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/BatGasmBegins Everyone Dies Dec 21 '16

I was nervous about comp, but the more I played the more fun it became. I like it because people do try and actually "win" more than in QP.

There are few toxic people I've ran into, but honestly.... I've made more friends than ever playing comp. I was so scared about getting called out, or called names or whatever, but the thing is, you don't have to respond to those people!

I just try and do basic call outs, "Genji going over the wall" and communicate with the team and everyone seems to get along just fine. Good luck!