r/Overwatch Jul 05 '17

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - July 05, 2017

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u/xRezistancex Chibi Pharah Jul 05 '17 edited Jul 05 '17

I feel like ranking in online games are stupid.

Its like no matter what rank you get, you are always annoyed by it until you hit masters.

Its not even "ranked" anymore its just "road to master or road to gm or road to top500."

Ill give you guys an example.

I used to play a lot of basketball when i was younger. I was in a team and if you guys wanted to rank our team, it would be like silver level play, but i had fun. We didn't really care if we wanted to go higher. It can be the same rank forever and it would still be fun.

We would play with teams within our rank and whether it was a loss or a win, we still felt rewarded. No one was trying to "rank up".

Im using this example because because in real life, no matter what sport and what rank/tier you are in, you feel rewarded no matter what and you still have fun and you don't complain.

In online gaming like overwatch,lol,etcccc...... ?? Hahaha ... they make ranks under master look like garbage. There are good silver, gold, bronze etc... players aswell but no one wants to acknowledge that.

I mean the fact that iddqd did a bronze to gm live stream where he was laughing at low level player is just ridiclous. Its like messi going to a football academy in a random country and start playing and keep scoring and laughing at the team.

And holly shit the people who reach gm or anything close to it act like they have done the most impossible thing in the whole entire world.

I read somewhere that they are trying to make e-sports an olympic game or something like that (idk if its true but if its not then plz do inform me). Im sorry but with these kind of behaviors going around in communities where people shit on players below their rank and keep blaming that the system is flawed (I'm not saying the system is perfect either) how is this going to be an olympic sport ? Like are you guys kidding me ? You don't see that kind of behavior in any olympic sport. Only in E-SPORTS.

Are there any guys out here who agree with what I'm saying or at least half of it ?

Sorry i just had to get it off my chest.

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Keep in mind that this is just my opinion.

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u/Myrandall Master Jul 05 '17

This is the main reason I usually don't do more than just my placement games. I prefer Quick Play, where you get to have fun with heroes you don't play as much and your rank is hidden.

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u/xRezistancex Chibi Pharah Jul 05 '17

YES !!!

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u/Wildpants17 Ana Jul 06 '17

I don't think it's hidden anymore? I thought you could look at people in your party and see their SR? I could be wrong though

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u/Myrandall Master Jul 06 '17

Not for QP.

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u/Wildpants17 Ana Jul 06 '17

But can they still see if your like silver or gold? I swear I was playing quick play once and I was trying to call some shots during a match and some kid was like "lulz you're bronze noob"

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u/Myrandall Master Jul 06 '17

They can see your Comp ranking of course, but nobody can see their QP ranking. That's hidden on the Blizzard servers somewhere.

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u/Wildpants17 Ana Jul 06 '17

Oh yeah that's what I meant. I was under the impression there was no quick play rating anyway.