yeah I don’t care if a comeback is possible at that point I’d rather just lose the SR. I haven’t ever seen a team make it to 0-3 and even come close to making a comeback. Maybe tighten it to like 10k or something
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What does that have to do with Mercy? I do not get it. Maybe I misunderstood something.
You have a sample size of one… or maybe 1+ some friends. Hardly enough data to make a blanket proclamation like this.
Not the hero Mercy. The “mercy rule” is ending a game early to “have mercy” on the lossing team.
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I’ve seen a full comeback before. I’ve also been in a match where we were losing 3-0 and down over 15k (leaver in first round) and the mercy rule still didn’t activate, so I’m not sure it’s real.
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Having the mercy rule take longer is sort of the point. If your team gets hard countered by hero choices for the first few rounds where no one is really souped up, you don’t have a chance to get your build going that relieves a hard counter before the match ends.
It is entirely possible to lose the first three rounds, get a new power that completes the build, and then immediately reverse sweep. They may tighten it later, but everyone is still figuring it out and I don’t think giving a little wiggle room for those opportunities is a bad thing.
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Ah, I see. Thank you for explaining.
Mercy rule should immediately end the match upon one tank picking Zarya and the other picking DVa. =n=
(Zarya can be waaaay more flexible in dealing with DVa than DVa can flex around Zarya’s specific items too. It’s like a double-counter)
I virtually always come back from 0-3. Some heros scale better in later rounds, as a fact.
Also, this WAS the Mercy rule in the alpha. It didn’t feel good. This current system feels a lot fairer for sure.
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Mercy specifically runs in all dramatic to say “Please! Please! Haven’t they had enough!” when the losing side gets beaten past the point of a comeback.
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Your threads are just absolute entertainment. 
You mean the “stop, they are already dead” 
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I’ve had several matches end at third map, but it always comes as a surprise to me, it feels a bit jarring since the matches usually don’t feel that unbalanced.
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Yeah, I’d rather go the fourth round unless we have a leaver/thrower. OW games can seem one-sided on the scoreboard even when they aren’t.
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Or, just give both teams the same amount of cash.
I guess that would make it “less competitive” but it’s not very comp like anyway.
Exactly this… 3-0 = win… If 3-1 , then to need 4th win.
I don’t know. I’ve played 3 games of stadium. 1 win, 1 loss. 3rd game we were down 0-3. Tied it up 3-3. Tie breaker was clash with first to capture 2 points. We capped one, the other team capped one. We almost had it on the last, but one of our dps decided to sprint headlong into the enemy team and die immediately and the fight fell apart. Close game though.
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There’s only one Mercy rule i endorse, and its number is 34.
I tried to write the line in a way Mercy might say it, but that’s the one I was thinking of.
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