I refuse to believe the game doesn't set people up to lose on purpose

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@Mitrovarr-1405

I just can’t believe these are random. I really can’t.

They’re not random. This game has selective matchmaking in competitive and was confirmed by the devs back on the old forums.

Your team mates actually do suck

Competitive overwatch uses selective matchmaking to try and create an even match where both teams have 50% chance of winning. To do this, the matchmaking bot (for example) takes 3 players who are performing poorly in their rank and groups them with 3 players who are performing very well in their rank and does the same for the opposing team. This guarantees that every game some bad players will win and some good players will lose, and if you are a good player and constantly performing well, the …