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MysticBrohan
01/19/21 1:47:38 PM
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Fucking why? I cannot for the life of my understand why someone would be inclined to queue up with a bunch of randos for a 20+ minute game that you can lose through zero fault of your own. I get that theres always more you can do as an individual, and you can manage some cool teamwork when you find players at your level, but is it really worth it? How many games have you lost because one or more of your teammates was toxic, not trying, or just straight up left? I used to play Overwatch when it was new and the rng teammates pushed me away from the whole format. Unless youre queuing up with a team of 5 or dont care about winning it reads like pure masochism.

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ninkendo
01/19/21 1:48:25 PM
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Punnyz
01/19/21 1:52:10 PM
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Overwatch here

First and foremost, I stopped playing Comp

second, if you can't beat them, join them. I play for myself, as selfish as that sounds, sometimes I just want to heal. So I go and heal. Sometimes I just want to tank, so I tank. I try to find satisfaction in doing the job instead of actually winning. I understand theres people that don't even do THAT much, at least try to be better than those players

Its very jaded and cynical but its reached that point

I love Total Mayhem because you just spam the abilities, its very therapeutic and thats all I want to do.

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-hotdogturtle--
01/19/21 1:52:30 PM
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This is a very broad topic title and a very specific first post.

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MysticBrohan
01/19/21 2:07:53 PM
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ninkendo posted...
Because it's fun
Is the fun not diminished by the haters and losers who so badly want to do our country harm?

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ninkendo
01/19/21 2:08:39 PM
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I wouldn't know i only play with SHINE friendos and we only hear eachother in voice chat

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MysticBrohan
01/19/21 2:10:03 PM
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Punnyz posted...
Overwatch here

First and foremost, I stopped playing Comp

second, if you can't beat them, join them. I play for myself, as selfish as that sounds, sometimes I just want to heal. So I go and heal. Sometimes I just want to tank, so I tank. I try to find satisfaction in doing the job instead of actually winning. I understand theres people that don't even do THAT much, at least try to be better than those players

Its very jaded and cynical but its reached that point

I love Total Mayhem because you just spam the abilities, its very therapeutic and thats all I want to do.
Thats pretty much the route i was heading towards when i quit, just picking Lucio and sliding around every game. Playing competitively just doesnt feel like an option when oh so many people make such hurtful, irreparable choices

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TomNook
01/19/21 2:18:29 PM
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It's fun for more skill based games, like the fighting genre.

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Peace___Frog
01/19/21 2:34:14 PM
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MysticBrohan posted...
You can lose through zero fault of your own.

False. Play better. Git gud.

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Punnyz
01/19/21 2:34:17 PM
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oh lol

whats funny is....yea, Lucios are a pain in the ass

People choose a healer role but then Lucios dick around like they're genjis

if people are giving you shit for that then..I sorta see it lol

Lucio is my healer main and I just plank my skinny ass next to the shield and heal as hard as I can

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Grand Kirby
01/19/21 3:33:22 PM
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Yeah, this feels like a very specific post, but I guess Overwatch is the only team game I regularly play anyway, so I'll answer specifically.

...because it's fun? Yeah, you do get a lot of throwers and trolls, but I generally have more fun games than I do ruined games. I think the most enjoyable part is when me or my team pop off and take out an entire group of opponents, and I think that makes it worthwhile compared to say a individual free-for-all mode where your attention is more divided and it's harder to focus targets and make fun plays. So it's worth putting up the occasional game where teammates throw, and to be fair, you can still work around one bad teammate if it comes to it.

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paperwarior
01/19/21 5:01:04 PM
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2v2s in Smash Bros are bad enough for me. Admittedly that's partly on the Smash Bros online community being full of rat bastards.

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_stingers_
01/19/21 5:24:15 PM
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I play league because I hate myself

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Xiahou Shake
01/19/21 5:24:24 PM
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Overwatch is the game that got me to stop doing this. Randos have just gotten way too toxic.

Though honestly I prefer the community server approach that you'd see in TF2 and such where you'd always be hanging out with the same crowd, and that largely doesn't exist anymore.

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Forceful_Dragon
01/19/21 5:28:21 PM
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You have to take the same approach you take with poker.

you are going to get some bad beats, but if you play your best game you will generate enough of a difference to have the % work out in your favor.

If you can use your skill to win 54% of your games at a high level of play then you are very very good. But you are also still losing nearly half of your games. You just have to be okay with that, because a 54% edge in something like poker would make you a bajillionaire.

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theawesomestevr
01/19/21 5:56:20 PM
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MysticBrohan posted...
Is the fun not diminished by the haters and losers who so badly want to do our country harm?

Of course not. Every time you play with the haters and losers you should do so with great love and affection for they cannot help the fact that they were born fucked up.
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skullbone
01/19/21 6:22:01 PM
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There are definitely those games where I played my absolute best and we still lost that make me question why I bother. Or there are games where I played awful and we still won (but we tend to forget those I think).

I think if you're completely focused on winning then you're going to have a bad time. I mean even with a 60% winrate (which is CRAZY in games with balanced matchmaking) you're still losing 4 out of every 10 games. So if you're playing for fun instead of for winning I think you'll have a better time.

My personal problem with Overwatch is that you basically can't play the fun modes for fun because they have the silly "win 9 games, get 3 lootboxes" crap every week. I can't ignore that quest even though the rewards are pointless so losses make me extra mad. If I play for 2 hours one night and lose every match I'll be crazy mad because I feel like I didn't make any progress toward this stupid quest that I shouldn't care about.

If Overwatch changed that quest to be play 9 games or even play 20 games I think the amount of toxicity would plummet. Of course I'm only taking about the Arcade modes, I don't touch competitive with a 10 foot pole because people care about their silly OW rank points too much.

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Punnyz
01/19/21 6:29:10 PM
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Ah, I've never seen it that way before

I just constantly play TM so I get those boxes eventually

I can see it being frustrating if thats your goal

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Grand Kirby
01/19/21 6:37:39 PM
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For Overwatch Arcade I usually play Deathmatch and Hero Gauntlet to get my boxes. In those modes nothing matters but your own personal skill. When I want to just have fun I play Mystery Heroes.

In MH you have no choice but to play for fun. There are definitely games where the RNG just serves you up a steaming pile and you just have to accept running across a team with a Bastion, double shields and multiple Mercys. If you have a hard time getting over the "sometimes you're just dealt a bad hand" mentality when it comes to teammates, Mystery Heroes will sure put you in line.

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MysticBrohan
01/19/21 7:05:00 PM
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Forceful_Dragon posted...
You have to take the same approach you take with poker.

you are going to get some bad beats, but if you play your best game you will generate enough of a difference to have the % work out in your favor.

If you can use your skill to win 54% of your games at a high level of play then you are very very good. But you are also still losing nearly half of your games. You just have to be okay with that, because a 54% edge in something like poker would make you a bajillionaire.
i appreciate the analogy, and i would totally agree in an RNG-influenced game like poker. i used to play Hearthstone and i wouldnt get pointlessly upset over unlucky draws and bad bounces. To me its ludicrous to solo queue in something like League and more or less bash your head against the wall to get your winrate up. If the game is skill-based i want skill to be the sole determinant, or at least the main determinant. To lose at CS or something to shitty teammates on a consistent basis is mind-boggling. i guess this is why i stick with 1v1s

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Waluigi1
01/19/21 7:11:13 PM
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I play these games to play with my friends. Otherwise yeah I just don't have much fun with them.

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Aecioo
01/19/21 7:16:22 PM
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I play league and overwatch because they're fun, and I don't care about my winrate?

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KingButz
01/19/21 7:38:05 PM
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There's something to be said for carrying your garbage team to victory despite everything.
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hockeydude15
01/20/21 9:30:56 AM
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I just have fun with team games. Really the amount of people straight up trolling in League or CS in ranked queues is generally low, it's usually just people who get tilted early and then the team rags on them til the trolling starts.

And as for having terrible teammates, we all have bad games. Sometimes i carry the baddies to victory other times i'm the baddie and get carried. Rarely do i finish a game regardless of the outcome and have zero fun playing. Unless i'm top laning against a Teemo, fuck that champion.

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Forceful_Dragon
01/20/21 9:43:56 AM
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hockeydude15 posted...
Unless i'm top laning against a Teemo, fuck that champion.

Maybe don't check my ranked history for last year... <_<

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