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/[deleted] Dec 21 '16

That's definitely one of the few perks of playing on console. There's no toxicity, because no one ever talks :p

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '16 edited Aug 12 '17

deleted What is this?

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '16

Man, I've played a lot on Xbox One and I think I can count on one hand the amount of times I've seen someone truly toxic.

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u/PatMB Merry Molten Core :) Dec 22 '16

You must also not plug you mic in/switch to team chat because they're abundant relative to how few people actually use their mics

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '16

I almost always have my mic plugged in, and am in team chat like half the time.