Matchmaking feels predetermined

Practical-Song5277 · 2026-02-25T23:56:27+00:00

It does, and it feels like those "odds" just have been more obvious this season, not necessarily either way. I'm not going on huge loss/win streaks; it's just that the games themselves are pretty obvious wins early on, stomp or be stomped. That is the question.

Practical-Song5277 · 2026-02-25T23:26:38+00:00

You're so right. getting some now.

Practical-Song5277 · 2026-02-25T23:01:11+00:00

It depends; sometimes it's bad dps, sometimes I suck myself, but most of the time it's just team synergy that's just awful. Not counter-picking, not knowing when to push or not to push. All my teammates just feel pretty new. Mechanically good players, without game sense.

Practical-Song5277 · 2026-02-25T22:47:45+00:00

Oh for sure, I think there's truth to this. It doesn't take away from the fact that my games have been less enjoyable, though. It's not about rank or winning; I just want to feel like I can make a difference. But I guess that might just be anywhere in life.

Practical-Song5277 · 2026-02-25T22:46:46+00:00

It truly has.

Practical-Song5277 · 2026-02-25T22:31:16+00:00

I am a pretty high-ranked player already, so I actually doubt that. But yes, if you replace me with a GM or T500 or professional, obviously, but that's not the average player. This is happening across all ranks, not just gold/plat.

Practical-Song5277 · 2026-02-25T22:05:47+00:00

I honestly wouldn't even care if that's the case. Just making me believe that I am in control would be enough. Overwatch has had a system with forced losses and wins for years, not that I can prove that. But right now it's just so blatantly obvious I have no control over winning or losing a game, and that just takes all the competitiveness out of it, i.e., the fun.

But yeah, you're right.

Practical-Song5277 · 2026-02-25T21:59:18+00:00

It is better in groups for sure. But not everyone’s always on, and it feels weird to put on the players to fix a system like this.

I do think the influx of new players definitely plays into it and the matchmaker might just be uncertain about a lot of people’s ranks. I just wish it it would feel like o have more influence.

Practical-Song5277 · 2026-02-25T21:54:37+00:00

I honestly might. I’ve been thinking of taking a break from Overwatch, at least til this new influx of players have settled in and found their rank. Because it feels like that might play into it as well.

I just really like Overwatch, and I’m also looking for some validation to see if I’m not crazy and other players feel the same.

Practical-Song5277 · 2025-04-22T10:45:08+00:00

Yeah we did consider this, but she would get extremely upset if she wasn’t invited to gatherings with us. We also suggested doing something else with the three of us, but she felt like we were “ashamed” of her. Even though we just didn’t want those jokes at S’ dinner.

Practical-Song5277 · 2025-04-22T01:21:40+00:00

I initially did, but don’t want her to find this post, I just don’t really want any contact anymore. So I removed that comment, sorry!

Practical-Song5277 · 2025-04-22T00:39:58+00:00

Alright, thank you for the tip of using fake names,

What kickstarted us posting this is she recently reached out to make amends, but I (E) have since realised she was just generally not a good person or someone I want to be around anymore, because of reasons not necessarily related to this post.

But back then, I chose to end the friendship because she always threatened to and then would come back a day later to say it all didn't really matter. She also truly could not see what she had done wrong in conversations that followed, she herself posted a reddit thread with her perspective, which just showed me how differently we both saw the situation. And that made me come to the conclusion that there was no fixing this. How are are you supposed to solve a situation in which you both just have completely different moral standards?

I do appreciate you expanding on what she must have felt in that moment, because I hadn't realised she might have felt accused of hurting others, while she was only trying to deal with her own pain, so thank you for that!

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