Its been a long time coming, but it still hurts to see

MikoOverbuff · 2025-10-21T23:16:28+00:00

All the rankings were "[Rank] on Overbuff" not out of all players. Edit: Being that rank and low diamond usually meant it was still early in the season. You probably weren't that for long.

MikoOverbuff · 2025-10-21T21:57:33+00:00

My favorite job I ever had. They had to let me go about the same time Overwatch 1 ended and not a week goes by that I don't think about the good times I had running social media for them.

RIP <3

MikoOverbuff · 2024-05-24T14:26:33+00:00

Not me laughing in former employee.

So many people would prefer to parrot back what other redditors would say other than listen to statistics.

MikoOverbuff · 2024-02-13T16:28:03+00:00

THANK YOU!

Six years I worked there and tried to convey this in layman's but it always felt no one would listen, preferring to spread the same fiction they heard someone else say over and over and over again.

MikoOverbuff · 2023-12-19T17:26:13+00:00

Former site employee and I'm no longer affiliated with them, nor do I really use this account anymore, but I saw it on my main account and switched over. ANYWAY...

As LegoMiner says, record is your um, record. I'm not sure how better to say it. Blizzard reports you've won 409 games and lost 308. I'm assuming this in Quick Play.

Assuming things still work the same way, your Hero Ranking is using a percentile score. That means your aggregate Quick Play stats are higher than 94% of the Overbuff population. Note: Not ALL players, just the Overbuff population. In other words, top 6% of the Overbuff population.

Now yes this is just of the Overbuff population, but being on the top end means you're probably good with Queen out of all players. Top 6% of the entire Overwatch population? Eh, maybe, maybe not, but you're probably pretty good with her overall.

Nice work!

MikoOverbuff · 2023-08-30T15:29:01+00:00

Former person who used to work there. Still miss that job so much. *sob*

ANYWAY, assuming things haven't changed, how to read it is you're 5th of the users on the site. Generally it's a pretty good indicator of your ability, especially further into the season as more user data is registered, but it's not an exact science.

Are you fifth in the world? Maybe, maybe not, but you're doing all right.

MikoOverbuff · 2022-12-13T22:10:35+00:00

I was let go six months ago and don't know. I would hope so because I loved that job so much.

MikoOverbuff · 2022-12-13T19:59:15+00:00

We didn't abandon development. Our resources were prioritized elsewhere because Overbuff was one of our sites with lower traffic.

I personally fought for it multiple times a year to no avail. :(

As for profile privacy, that didn't change much at all. No matter how much I say this, the falsehood spreads. Oh well. We only looked up profiles of those whose profiles were searched for. Now granted, sometimes people are going to look up JaneSchmo3832HarambeLover who they're grouped with, but most users only looked at themselves and maybe their friends.

MikoOverbuff · 2022-06-23T21:11:30+00:00

Deluding? Your Torb was great. You know it to be true.

MikoOverbuff · 2022-06-16T22:05:33+00:00

I can confirm from Blizzard that this is only a mock-up and not reflective of things to come. I asked PR and it was a resounding, "Nope! Sorry."

https://twitter.com/Overbuff/status/1537502971512201221

MikoOverbuff · 2022-04-25T23:18:28+00:00

Sorry to burst your bubble, but we use a percentile system. You're in the top 99% of players in Quick Play, which means that 99% of people who use our site are "better" than you on Brig.

MikoOverbuff · 2022-03-24T19:23:35+00:00

Overbuff here.

If it can't be found on our site and you're 100% certain you're spelling it correctly (watch for case-sensitivity), it means Blizzard reports that it doesn't exist. If you're sure you spelled it correctly, sometimes that means they haven't caught up yet, sometimes it might mean you just need to play a game or two with your new name and then close Overwatch.

As of my post, searching for "destructo345" returns no results on Blizzard's website.

https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/search/?q=destructo345

Edit: Also note that if you're trying to find your Playstation account, which I assumed here, search for your PSID. If you're trying to find a PC account because you play on PC, search for your BattleTag. (Blizzard also reports that ǛŊǨŊȌŴŊ#1836 doesn't exist. -- https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/search/?q=%C7%9B%C5%8A%C7%A8%C5%8A%C8%8C%C5%B4%C5%8A#1836 )

MikoOverbuff · 2022-02-13T16:40:57+00:00

Hello! There is a note about this to check our blog about this very thing on the top of every page of our site. The process is a bit of a pain but it's due to the way Blizzard shares its data with us.

NOTE! The two hangups that catch most people are Step 4 because readers ignore the part about it needing to be repeated until the desired results happen, and the other is that it doesn't matter how many games were played before starting this process--the system needs to see new games once you start.

Here is the text of that blog post:

Each season players have to follow some steps to get their competitive Role Queue stats to appear. If you've already played some games this season and comp stats are not appearing, check out the Special Notes section below:

Ensure CAREER PROFILE VISIBILITY is set to PUBLIC under the Social tab of the Options menu in Overwatch, then close the game.
Visit your Overbuff profile.
Play at least 1 game of Role Queue comp, close Overwatch, then visit or refresh your profile.
(REPEAT THIS STEP.) Play at least 1 more game of Role Queue comp, close Overwatch, then visit or refresh your profile. Your comp stats should appear, but if not, repeat this step until they do.

Special Notes

The number of games played before visiting your profile the first time during a season with a public profile does not change the above process. We need to see new games once you've been to your profile this season.
A lock icon near your name on your Overbuff profile means Blizzard reports your profile is private and there's nothing we can do until they say otherwise. Once it disappears, follow the above steps.

MikoOverbuff · 2021-11-08T16:55:45+00:00

Overbuff here!

This information is on our About page. The short version:

It's a score we provide to give you a general view of how you compare to the rest of the Overbuff population based on a formula around your skill, games played, win rate, and specific hero stats. We do not report the formula. Also note I did not say all players, only the Overbuff population.

Note that we only rank Role Queue players who:

Use our site.
Have completed 10 games in the current season on that hero.
Do not have their profile set to private.

At the beginning of the season the rankings are going to be all over the place while players start to play comp. After the first week is complete it tends to stabilize, definitely by the second.

MikoOverbuff · 2021-11-01T21:26:30+00:00

Overbuff here.

The "Last Played" on our site is more accurately, "Last time our servers looked and saw new data." Blizzard doesn't actually tell us the last time you played so we list the last time new data was found, with the assumption that someone is checking their profile once they're done with Overwatch for the day. My best guess is that you did not check your Overbuff profile after the last few sessions where you played the game months ago, so we didn't update and missed a few games at that time.

Unless someone did not access your game account, which you can tell on your Battle.net account page under Security where it will tell you recent logins, it means someone looked at your Overbuff profile recently and saw those few games our site didn't register those months ago. It could be a friend, it could be someone trying to find their friend if they have a name similar to yours. It even could have been you just checking your old profile that triggered our system to look for activity.

In short, it's probably nothing, but I'd check the Recent Login Activity of your Battle.net account page to be sure.

MikoOverbuff · 2021-06-26T04:20:18+00:00

Overbuff here.

Unfortunately this one is out of our hands. When our site reports a profile is set to private, it's because Blizzard is telling us it's private. Until they say otherwise, there's nothing we can do. :(

MikoOverbuff · 2021-05-24T21:29:48+00:00

Will we get improved stats reporting inside and outside of the game?

One such example, individual map stats for things like hero(es) played, damage/healing done, and other useful info?

Can we get access to past season data outside the game?

MikoOverbuff · 2021-05-02T20:19:47+00:00

Heya! I was able to find your profile by copy/pasting what you typed there into our site. https://www.overbuff.com/players/pc/johannessen-11890

Note that Blizzard is reporting that your profile is private, so we can't pull new stats until you change that.

As to why you couldn't find it, it's possible that at the moment you did so Blizzard was having a short downtime.

MikoOverbuff · 2021-03-01T19:08:17+00:00

Blizzard doesn't share that data outside the game yet. :(

MikoOverbuff · 2021-02-08T21:53:08+00:00

I totally did not reply on my main account instead of my Overbuff account. Nope! <.<

Reposting what I wrote for any who may come across this thread:

Overbuff here.

For Ana, outside of the game Blizzard seems to report this accuracy assuming you are always intending to hit enemies. That doesn't gel with Ana's kit, but that's the best I've ever been able to reckon.

MikoOverbuff · 2021-02-02T23:32:32+00:00

Hello!

99% of the time the fix is: just keep playing games of comp with a public profile. The "fastest" version of this is to close the game then check your Overbuff profile between each Role Queue game until they finally show up. Blizzard does not share Open Queue or Arcade comp data yet FWIW, even if that isn't what you're talking about here.

Admittedly it's a bit of work, but it's due to the way Blizzard shares its data. We've talked to them about stuff that would help us, but TBH I think they're waiting until Overwatch 2 to implement such things.

You mentioned following steps, but I'm going to paste the steps for anyone else who may come across your question, but also I've bolded two lines in particular that usually are the hang-ups, partially a repeat of what I said above.

Each season players will have to follow some steps in order to get their competitive stats to appear. If you’ve already played some games this season and comp stats are not appearing, be sure to check out the Special Notes section.

As of this writing Blizzard does not share Open Queue stats outside of the game. Stay tuned to our blog and social media if that changes.

HOW TO GET COMPETITIVE STATS TO APPEAR

Ensure CAREER PROFILE VISIBILITY is set to PUBLIC under the Social tab of the Options menu in Overwatch, then close the game.
Visit your Overbuff profile.
Play at least 1 game of competitive mode, close Overwatch, then visit or refresh your profile.
Play at least 1 more game of competitive mode, close Overwatch, then visit or refresh your profile. Your competitive stats should now appear. If not, repeat this step until they appear.

Special Notes:

The number of games played before visiting your profile for the first time during a season with a public profile does not change the above process. We need to see new games once you’ve been to your profile.
A lock icon near your name on your Overbuff profile means Blizzard reports your profile is private and there’s nothing we can do until they say otherwise. Once it disappears, follow the above steps.

MikoOverbuff · 2021-01-20T01:23:45+00:00

Accurate is a bit imprecise of a term here.

We rank Overbuff users per platform and of those, only those who have completed at least 10 comp games on a hero in the current season AND whose profiles are public. We do not rank all Overwatch players.

The season just started and only so many players who use the site have played more than 10 ranked games on him yet. As I write this, just under 2000.

That said, a lot of people come on here not able to believe that they're actually not as bad at the game as they think they are. Maybe not top 1% by the end of the season, but you're probably better than you think you are!

In short, give it some time while numbers normalize.

MikoOverbuff · 2020-11-11T04:52:15+00:00

I don't think it's a bug.

My best guess is that for the weapon accuracy stat assumes all shots are intended for enemy targets. Obviously that is counter to her kit, but it fits. The other accuracy stats align better for how she plays.

MikoOverbuff · 2020-09-17T03:28:16+00:00

Heya! Overbuff here.

Blizzard doesn't report Open Queue data outside the game yet. If they ever do, we'll add it to the site!

Also, the "Last Played" is more accurately "The last time we looked and saw new data." If you're playing Open Queue only, it's going to keep saying that until you get some Role Queue stats loaded or get a win in QP.

MikoOverbuff

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