So let me start by saying I stink at Overwatch. That said, I paid my 20 bucks so I get to play regardless of what over people on here may say.
I have two accounts. An older one I purchase say 6 months ago and a newer one that might be about 2 months old. The old account is a bronze level account, and in the new account I am silver.
So here is my evidence
During my 5 season qualifying rounds on the Bronze account. I rocked it. I won all 5 games and played the best I ever played in 6 months. I got silver and gold medals in every game and recognition cards. I swear someone else must have been playing. At the end of the 5 games I got about 1050 SR. Bit, of a let down.
On my silver account I played 5 terrible games. It was always like I was playing with my feet. I got a couple of medals and no cards at all. I was terrible. I lost 3 games, won 1, and it was a draw on the last. The system gave me about 1650 SR. I should have got 500. lol
Anyway, that’s my evidence. Have at it and don’t hate!
It takes roughly 150 games for an account find its true level. Five games on each account says very little. The fact that you did better on your lower ranked account, however, is indicative (as much as ten games can be) that your two accounts are converging to each other.
So what happens when you were Plat for quite a few season (up until Role Queue) playing well over 150 games (like 700-1000 overall) and then all of a sudden you drop to bronze/silver? And no, it isn’t me. You don’t go from playing in closed beta and every season and start at mid gold then after about 6 seasons or so hit plat and maintain that the rest of the way until Role Queue. My 2 other accounts I have over 150 games also and one is plat the other was low diamond, however, I haven’t played that one since role queue and not going to.
I mean, placements are absolutely meaningless, they literally just put you at the same rank you were at before. On your silver account you placed silver, on your bronze account you placed bronze. Doesn’t mean the SR system is broken.
Play 100 games on each account then come back. If your SR has a 1000+ variation at that point then you’ll have something to show the system is broken.
You do realize that your opponents are easier the lower you go right? So it is natural to play better on a lower ranked account. This just means that your accounts will eventually meet up with each other the more you play on it. 5 games is literally nothing meaningful.
Honestly, placements are just a barrier of games you have to go through to get comp points at season end. They’re almost entirely useless, and it’s super rare for a fresh account to place outside of the silver-plat range. It’s kinda dumb, but it’s reality
Blizzard hasn’t published how uncertainty goes up with no play time, and it likely changed with the introduction of role queue. But from what I’ve seen my impression is that it ramps up after three months inactive or so.
There’s no shame and not being a GM on this game. You should play this game for fun not for ranks. Ranks is a worthless number unless you’re trying to go Pro. Otherwise it’s meaningless. getting a higher rank won’t make you happier, won’t complete you. It’s a nice goal to strive for but shouldn’t define yourself as a player.
