Overwatch 1 & 2

[charlesr]

Was Plat 4 last night, creeping up from Plat 5. Played a few more games last night and then some more this evening. Probably won 50/50 and had decent scores (not carried). Got to my 7 wins and dropped to Silver 4.... Bit of a kick in the teeth. And in profile, it now says season high is Silver 4. It took me a few weeks graft to get from Silver to Plat 5. I used to recommend OW1 to people all the time, but OW2 is so random with no transparency, it's hard to recommend. 1000hrs+ (mostly in OW1 obvs)

[endlessrain]

Competitive is such a random grind and a struggle that I get frustred and can no longer be bothered with it.
Having lots of fun with quickplay though! 5v5 feels tighter overall and when the tank falls it feels so satisfying.

[charlesr]

I find quick play a bit too easy. I now just play competitive for fun, normally getting too score in my teams. With this new 5x5 it's important to switch if selections aren't working. Love the robot mode so much

[charlesr]

Made it into Diamond (which is estimated at top 10%). Did a little dance around the lounge!

[charlesr]

Open queue competitive has been so much fun the last few months. Everyone is swapping roles regularly and playing as a team. Tanks are now hilarious, with often 3 tanks in a team, or even 4 and a healer. Even when you are getting rolled for the first couple of points and all seems lost, you can often do one small change and save the 3rd point, holding it for 3 minutes to run down the clock.

I ended up against a bunch of Top500 groups for an afternoon. It was humbling. Lost 5 games in a row. The technique they used was good though - throw a tank into the fray and just when it looks like it's about to die, chuck 2 more in so the first can retreat and heal. The only way I could slow them down (not stop them) was to use characters that can drop into their back line and be really annoying. Moira, Reaper, Sym. I can't play Sombra properly - envious of those that can. I need to learn Mei for situations like that I think so we could have cut that first tank off from the rest with her wall.

Doom is currently a menace. Fully expecting a nerf there very soon.

Cool vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UrGkvRLYHg

It's nice to see that even at Grand Master level, there are still teams getting completely wiped out in moments.