I picked her in competitive (platinum) and my teammates started saying “we don’t need a sombra” and “you better do good” and “you’re not top 500” (i never said i was, idiot)
From the immense pressure, I did not do well at all. I was forced to switch to Brigitte to win the game. I won the game, but lost some of my self-respect.
To make matters worse, I played against a guy who I got killed by tons and tons of times he was even Ana and I still died because my hopes were very low. Him winning the game (it was a ffa deathmatch with 3 people) damaged my self-esteem severely as far as the game goes.
Sometimes (or should I say most) I literally cannot aim at anyone. I’m thinking about deleting this game, it’s frustrating as hell.
I sympathize… However, chances are that you didn’t start lacking in your performance. People were so upset in your hero choice, that it started to influence their gameplay decisions. When someone cannot control their emotions (including stress), they cannot play the game effectively. When such people are on your team, they will ruin your team’s performance, if not help the enemy team. This is basically the only reason why an “off-meta hero isn’t working.” And not the “off-meta” hero themself.
Being able to stand up for yourself through a public forum takes a lot of emotional control. I do not see stress getting to you, making you worse. I see it making you better. Do not blame yourself. It’s usually the toxic people that are having trouble supporting their team, and then blame their team, after realizing they’re doing horribly; or preemptively blame their team, in the case something they can scapegoat is in the game (a girl, one healer, one tank, “off-meta” hero, gay person, non-caucasian race, etc etc); that negatively impact their team.
This kind of stuff also happens in real life. Realize that it’s not you if you’re strong enough and can control yourself.
I see what you mean, but it was my fault, I hadn’t got any eliminations or any hacks off. I’m only 12 and I was too shook to concentrate. I couldn’t control myself. If there’s anything I hate more than anything, it’s being a douchebag or a let down to everyone else.
I honestly really doubt it. There is so much you can do with a team that you cannot do by yourself. If your team isn’t giving you an opening, you cannot get that hack off (I play Sombra too).
I wouldn’t worry about you bringing other people down. You’re very mature for your age.
I know how you feel. I would just take a break from Overwatch for a while, then come back.
I am going to steal this for every time I make an edit. Unless people are screeching at me about something. Ok, nvm I won’t be able to use this on these forums if I am not getting screeched at.
Not getting screeched at by someone on these forums is like not getting stunned by a specific hero that I will not name so I won’t get screeched at. Brigitte
Perfectionism makes you better. It’s when it’s obsessive that it’s bad (sacrificing important things). I don’t see anything wrong with the amount of perfectionism you’ve showcased.
You’re going to run into people like this all your life, no matter where you go. Some people just feel empowered by pushing others around. But you can’t control what other people do, only what you do. Take this as practice, change your perspective, grow tougher skin.
Dont give up on sombra,if you love playing her keep at it i promise you will improve. People told me i was trash at sombra so i ignored them and proved them wrong you can too.
A similar thing happened once with me playing McCree. I locked him in at the start of the match and was immediately flamed. I got incredibly nervous and didn’t perform overly well (although we still managed to defend and barely hold them at the last point of Route 66). Next round, one of my team mates instalocks McCree and tells me to go back to being a Rein main. It felt like an obvious insult due to the no aim = no skill connotation. We won the match but I felt like I had lost.
But you know what? I was terrible back then. I had put so much time into practising McCree but my aim was still unreliable. I can look back now and realise, while there behaviour was awful, switching to Rein when I was performing poorly was the right decision. Overwatch competitive is a game about self improvement, no SR gain. Providing you’re constantly striving to better yourself, practice and improve, then each match is a victory. Practice, practice, practice. Just keep at it, learn from players better than you and eventually you’ll see yourself improve. Then you’ll look back on your own VoDs and won’t believe how far you’ve come.
I hate when teammates pressure others to bend, idc if we are losing. If someone makes the call to change (for themselves), awesome. If not, I just do what I can as support or tank. Can’t afford to be triggered when I’m trying to watch out for their health, y’know?
Personally, I don’t blame the game. I blame the players
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