Server error upon Summer Event update

[Jasaplay-2539]

I was playing comp, when the game gave me a server error. I got kicked out of the match, affecting my SR. Worst of all, we were winning the match!

[Skypiggy-2405]

Same here

[Kaedi-11739]

Please stand by. Blizzard is investigating and working to resolve the issue:

Blizzard CS - The Americas

[Alîana-2539]

same here…me and two others of my team and two of the enemy team got kicked out in the middle of a comp game at about 8:20 pm… my SR and I could not get back, because I had to patch and now I’m in queue

[DynEste-1885]

Same here, got kicked out right at the beginning of a comp match. Lost around 80 SR and got a deserter penalty.

[Kaedi-11739]

Please avoid Competitive Play. Penalties cannot be reversed! Details on this policy is found here:

Overwatch Technical Issues, SR Loss, and Leaver Penalties

Hey everybody, I wanted to take some time today to discuss Leaver Penalties and how they relate to Technical issues. We understand that leaver penalties are an annoying thing to experience. Technical issues can be complicated to troubleshoot. To add penalties to your account can seem like adding insult to injury. This isn’t our intent. The competitive penalty system may not be perfect, but there is reason behind it. When we created the leaver penalty system, we took in a lot of player feedbac…

[Kryxx-1305]

Bit of a lesson. Don’t comp for a few hours or more after a patch.