There was a nice post on Reddit about the right mindset to be more successful in Overwatch .
If you want to be successful in Overwatch and climb ranks, you need to not only be good at playing, but also approach the game with the right mindset. The “mindset” is particularly important to avoid getting frustrated quickly or blaming other players. There is a great post about this on Reddit by the user yoloswag420oddfuture, which we have translated here for you in excerpts.
“The mentality you should have while playing. Blizzard’s ranking system works. You are probably average. You are not doing everything right. If you are not climbing, then you are right where you belong. It will be okay.”
“Every time you play a ranked match, your teammates and the opponents’ team are mixed up. The players on your side are the same ones that could be playing against you. Those terrible players that you always complain about? They are also on the opponent’s side.
This means that your team has 5 terrible players, and the opposing team has 6 terrible players. Assuming you are actually good, you will be the decisive factor. It’s your 5 mixed players (+1 good, you!) against the opposing 6 mixed players.
“Over a long period of time, you will eventually reach your appropriate rank. If you win 50% of the games, then Blizzard’s system works. You are where you belong, congratulations, you are probably average. There is no shame in that.”
In response to the argument that one is trapped in the “skill rating hell” and scooping all the gold medals, he has a few things to say:
“Gold medals do not mean you are good. Gold medals are indicators of two things:
1) Statistically, you are better than your teammates. This does not mean much because if your teammates are trash, then your medals mean nothing. It only means you are good compared to a bad team. It doesn’t mean you are really good.
2) You are good at things that record medals. Gold medals do not measure how well you use your ultimates, how well you reflect abilities with Genji, how well you block ultimates with Mei’s ice wall, and so on.
It is an indicator that you may be doing some things well, but it is not a golden badge telling you: “I am doing everything right, and my teammates are not. GG this team sucks!!!11”
A pretty good attitude for your games would be:
- 25% are easy wins.
- 25% you will just get steamrolled, and there is nothing you can do about it.
- 50% of your games you can influence. These are the games that matter.”
As a closing remark, he adds:
“A person who acknowledges that they are not playing at 100% efficiency and tries to improve will always be better than someone who thinks they are doing everything right (because MY MEDALS) and stagnates.”
The original English version can be found as usual in our sources.
