A madman's rantings

This will be(was suppose to be) just a quick post as I'm often asked what I think of Valorant.  Nothing in depth, just my thoughts. No, I don't see it as an Overwatch killer.  It was launched at an interesting time in Overwatch's timeline.  It was when people were sick of abilities being king and where mechanical skill wasn't needed as much.  Funny enough, that's the entire point of OW (see my first post).  The community was wanting more skill and this is why I think so many players jumped on the "Its an OW Killer" bandwagon.  It seemed to be the perfect answer for everyone's frustrations in OW.  With one big problem... The pace and TTK of Valorant's design make it a completely different game.  Once everyone realized that Valorant wasn't close to the same they came crawling back as usual.  I can't count the number of streamers and players that quit OW only to come back a month or two later.  Maybe a break is needed, OW can get on...

Video here More complaints from the community! Welcome to Overwatch.  This time it's about the match maker and it's ability to pull in players that are sometimes 500SR (or hidden MMR) apart.  At the surface level this doesn't seem correct nor good for the community but it actually is!  While you may not agree I hope that by the end of this post you'll at least understand the benefits to this behavior. To start this off I'd like to give some background on myself because this subject sucker punched me.  I thought this way of learning was normal, to the point that I didn't understand the counter argument.  I've been a martial artist for a long time, across multiple disciplines, and while the style and quality of teaching has varied it had one common trait, you learned from everyone. In a typical class you'll listen to the teacher explain a bit and then you'll start training/drilling with your fellow martial brothers and sisters (Traditionally spea...