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On June 30 2016 21:46 jcarlsoniv wrote:Placed at 53 (5-5), ended 54 after a couple games. Not at all a fan of sudden death. Show nested quote +On June 30 2016 21:05 Requizen wrote:
Cixah and Red I need you guys to teach me pro strats so I'm not fkawful next we play Shoot them in the face, don't get hit.
Get headshots, flank people, dont respect them unless you have to.
That said, I've played like absolute butt the past 2 days, calibrated at 47 because you can't carry solo que from support when no one deals damage. I've got a 4ish day weekend where I'm on call. I'll be playing a lot more starting tonight if you guys wana grind um out.
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On June 30 2016 21:55 Cixah wrote:Show nested quote +On June 30 2016 21:46 jcarlsoniv wrote:Placed at 53 (5-5), ended 54 after a couple games. Not at all a fan of sudden death. On June 30 2016 21:05 Requizen wrote:
Cixah and Red I need you guys to teach me pro strats so I'm not fkawful next we play Shoot them in the face, don't get hit. Get headshots, flank people, dont respect them unless you have to. That said, I've played like absolute butt the past 2 days, calibrated at 47 because you can't carry solo que from support when no one deals damage. I've got a 4ish day weekend where I'm on call. I'll be playing a lot more starting tonight if you guys wana grind um out.
That's a big reason I've been playing Zarya so much lately. She got the beef, she got the support utility, and if I do that part right, she dishes out metric tons of damage. Definitely a more versatile and consistent (off)tank than Roadhog.
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Dunno how much time I'll have the next few days, but ill be on when I can.
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I'm sure I'll never be good at Overwatch, but it does get credit for being an FPS that I want to get at least a bit better at for the first time ever.
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My personal experience is that if you simply keep playing FPS games you'll improve. There are people for whom that isn't true, but they seem to be the exception rather than the rule.
Improvement is often gradual though, and unlike LoL/DotA there's no easy way to measure it since better aim tends to go hand in hand with opponents who are better at moving unpredictably.
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On June 30 2016 22:56 Seuss wrote:
My personal experience is that if you simply keep playing FPS games you'll improve. There are people for whom that isn't true, but they seem to be the exception rather than the rule.
Improvement is often gradual though, and unlike LoL/DotA there's no easy way to measure it since better aim tends to go hand in hand with opponents who are better at moving unpredictably.
Your aim gets marginally better, but stuff like map movement and decision making are hard for most people to learn on the fly. It takes replay watching/seriously thinking about what you're doing to start understanding the nuance's of stuff like that, there are so many people in all shooters who, even with thousands of hours of gameplay, just run in straight lines around obvious corners and blame their aim when they die.
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On June 30 2016 21:05 Requizen wrote:
Cixah and Red I need you guys to teach me pro strats so I'm not fkawful next we play
"Do more damage." That's generally going to be the catch all unless you're Reinhardt or Mercy/Lucio/Zen(although more applicable to him than the other two).
As noted this doesn't just mean aim better either, it means learn the maps, learn how to attack defenses, learn to use high ground, use LoS to your full advantage if you're a class that can(peeking, lobbing pipes).
Keep an eye on the kill feed/team list so you have an idea of who is alive and know when to be aggressive or fall back. Play with your team almost always(especially if your team involves the Reinhardt/Lucio core that a ton of teams comps will be built around).
Honestly the game is a lot like a moba when it comes to the non-aim skills. You have to become consciously aware of things so you can use the information instead of just being a victim of circumstance. Did someone ult in the last couple team fights? If no, expect it to be ready now(or even just one fight for a lot of classes, start paying attention to who charges Ilya at what pace, and then when you get a handle on that try and consider big damage streaks to think about them coming faster).
I'm sure I can break some of this down into more detail but mostly it's just about thinking while you play instead of getting caught up in that 'need to push better run to the cart/point' mentality.
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Felt like the proportion of games that were close/blowouts/frustrating as all get out was close to quick play, the excruciating part is when you're trying to carry and its so close and you go back and forth on a control point map for like 7 rounds... and then lose 
Matches take longer too obviously which is not as favorable for my gaming situation. I think it will be more enjoyable when I can sesh and group with you guys.
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On June 30 2016 23:46 mordek wrote:Felt like the proportion of games that were close/blowouts/frustrating as all get out was close to quick play, the excruciating part is when you're trying to carry and its so close and you go back and forth on a control point map for like 7 rounds... and then lose Matches take longer too obviously which is not as favorable for my gaming situation. I think it will be more enjoyable when I can sesh and group with you guys.
I personally may just end up solo queuing a bunch.
I don't mind tryharding but I think the level of tryharding people will be doing goes above and beyond what will be fun for me.
Also me being the worst ranked player in here will A) screw up people's point gains and whatnot, and B) cause people to lose a bunch of games they probably wouldn't have.
May just try to git gud on my own, and hey, if that doesn't happen that's cool too.
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I'm honestly just going to approach it like quick play that takes longer. We're never going to be elite in these games Wave and that's ok  As long as you're enjoying playing then keep doing that. #DadSquad aka I'd still queue with you.
I'm currently ranked above an IRL friend right now and I know he's much better than me lol.
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On July 01 2016 02:25 mordek wrote:I'm honestly just going to approach it like quick play that takes longer. We're never going to be elite in these games Wave and that's ok As long as you're enjoying playing then keep doing that. #DadSquad aka I'd still queue with you. I'm currently ranked above an IRL friend right now and I know he's much better than me lol.
Ghandi's ranked 55 and I'm 47 and I know I can out shoot ghando
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FYI playing Tank and especially Support in your placement matches will depress your eventual rating by a significant amount. Some Jerks I know did 6 stacks and their tanks ended up 4-6 less than the rest of the group, and the supports 8-10 less.
It doesn't ultimately matter because you'll eventually end up where you need to be.
Also KotH maps are bugged as far as MMR is concerned and you don't or lose much ranking on those maps period.
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I'd offer to play with you wave but I think ping would be crazy bad and I'm still waiting on 3 books so
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It's OK I'm gonna keep scrubbing it up on my own
So many mtg spoilers to keep up with though
Thoughts on legacy food chain's new toy? I know you're all about those eternal formats 
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On July 01 2016 03:12 WaveofShadow wrote:It's OK I'm gonna keep scrubbing it up on my own So many mtg spoilers to keep up with though Thoughts on legacy food chain's new toy? I know you're all about those eternal formats
I'd play with you since I'm terrible too but I'm leaving the country for a week so maybe when I get back
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On July 01 2016 02:44 Seuss wrote:
FYI playing Tank and especially Support in your placement matches will depress your eventual rating by a significant amount. Some Jerks I know did 6 stacks and their tanks ended up 4-6 less than the rest of the group, and the supports 8-10 less.
Oh perfect, so if we estimate I placed 4 ranks below where I should, that'd put me at 57 adjusted, above Jeff. All is right with the world.
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Quick play still exists, it's not like we can't all still have jolly fun pimp my ride time. If we're wueueing competitive though I'm going to be on people about team comps and what they're doing around the map more than usual(knowing that I already do it quite a bit, but with quick play and comp separate now I can accept total goofing off in quick and not say anything).
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Totes man feel free to yell at me. I actually want to learn things like teamcomps, positioning, and flanking and stuff.
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So, American Death Note started filming.
I do kind of want it to do well. While the series had it's issues, it's still one of my favorites to reread from time to time, and I do like the Japanese live actions. Plus, after the terror that was the DBZ movie (shudder) it would be nice for this to do well as, I dunno, recompense? Not that all anime need to be able to work as live action movies, but this is one of the ones that can easily do so if they stick to the core idea of the story.
Between this and Ghost in the Shell, my inner weeb has some cautious optimism, but I'll hold my breath I suppose.
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