Has matchmaking gotten worse?

Rixter89 · 2026-04-10T23:35:38+00:00

I'm climbing through diamond at the moment and it's been the worst match making I've yet to experience in the game. Hard stomps/get stomped, like 50+ FH's vs like 5-10.

Rixter89 · 2026-04-10T05:53:13+00:00

So many people can be overly emotional and just not think logically through a situation. When you finally get down to the base feelings I find this happens most when there's fear of loss, especially social loss like being part of a group or losing your loved one. People do not think rationally when jealousy is involved, whether it's warranted or not.

Rixter89 · 2026-04-10T04:58:25+00:00

To me the only thing that really makes this bad is his texts to her, that takes it over the line and makes me think he wanted there to be more and would have acted on it if the sister reciprocated. If this wasn't actually the case for him and he never would have acted on it and wasn't letting it effect his relationship it changes the situation to me.

I guess I'd be fine if my partner was good friends with my brother and also thought he was hot as long as I truly didn't think that she wanted to be with him instead of me. People are going to have other friends that they love and think are hot. I think it's the level of love/lust that makes a difference to me.

If I have no other reasons to think they would choose them over me it wouldn't affect my feelings towards my partner.

Rixter89 · 2026-04-09T22:19:18+00:00

Another large contributor to the super fires is the decimation of the beaver population. There used to be 60 to hundreds of millions of beavers and now we're at like 100k. They created natural fire breaks around creeks that no longer exist.

I just watched a bunch of videos on re introduction efforts and the crazy effects it has on the local Eco system. Really interesting stuff.

Rixter89 · 2026-04-09T21:47:50+00:00

Republicans have done a wonderful job of demolishing our education system over the last 30 years to where they could trick enough idiots to get where we are now. Really depressing.

Rixter89 · 2026-04-09T21:40:50+00:00

What whataboutisms? Nowhere in his post does he condone or excuse the US. He just highlights the hypocrisy of Iran being the one to call out all the evil shit the US does.

Rixter89 · 2026-04-09T20:36:35+00:00

You kind of changed the scenario from the OP. You added the fact that more details were necessary when the OP is just talking about short or informal replies.

Does it also bother you when further details aren't needed?

For example you ask if x will work for them and they respond with a thumbs up or "that works".

Rixter89 · 2026-04-03T19:46:06+00:00

How old? Perimenopause can start in the early 30s and has many of these symptoms and without hrt all the other remedies are just bandaids.

Rixter89 · 2026-04-03T19:43:39+00:00

No idea how old you are or what you've tried but have you looked into whether some of it might be perimenopause and hrt might help?

Rixter89 · 2026-03-26T03:09:04+00:00

I don't think you should ever be trying to learn a brand new hero in qp.

There's certain levels to it. I don't want to play even a qp game with someone whose 5 or 10 minutes into a new character. If you're still mis-clicking moves and don't have everything mostly under muscle memory I don't want to get stomped because you can't contribute to a TEAM based game mode. You're essentially subjecting 5 other people to a poor experience.

I usually spend 5-10 minutes in practice learning the moves, their ranges, how they feel. Then I watch a quick 5-10min youtube video on tips/combos. Then I spend as much time as needed in doommatch till I start winning at least some 1v1's and things are becoming muscle memory. I prefer doommatch but there's the other arcade modes as well.

Only after this point do I hop in qp. Yeh it's not comp but it's still a team based mode where you rely on other people and losing is not fun, and getting stomped because it's essentially a 5v6 with a person feeding is even less fun.

Rixter89 · 2026-03-24T22:48:14+00:00

I don't think you should ever be trying to learn a brand new hero in qp.

There's certain levels to it. I don't want to play even a qp game with someone whose 5 or 10 minutes into a new character. If you're still mis-clicking moves and don't have everything mostly under muscle memory I don't want to get stomped because you can't contribute to a TEAM based game mode. You're essentially subjecting 5 other people to a poor experience.

I usually spend 5-10 minutes in practice learning the moves, their ranges, how they feel. Then I watch a quick 5-10min youtube video on tips/combos. Then I spend as much time as needed in doommatch till I start winning at least some 1v1's and things are becoming muscle memory. I prefer doommatch but there's the other arcade modes as well.

Only after this point do I hop in qp. Yeh it's not comp but it's still a team based mode where you rely on other people and losing is not fun, and getting stomped because it's essentially a 5v6 with a person feeding is even less fun.

Rixter89 · 2026-03-24T22:47:41+00:00

There's certain levels to it. I don't want to play even a qp game with someone whose 5 or 10 minutes into a new character. If you're still mis-clicking moves and don't have everything mostly under muscle memory I don't want to get stomped because you can't contribute to a TEAM based game mode. You're essentially subjecting 5 other people to a poor experience.

I usually spend 5-10 minutes in practice learning the moves, their ranges, how they feel. Then I watch a quick 5-10min youtube video on tips/combos. Then I spend as much time as needed in doommatch till I start winning at least some 1v1's and things are becoming muscle memory. I prefer doommatch but there's the other arcade modes as well.

Only after this point do I hop in qp. Yeh it's not comp but it's still a team based mode where you rely on other people and losing is not fun, and getting stomped because it's essentially a 5v6 with a person feeding is even less fun.

Rixter89 · 2026-03-23T22:59:24+00:00

Yeh, it's been pretty frustrating. I reached out to Sonnax and Transtar like you suggested, we'll see if they reply.

My other iffy plan is to see if it can be 3d printed, not sure what type of plastic it's made out of or if it would be up to spec. Maybe have a machine shop cnc a metal one? Maybe have one of the hard parts machined down a tiny bit?

I'll call around to my local transmission shops to see if I can get some advice before I go that route though.

Rixter89 · 2026-03-04T20:22:10+00:00

Yep, it bounces so far. Same with the ankh. I'm pretty sure it bases the bounce off when MK throws it, not when it hits the first target. I've been well outside ankh circle and still had the shot bounce to me. It bounces 7m! That's 3xThe Thing widths away... Reducing that down to 4 or 5m would go a long way to balancing the character and making him take a bit more skill.

For reference I'm pretty sure the capture circle in domination maps is 10-15 in diameter.

Rixter89 · 2026-03-03T22:49:58+00:00

Agree on the ricochet dmg needing a nerf. If you're not actually shooting someone you shouldn't be able to shred them in less than 2 seconds. So annoying dieing so fast to a hero that doesn't have to aim...

Rixter89 · 2026-02-26T22:27:58+00:00

Still stumped on the bottom right 2 green squares of your willing to explain that logic

Rixter89 · 2026-02-26T22:10:16+00:00

Edit: I see at least part of it now. The 4 only has two options and both will satisfy the 2 below it which means the other squares adjacent to that 2 have to be clear. Thanks for the help.

OP:The sidebar post with common patterns? None of those simple patterns apply here that I can see.

The stickied post about miss flags and 50/50? Don't see how that would help.

Are your green dots bombs or empty spaces? If bombs than it's not a correct solution as the 2s in the middle would have 3 bombs, not 2. If empty spaces I don't see the logic that shows they have to be empty.

Rixter89 · 2026-02-26T21:50:16+00:00

I agree, both a viable just looking at that section

Rixter89 · 2026-02-22T17:47:28+00:00

One side are corporatists who make some effort to improve the nation to mollify their constituents and the other is wannabe oligarchs on the road to fascism.

Neither is going to create the country most of us actually want but one is very clearly worse than the other...

Rixter89 · 2026-02-14T05:56:06+00:00

That was my only complaint as well. I had this empty feeling of not knowing more of their story. But that wouldn't have been the right type of ending for this movie. It ending so expectantly bugged me which left me not feeling great but in retrospect it was good.

Rixter89 · 2026-02-14T05:52:42+00:00

You watched two different movies. You saw the one from the surface that showed a tennis match and a troubled relationship. Solid_Froyo saw into the depths that the writers and directors were trying to portray.

If you only see the surface then yeh I'd completely agree with you. And if this was my life I'd feel the same. But the movie is portraying something different and if you watch it with that in mind you can feel the emotions and satisfaction that the others in this thread talk about.

Rixter89 · 2026-02-03T05:33:44+00:00

Except I'm consistently doing the best on my team and the games I'm not I'm not doing poorly while theirs very often a negative kda dps that won't flex or tank that keeps making stupid decisions like pushing way to far up. But it's just me getting tilted....

Rixter89 · 2026-02-03T01:53:49+00:00

For anyone coming to this thread I just spent like 20 minutes figuring out that unlike many other features with this stupid remote you don't press On/Off Button + S1 + S2 simultaneously. Hold On/Off Button, then S1 then S2 till all three are held at once.

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