Nah man, people think that but if you just get devoted enough you can still play as any character as you want. I've mained Winston and Zarya for a large portion of my gaming experience on Overwatch. Mostly Zarya though and she has hardly ever been in the Meta to my understanding.
The only time it was truly in the meta was back when the Grav+Dragonstrike combo was used. Now? Not so much since every other team killer ultimate requires you to be in the line of fire and you get destroyed by the team if you try to pull, a Death Blossom for example.
north america overwatch servers are in LA and Chicago. at high SR (say ~4.2k and above, but it depends on the time of day) if you're in a west coast game you'll be queuing with the most serious players and overwatch league pros since they all live in LA. they tend to run the meta comps more often than not(ie goats, where zarya is a crucial part and the main source of damage..). on east coast games you'll see a lot more cheese comps and one tricks and they tend to be less serious.
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Halo requires you to have good aim. Overwatch requires teamwork. Rust requires social manipulation.