Been thinking about this since everyone has something they said when Ana boosts them in Overwatch.. what would the heroes in HOTS be yapping about when they get 30% spell power & 150% CDR?

So long story short, I solo que vs a premade that had stomped me before.

We ended up beating them. I asked my group if they wanted to team up and beat them again.

After match ended I reached out to one of them and said gg to his amazing alarak play.

He quoted me verbatim with a time stamp “how the turn tables…turn” which I said to my party in game.

How was he able to see what I said to my party?

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I'm currently in Bronze 5 with about 150 rank points and 850 to go until I get to Bronze 4.

When I win, I gain about 4 - 5 points. When I lose, I lose about 16 - 20 points.

During placement at the beginning of the season, I'll win all placement games and then it's like calculating.... bronze 5

Been like that for 3 or 4 seasons now.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not very good, but I keep an eye on the minimap, rotate, soak and join up for team fights... I should be able to at least get Bronze 4? It just seems like it really wants me in bronze 5 for some reason.

Does this seem normal?

Edit:
I'm basically a 50% win rate.
I usually play healer. I play solo.
When I group with anyone (1 2 3 or 4 others), we get facerolled by 5 stacks. Or never find a game at all.

screenshots of win/loss points: https://imgur.com/a/ME7faDU

Also, I'm not worried about the rank or the number, I don't mind being bronze 5, I'm not good. Well I'm half against other Bronze 5'ers. I just don't want the bots, afk'ers, int'ers etc.

For example, you walk up next to a target, and if you don't do anything, you'll start attacking them automatically. Not even the "Stop" command stops this. The only way to NOT attack is by continuously force moving. This is especially bad on orphea because oftentimes you want to save her empowered attack and have to actively work against the game to make sure you dont automatically fire it.

As per title, are there any instances where the perma ban has been lifted?

Seriously.

Whomever designed this hero should be left to other projects only (moot now). A hero with no weaknesses, easy-bake escapes, and every conceivable advantage is insane. Samuro's design has left me salty since his original three-week stint at 60%+ and it's no better now. Seeing one in the graveyard of this game is basically an auto-loss because he's not punishable.

Who the fuck thought a self-cleanse mirror image combined with free stealth plus movement speed bonus was a good idea? The kit is ridiculous. Every single game with him is a slog, whether you win or not. Oh, wait, I was wrong: it's two self-cleanses. Great design!

Map pressure, hero pressure, easy escapes. Where's the weakness? Everyone else has one. Why does Samuro have none? CC doesn't work because he can self-cleanse, if you can even reach the real Samuro. Most reveal effects don't work on him because he goes unrevealable right away and by the time you get the chance, he's out of range.

No amount of Valeeras, Chromies, Abathurs, or Cho'Galls could ever equal the annoyance caused by Samuro's godawful design. I was in masters once upon a time and I still hate Samuro with the fire of a thousand exploding suns.

Whew. Now, if you've made it this far...it's also good to be back. Still the best MOBA. I'd give a lot to bring it back, as I know a lot of you would. Nothing feels quite so cozy as the old stomping grounds.

Stukov and zuljin didnt expected such wave

Bonus points to "combo terms", for example: When I'm Imperious and my friend is Deathwing, we call the impale+fire breath "Poke n' Smoke".

Also accepting terms for talents, heroes, etc (for example Imperious being Impale-ious) or even terms of hate for maps, mechanics, etc (we used to call Garden of Terror "Garbage of Terror" [we much preferred Haunted Mines]).

EDIT to add for newcomers (also listed in comments): I forgot a couple that my friends reminded me about!!!

"The Bearded Comet": when Garosh (enemy or ally) throws an Uther into a team, then the Uther uses Diving Storm. "Remember your ABCs": stands for Anyone But Chen ... When we/they are using spells or AA on Chen, we say that "they don't know their ABCs!"

Someone make sense of this I must be missing something with the % damage nerf.

When has anyone ever said "careful Hanzo 16 online tanks watch out". The Valla nerf I understand. But nothing for Zagara? It has the rare combination of being both completely brain dead and bat shit broken.

EVERY semi competent player has their eyes on zag 16. It's when the game becomes especially unfun.

Yes Hanzo AA with % hurts but at least there is a counter, you can kill him and cut his attack speed in half, and watch your position near walls.

There's nothing effective against constant % shitters melting anything nearby.

Yes I'm salty

They had been playing for 10, 9, 9, 9, and 8 years. Sufficed to say, it didn't go well for us. :(

Edit for more details:

They were quite good. They had Diablo, Tychus, Brightwing, Azmo, and Probius on Braxis. We rolled ETC (me), Malf (wife), Nova, Dva, and Sylv.

Azmo was in the top lane vs Dva and killed baby Dva at least twice. Meanwhile, their 4-man on bot would have Probius clearing the wave just behind Diablo. I couldn't find a good time to powerslide -> roots, and when I did go in, I was flipped/poly'd into Tychus trait burned down. After that, they just slowly pushed while waiting for Zerg and holding the points. When Dva died, they got huge % of Zerg waves.

It was a slow and methodical grinding away of the bottom lane. Our Sylv also overextended a few times near a wall and got obliterated. We did find a few openings to get a kill or two, but we couldn't convert it into much. Braxis being a snowbally map meant we were pretty hosed after that first Zerg wave and the second (maybe third) wave finished us off.

At one point, I hit a 3-man Mosh on the top point and the Diablo instantly hit his ult stopping me after only 1 second. Their reaction was inhumanly fast, showing that they'd been playing for a long time to see that coming and reacting so fast.

I was talking and not looking, went back to 0 points again in bronze 5 after 200 wins, just wiped out all progress again lol

When will the janitor ever fix the ranking system so you can escape B5 with 5-10 consecutive wins, main account stuck forever b5 with an alt in Diamond smh lol What you goona do?

Playing from Greece with my friends.. we can't enjoy it, because there is big delay when clicking.. like even when we click to move there is a delay. Casting abilities also delay... it happens to all of my friends and we play from different cities in Greece... why is this happening.... I remember playing hots 2 years ago and there wasn't any delay..

Ive been playing ARAM non stop since I came back to playing HOTS a few weeks ago. probably close to 50 games. Are their some Heroes that dont show up as choices in ARAM? Are some more likely to show up than others? For example: I dont think ive seen a single Sgt Hammer on my choices or anyone elses.

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