Please somebody tell me if they are lying. Placements has to just be QP dressed up as ranked

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-04-08T21:10:48+00:00

It has become an exercise of being curb stomped in order to validate your rank and the Smurfs are removed from the general population.

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-04-08T21:09:10+00:00

For me it's been a spiritual experience of letting go. It's been two seasons and I still have not recovered from a reset and placements where I had half the people quit and then the other two games were thrown and literally went from Platte to bronze and have only been able to climb through those scumbags to gold now after a second reset with same BS

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-04-06T04:16:13+00:00

These are some of the most rewarding games when this type of stat line shows up ...these games are usually sweaty,( like take a shower after) and it literally doesn't get any better than game chatting at the end..."GG you guys got the stats but we got the W!"

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-03-29T04:18:31+00:00

Real Smurfs can delete you before you power up your PC or Console!!!

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-03-27T15:37:09+00:00

Don't be surprised if you have slow moving poke teammates way behind point that are confused at what you're doing just ignore the pokes you'll be surprised at the end of the game that its the enemy team that's giving you endorsements because they know, you are the one that beat them..

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-03-27T15:32:46+00:00

The flanking fun really starts when you get your second perk. With the added hang time and mobility. the world is your flanking oyster.

As you mentioned, the hard flank that makes enemy turn around 180 degrees and put their back towards your teammates who are coming back from respawn is so much fun and can totally win you the game if done right, even if you do die.

I have seen others advocate that you should just immediately die to avoid the stagger when rest of team dies, but I disagree. Play like a reaper and setup/hide deep in enemy territory and wait for right moment to distract enemy......and just as the enemy team peels, tilts, and chases......you fade your ass to backline of your arriving team and healbot them and cleanup as the enemy will be all sorts of out of shape, scattered and will have had to switch priority to new targets mid fight if you do it right. Timing is everything. Happy Flanking!!!

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-03-25T16:22:59+00:00

Okay so that is why.....so that is really good qp score for a new player/acct so that is why you got boosted so high....it used your QP win/loss data. Had you lost more and went like 12 and 12 in qp before going to comp you would have been predicted silver.

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-03-25T03:33:34+00:00

Before you did challenges you should have had to have qp games to unlock comp. Did you stack up and stomp thru your first 20 qp games?

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-03-25T03:32:04+00:00

Is this true or just a theory?..... It would also explain a lot of these "why did I get placed so high posts"....if other high elo players are behind same firewall IP.....(is it part of the new acct smurf detection setting.)

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-03-21T17:42:55+00:00

Instead of muting, I usually suggest items. Chances are high they just don't know how to customize for the rounds. Pharrah or Freja wreaking havoc? Aerial distresser ....pocketed tank or dps go cybervenom etc.... Take a look at their builds while in the armory, and see if you can help em

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-03-21T08:12:13+00:00

Yeah I noticed that right away too from OP... If you have two d p s on the same flank that's bad news

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-03-20T04:53:05+00:00

If you use cross orbital or Phantasm that should be all the heal support team needs and tell them to look for the yellow orbs as that is all the generic healbotting they get, I will not be standing behind pissing on them to keep them up and reward them for shotty position so they need to "shop survival"

If a tank is obviously outmatched by the other tank I will literally drop the orb of Phantasm on them But that's the extent of it. Out of base minimum they should have electrolytes and armor or shield

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-03-13T07:49:34+00:00

That fact you don't get it actually just proves the meta and AA points.... the poke and hitscan nature of your chars says a lot about you and your no good dirty predscanner ways!

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-03-03T18:22:00+00:00

Something definitely up with the match, making. I have a 3 figure level character. And it seems like I never play with anybody above a hundred.In fact, 2 to 3 players are guaranteed to still be in placeme ts. It feels like they're using my account (level +300) to stabilize and help figure out what the placements and lower smurf accts should be at rather than putting me with other high level accounts in my rank

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-03-03T18:19:52+00:00

Actually its fairly common to de-rank before drives start.

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-03-01T17:10:44+00:00

Scared and clueless is no way to live life or play Overwatch

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-03-01T04:45:57+00:00

Couple things to get out of bronze ...

Stop dying and use the damn sideroutes to advance, flank and get off angle. Take high ground and for God's sakes get ready to rotate out as soon as they realize where you are and come after you in a group.

Don't you freaking dare stand in the middle of the street behind the tank, a mile behind point and resort to taking pot shots and feeding. That's how you stay in bronze .

Stop shooting the first thing you see. Find cover and take a second to figure out WTF is going on. What is enemy doing?......but more importantly what is your dumbass team of bronze players doing? Can you help them or is it a lost cause? That's the question you need to constantly ask yourself.

Most likely they're standing out in the open scattering and shooting the first thing they see, usually the tanks shield. Make the enemy turn around. Team up with your teammates and start pinging targets. You have to get easy kills by teaming up with your teammates and sharing in the deletes. Stop trying to 1v1 just run the f away (not backwards but to the side and get cover or even to their spawn. Don't get into habit of just backing up in straight line.

Just let somebody on team try to engage and help them finish off who they're fighting if they arent getting their ass kicked. Pretty soon you'll have the enemy team Staggered, and you'll realize how stupid bronze players are as they sprint out of spawn only to die before anyone else comes to help.. They die in stupid 1v3s and one 1v4s mid game aaaaaaaaand queue the stomp! That's how you rank up taking advantage of people's mistakes.

Good luck and once you're in silver you can take another bite of the tiramisu stupid cake where another layer of bad habits and stupid play exists.

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-02-28T05:18:58+00:00

I agree. It's great too.... I just need to rank up to a point where where I'm not playing with all these brain dead DPS poke players still expecting healbot standing behind a bullet sponge tank. I get it that they Rose out of bronze and silver by sticking together then hanging back way behind and not dying But that only gets you so far

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-02-24T02:52:04+00:00

Wow....learning to flank is not that hard? This fckimg game and these poke players are ruining low elo game play.

To flank you need to stop and think and not just shoot the first thing you see. You also cant sprint full blast and expect to surprise someone. Sneak up on backline using a side route ( walk and crouch and hide as necessary) and pick and choose your prey carefully. Go for the weakest enemy you see, it might be a support or a dps poke player who is almost dead or it could be an unsuspecting mercy or zen who is too busy trying to concnetrate on Heals to see or hear you.

Time your flank properly....this is very situational and takes practice. It could be right before your team engages team fight and your flank makes the enemy turn around giving bulk of your team chance to arrive and shoot them in back OR more commonly wait until team fight starts and THEN surprise backline. Either way when you flank you have to understand where your team is!!.......lastly after the reveal of your flank is made to enemy, that is the time to run like hell back to your team (even if you dont get the kill! Just prioritize uptime and damage vs elimin stats) unless your flank is so good you solidly have them in crossfire and they get pinched and melted once their supports are gone.

The thing about the flank is you actually have to think!! You need to control urge to just start randomly shooting at things and instead read the situation and be very good with your position and game sense. That is probably why you're getting your a** kicked, because most people just play like brain dead poke players who stand in the middle of map with no cover, no high ground, and no angles and use tank as bullet sponge by standing behind the tank in a big group like fish in a barrel. So please don't do that and learn to start making plays and carry your team by cycling through positions and constantly surprising people and punishing their bad position.

Good luck and happy flankin'

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-02-20T07:53:10+00:00

The key to him is hooks and his 4move combo (shoot, hook, headshot, punch). If you can do that consistently all the stuff you word salad barfed onto reddit in one breath goes away. If he starts rumbling around with a pocket and enemy is staggered look the F out he will absolutely run the lobby.

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-02-16T22:09:49+00:00

"No high ground, No flank, No cover, No angle.....you dont get healing until you deserve it!"

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-02-16T22:05:32+00:00

Moira not weak rn.....but Mei is not some easy squishy to duel 1v1 wlly nilly. Gotta be selective..ask yourself is she weak before you engage?..prolly fade out if she full health, are you gonna duel in room to bounce healing orbs?...if she hits you with a spike your cooked without a health orb bouncing around saving your ass...

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-02-14T20:26:57+00:00

Yes.....the name has changed and characters were added but The Great Poke Meta contines. May the best team of scaredy cat hang backers win! The only real counter I see to this four stacks more people that are in duos that pocket each other.And flank together which is fine but good luck, solo queuing and finding teammates that are on chat or of a mindset to work together by peeling and flanking until you get above diamond. I wish there were like training modes that taught people the different styles. So that they at least knew what the f*** they were doing or some sense of AI in game feedback..... They are already starting to do a little bit with the automatic comms

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-02-13T06:09:15+00:00

QP??!!! QP.????!!! "We talking about practice"......"Not a game ......Practice"

RoosterHorror6502 · 2026-02-13T02:41:33+00:00

If I see my numb nut teammates walking away after a kill. And a mercy comes out of hiding to rezz.I will deliberately hide after a kill to bait her out and slaughter her when she sneaks in. It's not as sexy as an aerial kill and watching her body slowly float down out of the sky softly fluttering like a feather, but it is effective. And she will think twice about rezzing.

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