What can I personally do to stop streaks? That is all my matches have been since I have returned. I can’t Heal through stupid and I can’t dps through stupid, but there has to be something I can do right? Any tips would be appreciated. Knowing the streaks are going to happen is making this game far less enjoyable. This is in 5v5 dps and supports and in 6v6. All streaks.
I assume you’re talking about losing streaks?
The only thing you can control in this game is yourself, so breaking losing streaks and winning more often necessitates self-improvement.
Here are a couple of areas you could take a look at:
- Mechanics: You can have the best plan in the world, but it’s worthless if you’re unable to execute it. The most important skill you should have in any first-person-shooter is the ability to hit things (aim mechanics) without getting hit (movement mechanics).
- Gamesense: Knowing the game well enough to predict what’s going to happen, and dynamically knowing the best place to position will act as a multiplier on your mechanical skill.
- Mental: You cannot control your emotions, but you can control your environment and how you respond to your emotions. If you know you play worse while tilted and you feel yourself becoming tilted, it’s fine to take a break to cool off. If you’re not having fun playing the game, it’s fine to take a break for a few days (games are supposed to be fun after all!) If you find yourself wanting to blame your team, it’s good to recognize that and put yourself in a better frame of mind. (For example: if you know for a fact that you’re going to lose no matter what you do, instead of sulking or lashing out you could instead re-frame the situation as a good opportunity to learn or practice a skill.)
Up to Platinum, you can climb by simply having better mechanical skill than the other team on all roles (i.e. getting eliminations without dying).
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Take a break.
Either go do it play something else. Or spend a little time reviewing a couple of the games to see what you could have done better.
One thing all players need to do is to break the cycle of insta queueing. Even if you’re on a winning run.
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Be more consistent. Consistency is key here
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I feel I am consistent in most games. The problem I have noticed the past 2 days is someone has always been feeding on my team. If I am a support I can go weaver to try and pull them back, but on dps I can not do anything to try and negate the brain rot that happens in a game. Two examples of this is on a flashpoint match we had a rein who would charge off cooldown. Doesn’t matter where our team was or that he was charging in 1v5 and dying. As a dps how should I prevent that? There is nothing I can do. Or my last game as a support had a genji the was dashing into a full charge zarya and sym turrets. As a support no one can heal through stupid.
These are the ones the anyone can tell, but I have been getting trolls lately. These matches are not fun. Make it a close game, but that doesn’t happen usually. Most of the losses have been stomps. It’s boring and frustrating that I rarely get a balanced game. If someone has any idea on what I can do to stop trolls let me know. Most of these matches are completely out of my control. Nothing I could do to win.
That’s the solo que life. You’ll get people who will tell you to look at yourself and that you have to improve and you’re responsible…BUT…for this really utterly bizarre reason they somehow fail to acknowledge the other four contributors of the game’s outcome. They really really go out of their way to avoid acknowledging that they even exist.
The truth of the matter is that if you’re solo que then part of your win is really teammate RNG, the other part is that your team as a whole has to make fewer mistakes than the enemy team. If your team is on the side that’s making more then the only thing to do is to compensate for other people’s mistakes to tip the balance the other way and sometimes it just isn’t possible.
The best thing you can do is risk mitigation. If you see that most of your games have tanks that are just total fails then it might be good to try and pair up with another tank you can coordinate with. If it’s a matter of a DPS that plays with their monitor off every game then duo with a good dps and pocket them.
Some games are just unwinnable and that’s not your fault unless you’re the one throwing them.
I solo Q 99% of the time. I mean there is a group finder in game right? Oh that was removed. The ones I used to play with quit, and the players I have been getting lately are making me want to do the same thing. I don’t know if it i a lot of accounts deranking, people constantly trolling, and whatever the reason. I find it odd I have gotten nothing but these people for the past 2 days. Last 2 games more of the same BS. I guess I should join the trolling when it happens.
So your point is “it’s never my fault”?
I guess you know why you lose now. ^^
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It’s a shared effort and far more likely that the other four who have equal opportunity to screw up are also doing so and are not playing perfectly. Is the OP perfect? No. Is the OP suddenly screwing up horrifically every single game? Possible, but very unlikely.
So me taking my experience from the past 2 days saying I have been getting a lot of people throwing, deranking, or trolling equates to me saying it’s never my fault. Your logic is flawed and that has to be one of the dumbest conclusions someone can jump to. How did you reach that assumption of yours? Please explain your reasoning how you reasoned your completely wrong idea.
Oh, it’s simple.
You’re all the same…
Never your fault.
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The best way to stop losing streaks is to not interact with your teammates at all. Don’t argue. Don’t point fingers, Don’t give advice. Don’t ask them to swap heroes. Just don’t.
So you are just brain damaged? Zero logic. Just pointing a finger and being “No what you are saying is not true. It’s your fault.” Idiotic statements and can’t even attempt to back it up. Easy enough to ignore you from now on.
Update: Last 3 games…3 leavers.
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The matchmaking in competative is straight worse than APEX, and it’s 2025…
I have lost six straight in a row in competative, (skill issue, I know this), but I stg they are throwing out new players in PLACEMENT GAMES to absolute Musky sweats every game. If it was really a skill issue, you’d think the game would IFK maybe fix that and put me in silver or bronze or something with a little Gd dmn common sense, but sadly, here we are on the discussion boards instead.
Don’t lose any of the ez games or MM will think you deserve bronze
Joking aside. The match maker doesn’t decide rank, or technically know what rank you are. Just uses MMR. (Rank follows MMR these days)
3 leavers on your side I guess, there are no leavers on the other side am I right ?
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Interestingly enough I am playing on an alt account of the same rank and not getting the streaks. Seems odd as the player pool would be the same.
just a reminder, every time you win 2 o 3 games in a row the next one will be an absolutely stomp or a bronze tank in plat 1.
You can tell from the first 20 seconds of every match that you’re going to lose.
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Oh I have noticed that after aa few wins the next game is a clown show for a game then back to even matches. I don’t understand why one account gets winning/losing streaks and one account gets even matches for the most part.