Quick Play is not Competitive

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I will never understand why that gamemode is taken so seriously.

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Because Overwatch at its core is a competitive team based game and will attract people who want that. Doesn’t matter what mode you play. People like winning and having good matches, which usually result when everyone actually tries.

I will never understand why people cannot understand this.

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Doesn’t matter if it’s not ranked you should still go in with the intent to win and not blatantly throw.

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Because overwatch is by design a competitive game.

If you want a mode that isnt competitive i suggest skirmish or custom lobbies.

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I absolutely understand that it’s a competitive video game, I’m not ignorant of how Overwatch should be played. I don’t mind when it’s a fair fight. What I do mind is when people resort to griefing in order to win. That’s the real issue I was trying to get at.

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I mean you’re right
but it’s also not “goof around” or “just practice” mode
.its the core game
there’s just no rewards for ending up with a set amount of wins or w/e

People are free to apply whatever amount of intensity/seriousness they want

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Ok, that’s fair enough.

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I get what you’re saying and agree with it, but this is slightly different than what you implied originally.
Taking a casual mode seriously does not automatically assume someone is toxic which is what you clarified.

There are a lot of posts on here complaining about people who “sweat” in QP or making fun of people when they counter-swap, when all those people are doing is literally playing the game as designed and intended.

You’re simply referring to toxic people behaving inappropriately and has nothing to do with someone’s desire to try and win.

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They aren’t if them “goofing around” is ruining the match for 9 other people aka throwing. That is basically trolling for fun at the expense of everyone else.
By all means don’t play your best, that is fine (it’s what comp is for) but at least make some sort of minimum level effort is all most people would want in QP regardless of win/loss.

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just jump into ranked and no one takes it seriously.

it absolutely is though. without going into ranked or scrims, qp is objectively the best way to practice.

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Ok, so the title of the post differs from the real problem I was trying to point out.

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Because most of the people who do take it insanely seriously should play comp but are scared to and make it everyone else’s problem.

That’s it.

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How would one define what is or is not ‘too serious’?

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QP is the mode to practice new heroes, try out new strategies, try to get achievements, hang out and have fun with friends without the pressure of needing to do anything to win.

Some people choose to be competitive in QP (and they can do that), but they’re being competitive in a mode with the people I mentioned above

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ye sure, is lovely to try to practice widow or hammond and someone go sombra.

is lovely to practice when you are matched into gm in qp

what a wwonderful useless ‘‘practice’’

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I didn’t actually say they couldn’t, because I have no right to control how people play this game.

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Oh, I’m agreeing with you. People take QP seriously because they’re afraid to play comp, but they are still competitive people. They need to just play comp.

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You do relise that the people you mentioned can still be competitive?

You can be try new heroes, new strategies, try to get achievements, have fun, while still being competitive.

competitive doesnt mean you need to try hard or only play meta. As long as you making a attempt to win that is being competitive.

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Quickplay also isnt Arcade or a Custom Game

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Playing better than me = too serious.
Playing worse than me = throwing.

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