I got paired with one of them as well and lost due to him throwing. This is ruining the game for so many folks...

Just played with someone who intentionally picked a 3rd healer, then a 3rd tank, did nothing the entire game. Burned ults in the spawn. Left the game for 'graphics issues' when we were contesting the 3rd point on defense. He taunted the team the entire game. He invited me as a friend after the game and heaped abuse on me and laughed at me and the 'bads' in bronze. "If I tried we'd (I'd) win any game up to high diamond" he said. How lovely for us...Checking his profile, he has 4+ elims per life as Genji, Soldier, and a host of other heroes he has played for well over a dozen hours, as well as a…

I wonder how these smurfs would feel about this being a 'victimless crime' if Bronze players like me could queue for Diamond-GM games just 'for fun.' The result would be the same (forcing unavoidable losses on others)...although I would argue that smurfing is actually worse.A Bronze playing their heart out would still negatively impact their team at higher tiers, although they may be some nominal use.A smurf, by necessity, deliberately tanks games and underperforms or outright feeds in order to drop rating and stay in lower tiers. It's a helpless feeling being paired with one (or more) people …

04/15/2017 12:11 AMPosted by RavenObvious boost and Blizzard is doing nothing about it. People like this are killing this game.https://i.imgur.com/D9RHBp3.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/WfhsMwj.jpgINB4: I don't care about hiding names. People like this should be perma banned from comp.Agreed completely. I've seen this in 5 games over the last 72 hours and have been teamed with them during their clearly intentional throwing/de-ranking games. I ran into one duo team doing this again once they sufficiently tanked their rating, and was treated to another loss when they crushed our team with vastly superio…

04/16/2017 08:38 AMPosted by Eywen04/16/2017 07:58 AMPosted by JinTonicIf youre in bronze this season then youre a bronze player not a gold player... or he doesn't have chance with his matesI only do solo queue, with a very rare 'stay as team.' Do you have anything constructive to add?

Here's my Overbuff profile for anyone who is good at diagnosing issues and assessing players:https://www.overbuff.com/players/pc/Sunstreak-1212?mode=competitiveAgain, I'd love any additional insights the community might have.

Gold player here who happens to be in Bronze this season. I need help/advice...I tend to do really well as my heavily played 'carry' DPS chars (Zarya and Genji), averaging over 3 elims/life and with stats (check my Overbuff) that far exceed almost everyone I team with at this level. I consider myself an average player at best, but can't understand how I can consistently outperform my current peer group and find myself unable to get out of Bronze this season.I've found myself doing really well in terms of win/loss with Lucio and Zen of late...but I'm still stuck in the mud.Can anyone help me? I…

After a six game win streak tonight where I finally feel like I might make it out of bronze...yet another thrower intentionally tanked a game during one of his/her placement matches. This is the 5th time in two days I've had this happen, 2 of those 5 times coming from a duo-queue pair of healers that did nothing but fire their pistols and run into the enemy team to die. I got the impression that 'smurfing' isn't an issue, as these folks tend to jump out of lower rating quickly, but 1) it's a constant problem for people in lower tiers who run into it daily given the sheer volume of people doing…

Agreed completely. I am a disabled vet, and a guy made fun of how much I've been playing this season and when I said why, he just heaped abuse on me. It's amazing how cruel people can be. I'm sorry you're having those issues. Maybe try to find a few teammates/friends you enjoy playing with so you don't always feel isolated and ganged up on.

Thank you for this extraordinary post.Ideas for Mcree's audio telegraph for Deadeye: 1) An understated western piano or guitar themed riff, followed by silence and that wind-blown sound, a spur-spinning or rattling sound, then draw with "Draw!" audio callout. Very subtle audio queue, thematically tied to old spaghetti westerns, and unique to the game given that all others are some form of "This is what I'm going to do!" callouts.2) Sound of a serape being thrown back, wind-blown silence and spur sound or rattling sound, closing out with draw and "Draw!" audio callout.I know this sounds (very) …