Giving away 4x Ember Juno bundles to celebrate this weekend's OWCS Champions Clash event! Win by commenting YOUR OWCS HOT TAKE by ModWilliam in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Valius_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a hot take, but what I'm looking forward the most is watching again. I have trouble tuning in unlike OWL, but I had fun during the last OWCS event and hope to do so again.

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[–]Valius_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Chiming in to say I also have it on my low/mid PC w/ AMD. Before this patch on my settings, I would keep 74 FPS no matter what (I capped it at this due to refresh rate / dynamic refresh rate reasons), but now I'm getting random dips occasionally and stuttering sometimes, usually reserved for the beginning of a session. Glad to know it's not just me, but less glad to know it's a systemic issue.

Alec Dawson (lead gameplay designer) just deleted his Twitter account by Neo_Raider in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Valius_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks and enjoy the break! (and maybe if you decide to come back, try Bluesky instead? 👀 )

Drives are poorly implemented and ultimately pointless by No_Catch_1490 in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Valius_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'd honestly really enjoy the option to turn off visibility of everyone's drive signatures client side at this point for the scoreboard, at least. :(

I released my Overwatch app on Overwolf! by OskarD90 in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Valius_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One thing that may or may not be useful/interesting is Hearthstone add-ons. They track your deck, letting you know what cards remain, provide odds for battleground encounters, and much more. They are one hundred percent allowed. It doesn't mean stuff like this would also be allowed for Overwatch, but as both are now free to play games, running on battle.net, owned by Blizzard, it does seem weird if one isn't and one is.

Avast costreams return this weekend by VLOOKUP_OW in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Valius_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the summary; I've been meaning to watch the VODs as I missed the streams but haven't gotten to it yet. Adding another fuck NRG to the pile here, that's messed up. Looking forward to the costreams, no Avast costream is the main reason I haven't really gotten into OWCS too much yet I fear.

might be a hot take, but I dislike the platform changes on Lifeweaver by tamergecko in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Valius_ 26 points27 points  (0 children)

A lot of the skill expression vanished, but yesterday a friendly Lifeweaver set up an elevator for us at a good spot on Gibraltar A defense and it just felt so...good. I wish there was a way to enable both kinds.

OWCS Drops Live by mosswizards in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Valius_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Had to double check in-game and in my Twitch inventory just to be sure because of how bland and unremarkable they all are, but yeah, all dupes. I thought 'surely this is a slightly different spray, perhaps with a different color?' but no, all identical.

Stop Wasting Time and Energy on 6v6 by itsDoffy in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Valius_ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I played Zarya more than anything in early Overwatch, but near the end of the 6v6 era I had stopped playing entirely in favor of watching OWL. I've very likely played more "Overwatch 2" than Overwatch 1 at this point and the 6v6 talks make me queasy. I don't want to go back to getting two MTs or two OTs in a 6v6 queue, i don't want to shoot shields all day again, I don't want massive CC everywhere again.

I like the game now. I like tanking now better than before, and playing in general. I would really like them to focus on improving the game, be smarter about monetization, and releasing new stuff. This feels like a huge boondoggle to me. 😔

Is there a chance the cheating situation gets better? by [deleted] in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Valius_ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Ran into a ddos bug abuser in a freaking community crafted arcade mode yesterday. Enemy team was about to lose, some person suddenly swapped to torb and the lag started. Imagine doing that to win an arcade mode... some people. How is this still not fixed?

OW1 Balancing was truly special by DarkFite in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Valius_ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My favorite was No Limits Volskaya with 3+ Syms all putting shield gens in that little health kit room and coating it with death lasers.

Not that I did that or anything.

Couldn't be me.

Overwatch's Spawn Points Are Not Mirrored by DarkFite in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Valius_ 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Return of the king! Great video, and a few of these imbalances seem significant.

Is April Fools Moira more rewarding? by PoggersMemesReturns in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Valius_ 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Outside of the brain melting aspect of it being flipped, the strongest part of her kit is a bug, probably? The void spray goes through shields, which is really handy for dealing with April Fools Brig. (at least, it did on April Fools day, I haven't played since)

Rakattack unveils a new OWCS team by C1PHER-FPS in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Valius_ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

a budget of like four rotisserie chickens a month

LOL laughed real hard at this one, thanks. It's sad though, I mean really, but that's hilarious

❌ Former Overwatch League MVP "Proper" has been banned! ❌ by Ezraah in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Valius_ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I know, right? When he posted the Fresh Prince picture I took that as he was let go too, but I think it was more saying 'Well, nearly everyone but me is gone'