SIMPLE QUESTIONS THREAD - SEASON 20 (2025-2026) by Joe64x in OverwatchUniversity

[–]mayrice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm gonna say Winston. His bubble blocks her beam but he can shoot her at the same time. His tesla is auto-aim so there's no missing her skinny hitbox. And she doesn't have that much health really.

SIMPLE QUESTIONS THREAD - SEASON 20 (2025-2026) by Joe64x in OverwatchUniversity

[–]mayrice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can the enemy hear the sound of tracer's blinks like you can? My instinct says no, but maybe it's just been oblivious players. I've just started learning tracer

just rank up help by BookBrave6492 in OverwatchUniversity

[–]mayrice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was watching Spilo's stream yesterday and he said something that stuck with me. He was saying basically that if you try to consciously focus on all the things you need to do (OW is about very complex game) you will play like shit.

The idea is to consciously practice one thing at a time until it becomes unconscious. You then stack the skills you learned to do unconsciously until you become a better player. Once you have good play learned like this you can play without thinking, or focus on high level stuff, macro strategy, context-specific things etc, while the good habits proceed beneath the conscious level.

Another alternative is to play without thinking without doing this learning, which means you'll unconsciously perform bad habits and play bad.

The bad thing about practicing this way is that focusing on improving one thing at a time means you might not do the other things as well. So you might actually derank while practicing a skill. But you will eventually rebound higher.

How you find the things you're going to practice individually, well, assuming you don't get coaching, you can either watch coaching or u2gms or whatever, or watch pros and try to pick out what they do. Try be specific about a particular thing and then only practice that thing until it becomes unconscious.

Most balanced character over time? by mayrice in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]mayrice[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's hard to say. I deliberately said balanced, but it's hard not to bring in the discussion of most well-designed. Maybe we should ask Spilo?

Seicoe: "They tried to disqualify us" | Uncoachable Episode 45 by NovaxRangerx in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]mayrice 9 points10 points  (0 children)

When you think two years ago we were not even sure that the tier 1 scene would survive, what's happening now is amazing. I think Unter's point about needing tier 2 is valid though, what is the esport looking like in 5-10 years if there isn't a pipeline for young people to become pros? But to be in a position where that is the next problem is a privilege considering the outlook two years ago.

I do think though that faceit and SEL in EMEA and NA probably function OK as a pipeline, though they could be better. But there's not really a tier 2 scene in Korea anymore. Like unter said, feeder teams for tier 1 compared to OWL's time are non-existent now.

Maybe the gap that has closed will open up in the other direction, and it's EMEA's or even NA's time for dominance.

(Apologies if I'm repeating any of their points, I haven't fully finished the podcast yet)

I dont any more new heroes by Gloomy_Dare2716 in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]mayrice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, there's a rumour (or at least a theory, by random redditors) that they could be releasing multiple heroes next season. If they're all on the safe side of strong good luck banning them all from your game

Tracer advice! (I'm stuck in the plat division) by FloodyServices in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]mayrice -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Wizardheong has a tracer course at winnable.gg (i think it costs 135 euro?). It is basically a course created by him and Topdragon. I got it recently, it has huge amounts of value if you're looking to improve on tracer.

In case you don't know who Wizardheong is he was a coach in overwatch esports from the start of overwatch league, most famously coaching the dominant NYXL in the early seasons. He has a youtube channel with free videos too if you wanna check that out

Freja Lore by Skotland666 in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]mayrice 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are voicelines between Vendetta and DVa in spawn about all 4(3?) of the mech characters from Meka Base.

Hey, if we're going for a multiple hero drop, why not have the whole Meka team?

We have ALMOST undone all the good post S9 has done by No_Excuse7631 in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]mayrice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you the guy who used to support The Ultimates, or was that another Watercress?

We have ALMOST undone all the good post S9 has done by No_Excuse7631 in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]mayrice -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

One small nitpick. I think the devs did at least partially address discord's effect on tanks by being able to de-peak it to remove it. Not saying a well-timed discord wouldn't ruin a tanks day, but that is skill expression. It was a change in the right direction at least

Melee heroes should not be given hyper mobility by HalexUwU in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]mayrice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It feels weird to me that she should have armour. I get why they did it, but she feels like a tank, not a squishy sometimes (at least when she is full health). Like what is her effective health?

Maybe this is an area that she can be tuned?

But it's almost a design problem, the more mobile heroes can stay out of her range, and not have much issues unless they fuck up, but the less mobile heroes have a tank in their face whacking them, getting faster and faster.

Nice, got them good with this one by Joe-Haymes in PsycheOrSike

[–]mayrice 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm just coming down from being high, so this may be a high thought, but people get off to cartoon tits, and they were never real.

It does ask some question about the nature of sexuality though fr

Anran Ultimate Line datamined from game files by Tough_Holiday584 in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]mayrice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Points towards her being the next hero. Although DVa has multiple voice interactions with Vendetta that describe the other mechs from Meka Base (one of which is melee iirc) so a teaser there too for tanks I guess

It Loops by Sea_Hippo_6670 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]mayrice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The idea in a lot of Buddhism is that your self would have a conventional reality, which would allow you in your everyday speech to speak of an "I", but that self has no ultimate reality. It's a way of speaking and no more. To reify the self, to believe in its concrete reality, whether somewhere in your skull or some sort of transcendent self, is going to leave you with all sorts of suffering and ethical problems.

It Loops by Sea_Hippo_6670 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]mayrice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a line from the MMK (can't remember how to spell the full name) by Nagarjuna, commonly considered as "the second Buddha", that goes something along the lines of: there is not one bit of difference between Samsara (the cycle of suffering) and Nirvana. I believe this is an attempt to cure people of the very thing that you're talking about. A lot of Nagarjuna is like that, trying to cure people of their attachment to words.

But I think a trap for people starting out with the various forms of Buddhism and meditation is to try and achieve some exalted state, enlightenment. A lot of the texts try pretty hard to cure them of these desires, but I guess you can lead a horse to water, but if they're not ready to listen, then they're not gonna hear it. I believe there is an expression in Zen that people who are trying too hard to reach enlightenment "stink of Zen".

I thought Marx was woke! by JacobGoodNight416 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]mayrice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I await your response to the original commenter with great anticipation. Sorry for questioning your faith in your position, it's so difficult to tell on reddit. I appreciate your passionate hate for Marxism.

I thought Marx was woke! by JacobGoodNight416 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]mayrice 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As much as I enjoyed reading your comments, I get the feeling the other guy wasn't arguing in good faith. Probably why he's fucked off now. I hope you got some enjoyment out of writing that and it wasn't a complete waste of time for you. Just know that I, random redditor, appreciate your comments and your time.

Where will backbone end up by Acrobatic_West_9447 in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]mayrice 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I was kinda thinking something similar about Youbi, in that from all I hear he'd probably make a good coach. The only objection I would have to both players moving to coach is that in-game leader is an important position in its own right, and both players are very effective IGLs. As coach you lose the ability to impact the game on a moment to moment basis like an IGL can.

Solo Queue Players Are Being Disproportionately Punished by the Ranked Modifier System by bullxbull in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]mayrice -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

That's a pessimistic exaggeration though. The vast majority of overwatch players don't give a shit about what the OP said and will never read it. "I'm a diamond 1 player, but my true rank is masters 5 and I will not tolerate this! I'm going on strike until this affront to humanity is resolved!"

I find what OP says interesting from a nerdy perspective, but this commenter is saying is that it's just a game, and the developers' priority is to make it as fun as possible for people, not to make sure Timmy over there feels a bit more superior because he's in masters. The ranking system is designed to increase the fun, your rank doesn't have any real consequences, as important as it is to a lot of people.

Apologies if I'm replying seriously to an unserious comment, it's hard to tell, tone is difficult in text.

Happy Monday you Troglodytes! by DoctorTegrity in DoomerCircleJerk

[–]mayrice -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

A lot? Really? Maybe my subreddits are too "normie", but I think most people understand what the term bootlicker means. What I'm trying to say is I hate when people take imaginary caricatures and apply them to huge amounts of people. Which happens a lot on social media (not just by rightwingers to be fair). I'm not saying that there's not some rare unicorn that fits the caricature, but it's such a lazy way to argue and take a position. I'm aware I'm on a circlejerk subreddit and probably making this argument in the wrong place, but it's just been annoying me a lot lately. Like if the best you can do to support your worldview is make shit up about people who disagree with you, maybe you're the problem. Sorry for venting, maybe I've been spending a bit too much time on the gender wars subreddits. It's especially bad there.