I used to be that guy who would warm up my aim in custom games first, then maybe play 2-3 QP games, really get my aim and reflexes flowing, and only then play comp.
Well, many seasons of doing this and I realized I was still in plat 
and nothing much was changing.
I noticed I give 100% even in QP, and try to win, then when I do, I always end up thinking āI could have spent those last 15 minutes winning a game in comp! DOH!!ā.
Anyone else just not bothered with warming up any more and dive straight in?
No, because i notice that some days the first game goes well, and the next day the first game goes horrible, so then i am glad Iām not jumping straight in to comp
Yeah, that first game is always unpredictable. Sometimes I do like to play that first game in QP and just flex around roles depending on the situation, to warm up for comp.
Today I came home from work, jumped straight in to comp, lost the first 2 games, won the last 2 games. And Iām warming up my dinner, about to play a few more. The games we lost could easily have been won, but nobody was in vc except me, and 1 other guy in both games. In those kinds of games, you could say itās slightly better than a game of quickplay.
The last two games we had 3 people in vc both games.
Just imagine what could be possible if all 6 players were in vc, nice to each other, made each other laugh and called out low targets, focus fire, etc.
Sadly, itās just the nature of online gaming. Not everyone is talkative. Not everyone likes doing call outs. Some people donāt even join vc, (this one I really donāt understand. You have to intentionally not care about winning if you wonāt even listen to other peopleās call outs 
)
Comp could be so much better if the human race just communicated more.
Oh and this is NA servers. God only knows how barren vc is on Euro servers
Eh, I warm up every now and then. Sometimes I warm up, sometimes I just jump right in. Just really depends on the type of day Iāve had or how iām feeling. If iām feeling kinda blehch then iāll warm up a couple of rounds before jumping in, but if iām in a ālez gohā Kinda mood iāll just jump in 
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Iām kinda the same lol.
Ok my 5th and 6th games were very strange!
The 5th game was the first time in almost 3 years of playing Overwatch that I experienced two girls go at it and start verbally insulting each other. Basically one girl was playing Mercy, and when we were getting ready for the second round, another girl took Mercy because āshe had more hours on herā. The first girl got offended and they were insulting each other and calling each other biatches throughout the second round. Never seen two girls be like that but I understand the frustration of someone taking you hero without even asking. It is rude, in some ways, especially if youāre doing well. We ended up losing, really bad negative energy in that game.
6th game was kingās row, Zarya vs Zarya battle, on Kingās Row, and I mean, we all know how that went 
pfffttt Honestly, While D.Va is mah baby gurl and I love her to bits despite her sledge hammer nerfs to her DM. I donāt really care who plays her if someone wants d.va or picks D.va first iām like " 'aight. Iāll play mah boi rein today." lol but saying āiām a better D.va than youā is something crazy lol. Iād honestly be like āokay, what ever you say manā lol. no use getting tilted over something silly like that and ruining the team cynergy. Thereās always gonna be a better Character player than me. Though admittedly, it irks me when people claim theyāre better at a certain character than me and just play the character like a complete noob and iām like āthe fak?! false advertisementā lolol
and I know exactly what you mean I have a friend who has a complete hard on for Kings Row lol itās one of my favorite Hybrid maps too but not āomg I wanna play kings row all the timeā sort of favorite lolol
If thereās been a long break between prev session and this, Iāll get my bearings and warm up in the Training Area, otherwise hit Ranked right away. Why? Because if I were to do QP, even a game or two, 99% chance would be going into competitive pre-tilted. Maybe this changes once 2-2-2 is implemented into QP, but playing effectively āyolo 4+ DPS TDMā and then going into Ranked for more āyolo 4+ DPS TDMā, I prefer to minimize my suffering.
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no point warming up for QP i thinkā¦ its not that high stakesā¦ but for Comp certainlyā¦
I always get a bit annoyed when i get randomly invited into a group that instantly goes into comp without me having prepared ahead of time X3
Yeah, IDGAF anyways, just play to get my McCree on.
I never warm up. If I feel Iām underperforming I just switch to an easier hero for a while.
I always warm up in form of playing QP at least. Donāt see much point of that training room. Sometimes I go couple of rounds there with ash/widow before jumping into QP, it does not help you warming up since the bots always move predictably so you just move to the same directions they about to go and shoot. If you play sniper you should always warm up tho with Widow FFA or Ana paintball. Sometimes I just do good old Half Life 1 death match.
At 2 loss in comp its better putting the game down a bit or going QP otherwise you will just tilt and screw up even more.
Yeah, i always skip the warmup because nothing will really change the way i play.
Plus you can have bad and good games depending on your team as well, and being in silver or gold rank like me. Then you really donāt need to practice because everyone is bad in low ranks.
And i guess in low ranks you kinda need luck as well lol. At least in my opinion.
Play 1 game of QP - if it goes well move on to comp, if it doesnāt either keep on playing or skip comp for the day.
āGoes wellā doesnāt necessarily mean āwinningā, just that it feels right.
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Same 
Iām exactly this.
I usually pay a visit to Training if itās been more than a day after my last playing session, but not every time. Itās not exactly to practice aim - I mostly play non-aim heroes anyway - just to get the game in my fingers again before joining comp.
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i play 1 QP before comp.
then 3-5 games of comp
then custom game
then go back to comp
I dont know why but this just works for me. about the voice chat thing your right it is barren on EU servers, and whoever is there are trolls. I only go in vc when iām queueing in a group - otherwise people are just toxic
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All the time. I hate QP, Iād rather lose my first game than play there.
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