When Top 500 Players Struggle In Quick Play

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[@seanyeeets4675]

That rein charge into JQ must’ve been how polnareff felt

[@vajeeterskeeter9312]

Was trynna play QP with my gf cuz she’s newer to the game and oh my god dude people were counterswapping her and our teammates flamed her nonstop. So sad to see the community die like this lol

[@boinggerss1560]

Fr my bf played Lucio and got mass reported in a qp game that they forced a name change for his pf

[@glue300]

Try making an alt yourself when playing with her. For some reason qp has hidden mmr so you and your gf were getting put into games with the sweatoest of them all new account qp is so chill

[@mjrnnevershade]

Been a thing for Blizzard for a long time sadly. Have friends who have left WoW to come over to FF14, they are all baby sprouts and great to teach them. We all do still play overwatch, but when the games start getting too sweaty we tap out and play a random creator gamemode to screw around.

[@toby3120]

Its always been like this brother, community aint dyin its been dead

[@XarronChaos]

Hmm if you want to help your gf get better then teach her OW step by step like going through the basics. If you have extensive knowledge then share it with her. Who was you both playing?

[@is5ac]

5:43 this has to be the funniest shit LMAO. The queen saying "hi" after throwing the blade at you made it 10x funnier

[@taintedazazel7238]

I think i figured out what happened in the clip in 6:40. In queen's kill cam, she threw her knife at tracer (killing her) but it pierced to rein, timer for the automatic knife return finished when she was ulting, and the pull force brought rein in front of her, pinning her in the process.

[@fennectempest1590]

sopt on good sir

[@majesticbbqsauce727]

It's so weird seeing rein's shield without the corner pieces.

[@wyattenge6913]

What?

[@boodysnagglers]

​@wyattenge6913 In OW1, rein's shield used to be a rectangular box with sharp corners, not the smooth, rounded out edges it has now

[@tomrob0697]

It’s still weird for me for Hanzo to not have scatter arrow or Mcree not being mcree

[@spaciestcastle]

@@tomrob0697you Old Head

[@boinggerss1560]

Remember the devs want qp to be sweaty so if your teammates are feeding report them for not taking qp seriously since the devs want the game to be sweaty 🤓

[@boinggerss1560]

For context my and my bf play qp and his username was dilf and now it was forced to be switched cause he played Lucio one game and didn’t preform like a masters in a qp game so they reported him for his name and forced a name change but every game I see eatmyass as a user name so I’m very heated with this game and I’m tired of corpa being the only one to blame when skins, gameplay updates, even down to the tutorial not teaching you properly how to play the game ever since ow1 the devs are slowly showing their ass I mean tbh they been showing it but now I think people are actually seeing it

[@Espresso_OW]

I had a decent game yesterday as tracer went 28-8 (yeah kinda fed) i typed G by accident then GG to correct myself…..the opposing dps typed back reported… wtf is this game 😭

[@kd-tt4xv]

@@boinggerss1560I had my name force change when it was quite literally “plane”. Love that there’s genuinely inappropriate names but they give no shits

[@Kat-xp8zn]

Feeding or not feeding is not a thing you can measure with stats, so give yourself more credit@@Espresso_OW

[@luplupoyea]

Can't learn in qp it's so frustrating. Wayyyy sweatier than competitive for NO REASON!

[@unfinishedsentenc5308]

Quickplay has gotten so sweaty

[@millywoodward9195]

it always shuts them up when they say ez and u say “being sweaty in qp…?” lmaooo

[@boinggerss1560]

The devs want it that way shocker corpa wasn’t the whole problem after all it’s also incompetent devs

[@unfinishedsentenc5308]

@millywoodward9195 what?

[@GrimmyTheGreat]

I'm saying though I thought I was the only one who noticed this.

[@QuarianGuy]

@@millywoodward9195 Don't forget it's always the worst peforming player in their team that says it. That's a classic.

[@01Durhamguy]

I love seeing two big Rein's rubbing their shields all up on each other! :D

[@13ColonialStates]

and releasing their fire strikes everywhere on everyone

[@RLplusabunchofdumbnumbers]

Regardless of anything else, the Havana with Rein-Lucio on both sides and no bastion, mei, or zen? Glorious.

[@curliboi]

not the yamcha edit 😂

[@Lynkah]

I genuinely love this video so much, it really connects with how EVERY SINGLE one of us, has that day or that game where everything we do, no matter how we're really trying our best, just does not go our way. You blink in right as a tracer ult around a corner explodes. You try to iceblock the nano second you get headshot. You walk out a door to a Rein mid-charge from the side. Your enemy Widow is having the best game of their career. It's like a cursed experience where you're losing every coin flip lol.

[@mattevans4377]

Nah, that's just the tanking experience. Tanks aren't allowed to have fun, lol

[@lelloo8440]

10:37 FIRE IN THE HOLE OH LET'S BREAK IT DOWN HAMMER DOWN THIS ENDS NOW

[@AarPlays]

Honestly, impressed how many games TheTree manages to snipe lol

[@wicked04]

qp is legitimately sweatier than comp rn in full seriousness

[@Soggywafflecakes]

For us league of legends players this is a normal thing

[@ethanparis4989]

Literally got flamed by an enemy bap because I was practicing junk queen and was being target by his entire team. To quote “can’t play without your supports pocketing you”

[@cesarTorres-lj1df]

For real, i was playing dps trying to learn genji and im not even joking, 3 times I asked for healing and both supports stopped healing me entirely, after I died I asked why and both said that they wont heal if I ask for it, then proceeded both to pocket the other dps the whole game(they were in a group) and blame me the whole game despite me having the same amount of kills than the other dps while i had to wall the whole map to pick the health packs.

[@derekcampbell6291]

Always love a Flats and Wanted combo game. They just have great banter.

[@paing06]

There is 2 versions of pin there is hooking you in from a mile in the air or miraculously missing when they are directly in your face

[@Senor_Fast]

The thumbnails have been so good the past few vids. I laughed harder than I should have at this one.

[@PTSDwithME]

Can’t wait to have Flats in my Diamond lobbies next season !!!

[@buddyboog6661]

everyone takes quick play WAYYYY too serious like why am i being called slurs for practicing in the NON COMPETITIVE GAME MODE!!!

[@stevengod2526]

because qp and comp are the same thing now

[@yeeboy-py3xe]

I feel that like how am I supposed to get better if I can't even play right like wtf

[@buddyboog6661]

@@yeeboy-py3xe and then people say “practice in vs ai” BUT THE AI BOTS DONT GIVE U GAME KNOWLEDGE AT ALLLLL 😭

[@aegislight5996]

i will be honest, learning against ai is really good. only issue is they are predictable as they always come as 5 and rarely flank but they have aimbot and sombra cant miss a hack. also hope you dont get paired with a junkrat as he can spawn kill them the entire game. otherwise its not bad at all

[@yeeboy-py3xe]

@@aegislight5996 Yeah, but the issue is even on max difficulty. There still not nearly as hard as just playing quick play

[@thelividdeads]

Going from having a good time to Locking in and Being a MENACE to that other rein damn lol

[@tanktoliver1314]

I just started watching flats literally today and I just now realized you use the fallout sound effect on pipboy to start the next clips that’s liveeee nice touch bossman

[@paradox-3001]

7:21 - Reinhardt space program (Thats why hes in astronaut skin)

[@jonsnow4005]

Rare footage of flats playing Rein in "ranked"

[@miragemain105]

Seeing Flats genuinely rage is not something i thought id ever see but damn it was justified

[@martinmeunier5686]

The death of QP is very interesting to me. I played OW1 from beta, and was a mid masters player. I stopped playing a year before OW2. When I came back, OW2 had already released a few new heroes, and I’m not going to pay to get them. So now I need to WIN 50 games to unlock them. So instead of playing a fun hero and enjoying the game, win or loss, I play Moira and win. I assume this change affected the general QP vibe. It’s not about having a good time and trying to learn new heroes, it’s simply about winning. How am I ever supposed to learn doom fist in QP? I just don’t. I stick to what I know. How is a new player supposed to learn anything??? How can I attempt to play a new hero in my higher elo QP lobbies? My skill between all heroes is drastically different, as I assume most people’s are. I might be Masters Winston, but my DVA is probably Plat or lower, while my Doomfist is Bronze5. Being in a high elo QP match forces me to just play Queen and stomp the enemy. Not fun for us at all. In OW1, I used to just remember having fun in QP, not bothered about winning or losing. What a time.

[@martinmeunier5686]

Also, I’ll go 38-0 in one match on junker queen. The next match I’m 5-7, getting absolutely owned. Sometimes I feel like I’m the worst player in the lobby. Shouldn’t I get to play against the general population in QP? I’m tired of playing against Masters and up players who stomp the crap out of me in QP. I check profiles (most are private now, what the hell is that all about??) and my supports are Plat. Nothing wrong with being Plat! Nothing wrong with that at all, I just don’t understand the matchmaking. Why make me go 50-50 in QP if I’m an above average player? I’m only ranting cuz I love this game and what it could be. But I find myself getting frustrated warning up for comp. that’s not healthy for this game. Maybe it’s just me and I have to calm down. Maybe…

[@reesesw8814]

You used the classic Bethesda Fallout Pipboy screen transition sound in the editing, NICE

[@mightbeellie4735]

I "love" getting into a qp match and immediately being demanded to switch

[@drkirbkennethkirby7634]

Flats "Don't get mad at QP" Also Flats

[@treasuredquartz]

Did Flats just post a video with Reinhardt in the Yamcha position from Dragon Ball??

[@Roanoak]

I have over 1200 hours in quick play and only 180 hours in comp. And I will tell you the teams I get in quick play and the difficulty in quick play is sometimes more difficult than plat or diamond.

[@boomer1347]

I love that song

[@ArcturusAlpha]

damn that was some major lag with your charges.

[@gabrielmendez3128]

These QP warriors are something else man 😅

[@Tartns]

Qp is not even fun even more 😢

[@WhiteFang103]

6:50 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DJgltich]

When 2 charges meet

[@Austintology]

Bruh this is how I feel in QP. I’m low-mid GM and I can’t even practice Doom without the sweats coming out and the typing happening. That or it’ll put me into diamond lobbies and those are painful

[@ImpulsiveBat-zf4ed]

"whAAAAAT?!"

[@izzyjenniferariel3608]

10:08 *Lego Brick Death Noise*

[@djspacevader8685]

Yup I'll stop playing for a couple months and check back in

[@dungeonsanddragonsanddrive2902]

When flats tries to pin people they get sent to the stratosphere, but when an enemy rein pins me I get suctioned in *from* the stratosphere

[@madelinemendez98]

YOOO u remember floppa he was in froggers vid too😂

[@Korvmannen]

4:17 *"Your team has lost the lead"* what??

[@tiscx103]

When u hear this voice line this means both are equal, so u can draw if noone pushes

[@Korvmannen]

@@tiscx103 yeah that makes no sense they should add a new voice line for that then

[@1307Saix]

I have that same reaction when I’m SUCKED INTO A REIN PIN THAT SHOULD HAVE MISSED.

[@CoastersTravels]

This has to be the sweatiest qp has ever been. It can get super frustrating when you just want a fun casual game, or practice a hero. It's to the point where I've gotten acquainted with a new friend alt +f4...

[@jpeake13]

This is yet another reason added to the long list of reasons why I don't play anymore. I just don't want, don't have the energy, or whatever.... its like the game creates excuses for me to get excited when my friends are playing but not play myself. Course, they only really like playing when they're high so idk... maybe that speaks volumes for itself...

[@Jaxos050]

editor, using fallout 4 Pipboy frame fade audio clips is crazzzyyy

[@Pondero36]

Pain.

[@rionnachelliot8951]

Was that helltaker music?

[@Chrono-Mic]

6:40 Dang, if that can happen a top500 pc player, I can't imagine what a lower medal console player has to go though....... oh wait, I can

[@TheDerp187]

7HSKW this is a custom game mode that rebalances tanks to make it 6v6

[@DavidReyes0224]

4:12 "your team has lost the lead" uh ... What?

[@rodrigotm1461]

All the pros are in QP Flats, and also rats.

[@oni2510]

Bro Rein really is the Yamcha of season 8

[@Arin-3]

Mittsies in the background :3

[@dat1ufear303]

I tell people to “calm down it’s qp” it really sets off the sweats and I love the hate mail that follows it.

[@original_demonic]

Whenever I play QP I notice that I get flamed for making decisions and mistakes far more than comp. I’m playing QP im practicing my battle mercy aim, fucking have fun and nano me.

[@BeDatAPickle]

I swear Rein is the only one who's unaffected by the tank passive. It's even worse when you remember how the passive was his originally 😭.

[@ranarman5866]

I think Rein should get an exclusive passive that makes him swing faster after every successful hit,

[@dominickjadon]

W Yamhardt pose

[@dragoryu2718]

Quite unfortunate situation that quick play has become. I had a monkey on my team who was not having a good day, and my team mate was flaming him and asking him to switch. The fella ended up apologizing for not playing very well. I literally told him there was nothing he has to be sorry for in Quick Play game, and play as he wanted to. Anyways we lost that game, but the monkey got POTG XD

[@joegarrison5911]

And if you go over to r/overwatch the redditors endorse being as sweaty as possible because "you owe it to your teammates to try your best to win" They genuinely dont understand the concept of casual play

[@xenoborg007]

Junker allowed to solo push cart from 66m to end in overtime, that was a throw game lol.

[@XarronChaos]

Playing OW quick play is like playing quick play in Paladins 😂

[@ZenkaiLFCooler]

I remember my idk 3rd game in overwatch? I played rein and lost to doomfist and immidiately got called tank diff from one of our "team" "mates". Not that i care but just remembered it for whatever the reason and shared cuz its pretty funny

[@orellaminx3530]

7:49 The second pin on her right after was wonky as shit too. Super laggy to the point it pulls her in from way behind.

[@Ozzy08018]

I thought people tryharding and mega sweating was mostly restricted to console. Guess not.

[@BloodNothinglol]

There are bronze 5 qp lobbies that are like this. Crazy

[@hollowknight205]

When did QP turn into ranked lol (haven't played since ow1)

[@bweeb785]

What happened at @6:40...

[@FirebladeX1989]

i'm tellin you, some quickplay games are more sweaty than ranked these days.

[@reddragon2943]

QP is the Real Comp.

[@reybutsquishy]

Qp is unplayable on old accounts, playing on wife's account that is similarly ranked warranted less toxic, easier matches (she is higher elo than me) so I hope the devs address this bs

[@kielmessersmith1956]

Iv been on the same account since ow1 launch, with open profile and some games definitely have people that hard focus me or pick a team of counters right out of the gate. The trick is assuming they're gonna do it every game, makes people pretty predictable.

[@mattevans4377]

"....at least they aren't playing Mei...." Ignoring that if your own team had a Mei, Flats would have a much better experience.

[@bigsteppaky9062]

man this was painful to watch, i wasn’t even playing and i wanted to quit lmfao

[@me_is_ale2930]

Not even kidding I was feeling overwatch 2 today after not playing in a couple of weeks, played 15 mins of it already regretted playing qp

[@MrWeeb9]

Real

[@Dman1050]

I think part of why qp is so sweaty is that comp doesn't allow over a duo queue, and if you are playing more than one game atm, which I think most are. You play apex when you have 3 people, and ow when you have 4 or 5, so you can't even play ranked you are forced to play qp.

[@kielmessersmith1956]

Yeah, idk wtf they are doing with the qp matchmaking. Iv been solo Qing since ow1 in qp and after so many wins it puts me in against nothing but 4 and 5 stacks. Blizzard thought they were clever removing the party indicators but it's easy to tell when I watch kill cams and 2 or 3 players peel to swarm from a mile away with no pings on my location.

[@iamcool544]

I dont understand the mentality that you shouldnt try to win in QP. I understand playing characters you arent the best at and practicing there but you should still try to win.

[@jman1344]

when are we getting qp elo

[@tiscx103]

6:40 the game knew that pin had to happen so it reversed time to pin jq

[@shadowwsk3507]

One day i was playing doomfist in qp, they told me to switch, i turned off the chat immediately

[@Bavdingo]

Rein sure does get booped a lot

[@Malidictus]

It's heartening to see Top 500 players having the same rough time as the rest of us :) And I don't mean that as a put-down, either. There's this idea that high-rank players are somehow magical and unattainable, but they're still just human.

[@Leppits]

Is this the return of Reinhard as a Meta Pick?

[@therine-ug9ed]

People saying that qp is so sweaty, but have u considered that it's still a competitive game mode and people want to win? That's like humans nature - be competitive, no wonder they sweat. To make things better - since u have nothing to lose people go wild with some team comp and strategies. Above that winning a match doubles the number matches played in weekly quests(?), making it easier to farm 60 coins. Aaaand if u have new account in order to unlock comp u need to win 50 matches, to unlock new character - win 35 matches (all roles or that characters role: dps for sj, tank for jq) for each character, making it up to 245 matches. ps: idk if its for everyone, but its like that for my alt account i created on illari update.

[@tooky1341]

Me and my friends just play casually, using Overwatch to chill out and chat, but lately I've had to turn off all chats because people keep yelling at me or my friends to switch, call us bad or generally just be mean. We're not trying to win - we're trying to have fun. It makes me want to move away from Overwatch, I hate how sweaty QP has gotten.

[@AsuraPhantom]

What is rank decay

[@88yellowjacket]

Qp is low-key more competitive than competitive mode.

[@PhrazeMuzik]

QP rage, ahh

[@readyplayerthree3]

Qp is still a bit rank based, right? At my level of qp I just get teams that leave all at once after losing the first point :\

[@Battleress2]

i miss the days when you'd be halfway through a qp game and the enemy mercy would be alone and start saying hi and emoting and half the team would join in and then the game would end with only one person actually doing anything bc everyone else is off in bumfuck nowhere, some unexplored corner of the map just emoting and spamming voicelines

[@xkabuto]

06:40 WTF?

[@Piemasta9000]

man, when top 500s stuggle in quickplay no wonder if feels borderline unplayable if you aren't in the top % of players

[@willie1genesis714]

Im just tired of having to have pixel perfect aim just to make a headshot.... or a pin

[@AarPlays]

The hit boxes in this game are EXTREMELY forgiving. Go to the practice range and see how far off tracers head you can land a headshot. Do hitscan, then do kiri

[@willie1genesis714]

@@AarPlays I agree however since ow2 I can do well with my predictions then half way through the game id have to hit pixel perfect head shots on projectiles just to dink... it's maddening watching the transition but hey I'm a bad player.

[@JoseGonzalez-km2dn]

Idk why you don’t play ranked que anymore, since ranked is the new qp and qp is the new ranked.

[@rlo2367]

You also dragged JQ into a health pack so she ended up defeating you. 6:45

[@sovereignlake5745]

I can't take most games seriously anymore because it's always like I'm fighting a e sports teams and playing my best roll on ow is pure pain. My best role is tank so ow is not fun if i play it i have to sweat so hard because their whole team changes to counter me it's pure suffering

[@lorddark_vt8773]

Watching how quickly tank HP just...evaporates..is what made me stop playing OW.

[@heliozaiya]

Flats is cool and all, but WHY THE FUCK DID JOHN POP OFF LIKE THAT LOL @ 4:42

[@BigOwl51]

Blizzard can try their hardest to make qp sweaty, but that’s not gonna stop me from playing a Torbjorn game using only his hammer, or a mercy game using only her pistol. Blizzard can try but they won’t take the ow1 out of this ow2 player.