo’s Storm Bow reload from canceling if he used a melee attack after using his wall climbing ability
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Mei’s Cryo-freeze from clearing the healing debuff caused by Ana’s Biotic Grenade
  • Fixed a bug that caused Mercy’s Caduceus Blaster reload to be canceled if the player pressed the Resurrect keybind without a target to Resurrect
  • Fixed a bug that showed Mercy’s Guardian Angel targeting UI on allies while it was already in progress on a selected target
  • Fixed a bug that allowed a Mercy player to cast Resurrect on a player that was in the process of being resurrected by another Mercy
  • Fixed a bug that allowed Moira’s Biotic Orb to pass through terrain and structures
  • Fixed an issue that prevented players from using Moira’s Biotic Orb’s regeneration option when primary fire was disabled
  • Fixed a visual bug with Moira’s Biotic Orb that sometimes caused Biotic Grasp’s healing spray effects to display instead
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Moira’s Coalescence from healing an allied Reaper in Wraith Form
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Moira from being able to pass through enemies when using Fade
  • Fixed a bug that caused Moira’s eyelashes to detach from her face during her Heroic highlight intro
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Moira’s self-healing statistic from being collected and displayed in the game stats
  • Fixed a visual issue with Moira’s Oasis skin that caused her knees to clip through her knee guards while crouched
  • Fixed a bug that caused Reaper’s shotguns to animate incorrectly when discarded on the ground
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes allowed Reinhardt’s Charge to escape abilities that should prevent movement (e.g. Zarya’s Graviton Surge)
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Widowmaker’s Grappling hook from pulling players to moveable objects, even when they were stationary (e.g. the window on the Eichenwalde Castle doors)
  • Fixed an issue that prevented highlights captured by Zenyatta players from recording correctly when the Cultist skin was equipped


Maps
  • Fixed an issue that allowed some heroes to hide on the Junkertown payload when using sit emotes
  • Fixed a bug that caused a performance drop when players shot at the gold coin piles in the last Defender spawn of Junkertown
 
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Valderen

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Not impressed with the skins this year.

More gold for the next event I guess. I'm still waiting for that Barbarian Zarya skin. :)