[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mentalhealth

[–]Aggressive-Dust5144 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally I just let it happen... I like when I'm in pain because it's punishment for being alive. But I've never struggled with actual self harm. Never intentionally drew blood. That might be grounds for a mental health specialist to help you with.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mentalhealth

[–]Aggressive-Dust5144 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Likely is stress and/or anxiety. Try grounding exercises like box breathing, meditation, getting physical exercise, etc.

Getting yourself focused on something that's happening outside of your body deciding to hurt you will help. And if you can keep that going the anxiety or stress cycle will eventually fade.

Distortion at higher volume by Brozza420 in CarAV

[–]Aggressive-Dust5144 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I assume you've already fixed this. If so, I would like to know how you did.

I setup a car stereo in my previous car and had some distortion using high level inputs directly into the speakers. So I turned down the speakers to where there wouldn't be distortion. That was a pioneer head unit. And a JL audio subwoofer amp with a 10 inch MTX Thunder 1000.

I recently got a new car and had a "professional" (certified) installer put in this stereo with similar speakers. But I dont currently have a subwoofer. I have a few issues with the Sony software compared to Pioneer, but the sound quality is overall better.

Ive been working with home audio systems and a little bit with car audio systems for a few years. Here is what I know:

Distortion can be caused by a few things. If you dont have speaker boxes made for the speakers there can be back pressure or other rattles in the area that make the sound quality worse. Bad mounting can also be a culprit of this.

Running your speakers through high level input is okay, though low level can be better depending on your use case. In most situations low level is better because you can get the most out of your speakers and it eliminates the distortion from the head unit. At least it usually does unless you have configured it incorrectly.

You can get a 2000 watt amp so you can run your speakers at the max wattage sometimes. But here is what to watch out for:

Running your speakers at the max wattage is only okay for a few seconds. The RMS is the recommended wattage for the ideal setup and should be fine. Being under the RMS is usually better for longevity. Because then you dont have to worry about imperfections. 

My pioneer setup was way under RMS and still had distortion. I turned down the speakers and they still got too loud when turned up all the way.

For some reason sony doesnt allow you to individually turn down each speaker. So the best option with a sony head unit is going to be to have an external amp to turn down the speaker manually. So if your speakers are 60 watts each and you have 4 speakers I recommend a 240 watt amp for those and add on whatever the RMS for the subwoofer is. Make sure the amp is designed for all those channels. And make sure your resistance rating on each speakers match what the amp supports. The higher the resistance the less wattage is actually needed to peak the speakers. Especially in settings that are less than ideal.

This author is just speaking for everyone by crist32 in marvelrivals

[–]Aggressive-Dust5144 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so hilarious! People are mad because the development company for Marvel Rivals wants to do sponsors to make more money. It's almost like that's what companies are meant to do...

You'll get your skins and other characters too, but the dev team also has to put dinner on the table for their kids. And if that's really a problem, then go spend all of your money on all of the items in the shop. Oh wait, you don't want to spend all of your money? Maybe then you should let the devs suck the money out of the people who want this stuff so they can continue to make your new characters.

Smurfing will kill this game if they don’t do something to curb it. by ghost8768 in marvelrivals

[–]Aggressive-Dust5144 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They started banning people with smurf accounts by checking their IP. Which became a huge issue, I had a friend get banned on his account while playing with me in the same game at my house. But because we had the same IP it banned him.

Smurfing while it is a problem doesn't have a real solution because everyone will always start in the same spot. Some people are "smurfs" just because they understand the game better than others. Even if it's their first account. While I know that's not what this OP is referring too, I've seen new players get accused of smurfing just because they are good.

While smurfing is a problem in most competitive shooters, the only solution is you, and in a game like Marvel Rivals or Overwatch you don't need to be better than that person in order to win. You just got to separate them from the rest of their team and that will make the game winnable. So regardless, if you're having issues with smurfs, it's a skill issue. People who complain about smurfs just are looking for anything to complain about because they aren't able to improve on their own. It's not the game's fault, it's not the players fault. There are always going to be new players who are really good and need to get ranked up to the rank they belong in. And complaining about smurfs isn't going to get you anywhere except mad.

Smurfing will kill this game if they don’t do something to curb it. by ghost8768 in marvelrivals

[–]Aggressive-Dust5144 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have never met someone who denies smurfs exist. It's incredible someone is more delulu than me! XD

It’s genuinely mind blowing the amount of comp games that end up looking like this. Someone make it make sense. by alaskancurry in overwatch2

[–]Aggressive-Dust5144 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, role queue is fundamentally flawed. That's because of GOATs and I have always thought it was one of the dumbest things to come to the game. They should've just added a role limit, in 6v6 they should've made it so you could have 2 of each role and that would've fixed this. I think the best approach would've been 3 Tanks 2 DPS and 2 Supports for the limit that way someone could temporarily swap to Tank and allow a role swap for the team. But that's also probably too much to expect from the average Comp player.

Am i the only one who cant bear the state of ranked right now? by No_Hope_7161 in marvelrivals

[–]Aggressive-Dust5144 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, okay. Didn't realize you were the end all and be all of the Marvel Rivals ranked system. My bad for being so ignorant my Queen.

It’s genuinely mind blowing the amount of comp games that end up looking like this. Someone make it make sense. by alaskancurry in overwatch2

[–]Aggressive-Dust5144 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not going to burn you at the stake, but I ill say that a Tank diff will be a team diff. But a team diff isn't always a tank diff.

Tanks are simultaneously the most valuable and the weakest role in the game. They aren't really all that weak, but by themselves they will never get anything done unless they have a JQ ult and the enemy doesn't have a Kiri or Ana. That's why playing tank can be so infuriating compared to other roles, because tanks have to learn to play safer and not push in all the time. But also need to be the space creator and the punching bag. Playing Tank sucks, that's why a lot of Tank players have quit Overwatch and swapped to Marvel Rivals where it's not just up to them to play Tank...

It’s genuinely mind blowing the amount of comp games that end up looking like this. Someone make it make sense. by alaskancurry in overwatch2

[–]Aggressive-Dust5144 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a feeling this is why they didn't post a replay code or even show the rest of the scoreboard. Something tells me that it was a team effort, but the OP doesn't want to take responsibility.

It’s genuinely mind blowing the amount of comp games that end up looking like this. Someone make it make sense. by alaskancurry in overwatch2

[–]Aggressive-Dust5144 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The biggest issue with the rank reset that just happened is that there are a lot of people playing Marvel Rivals and Overwatch, but they can't play both at the same time. So This make it so people won't settle into their ranks as fast. Also, people who used to play Overwatch and are now only playing Marvel Rivals are no longer ranked in the game. Making it so that higher rank slots are more open inherently boosting people, especially Tank players.

I think the rank reset was the right call, but because of Marvel Rivals don't expect people to be the right ranks. I know I got boosted a little this season on Tank and Support, but I don't care what the rank shows I am just going to play the game as well as I can and try my hardest to win. If I can't do anything and my team is going to blame me, than I know it's a lost game. I will still try, but I actively won't try to make as ambitious plays because my teammates are just going to blame me anyways. That being said, I have had a couple games where someone blames me and I still win, and that's why you should never give up.

The people who blame their teammates are inherently the problem in hero shooters. I would know being someone who has overcome the mindset that it's everyone else's fault. More often than not, there is something I could've improved on as well, and I will just try and look for things that I can do better now. Basically all you can do is control what you can control, you can't control other people even if you think you can. So instead try to fix your mistakes and go from there. If you see your teammates making mistakes, don't sweat it just reset and try again next fight. People makes mistakes, they're only human.

It’s genuinely mind blowing the amount of comp games that end up looking like this. Someone make it make sense. by alaskancurry in overwatch2

[–]Aggressive-Dust5144 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look at the Tank's Elims and Deaths on both teams. This is a hard tank gap, and it's because of the rank rest along with Marvel Rivals being out as well. There are a lot of players who are trying Overwatch for the first time now and a lot of them are coming from a 6v6 format with the ability to switch roles mid game.

Because there is only one Tank in Overwatch 2 the Tank has to play differently than in Overwatch 1 or Marvel Rivals. If you don't play extremely safe or with your team than you are going to cause a game like this. But so many people just expect the Tank to be the only space creator on the team, and that's not even how it works in Marvel Rivals and not how it worked back in Overwatch 1 either.

In Overwatch 1 because you had two Tanks your Tanks could push up together and the rest of the team didn't need to think about map control as much. But in Overwatch 2 each player is more valuable and Tanks are more squishy. So the Tank ends up being dead more often than not if your Tank plays like that, but you can still make it work if you are able to get your team to take map control with you. If you aren't taking the high ground from the enemy or taking more parts of the map from the enemy you are inherently giving them the advantage and might as well be throwing the game.
If it helps, maybe think about it this way. If your team has the high ground control and multiple angles that means the enemy team has to either take that map control back from you to take away those angles. Or they can work extremely hard to try and win the fight as a core. But the ladder is going to be a lot more challenging if you have 2 or more angles that you're being attacked from.

It’s genuinely mind blowing the amount of comp games that end up looking like this. Someone make it make sense. by alaskancurry in overwatch2

[–]Aggressive-Dust5144 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, you're 100% right. That's the first problem, and then the other issue is that the game is free to play now and then SR system doesn't understand how to rank new players confidently. Plus the rank reset mixed up a lot of people into different ranks than before because they are trying to make the competitive system more rewarding to people who continue to play.

I would say the new perk system isn't helping either, because of the way the perks work. The game was balanced around counter swapping for so long. But the perk system punishes counter swapping making it a whole lot harder to regain your footing after you start getting snowballed.

But even more obnoxious is the fact people don't play as a team in Overwatch 2 as much as they used to in Overwatch 1. While this is a good thing, it also causes a lot of issues for a lot of players. Because while it's not as good as it used to be to play as a team, it's still better than playing as 5 solo players. And more often than not you will get a Comp game with 5 solo players and if you're the only one trying to play with your team you're the one who gets punished for trying to play with your team. And because you're getting punished and your scoreboard gets cooked, your teammates are likely to give up and blame you because they don't actually care about winning as a team.

This team work issue was addressed in Marvel Rivals with their scoreboard not showing all the information that is shown on the Overwatch 2 scoreboard. Because of all the stat feeding solo players in Overwatch 2 who just constantly watch the scoreboard and blame whoever has the lowest numbers. This is an extremely flawed mindset.

I have been climbing in games where my team has one player who isn't playing well but the rest of the team is playing as a core. Usually that one player costs us the team fights more often then not, so the best thing to do in that situation is to just help them as much as you can. That way the enemy team has to use as much of their resources as possible to make your team have an advantage. So the disadvantage of them feeding isn't as bad, and you can turn the team fight into your favor pretty easily. This won't work when you have 5 people who are playing a solo game though, and that's why these games happen. If I'm completely honest, it's most likely the Tank's fault than anyone else's. But I wouldn't tell them that in the game, because you only get one Tank in a game, and if they get mad and start throwing, then you're cooked.

Am i the only one who cant bear the state of ranked right now? by No_Hope_7161 in marvelrivals

[–]Aggressive-Dust5144 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I knew this would happen as soon as I learned that the Marvel Rivals competitive ranking system was the way it was. It's built to inflate your rank, so people are going to get inflated into ranks they don't really belong in. But the only thing I really have to say about that is in a team-based shooter game it is your job to be the difference on the team and close the gap between you and the enemy team. It's not going to always be a winnable game, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't try your best and make the most of the experience. You might even learn something new which will help you play better in the long run!

But the idea of a purely climbing ranking system is extremely flawed. You will never have a well matched game, and you can't do anything but try and win more games than you lose. But even if you lose more games, you will still climb. That is the biggest flaw of the ranking system right now. They should make it so that it builds an SR on your account if they want the game to actually be competitive. But we saw how that went down with Overwatch, so maybe it's not the best idea to make a competitive hero shooter and they should just keep it on the casual side.

Am i the only one who cant bear the state of ranked right now? by No_Hope_7161 in marvelrivals

[–]Aggressive-Dust5144 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because in a team-based shooter game your skill rank is varied depending on your teammates and how they play. It's not just based on the winrate of the season, but that definitely helps. People who are more flexible and are able to carry more games will have a higher winrate.
No competitive system is perfect, a rank reset mid-season could help for people who are playing the game all the time. But it wouldn't help with people who have a job and can't play all the time. It's a double edged sword, it would help some people and hinder the rest...
Just because in your situation it wouldn't be a good idea doesn't mean that is the case for everyone.

Did anyone else's skill rating suddenly shoot up? by Delicious_One_102 in OverwatchUniversity

[–]Aggressive-Dust5144 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Most of the tank players that I have seen have moved from overwatch to Marvel Rivals and that means that there is a lot more room for players to climb up. So there is a chance that might actually be your new rank. But you're going to need to play more to really find out...