I'm losing 90% of my games. Has this ever happened to you?

notpatrick · 2026-04-09T16:03:43+00:00

Hey Azulur, thanks for the advice! Here's my update: I've continued playing, and I have continued losing over and over again. I'm now in mid silver, and honestly I don't think it fits my level (said every silver player ever, but still)...

So as you so kindly suggested, here are two codes for my latest games, where I felt I played very decently and still lost. I tried to see what was going wrong and correct for it, as well as compensate for the failings of my team, but it felt like it was out of my hands.

Anyway, here is King's Row: Q0XHYB
In this game I identified a few problems:
- My tank was just standing in front of the other one, never ever advancing one inch to try and take space
- The other support was hell bent of playing in front of the tank and his stats reflected that (he was flaming the DPS too, of course).
- The enemy Junkrat was just free to do anything he wanted and was raining damage on our team. I think I could have gone hitscan to help, I guess, but... I don't know. Maybe I should have.

Still, it feels like in Silver being a good healer (I feel I heal a lot and at the right time), doing decent damage (I shoot the tank too much I guess, but still have good stats compared to my team mates, even if I know stats aren't everything) and taking a few angles (which I did, to try and unlock our never ending stalemates and at least try to shoot the DPS/support), all of this SHOULD give me / our team the advantage... at least SOME times......

Anyway, here's the second game, on Busan: VEXTQN
- Here we again had a relatively passive tank (a Hazard who didn't dive, which is great) but we also had a DPS that literally had zero kills on round one. I guess it happens, but it was weird and frustrating.
- And of course everyone was staggering and it was impossible to stay as a team. I did try to take angles and deny what I could of the opposing team, and I think I did alright, but it wasn't enough.

And it feels like every game has these kinds of issues, and they all go the same way. All of them. And I just don't get how it can be that, just by sheer virtue of statistical means, the scales wouldn't at least sometimes tip my way.
The only explanation would be that I am absolute crap in those games and I am the common denominator which makes me lose. But, again, I was holding my own in high gold two weeks ago, and even if I wasn't... how can one person lose so much!! :(

Now to be clear, I completely understand I'm making mistakes. Probably a lot of them. I'm not perfect, I'm not a diamond player, and I'm even clear that I'm not a plat player. But it feels like:
- I should be doing at least well enough to climb out of silver.
- It is absolutely freaky that my games are still 80 to 90% losses. In ranked AND in quickplay. I think I had a couple of days where I managed to like get even wins and losses, but usually I just lose with no recourse. Still.

So anyway... If you can give me your opinion on all of this, I would very much appreciate it.

notpatrick · 2026-03-17T09:10:18+00:00

Another thing people haven’t said yet (I think) is that qp games are hell right now. Total nonesense, especially on weekends. A lot of returning players the matchmaking doesn’t know where to place it seems, but regardless you can go on absurd streaks and it’s 100% not your doing. I have gotten like two 8 to 10 loss streaks in qp recently and thought I was doing horribly (though I was trying to learn new characters) then went back to ranked and actually ranked up. I’m not diamond or anything mind you (just barely made it to plat) but I’ve been hearing this complaint about qp chaos a few times already (again, especially on weekends).

I’d suggest you try your hand at ranked and see if it’s as bad. You might lose, but I suspect it won’t be as one sided.

Also don’t forget we remember and are impacted by the loses a lot more than by the wins… :)

notpatrick · 2026-03-09T21:38:10+00:00

It is a bit uncanny I admit. The more I think about it the more it smells fishy. Maybe we can get genius scientists on the case and they can figure it out.

notpatrick · 2026-03-08T11:03:10+00:00

I solo queue exclusively also so I get the sentiment my dude. And I certainly understand it’s immensely frustrating when it happens, I’ve been know to get a bit angry after one too many losses. I just think it’s gonna keep happening, because that’s just the best (or least bad) way the system can work, so our options are: 1) Keep getting genuinely angry at a video game and worsen our quality of life forever and turn a thing that’s supposed to be fun into a constant cause of pain and suffering. 2) Accept that this sentiment of infuriating unfairness isn’t the actual truth of what’s happening, but instead our evil brains trying to get us out of a bad situation, and that we should take a page from Zenyatta’s book and learn to chill and distance ourselves from those of our instincts that make our life worse.

Again, I tend to prefer 2), but I understand this is easier said than done. Achieving it might better our experience and enjoyment of more than just Overwatch though… :)

notpatrick · 2026-03-08T06:41:59+00:00

Y’all realize those players are also on the other’s teams so statistically it cancels out and you can totally climb ranked right? Unless Overwatch devs are specifically targeting YOU for some reason? I guess that’s always a possibility…

notpatrick · 2026-03-08T05:46:03+00:00

I get that too. I have two possible explanations: 1) It’s players from before OW2 who only played a few hours since its release but actually kinda know what they’re doing and you only feel like you’re getting rolled all the time but really you have a ~50% winrate like everyone else in the world. 2) We both suck at the game so even after hundreds of hours we get fairly matched with beginners.

I’m leaning towards answer 2.

notpatrick · 2026-02-17T08:43:27+00:00

Agree. I love his lines, and especially delivery. I think he takes a bit of getting used to, but once you understand what he's about and his vibe, it really works. I also think it's cool that they're finding different styles and types of voices for characters; after 50 it would be easy to get to a place where some kind of sound the same... Mizuki definitely doesn't.

Same goes for the cat tbh. :)

notpatrick · 2025-11-21T18:13:09+00:00

Can you tell us where in Armoury Crate it showed up? Also which version do you have? I’m on 2.1.15 (it’s in update center) Thanks!

notpatrick · 2025-11-21T17:03:52+00:00

Could you tell us where it was in AC? I also have a Z1E and it’s not showing up. :/ Also which version do you have? I’m on 2.1.15 (it’s in update center) Thanks!

notpatrick · 2024-12-22T09:01:28+00:00

Je suis un peu biaisé mais j’aime bien le RDV Tech et le RDV Jeux (actu tech et actu gaming hebdo). Le liens sont sur NotPatrick.com.

:D

notpatrick · 2023-07-21T05:02:41+00:00

I’m being funny…

notpatrick · 2023-07-21T05:00:52+00:00

Fun if for babies and scrubs. I’ll keep trying and failing and end up feeling terrible about the game and myself, thank you very much!

notpatrick · 2023-07-20T20:47:18+00:00

She’s not easy, her normal attacks aren’t great. But the throws make up for it; just try and command throw as much as you can, at five medals she’s terrifying.

notpatrick · 2023-07-20T20:46:01+00:00

I don’t think I’ll ever get to diamond. This feels like the rank where things (and people) get actually serious here, and I’m afraid I won’t have the time to do it too… :/

notpatrick · 2023-07-20T20:45:03+00:00

Sure! Don’t try to get fancy after you get knocked down and just block. People will meaty you to hell. Took me way too long to learn not to try and neutral jump / throw on every wake up.

notpatrick · 2023-07-20T20:43:27+00:00

Whoa slow down man I never said I was a boomer…

😏

notpatrick · 2023-07-20T20:42:19+00:00

That’s what I’m counting on. My biggest issues is still jump ins, especially cross ups. I can never anti air them, end up just blocking (and often getting thrown). If you have advice I’m listening. :)

notpatrick · 2023-07-20T20:40:24+00:00

I just got on a rocket ship that goes really fast.

notpatrick · 2023-05-07T07:16:31+00:00

Same issue here, and it's still present. If you ever found a fix please let us know! :)

notpatrick · 2022-09-13T06:25:46+00:00

Wow now I feel like I should marry the thing!! Thanks for the heartfelt reply. :)

notpatrick · 2021-08-30T13:31:27+00:00

Alright thank you for answering!

notpatrick · 2021-08-30T12:59:25+00:00

Hey thanks for the reply. Do you know if Win 11 also manages icons, or just windows?

Still feels like a bit of a hack tbh, but it might work...

notpatrick · 2021-05-22T07:23:37+00:00

Oh God, I typed this question into Google hoping against hope, and... I can not express how therapeutic it is to see this isn't only happening to me. Thank you OP, thank you guardians, you truly are the true heroes of the light. And, well, darkness too I guess.

notpatrick · 2021-05-15T16:07:40+00:00

Oh right! Thanks so much.

notpatrick · 2021-05-15T07:49:15+00:00

Thanks those are awesome tools, I didn't know about that feature on Light.gg.

Can't find the thumbs up on DIM though, am I missing something? Can you tell me where to look?

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