The "X is not a problem if you just git gud" argument

You’ve heard it before. “This hero is not problematic, if you just climb to high elo”

The same astounding logic produces arguments such as:

“Insulin is too expensive for the average person? Nobody can afford to buy a house anymore? Just get rich. Problem solved. I am very smart. Why doesn’t everyone just get rich?”

Yes indeed, why doesn’t everyone in the world simply join the top 5 percentile of everything?

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Are they telling you to climb to a higher elo, or they telling you to implement simple adaptations to counter a hero you’re struggling with?

I’d agree that “have better teammates” isn’t actionable strategy for most players.

“Quit trying to facetank a Bastion” is, however.

If Blizzard tried to strip away every challenge that ever frustrated a low elo player, they’d end up deleting the whole game.

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Incredulous Sombra players that literally cant even regarding their hero’s damning ban rates are certainly in the top 5th percentile.

Of what you ask? Just the top 5th percentile… :sunglasses:

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Are we comparing ingame feelings to the necessary life-support medicament now?
Just why?

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He must be talking about Sojourn who has a whopping 0% ban rate in Korea

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That’s… really not a comparable dicotomy.

When taking into account a game, we are supposed to be ranked differently amongst our skill level. You should expect a very different soccer comming from the world cup winning team and your local high school team, for instance. There are things you learn to deal with skill.

Now, insulin is a life saving medicine. You can’t choose to interact with diabetes like you can choose to interact with a game. It’s like, either you take it or you die, there’s no way around it. That’s real life. You can’t ask Devs to nerf Insulin prices. You can always opt out of a game if you think it’s unfair. You can, indeed, ask for a public health system, access to medications, regulation of the pharmaceutical industry. Well, not only you can, you should, everyone should. You never know if you’ll be the next one that can’t afford healthcare in the future, or if your friends or family. Even people you don’t know but that still contribute to your life somehow might be saved by it.

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Learn the match up. There is no Overwatch college tuition fee to pay. You do not need to take out a student loan.

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Aka anytime I tell people I prefer Doom 2016 to Doom Eternal and it’s nothing but “skill issue”, “get gud”, “you’re bad” blah blah etc etc :rofl:

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Doom 2016 was far superior.

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Is it?

Oh right, this is the US forum.

Why are you trying to use populist arguments in your favor. The majority of American voter’s selected a fascist in 2024, and it appears the majority of Overwatch voters have fascistic tendencies in their ban choices as well

Thats not usually what people mean when they say get good about an issue. It doesnt matter how high you climb if you keep running in a straight line towards a bastion.

And the rest of these comparisons are just not at all similar.

A man literally 2 smart to 2 interact with a simple analogy.

And whatever this is.

Top 5th percentile, everyone…

Your title quote is actually correct for hitscan. No enemy is an issue if they simply outgun them. For non-hitscan, it takes some more work.

For supports, it’s invalid because no amount of healing or lifesaving on their dps will make them suddenly aim better.

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It’s a dumb analogy. There are heroes that are problematic only in certain ranks. You have to learn to deal with the hero that is a problem in your rank in order to progress, it’s simple as that.

Now, you can’t “get better” from your basic needs. They will always be there.

One depends entirely upon you to achieve. The other depends on a series of factors outside of your reach that needs collective effort to overcome.

Im literally clapping right now at your amazing breakdown of how dumb the analogy is.

yeah, uhh, okay? Thank you, I guess.

I guess anyone can be a ‘fascist’ if you disagree with them vehemently enough :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Sometimes hero’s are just op, take Freja for example.

A lot of hero’s go unnoticed for months at a time and then suddenly become op.

If you don’t think trump is a fascist at this point you’re a part of his cult