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Dias
Feb 20, 2011

by sebmojo
It's meme Lúcio, so you can unite your teammates with the power of dank memes.

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Mr Luxury Yacht
Apr 16, 2012


Zoness posted:

why are you getting that close to roadhog (unless you are reaper)? just enjoy the insane amount of ult charge you got by shooting into his gigantic model

I guess it's mainly frustrating as D.Va, since even aiming for his head I can't seem to out-damage the heal, and if I jet away then I'm back down to square one starting to whittle him down.

Diqnol
May 10, 2010

I'd argue the majority of the skins suck actually but the particularly good ones are american pornstar soldier (literally every other soldier skin is aids), cartel assassin reaper, hockey lucio, posh tracer, pirate toblerone, banana winston, and bird Zenyatta

Dias
Feb 20, 2011

by sebmojo

Spiros posted:

I'd argue the majority of the skins suck actually but the particularly good ones are american pornstar soldier (literally every other soldier skin is aids), cartel assassin reaper, hockey lucio, posh tracer, pirate toblerone, banana winston, and bird Zenyatta

The best Soldier skin is Smoke color.

Zoness
Jul 24, 2011

Talk to the hand.
Grimey Drawer

Dias posted:

The best Soldier skin is Smoke color.

i am a smoke soldier user and i wholeheartedly agree

Diqnol
May 10, 2010

Dias posted:

The best Soldier skin is Smoke color.

Nope

*walks into sunset*

NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches




Mierenneuker posted:

For those of you who don't peruse Reddit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQbSlktqpm4

:zenpop:

Well now I feel silly posting my back to back regulation potgs in Reinhardt and Junkrat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa3cMVimQRQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4YymFh51FM

pmchem
Jan 22, 2010


Dias posted:

The best Soldier skin is Smoke color.

Why? Is that one of the 1000 coin ones?

Countblanc
Apr 20, 2005

Help a hero out!
What happens if you earthshatter a junkrat tire

Soothing Vapors
Mar 26, 2006

Associate Justice Lena "Kegels" Dunham: An uncool thought to have: 'is that guy walking in the dark behind me a rapist? Never mind, he's Asian.
smdh at these poors who can't afford legendaries trying to convince people that their lovely uncommon skin is somehow superior to Patriotic Pornstar 76

Frankston
Jul 27, 2010


verbal enema posted:

is that the weird im using it and for no reason my camera instantly looks up

I'm pleased to know that this is a glitch and not just my hand spazzing and twitching out randomly from time to time.

Afraid of Audio
Oct 12, 2012

by exmarx

Countblanc posted:

What happens if you earthshatter a junkrat tire

fairly sure you'll do 50 damage to it and the tire will keep on truckin

Bruc
May 30, 2006
Had a pretty good clutch last night as Junkrat on PS4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMR9sa6ZwXc
(I killed the Reinhardt right after the clip ends).

And yes I would have been hosed if that was not the worst Genji ever.

Nehru the Damaja
May 20, 2005

The terrible official forum thread to the effect of "Actually black man you are the racist for wanting a character you can identify with" now has people openly posting neo-Nazi propaganda

Why the gently caress won't Blizz close it and ban people

Countblanc
Apr 20, 2005

Help a hero out!

Nehru the Damaja posted:

The terrible official forum thread to the effect of "Actually black man you are the racist for wanting a character you can identify with" now has people openly posting neo-Nazi propaganda

Why the gently caress won't Blizz close it and ban people

They agree with the posters.

Semper Fudge
Feb 19, 2009

Pitchfork was wrong. (f)lowers of Algerbong is crap.
Jester Junkrat's tire is cool as hell and entirely justifies the skin.

Spanish Manlove
Aug 31, 2008

HAILGAYSATAN

Brannock posted:

The Lucio dancing thing on the Overwatch tab in Blizzard launcher is extreme AIDS and I've had to consciously go out of my way to minimize the launcher, switch tabs, or close the launcher, because of how incredibly irritating it is to have to see that out the corner of your eye.

You seem fun :-)

Lant
Jan 8, 2011

Muldoon

Trisk posted:

I'm taking some time out of my day to create a helpful list of Ugly and Bad legendary Overwatch character skins. Please do not use any of the following unless you want to be a big idiot:

Junkrat Jester & Fool
Junkrat Scarecrow & Hayseed
Lucio Breakaway & Slapshot
Reaper El Blanco & Mariachi
Soldier 76 Daredevil & Stunt Rider
Tracer Punk & Ultraviolet
Zarya Cybergoth & Industrial

I hope this post helps you all to avoid being Idiot Noobs using Bad Skins. Thanks for your time.

-Trisk

I will fistfight you

a cat on an apple
Apr 28, 2013

Countblanc posted:

What happens if you earthshatter a junkrat tire

Actually I did exactly that once

It wasn't very effective...

Night Blade
Feb 25, 2013

Trisk posted:

I'm taking some time out of my day to create a helpful list of Ugly and Bad legendary Overwatch character skins. Please do not use any of the following unless you want to be a big idiot:

Junkrat Jester & Fool
Junkrat Scarecrow & Hayseed
Lucio Breakaway & Slapshot
Reaper El Blanco & Mariachi
Soldier 76 Daredevil & Stunt Rider
Tracer Punk & Ultraviolet
Zarya Cybergoth & Industrial

I hope this post helps you all to avoid being Idiot Noobs using Bad Skins. Thanks for your time.

-Trisk

How can someone be so wrong in such few words.

Imagined
Feb 2, 2007
So if you're solo queueing because you want to stink it up learning new characters without letting your friends list down, and you're an actual human being and not a douchebag, how do you join a game and watch no one choose a tank or healer and then resist the compulsion to pick one yourself in order to, y'know, win, when you're really trying to practice your D.VA or whatever?

a cat on an apple
Apr 28, 2013

Imagined posted:

So if you're solo queueing because you want to stink it up learning new characters without letting your friends list down, and you're an actual human being and not a douchebag, how do you join a game and watch no one choose a tank or healer and then resist the compulsion to pick one yourself in order to, y'know, win, when you're really trying to practice your D.VA or whatever?

Remind yourself of this:

If you are low enough on the MMR ladder that your team doesn't naturally gravitate to an actually balanced composition, then you are low enough on the MMR ladder that you can win solely by individual skill on nearly any hero.

Countblanc
Apr 20, 2005

Help a hero out!

Imagined posted:

So if you're solo queueing because you want to stink it up learning new characters without letting your friends list down, and you're an actual human being and not a douchebag, how do you join a game and watch no one choose a tank or healer and then resist the compulsion to pick one yourself in order to, y'know, win, when you're really trying to practice your D.VA or whatever?

my secret is: i don't

RCarr
Dec 24, 2007

I just got stomped by the Xbros dino squad. :)

I would join you guys but im drunk and without a mic at the moment.

Ehud
Sep 19, 2003

football.

I'm not gonna be happy until I can play as a dog in this game now.

Other character ideas:

velociraptor that has machine guns on the sides and can jump far

vending machine on wheels that distributes health and damage boost sodas to allies

middle aged man in a bumper car that shoots electricity at people

children's birthday party clown who throws grenade pies and squirts acidic seltzer water at enemies

highschool shop teacher who fights with power tools

Stabbey_the_Clown
Sep 21, 2002

Are... are you quite sure you really want to say that?
Taco Defender
I actually had a good game as McCree today. Two, in fact! Could it be that I'm actually moving him out of my "sucks at" category?

Thanks to a pair of helpful Symmetras, I, as Pharah got "The Path is Closed" achievement on Volskaya attack, killing 6 of 7 total teleporters the enemy used. I'm unsure if the 7th used up all 6 charges or if a teammate got it. It was actually pretty close too since I did a Justice From above in overtime on the first point, realizing too late there was no one there. Thankfully my teammates were there to ensure we didn't run out of time.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying

Ehud posted:

highschool shop teacher who fights with power tools
If this isn't Torb's real backstory it should have been.

Opposing Farce
Apr 1, 2010

Ever since our drop-off service, I never read a book.
There's always something else around, plus I owe the library nineteen bucks.
I think both of Junkrat's model swaps are kind of stupid and ugly but to be fair I think literally everything about Junkrat and his aesthetic is stupid and ugly.

It's extremely appropriate that Junkrat's alternate costumes are a clown and a scarecrow because he's always seemed to me like a lovely low-rent Batman villain who should be on a T-shirt in a Hot Topic next to a TV that just shows the Suicide Squad trailer on loop.

Opposing Farce fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Jun 17, 2016

Kerrzhe
Nov 5, 2008

Opposing Farce posted:

I think both of Junkrat's model swaps are kind of stupid and ugly but to be fair I think literally everything about Junkrat and his aesthetic is stupid and ugly.

It's extremely appropriate that Junkrat's alternate costumes are a clown and a scarecrow because he's always seemed to me like a lovely low-rent Batman villain who should be on a T-shirt in a Hot Topic next to a TV screen that just shows the Suicide Squad trailer on loop.

Prav
Oct 29, 2011

harsh, but fair

cheetah7071
Oct 20, 2010

honk honk
College Slice
I like the aesthetics of everyone but Reaper and even he is saved by the mariachi skin

resistentialism
Aug 13, 2007

If there's a white mariachi reaper and a white cowboy mcree in the game I often can't tell them apart.

Brannock
Feb 9, 2006

by exmarx
Fallen Rib

Spanish Manlove posted:

You seem fun :-)

I think people are getting the wrong impression. It's like a constantly flashing light. It's extremely distracting.

whatspeakyou
Mar 3, 2010

no fucks given.
Goon in-house: https://www.twitch.tv/whatspeakyou

PotatoManJack
Nov 9, 2009
New to the game, just started playing yesterday but it's been pretty fun so far despite quick play being a poo poo-show a lot of the time. Junkrat, Pharah, and Zenyatta are my favorites out of the gate. Got the Junkrat exploding tire achievement to win us the game which was awesome as our team was having trouble taking the last objective and I managed to back door a tire into the enemy team and kill 4 of them in one shot.

One question I have is about I'mproving my game. Is there a good resource that people use to learn tactics / strategy for Overwatch? Tried googling but only found a bunch of crappy guides.

Imagined
Feb 2, 2007
Goons, I know you like to suddenly have some really important IRL to do and all flee groups as soon as we lose, but maybe losing two KotH rounds where both teams were near 99% and it went into Overtime isn't a sign that "your group completely sucks and there's no hope for these people". Every loving other goon group I get in seems to magically have infinite time for game after game when we're winning, but falls apart as soon as we lose one game, no matter how close it was.

Imagined fucked around with this message at 02:25 on Jun 17, 2016

piratepilates
Mar 28, 2004

So I will learn to live with it. Because I can live with it. I can live with it.



Imagined posted:

Goons, I know you like to suddenly have some really important IRL to do and all flee groups as soon as we lose, but maybe losing two KotH rounds where both teams were near 99% and it went into Overtime isn't a sign that "your group completely sucks and there's no hope for these people". Every loving other goon group I get in seems to magically have infinite patience when we're winning, but falls apart as soon as we lose one game.

No they lost, it's a stomp, they all suck and it's Blizzard's fault, also Overwatch has a tiny penis and may be complicit in genocide.

Spanish Manlove
Aug 31, 2008

HAILGAYSATAN

Opposing Farce posted:

I think both of Junkrat's model swaps are kind of stupid and ugly but to be fair I think literally everything about Junkrat and his aesthetic is stupid and ugly.

It's extremely appropriate that Junkrat's alternate costumes are a clown and a scarecrow because he's always seemed to me like a lovely low-rent Batman villain who should be on a T-shirt in a Hot Topic next to a TV that just shows the Suicide Squad trailer on loop.

http://i.imgur.com/CCNbimo.webm

Incoherence
May 22, 2004

POYO AND TEAR

Imagined posted:

So if you're solo queueing because you want to stink it up learning new characters without letting your friends list down, and you're an actual human being and not a douchebag, how do you join a game and watch no one choose a tank or healer and then resist the compulsion to pick one yourself in order to, y'know, win, when you're really trying to practice your D.VA or whatever?
Slampick it first and then complain about the people who picked last not filling in. Seems to work for people in my games, at least.

Alternatively, if you find yourself in a skirmish ("Waiting..."), pick whatever hero you're trying to work on and go play around with them.

Alternatively, you just missed Mystery Heroes week, where no one expects you to be good at every hero.

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Bumper Stickup
Jan 7, 2012

Mmm... Offshore Toast!


Grimey Drawer
Is zarya's shield damage based? Like is there a max amount of damage it takes before blowing up?

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