How Overwatch 2 Ranked Almost Made Me QUIT Entirely

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The Overwatch 2 (OW2) grind is real and isn't stopping anytime soon
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[@IamPhishizzle2]

"Even winning. It doesn't feel good" Very relatable

[@Pedro_eqw]

Damn

[@KingofKrazee]

This game feels so soul sucking right now. My gf and I three stack with a friend and we all have had the experience of this game just sucking the light out of your life in a almost supernatural way. Like even on games where we are winning it just doesn’t hit right anymore.

[@bambampewpew32]

@@KingofKrazee lmao I swear, I think them finally adding on fire back will help a little, but the game is just so watered down compared to ow1, only the core gameplay/abilities are whats keeping me still here. I also can't stand how hard people are coping saying 5v5 is better, more players = more chaotic fun and certain things could be balanced certain ways with 6 players.

[@LuciferCaido]

​@@KingofKrazee want Light? play Destiny 2.

[@verminscum]

@@bambampewpew32 how would on fire help? a little effect on your character and a meter isnt going to bring this game back to life. the on fire system mechanically is still there, all theyre putting back is the visuals.

[@diogoferreira7427]

Flats is finally experiencing what the rest of the playerbase experiences

[@Rambone1978]

Wym finally lmao 😭

[@timothyprescott1340]

@@vopcracker3193 "No streamer can or will point to obvious problems with the game", what are you talking about? Every streamer I have seen is mad about the PvE being canceled, and some have started playing other games more as a result.

[@yenfay536]

@@vopcracker3193 girl be calm, ain't blizzard paying no streamers 😭😭 they can't even pay their employees

[@boiofbois4232]

@@vopcracker3193bro wrote a whole ass SAT essay over a joke💀

[@Alex_Aramayo]

​@@boiofbois4232dude fr😭🤣

[@SEGPED]

The cut at 0:42 was so smooth I didn't even notice it until the Mei had two ults back to back

[@vnxzzz]

same

[@STORYTXLLXR]

Thank you I was watching it and was like “HOW DID MEI BUILD THAT FAST”… but mei has always been the demon dps tank in OW lolol

[@Smileface2144]

Bro i read this and was like "there was a cut?" Then i paid attention to the percentage and was like OH FUCK. Transition was THAT seemless and smooth. Jesus

[@daveed469]

You think he just teleported passed the choke?

[@amphal4467]

i only noticed it cuz rein respawned awfully quick but i let it slide

[@xenophanessonic821]

Dont worry, flats. It'll all be worth it once PvE releases!

[@ZephyrUltimate_]

Who gonna tell him

[@RicksterLPs]

;__;

[@CamperN00b47]

@@ZephyrUltimate_ no one, everyone's just beating the dead horse to its second death right now and frankly I'm too disappointed not to laugh.

[@garychant6444]

Yeah guys! I'm sure it'll be out any minute now!😢

[@Interceptycon]

@@garychant6444 100% cant wait for the BIG, PROMISED PVE to drop

[@P0LD0C]

It's depressing and comforting to see Flats going through the same

[@InushiDoggo]

Kenzo: Don't play comp if you get two losses in a row. Walk away and come back to it later so you're not playing tilted. / Flats:

[@Prplex.]

I wouldn't be playing much ranked if that's the case lmao

[@solarscreams2447]

Tilt queue is the only queue

[@seanhubbard6033]

Sadly only good advice if you have all the time in the world to play the game

[@9895_]

I actually do that so I don't endanger my controller

[@YourBlackLocal]

@@RobABankWithABagel What does that have to do with the advice? His point was you take a break when you lose so you’re not tilted. so you can go back to the game later. If you don’t have time obviously you can’t do that.

[@the_chains]

Fact: 90% of overwatch players quit one game before they have the best game of their life. The devs really mean it for real this time the game will be fixed and totally playable 👍

[@BTRshow]

They know that every player, on average, would get off after like 5 good games and call it a day. So if you stretch out those 4-5 good games with 15-20 games, then you have the player playing the game for longer

[@DankBobRoss]

@@BTRshowno people are just addicted to this fuckin game

[@SocialExperiment232]

@@DankBobRoss I’m addicted too it

[@DankBobRoss]

@@SocialExperiment232 gotta get rid of an O or the It but you’ve got the right spirit

[@luxo2309]

Sure... 😂

[@billgrove]

Flats after one night of experiencing what we do every night of Overwatch 2: "WHAT IS THIS SH*T?!?! HOW COULD ANYONE PLAY THIS?!?!?" Yep... what we have been trying to tell you.

[@SquallNoctisGUX]

I know Flats was suffering the entire time but my God did I love seeing someone at his level suffer like the rest of us........ Welcome to hell Flats there's no cookies, no blackjack or even strippers to ease the pain

[@gallonthegreat7036]

​@@vopcracker3193 very well put Him and all the other streamers lies are blowing up in their backyard by literally just playing the game...no excuses to make now the game was ass never been good the community and blizzard is just shit.

[@demon-hunter1498]

@@vopcracker3193 not that I don't dought what your saying but do you have proof of this? a call like this with no proof is just trying to kill a mans career over jelasy

[@BrntHtDawg]

⁠@@demon-hunter1498 I don’t wanna be that guy and I’m saying this with absolute humility, and I just want you to be correct in future dialogue but it’s “doubt” not “dought”. I understood what you meant and I’m sure others did too but I can’t let you go out like that, man.

[@demon-hunter1498]

@@BrntHtDawg I have a spelling disability due to my atsum, it's real fun with being a writher but I make it work though spell check is my sworn enemy.

[@loki7701]

@@vopcracker3193 ah, it’s you again. I’ll just say one simple thing. It’s up to the accuser to provide proof. You make a lot of smoke, but your flame is tiny.

[@AarPlays]

Remember that comment from the devs about forced wins/losses and them saying something along the lines of "you will naturally rank up even if youre good. It doesnt matter how your team does."? Yeah, no. This is how most people experience the game. Literally "what else do i have to do?!" Has happened to a lot of people and they still lose. All it takes is one person playing an off character that game to lose. Or someone purposefully playing at 50% to de rank, etc.

[@neilmallick20]

Nah, it's still true. Even if you lose 45% of your games, you still rank up, albeit slowly. and let me tell you brother if you are losing more than 45% of your games, it is a you problem, not a matchmaker problem. look at how you can bring a greater influence to your games as there is a nearly endless amount of ways you can do that. and yeah we all get games where our teammates are monkeys and we go 30-3 while our teammates are 3-10. i don't see how those minority of experiences shape your entire experience other than it's human nature to remember the bad matches.

[@Sakaki98]

@@neilmallick20 Dude you can literally go 5-0 twice and not rank up this shit’s broken stop the cap

[@adityaxt]

Explain in detail how I went from hardstuck gold 4 to play 4 this season then

[@dietwaffles5907]

On my second game of ranked ever, there was a Mercy main telling us how they just went from GM to Master. I don't think I should have been put in a Master lobby on my second game.

[@galacticraven1658]

Right, just the other day I decided "hey why not try ranked for the hell of it" and it put me in a DIAMOND LOBBY. now to be fair, I did queue with a friend before this, I only played 1 match with them before deciding I'm obviously not skilled enough for their level so I decided to try it by myself thinking it would start me at the bottom. Guess I should've expected to be put higher after that lol either way, I haven't touched comp since

[@isaacsimpson8098]

meanwhile as a diamond player I am consistently put in gold lobbies. 😭

[@alessandrogomez4668]

@@isaacsimpson8098 or in plat like tf

[@isaacsimpson8098]

@@alessandrogomez4668 yeah honestly. So rare I actually am put in a genuine diamond game. Like unironically it was so bad to me one time I litterally went 5-0 and only went from diamond 4 to 3, i guess it was just putting me in so low ranks the elo was pathetic.

[@ryans.9611]

As a masters player I keep getting low Diamond :((

[@Ch1pandsalsa]

“What more can I do” hits different cause we’ve all been there

[@Theophania13]

Flats: "I'll do one more." The 22 remaining minutes of the video:

[@cblan55]

I’m so glad flats is finally experiencing what I go through in gold/plat everyday. He’s been disregarding our words for a while

[@carol277]

Fr finally he gets to suffer like us and see for himself

[@sethturner5242]

You can literally get insane amounts of value/hard carry and still get absolutely destroyed

[@greyfox2822]

Agree. I've checked out. I still try in the matches but I've stopped letting myself get stressed over every loss or win. I'll just be here in plat/gold and play comp because I like having a match where there's skin in the game.

[@gallonthegreat7036]

For fucking real

[@ninjapurpura1]

@@carol277 Ramattra intensifies

[@Monkey832]

Flats when he finally realizes what tons people have been saying is actually true:

[@jrlowe543]

What's that?

[@justanotherLunny]

@@jrlowe543 That matchmaking feels horrible to the point you go on massive loss streaks where your team is severely under the average rank of the lobby and the game is expecting you to carry them against an enemy team that is above the average. And when you finally win it doesn't feel rewarding either.

[@christrabucchi2964]

@@justanotherLunny I keep getting to gm5 and then losers q for like 3 days down to m2 and then it takes me so many tickets to get back. I'd be fine if the games were fun but its just roll or get rolled

[@thezerowulf2046]

​@justanotherLunny I love being the high ranking lobby member as 2nd support.

[@AmusiaAsia]

@@justanotherLunny dude that so true! I literally have to carry my team and even if I do I loose the stupid game. I’m masters that went down to diamond. I have so many clips were I’m the one killing the phar on mercy because I’m dps can’t aim for anything and that’s the same thing every game. At this point I truly gave up because it’s not fun for me no more and support is so energy draining it’s pathetic

[@alexanderwagner2580]

I'm so glad this happened, now flats can become a ball/sombra/reddit lucio one trick like the rest of us that went through this. The game is so much better, especially comp, when you don't care and you are just having your own fun

[@pixelpanda0_0]

Taking the comp out of comp. I sincerely doubt flats will become a one trick because of a few bad games though. Also high skill = high stakes so it’s obviously going to be more stressful and require more care to achieve.

[@EclipsedSoul4774]

Tell me you're a thrower without telling me you're a thrower

[@donovan4222]

@@EclipsedSoul4774 People who unironically think playing a character you don’t like is throwing don’t understand what throwing is

[@EclipsedSoul4774]

@@donovan4222 it's not about you " liking " a character it's about switching off that character when you're getting clapped every single time. People who don't switch when it's needed ARE throwing . Might as well throw yourself off the map it would be just as helpful

[@gamingwithgeekwares4416]

Happily throw as a reddit Lucio having fun then continue to beat my head against the wall tanking

[@happa6014]

I never thought I'd be missing Overwatch 1 lol

[@quinncovill9042]

Actually better game other than the annoying double shield. Honestly would prefer double shield rn

[@iaminyourwaIIs]

tanking was sm more fun in 6v6 imo

[@korbit8307]

@@quinncovill9042 The problem was a lack of shield counters in the first place. Introduce a couple heros that pop shields like nobody's business and the meta would have shifted back to something healthier since turtling could be sufficiently punished.

[@Energestical]

​@@quinncovill9042 *laughs in doomfist voice*

[@SkarletsWife]

I miss it too

[@Bootes_uwu]

Alternate title: gm streamer experiences average bronze lobby’s

[@ImFunkyLikeThat]

That lamp went higher than my sr will ever be.

[@nocfox3050]

That lamp went higher than my confidence in Blizzard

[@vanKarsie]

​@@nocfox3050thats not how that joke works

[@Badboy63470]

I have the same feeling this season, I have royally screwed up, I somehow dropped from GM 5 to Plat 2, I am a lost cause and every time I try to fix it, it gets worse.

[@yenfay536]

I ranked down a lot too and with every loss the teammates just get increasily worse 😭

[@Badboy63470]

@@yenfay536 Same thing each game. Enemy team: JK, Cracked Gengi/sojourn, aimbot widow/Mcree, bully ana, and invincible mercy/Kiriko. MY Team: Me trying any tank that would work and "carrying," Widow who is getting diffed and blames me, Mei/tracer who just doesn't, Zen who just shoots, and a Bap who uses burst healing when he is low and uses immortality field once.

[@BustaDiddy3]

I have officially given up on the game. Way too furstrating to play solo queue ☹️

[@gav.bxnnet6050]

GM5 to Plat2… I don’t think that’s your teams fault my guy

[@pixelpanda0_0]

Was that drop over this season?

[@mrleafytoy]

i am honestly convinced the game just places me into tilt queues, game after game i’ll have a support or DPS that gets less than 2k stats and it is infuriating

[@taylorwoodcock7632]

or the tank who thinks because they died they weren't getting heals and then just verbally abuses the support that was healing them as they fucking died

[@Monkey832]

yea ive noticed it sometimes happens to me if i say something toxic in chat or even just swear in chat, other times it just happens randomly Then the next thing i know im getting backfilled into an unwinnable situation or an instant defeat in arcade/qp. Next game i get teammates that have 0 idea what they are doing and other games i go up against 5-stacks that are 50x better than my entire team combined

[@TheGostboy7]

U guys sound like bots Honestly 😂

[@Monkey832]

@@TheGostboy7so do you

[@TheGostboy7]

@@Monkey832 you genuinely couldn't even think of anything good to reply with hih

[@jackcook1347]

This was literally my life last night. Comp is somehow in an even more sorry state than usual this season.

[@albinofroggy]

After going 4-15 on my placements for all three roles this makes me feel better knowing that even the best players lose a shit ton as well.

[@neilmallick20]

losing only feels bad if you feel like you are wasting your time. flats doesn't look like he does much other than play overwatch, so he's less likely to see a loss as a waste of time. it's also possible he has a healthier attitude towards playing the game. judging by this video though i doubt it.

[@jawaela]

@@neilmallick20 I think it’s completely warranted to be upset at the current bs matchmaking

[@kiriup8188]

@@jawaela i don think matchmaking (the mechanics behind it) has changed much in the last 6 years so the "current" matchmaking is the same matchmaking that was always there. Dont get me wrong i agree that it’s completely warranted to be upset by it but the question is why does it feel worse now? Personally i think its because since OW2 a lot of new players came in and overwatch is the kind of "shooter" where even if you have decent aim it doesnt matter as much. It takes months or even years to fully learn every mechanic and interaction and map spot in the game and these things matter way more than aim. So the problem is that ow matchmaking doesnt care about that, it will put new players on the same team with veterans thinking they are at the same "skill" level which results in 0 team chemistry, a mess of a match and the team that has the most new players in usually looses. Im not hating on new players! If they only changed matchmaking to also account for time played along with mmr and sr so that new players play with new players and veterans with veterans i think it would make a huge difference!

[@ratedmedusa1297]

This is how I feel playing tank. I used to only play tank but now I can’t enjoy it anymore, it feels like no matter what I try to do, the game is decided by my team.

[@birbman5186]

This is a bit of a hot take but I think after the announcement for PVE getting removed, the community has reached an all-time low in motivation to take the game seriously. OWL is not in a great place either. People aren't motivated to improve because OWL gave players some kind of obscene goal of becoming so good they might even reach the level of their favourite Player in OWL. The removal of PVE is basically just kicking the dead horse, so the only real reason to grind rank right now is to show off to friends or to have the high ground in discussions about the game. I would like to see the community eventually get out of it's slump though. The devs and big corpa might have failed us but OW fans are stubborn as h*ll and will eventually come back with a vengeance Thanks for coming to my TED talk

[@Wild_Dice]

This isn't TF2 son....

[@milkman101]

my god I really felt every bit of pain he went through

[@Dogerocket]

seeing his frustrating made me say........... welcome to our team sir

[@Swampnutzzz]

“My junker queen isn’t even that good.” Proceeds to land every right click, Yeet and one shot the squishy 😂😂😂

[@SomeKindaHero117]

The conversations with Violet were wild lol

[@NinjaFrog-nr3bs]

Dude this edits are incredible. I am over here like how the heck did mei get two ults that fast, but Flats turned Junkerqueen around and slightly to the left and it was a smooth edit immediately after

[@andreamicheli2575]

Watching the scorebords at the end of the game you can clearly see that in the end most of the games are won/lost by DPS diffs

[@GummyDinosaursify]

Flats finally experiencing what the rest of us do on a daily basis since OW2 launch is somewhat cathartic ngl

[@jawaela]

In my experience it hasn’t been this bad in the first 3 seasons, for some reason they really fucked the current seasons matchmaking

[@mycelia_ow]

@@jawaela Season 1 was this bad, maybe worse. Seasons 2-3 not so bad.

[@delight9311]

Flats made the cardinal sin of being too far above 50% and the matchmaker came for his soul.

[@DapimpBDSD]

Bro, that hard carrying is the true OW experience. I stay at spawn for an extra 10secs to wait for my team to respawn

[@bys5036work]

Bruh I feel this. Went 57 and 5 on tank last night and still lost the game. WHAT CAN I DO lmaooooo

[@jawaela]

The game is so much more than just insane stats my dude

[@mistameff3528]

@@jawaela 57:7 still meant that he had such a great impact and did not die. There are also other factors aswell but this stats are so good that you can even carry GM games with 57:7. There are other factors that come with a win but these should win you a game man. Especially in a game like overwatch.

[@GoldenKirby]

Should of went 57 and 4

[@jawaela]

@@mistameff3528 Yeah if you play in a GM lobby and manage to do that but you could also get the same amount of kills as a plat in bronze lobby, you see what I mean? It doesn’t make you a GM or masters if you get a lot of kills. The other team might just be really bad.

[@DaFoe47]

Ranked is shit at the moment, I had 3 teammates leave in the middle of my games in a one hour game session 😢

[@LotteLattes]

Me winning 5-0 and still not ranking up TWICE love this game its so great. Definitely doesn't make me want to remove my spine. Ive started just playing fir fun and to learn rank be damned. I fell from diamond to silver because i just played what i wanted when i wanted. Sure i lost a ton but at least im enjoying myself

[@jasper5476]

Dude honestly this is the way to go Overwatch is just so sickeningly dead rn in every way and yet I'm so addicted still and I know I'll never quit So I've been playing when friends are and to do weeklies, that's it

[@evanm3617]

this is genuinely the only way to play right now. you'll end up improving more over the long run. the hardest part is dealing with toxic teammates.

[@akaikeshi1906]

Ive been playing solo mercy queueing and can't get out of silver 2. The cycle goes like this: Win 5 - 2/3, derank to silver 3 Win 5 - 0, get back to silver 2 It never ends and it's frustrating

[@sachadesousa329]

@@akaikeshi1906 it's not the game's fault if u cant get out of silver honestly

[@jawaela]

@@akaikeshi1906 play something other than mercy

[@trickster278]

No joke, I've stopped playing tank in comp, it literally doesn't matter. You have the least amount of impact, the most to do, and the most likely to just be fully countered every game or Zen discorded. Switched to DPS and Support, winning more, I feel like I have more control over winning/losing. Playing tank is a joke at this point.

[@Ravitas3]

It's the opposite for me. As a DPS I feel like I have minimal influence. But as a tank I have total control of the game.

[@damianvaldez9390]

I feel this way too. I can’t stand being countered by the tank and both dps. I go sigma: Mei and sym. I got Winston: bastion and reaper.

[@LotteLattes]

Not to mention the pressure on you since you are the only tank and if you fuck up everyone notices

[@RobinLundqvist]

It very much is the ability for the entire team to adjust to a good tank player that is carrying. Just swap to the zen/ana, hanzo/torb/cass and the tank can't do a single thing for the rest of the game. If that tank is the carry player (highest mmr on the team and such) it's just an instant loss when they pick such heroes.

[@neilmallick20]

agreed. the only way you can carry a game as tank is if you diff the enemy tank in a significant way. if their teammates start counter swapping to screw you over after you play well, all you can do is sit there like a bitch and take it. it's just not fun. you get one successful push as dva then the zaryas, the syms, the meis, and the zens all come out of the woodwork to make your life hell. screw playing tank.

[@deepfriedicecream576]

see? it really do be a skill gap on your teammates. overperforming enemy, underperforming team, no matter how good you are.

[@oz2159]

As a GM player I cant touch the game right now for 3 main reasons. 1: cheating is really becoming the norm in GM, they are shamelessly borderline rage hacking if the cheater is about to lose no matter if its on my team or not. 2: They did something to the special effects and now its bugged and your screen just fills up with layer upon layer of effects. 3: They 10000% bugged the reduce motion option as I do have really bad motion sickness and oh boy its bad since last patch And honourable mention: The ranking system is completely screwed, I get all seasons silvers and golds in my GM games turning the match into a one sided stomp. Blizzard fucked up good.

[@TruEchoX]

This is what I go through as tank half the time, it's like they have a vendetta against tanks lol. Doesn't help that the supports don't help either

[@KhotaMaz]

@@vopcracker3193 This is a very cringe take

[@KhotaMaz]

Nah it's not a vendetta. Like I'm a dps player and I know if I don't kill a JQ or a Ram they're gonna W key into me and my whole existence is gonna be wiped out, same with my supports. So it's easier to just get rid of 'em. But that's a fundamental problem with Overwatch's design. Tanks are MADE to not have fun, it's literally their role

[@muddcatt1340]

​@@vopcracker3193bro wrote a whole thesis when Flats has not only made videos, but been part of other creators videos cookin the shit out of Lizzard for pve deletion lmfao. You are actually deluded if you believe in this conspiracy you've sold yourself on. Go offline or outside, one of the two, and come back to reality lmao

[@boiofbois4232]

@@KhotaMazit’s a bot, has had the same copypasta on like 4 comments

[@leonseuropeanislandadventu7398]

​@@vopcracker3193 shit take, especially since he literally went off on ow2 and its devs recently. Genuine L

[@ZeldaMia]

Flats finally has the average OW2 experience the rest of us have daily at any time of day. And yeah, winning doesn't feel like anything anymore in this game. I'm honestly just dead inside over both losses and wins and it's one of many, many reasons why I quit.

[@Sayoh]

Nothing worse than feeling like you're destroying the enemy team only to still lose fight after fight somehow.

[@orakuotaku]

the man is experiencing what those of us feel...constantly going in even though you lose and getting more and more tilted but unable to stop

[@Rivvrivv]

It’s messed up you either get rolled or rolled the other team it’s not fun anymore

[@BobFudgee]

SEEMS like Flats needs to watch a Flats video, or get coaching from Flats 😂😂

[@Mechadyne_0]

My experience with this game is that few people actually play their roles well. Lots of DPS can’t seem to land shots, Tanks run off on their own (full-on Rip and Tear until it is done status) and get murdled, and there’s DPS Moira/Ana/Baptiste EVERYWHERE. But when you get people who know their roles, play them well, and aren’t afraid to swap characters, it’s magical. 👌👌

[@epicgamersauce3516]

Ok but moira bap and to some extent ana are supposed to do a pretty decent amount of dps lol, bap especially.

[@Mechadyne_0]

@@epicgamersauce3516 No I know. When people are topped off or not in danger, they should absolutely lay on some pressure. But when Moira Fades into their backline to leave us all with a single Zenyatta for healing, they’re hurting more than helping. That’s my main thing is healers that shoot first and heal later. Edit: especially in Plebe Rank where I’m at. Newbie Moiras who watch a Sick TikTok Clip™️ and think they know how to flank properly and score a ton of kills because some content creator set up a clip with their friends. It works sometimes, but considering Moira offers insane sustain and less damage, I think healing should be the main priority.

[@epicgamersauce3516]

@Mechadyne fair point but as a high diamond/low master zen/kiri main you shouldnt ever be playing zen moira lmao. That moira playstyle actually isnt bad, you just need the right comp for it. That being said i fucking hate playing with or as a moira. Bap however isnt heal first shoot second, because of his tempo he has to be doing both at the same time and even very worth to hard focus dps sometimes even when people are low. He has the burst to save teammates after getting a kill rather than topping them up and missing out on that damage. In shit rank the moiras are gonna do it wrong and die, but when you know what your doing i mean.

[@a_degenerate]

I’m hard stuck plat and I know what I’m doing wrong. However watching my dps position like shit and not hit a single shot really makes me question whether I should continue playing support.

[@Mechadyne_0]

@@epicgamersauce3516 All fine and dandy, but like I mentioned on my last comment, I’m in Plebe Rank and QP. Not many players have good target acquisition or decent familiarity with their kit or knowledge of any composition. They pick a character they like, or one perceived to be meta and just shoot shit. Down here, there’s no good positioning or good teamplay, so everyone takes shittons of damage and is almost constantly in need of healing. Hell, last night I was playing Ramattra, I stood next to a Moira with 10% of my HP left for 15 second saying “I need healing”. Nothing. Kept suckin people off like a College Freshman and huckin damage orbs like a vengeful Ex. That’s my issue. I tried pushing back a bit on Eichenwalde, had a Baptiste on the bridge high ground. I’m in clear visible sight below, shield gets shredded by the enemy team, we hold that line for like…I dunno, 20 seconds. No healing, no invul field, no nothing from our Baptiste. Just useless bullets barely hitting anything while we all get massacred because our off-healer was Zenyatta. Fuckin frustrating man.

[@NumberOneVillain]

On my current run, I'm 0/6. 5 of those 6 losses are from teammates straight up leaving the game. One guy repeatedly left and rejoined because someone on the team said "okay mercy player"

[@solairedude7119]

I think Flats needs to go back to his games and rewatch them to see what he did wrong. He always tell us to never blame teammates or anyone but ourselves for our losses. I guess Flats just needs to be better :).

[@unfortunatedisgrace246]

okay but like in the stream he literally reflected the games and talked about what he could have done better but the thing was he was actually dminating most of these games. there were so minor mistakes that usually don't matter in like an only top 500 game.

[@solairedude7119]

@@unfortunatedisgrace246 Yeah but it's never your teammates' fault that's the flats motto buckaroo

[@unfortunatedisgrace246]

@@solairedude7119 well technically it was the games code fault tbh

[@jame8618]

@@unfortunatedisgrace246 nah the other guy is right tho lmao, the high rank players ALWAYS say if you lose youre the common denominator (besides smurfs and throwers)

[@ninjapurpura1]

Flats needs to git gud

[@TheLucasisawesome]

Honestly the best impact I can have as a tank at this point is to either rein shield as much damage as possible then sacrifice for team fight wins, or basically just dm as dva so my dps can actually do something then try to dive supports. Not to mention playing tank now is the most lonely and isolating experience ever in OW. It’s so crap

[@prod.fffeedback7679]

self report

[@TEEJ.]

I refuse to believe anyone who believes this plays any other roles for any meaningful period of time. I've mained tank this season and s3 and it's chill asf. Well, it was better before jq buff, but still. You have loads of tools at your disposal, a lot of player agency, and your input translates well into fight outcomes (ie make a good play=win, make a bad play=lose). It's not as forgiving as support, but it's definitely more forgiving than dps

[@inversion9697]

"You are the common factor of your games"

[@shadow9774]

In my experience, this is what ranked has been like for a while in ow2. One or two teammates under perform in some manner, either they have bad positioning, can't get in good picks/plays, and can't keep any of their teammates alive. Doesn't matter what role you play, you have to be noticeably better than everybody in the lobby and have the other teammates realize this, and aid you in any way they can. I've also been on both sides, helping a teammate carry, and having to rely on one or two other teammates to carry myself. Either way it is extremely stressful and unfun, even if we win. It's also not fun when it happens to the other team, as if everyone on your team is competent it's a wipe. Only fun is if both teams are evenly matched, which is the minority of games. Too often teams are one sided and you or someone else has to have the game of their life to win. This on top of the fiasco earlier last week is the final nail in the coffin for me for and many others that played overwatch 2 I think. The game just isn't fun anymore.

[@Syrn_JSP]

That was a nice transition within the first minute the mei ult through me off so much I had to rewind just so I could confirm it was a transition

[@LilOlWaxy]

I left a comment once saying exactly what flats was saying "what else do i have to do to win" the community just said skill issue, yet here we are

[@ShaderkaUSA]

I like how Ryan's ult stun for like 2.5 seconds but the lil ice rat can freeze you for an hour

[@DarthMajora]

I experienced this 4 years ago.. haven't played since

[@EnterpriseFilms7]

Flats is a pretty good example of ‘functional’ depression.

[@TheDoomlord7]

In his darkest hour when Pve has been canceled, he goes to the darkest place of all overwatch ranked. A hole where hope and enthusiasm goes to die just like where Pve is now, hopeless.

[@pokeydude]

12:31 The moment that Flats just went insane

[@tau-5794]

Oh boy I sure do love getting anti-naded, hacked, discorded, and counterpicked by the enemy tank if I dare to have fun for more than 3 minutes.

[@pelochele1572]

"Overwatch ranked is accurate and if you are consistently losing, its not your teammates" - Flats

[@mabbaa]

Im in for the madness. We need more night time queues from flats!

[@Mr_BB_Man]

i’ve been a tank player my entire OW career. lately i have been queueing DPS & supp only. tank is just not fun. its too much pressure and not enough payoff. theres a reason it’s the fastest role to queue

[@hamsterman8975]

I love that he says "id rather do anything else but I'll play one more" and there's still 20 minutes left of the video

[@Chylord]

0:43 the transition here is so seamless, i was confused on how mei had ult just coming back from spwn

[@mcbread9760]

Something went very wrong this season when everyone got evaluated completely out of rank end of season, it really hasn't fixed itself yet and games are steamrolled one side or another, very occasionally getting a even game.

[@albim6100]

Hey this happens to me. All the damn time. Even when I’m like 30kills above the rest of my team

[@xr0ninx569]

“Not a good junker queen” as he straight up slaughters in every lobby

[@draycos7189]

Wish I could see the perspective of the Echo and JQ ulting off the bridge. That was way too funny.

[@cheeseman_jones]

SUFFER AS WE HAVE

[@PepperThePotato]

Good thing I’m already at rock bottom, bronze I can’t possibly rank down right? I will say though as a new player, and a controller player, I feel like I’m more in the cardboard rank

[@Mechadyne_0]

Same, lol. I’ve played like….4 matches of Ranked. It feels like people don’t even know what their buttons do down there. I stick to Quick Play. At least there it’s a roll of the dice.

[@Vert0313]

I really APPRECIATED this video - had 1 of these nights myself

[@anima8547]

Okay I really thought it was just me that was going through this right now. My rank has been PLUMMETING. I’m talking losing 1-2 ranks every 5 wins. I can’t even pick the game up right now because I just know it’s gonna ruin my night

[@frozhq5899]

i sure do wonder what he'll do in season 6 of overwatch 2

[@ImFunkyLikeThat]

I would say "Bro I'll rank 5 - 0 and rank down", except I don't rank from my wins.

[@Solarjolt]

I finally understand why every time I play ranked I hate my life and why every team I queue with has had double lobotomies performed on them.

[@LyIaKing]

The edit at 0:21 had me ROLLING, absolutely goated editor

[@silver3882]

I was a diamond support and everything was cool. Then i had the 4 worst games of my life... I never recovered 😂 . What tilted me the most is that I swap to what we need but my team mates hard stick with the same characters even if it's not working. Like bro plz get off of ashee!!!

[@ShadowLady1]

That first game is extra annoying because it could have gone a lot better if your dps actually went with heroes that could match the brawl comp the enemy had, i know owl plays dive with queen but in ranked,brawl especially on control maps is so strong. Between a mercy pocketed cass,a bap and a mei who are they planning to dive lmao.

[@ysyear]

my MMR stayed the same from OW1, my peak was 4100, ever since OW2 came out i can't even get to Diamond. Just this week, i was Plat 3, went 5-6 W/L got to Plat 1, went 5-1, got sent back to Plat 2, went 5-2 stayed in Plat 2, went 5-1 back to Plat 1, 5-3 and back to Plat 2, i gave up, uninstalled and i don't plan on going back. Meanwhile, on my smurf account that i used to play with friends because the peak was Diamond and the MMR was lower, i got to Masters in less than 30 games.

[@amber-xh4gv]

12:05 THIS the shit that happens to me CONSTANTLY. pain

[@Hoy-Hoy-Girl]

flats just like me nowadays with ow, insanity

[@theflare9557]

1:50 / blown away how flats isn't losing his mind with a support who cant even manage 3k healing in a full match

[@Vaultyboi22]

I felt that at 15:00 I like comp destiny 2, but the days where i can get a 4.0 kd and still fucking lose make me wanna cry

[@sirsir9635]

I had the same problem yesterday 😭Comp yesterday was not a good time

[@shidder2k]

Streaming overwatch used to be a dream and now it looks like a nightmare. I think id rather work in a factory than have to stream this game 12 hrs a day

[@camerondavis7796]

The Queen ult at 28:06 😂😂😂😂 I'm sooo sorry Flats but I rolled off my bed laughing

[@Tigerclaws1984]

I have been feeling the same thing. I find it is more ans more about who has the better DPS that wins fights. I can win a duel with a tank or attack their back line, but my DPS can't get an Elim to make a difference in the fight. When I play DPS and I don't do well we loose. When I play tank or Support badly with a Good DPS, we can still win.

[@miragemain105]

We all have that day where its just loss after loss after loss, even players like you have those days, sure it sucks but its also valuable for learning from your mistakes from positioning to countering, even wether you reload at the right time or not, always something to learn

[@tripplep4947]

So what I took from this is violet helps u climb and karq holds you back 😂

[@Angel-vc8xk]

Can confirm this is a certified Jay3 classic🔥🔥🔥

[@tigerfalco]

This is so validating. Ive been saying ranked has been so bad recently. I literally cant win games solo queued right now. I peaked diamond 1 and ive lost so many games sense then I'm down in plat again which I haven't been since OW1. Literally stuck getting gold and silver tanks, I just...I can't carry 4 people all game. Like...the only way I win solo now is if I play widow and almost never miss, its ridiculous.

[@Insanity1245]

This was the first flats stream i caught live and boy was it a night

[@chrislabedzski9076]

Finally I get to see a streamer in a losing streak for once, now this is something I rarely see,,,, ps though this is the reason why I like to stay in gold rank, to prevent this happening to me

[@kevin10087]

Lol I am pretty sure when he solo queued the game was trying to balance his ranking with the other team so they gave him low as ranked teammates and high as level opponents to balance it out. There is no freaking way to win in that case. Its like having a top 500 carry diamonds against grandmasters hahahhaha.

[@tylerkahle332]

You did a quick cut at 48 seconds with junker queen turning that made me do a triple take! I thought their while team got old school mercy resd

[@pyrobite8463]

Yeah night ques are a death sentence. It’s literally a dive roll on who gets the better teammates and which team does the dumber plays.

[@AnimeVampire234]

lol he's finally experiencing what every average player experiences

[@AarPlays]

"Where the nut go" - items on tracer don't stick (think pulse bomb). So when tracer recalls the nut falls straight down while shes going backwards in the time stream. You're welcome!

[@mrpopsicle6330]

By that logic, her clothes shouldn't stick also.

[@AarPlays]

@@mrpopsicle6330 hm, kinda? That's true, but it could be because of the harness she's wearing being in contact with her clothing.

[@mrpopsicle6330]

@@AarPlays can leather straps be connected to fabric?

[@BabyMandingo]

exactly how I feel, happens at night mostly but i can never play in the day

[@martek3163]

Love the outro music such a banger