Had a terrible losing streak last night (all deserved for one reason or another) and plummeted in rating. I think the last game cost me nearly 100 points!
Managed to win a few in a row after to claw a handful back. I don't really mind what my ranking is, but I worry that if I dip too low I may just end up getting less fun games.
the losses last night:
"the other team are better coordinated" which was fine
"it's close but they got their ults slightly quicker on the final push and they won 95/100" which was fine (and a really fun game)
"our four DPS players, who were grouped, all refused to change, and called the one healer a see-you-next-Tuesday for asking one to switch. They included Hanzo and Widow on attack. I was the tank." this was less fine, and annoyed me
"the enemy have a LOT of ults" - this was really odd. I'm tempted to call 'cheat' but given I was on a losing streak and a bit tilted, my judgement was probably a bit off. This enemy team seemed to ult ALL the time. On one round of KotH in Lijiang Tower Garden, their junkrat ulted before I reached line of sight of the control point, running straight there as zarya. I know it's theoretically possible if he pre-fired a lot and/or somehow bumped a couple of fast team members off the map or something, but we spent basically the whole round frozen by mei and exploded by junk. Absolutely miserable.
The wins, on the other hand, were all really close, fun matches, were all on payload maps, and were usually won by distance rather than checkpoints, they were that close. Nice chat in-team, enjoyable banter with the opposition. I think I may be predisposed to hate KotH maps, but they just seem less fun.
Woohoo!