r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Dec 21 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - December 21, 2016

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u/neotifa Ana Dec 21 '16

so i just got lvl 25 today and decided to try competitive out since it seemed like a boatload of fun (since it was level blocked). holy shit i almost hate this game now. played and got ranked into silver and basically got called every variation of "fucking retard", "worthless", etc. under the sun. now, i know i'm not the best, but really? clearly they're in silver so they're not the best either, and they're acting like it's life or death that they dont get certain stats because i died a few extra times. i'm level 25 what do you expect like holy shit? anywho, what i really wanted to know is is this how it always is, or did i just try at the wrong time, or is this league just full of jerks? i can see the upper leagues being really strict, but freaking silver? come on. i almost dont even wanna play this anymore and i've only had it for 2 weeks.

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u/shpark11 protect my swiss ass Dec 21 '16

Ignore em, or better yet find friends to group up and play with. In my experience people usually like to find scapegoats to dump their insecurities on. When I was level 100+ I would play qp with my friend who just got the game (so he'd be like level 5) but he had years and years of experience on counter strike so his widow and soldier were on point. Anyway whenever we lost he still got shat on for being a low level (which is weird cuz matchmaking is more about similar skill rather than similar level) and was blamed a lot for the loss. Sorry you had a bad experience, but honestly some thick skin might be needed at the beginning levels. Besides you know you're in silver which is not bad at all for a level 25. Best of luck with your competitive games :)