I was playing support which im trying to get better at and obviously why im in bronze hell. My tank I just had was a top 500 tank. At least according to the player Icon they chose I didnt really look at thier stats as their rank this season said it was maxed at Gold. Did this player derank themselves all the way to bronze after being a top 500 player or did they somehow glitch the system into giving them the icon? I am so confused
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I mean there was top 500 in a couple diff game modes through out overwatch, its possible they maybe were top 500 back in OW1 and then stopped playing or maybe early ow2 then took a break, maybe they sold the account or gave it to a friend that deranked it who knows honestly.
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Oh ok i guess that could make sense I was thinking you lost access to the icon after a new season started or something. Ya pretty much all their stats tho were not very high during the ow 2 season so my guess is that it mustve been from 1 like you said.
It has been possible to âscumâ a top 500 icon in the past as well
I think typically what ever your rank is in role que you can basically add +1 or 2 tiers for your placement in open que (So if your are bronze 1 youâd probably place in high silver or low gold for open que).
There have been multiple seasons in the past in OW1 where there were so few people playing open que that people in platinum were in top 500 (although I think to actually get the icon you had to AT LEAST hit diamond to snag the icon and be considered top 500) but it was doable for a lot of people. not to mention all kinds of other niche comp modes they added to arcade occasionally like 3v3, deathmatch etc. Not familiar with all of them but thatâs likely whatâs going on.
Itâs still possible today I imagine⌠if you think about it (pulling numbers from the air here for the example - not actual numbers) role que probably has like 1 million players in any given region who are ranked so you are competing against 1 million people for a top 500 spot (again just for example not real number) but in a niche/unpopular competitive mode there might only be 10k to 100k players total and an even smaller portion of them are even actually grinding the mode because que times are usually bad. as you can imagine itâs way easier to compete for a top 500 slot when thereâs probably less than 500 actual gm/m/diamond players actually grinding there so plenty of gold/plat level players can snag the icon if they grind enough.
Ya I just looked they had a 3v3 high placement from years ago I guess
The thing with blizzard is theyâre great at video game artwork and design, but when it comes to competitive matchmaking they have zero knowledge or know-how.
I wonât be surprised if every single person working at blizzard never did anything competitive in their life, if they did they werenât very good at it hence match making algorithm is the worse Iâve ever seen on Overwatch.
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well there is a top 500 badge and a top 500 season badge. The regular one you can get in regular events i think as well (like 3v3 season). The season top 500 badge you can get in role or open queue.
most players who flex with the top500 icon got it from the arcade. lucioball, deathmatch etc. it was easy to get because almost nobody played ow1 towards the end. quite embarrassing when you see the score of these âtop500â. itâs also why they always have low endorsement lol
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I think I got my top 500 icon from capture the flag because there was some scummy tactic with a tracer/Lucio comp and I have never been beyond master in role queues. I think all roles has had insanely low top 500 requirements in the past too