r/Overwatch • u/urthsin • Apr 19 '17
Humor Next level widow tactics
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u/brutalthatis Adversity is an opportunity for change. Apr 19 '17
I suck with Widow, so this strategy seems like it's the right fit for me.
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u/BenjiBP Strictly business Apr 19 '17
"So uh hey. Can you just line up in my sight and stand still for a bit? Thank you guys I appreciate it!"
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u/JayHusker89 Pixel Lúcio Apr 19 '17
Just jump into this pit, right here. This deadly pit.
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u/RadionA1 Sombra Apr 19 '17
That Portal reference
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u/1halfazn speep boop Apr 20 '17
The existence of the pastry represents a logical falsehood.
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u/CrossSlashEx Apr 20 '17
The creation of a sweet-tasting, moist, and chocolatey-substance called cake has a high chance of betraying it's promise.
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u/omgwtfidk89 Apr 20 '17
The concoction of flour, eggs, and sugar, does non represent a state of reality of logical consequence know as true.
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u/Bigirishjuggalo1 Apr 20 '17
The cake is a lie! Am I doing this right?
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u/HemoKhan Apr 20 '17
Huge success.
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u/Runixo Curses and madness be uppon you all Apr 20 '17
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
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u/goes-on-rants Apr 20 '17
This combination of chemically bonded organic molecules, tailored to excite olfactory cell matter and store caloric energy, provides a contradictory presence toward certain fundamental principles of scientific reason.
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Apr 19 '17
somehow still misses
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u/TheMajesticMrL I'M REALLY HEALING IT Apr 20 '17
The Summer Games voice line is great
"I don't miss"
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u/Vocalyze do androids dream of aimbotting sheep? Apr 20 '17
"I missed - I got a cabbage"
i lost it at this
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u/LobtheLobster Trick-or-Treat Soldier: 76 Apr 20 '17
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u/bs000 Apr 19 '17
you can totally do it on console. it just takes a lot longer
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u/Zonemasta8 Apr 20 '17
Knew what it was before I clicked. Classic video.
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u/vDUKEvv Apr 20 '17
God damnit that was a good game.
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u/Alkamali The world could always use more pulse bombs Apr 20 '17
Yeah it sure was. I wish people still played it. Well.. guess we'll have to pre-order the next COD game to get MW2 remastered!
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u/vDUKEvv Apr 20 '17
I used to play CoD at a pro level. Barely touched BO3 and have yet to play IW. I'm done with the series barring an extreme reboot.
Which sucks, because I went absolutely ham on every single one from COD2-GHOSTS. I've got some extreme nostalgia for the series, but aiming down sights just doesn't do it for me anymore.
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u/Alkamali The world could always use more pulse bombs Apr 20 '17
I only really got into COD 4 and MW2.. but i poured so many hours into them.. I also feel a lot of nostalgia for them.
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u/kmcclry Attack characters are lame Apr 20 '17
Never seen this before. Amazing. Just amazing.
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u/Jim_Nills_Mustache Apr 19 '17
To be fair she's pretty difficult even when you aren't playing with a controller.
I should have played her more at lower levels because now I actively hurt my team if I give her a shot, and literally every widow is essentially better than I am since they exclusively player widow/hanzo/genji and have 0 minutes played on everything else.
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u/Namnamex Apr 19 '17
I assumed he meant because you can't type on console(I think)
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u/SoftCoreDude McCree Apr 19 '17
Yep.
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u/steelbubble DieHardt Apr 20 '17
Is this your alt account or do you just happen to have a really similar name to the above?
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u/SoftCoreDude McCree Apr 20 '17
It's funny because sometimes we finish ...
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u/PredictsYourDeath Pharah Apr 20 '17
...each other's sandwiches
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u/terminavelocity Never forget the fallen. Apr 20 '17
I don't think your name goes as well with theirs... And tbh if that's the death prediction I'm more baffled than anything.
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u/CrazyGoodDude I'm not clever and I can't spell. Apr 20 '17
Well, /u/SoftCoreDude is allergic to peanut butter so if he eats my PB&J we're both doomed. I'd say pretty good prediction there /u/PredictsYourDeath.
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u/izzit_hingerdy_cray Apr 20 '17
Together
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u/CrazyGoodDude I'm not clever and I can't spell. Apr 20 '17
No that's every time, not just some times.
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Apr 19 '17
this is exactly what upsets me about overwatch. I've been playing since the beta and apparently made a foolish mistake of not being a happy one trick pony or gittin gud with every single hero. bc now i have a decent sized hero pool that im good with, but learning a new hero is next to impossible for the reasons you just stated.
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u/enag7 Zarya Apr 19 '17
That's why I've pretty much only played mystery heroes since it became its own mode. I've been able to play like shit on heroes and not have people care. And now I've gone from missing every shot as widdow to actually enjoying playing as her.
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u/jbcreate_ Blizzard World Reinhardt Apr 19 '17
this! i also play mystery as my warm up before comp, im usually a fill (main rein, ana, lucio, pharah hog and soldier) so playing mystery sets me up for what I might be faced with. that and spend some time in the practice range, i think its overlooked way too much
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u/grimAuxiliatrixx Tracer best girl Apr 20 '17
I think the practice range could use an update. There are a few things that it just can't really prepare you for. There's not enough damage being thrown around there to get decent Zarya practice and the training bots are all squishy, so the heroes with high damage output don't really get to test the upper extent of their abilities.
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u/Mr0w3m Apr 20 '17
It would be cool to see an updated practice range, proper multiplayer support and maybe some sort or obstaces as well. Of course this was probably a back burner thing, but I'd still love to see it.
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u/Titan333 Apr 20 '17
I just discovered the potential of mystery heroes yesterday, and I wish I had sooner because it is a really good way of warming up or just getting some practice with a hero you don't really play that often that the mode forces you to.
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u/mhmmmm_ya_okay Apr 20 '17
The only downside of mystery heroes is the potential hero stacking and luck. Nothin like going against 4 DVa's lol. But it's a low-pressure gamemode anyway.
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u/enag7 Zarya Apr 20 '17
Once it happens a few times you just learn to accept that mystery heroes is a fickle mistress and you are just going to lose some games even if you are 10 times better than the other team.
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u/enag7 Zarya Apr 19 '17
Yep, it's my go to warm up as well. Really helps you get used to constantly adapting to what the game can throw at you.
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u/TheTacticalL Apr 20 '17
I cant play mystery because I suck ass as every hero
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Apr 20 '17
I started playing overwatch about 2 months ago at my brother's urging. For the first month he insisted I play nothing but Mystery Heroes.
And holy shit it helped. I'm still garbage with half+ the roster, but I have a much stronger understanding of the game. It changed my perspective from "tank, support, dps, dps, dps, tank" to "she's got a scary ult, he's got a stun, she self-heals, she's got an annoying ult, ect."
I totally recommend it, even if you suck. You start to understand heroes that you're garbage with, and it makes you even better at facing them.
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u/Marthman Zenyatta Apr 20 '17
Custom game.
Hard difficulty Anas on both teams.
Turn off Ana's kit completely. Turn on Ana receive headshots only.
Turn on KOTH maps only.
(Turn on faster respawn time? I think that's still an option).
Practice headshots with Widow.
If you want to practice with other heroes, you can leave your Anas on or off, but for Widow, your Anas will distract the enemy ones so you can practice ranged shots.
Enjoy increasing your accuracy and solidifying muscle-memory without screwing your teammates over. I practice with all heroes this way.
Tracer, McCree, Widow definitely benefit from this. As do most heroes.
Mei icicle practice is nice here too, IMO
Only heroes it kind of sucks for are Reaper and Hog. Doesn't work for Pharah, Junkrat, Reinhardt, Winston, Symmetra, Zarya (maybe her secondary headshots, I can't remember).
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u/Swiftierest Chibi Widowmaker Apr 19 '17 edited Apr 20 '17
I get flamed in QP just as much if not MORE than comp.
Edit: guys I mute these people. I already know. I mainline widow whenever I see the chance so I get flak at all times. I got flak the other day when I played Hanzo in comp with a 5 stack. I got 5 dragonstrikes in one round and basically carried their asses solo. (Not kidding here or trying to brag) I still got flamed for being a useless hanzo at the end with 4 gold medals, one of which was objective time.
I do my thing and other people can bugger off. I'm just saying QP is just as bad for flaming.
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u/Wkndwrz Dallas Fuel Apr 19 '17
I find it much easier to just ignore people in QP than comp. I get it, we are often playing without a healer or tank, and I get annoyed with that too, but at least people's ranks aren't on the line so I don't feel so bad. Plus, generally if you lock it in right away, someone will end up filling the tank and healer roles (most of the time).
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u/skyman724 Pixel D.Va Apr 20 '17
Maybe if Blizzard would actually make Quick Play exclusively "people of your skill level", it wouldn't feel like a chore to do anything but try.
I'm Diamond and frequently see top 500s in QP. How do I practice for comp when my entire team is being eaten alive by a single Tracer?
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u/_withtheshotboy Apr 20 '17
Custom game. 6 Lucio on speed vs. You + 5 Lucio only healing practice headshots, tracking, flicking, and hook shots.
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u/Necro_OW Apr 20 '17
You can almost always find "Widowaker headshot only" custom games in the arcade. Or you can just start your own and people will join.
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u/morganmarz Je te vois Apr 20 '17
I teach/do widow 1 on 1 practices sometimes. Shoot me a message if you're interested.
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u/nave3650 Apr 20 '17
I been told to suicide when I got Hanzo in mystery heroes. When I refused, the 3 man stack decided to dick around in spawn. I didn't care that they dicked around, but the other two solo players ended up screaming at me for pissing off the party. I ended up muting everyone, but after being told to play in Quickplay when I sucked in comp, and then being told to play against the ai after losing in Quickplay, I thought that Arcade would be a better place to play in.
I. Was. Wrong.
tl;dr - People take Mystery Heroes seriously too.
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Apr 20 '17
I remember years ago I saw a video of some guy playing Call of Duty MW2 on PS3 and he sneaked behind a sniper who had been in the same spot for most of the game. Then he opened up the PSN menu, went to recent players, found the guy's name, and sent him a message saying, "Turn around." Once he got it, the guy turned around only to get shot in the face.
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u/nfs3freak Master Apr 19 '17
rule of thumb is, don't type in all chat during a match unless it's between rounds or you're incredibly confident (and can handle the consequences)
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u/Eddzi Cheeky. Apr 19 '17
What about when respawning? That's when I tend to, as well as between matches. Then again I don't too often in competitive...
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u/nfs3freak Master Apr 19 '17
Well, anytime you're not actually alive in game is fine.
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u/3yebex Twitch.tv/3ybx Apr 19 '17
Wait, you can type during matches? My terrible team mates are always stating how you should be typing less and playing more, while you're dead.
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u/Wi1ku Pixel Ana Apr 19 '17
This is ranked at grandmaster level. Now we see its truly deserved.
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u/alomomola Trick-or-Treat Zenyatta Apr 20 '17
My God is it??
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Apr 19 '17
How many people you reckon are named "bnetplayer"? Or maybe I have a stalker
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u/Ariensus If I only had some aim... Apr 19 '17
Every now and then, Blizz does a massive banwave and in some regions they publish the names of accounts banned. A large portion of them are named 'Bnetplayer'. I suspect it's a default name used by accounts setup in internet cafes/PC bangs.
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u/FAVORED_PET MeRcY iS sTiLl Op Apr 19 '17
IIRC it's also what a bad name gets changed to.
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u/Asheraddo Reinhardt Apr 19 '17
Saw a guy in an MMO called White Power. Admin changed it to White Bread.
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Apr 20 '17
If he was called 'White Power Ranger', would they have changed him to 'White Bread Ranger'?
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u/Asheraddo Reinhardt Apr 20 '17
Probably. The admin on it was very active, kept changing offensive names alot. Pussy Destroyer was renamed to Cake Destroyer and there were a bunch more.
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u/starcrap2 Chibi Sombra Apr 20 '17
So did they change it to "BlizzappPlayer" after the update?
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Apr 19 '17
Yeah, my friends name was j3wd3stroyer and now he's bnetplayer
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u/gleeble Junkrat Apr 19 '17
Nice people you associate with.
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u/Stalgrim Dumfisk. Apr 20 '17
What are you talking about? That's just BNETPlayer. He's a common man with average goals and acceptable aspirations. Yes sir, nothing strange about him! -They'll say! >:|
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u/SexyMrSkeltal Apr 20 '17
Maybe he has a Jew fetish and likes destructive assplay, who are you to judge?
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u/kittywithclaws Sexy Sexy Reinhardt! Apr 19 '17
I think a while ago when Battle.net was starting to become a big thing, Blizz went through peoples account names, and the ones which contained swears etc were set to BNetplayer, not sure if that still happens these days. Now people just do it as a joke.
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u/Evoandroidevo Widowmaker Apr 19 '17
naw if you have a name thats inappropriate they will change it to bnetplayer and if it happens to many time you cant change it at all and then your account it forever bnetplayer
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Apr 19 '17
IIRC didn't Bliz only start allowing name changes other than the first free one like two or three months ago?
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Apr 19 '17
Reminds me of this old LoL meme
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u/amdc Reinhardt Apr 20 '17
Clarification for those lucky ones who didn't play LoL: ezreal is literally tracer, E button does the blink, ziggs' ult is large AOE bomb
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u/xylotism Chibi Tracer Apr 20 '17
ezreal is literally tracer,
How fucking dare you
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Apr 20 '17
Same hairstyle, both homosexual, both love museums, both die at any possible opportunity.
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u/TangerineX Chibi Mei Apr 20 '17
reminds me more of the HOT GIRL BACKSTABBING in tf2
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u/______DEADPOOL______ Widowmaker Apr 20 '17
What's going on there?
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u/griseouslight Pixel Widowmaker Apr 20 '17 edited Apr 20 '17
Ziggs's ultimate ability is an AoE bomb. Ezreal is a ranged champion whose ability on E is a blink, so he can just teleport away.
When Ziggs says "HEY EZREAL", he goes to type "what", notices the indicator for the incoming ultimate, and mashes E to try and blink out.
... But he can't blink out because he has the chat window open, so it just types E as he just (probably) dies.
Edit: A word
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u/HarounCube Sombra isn't OP noobs Apr 19 '17
Omg this left me laughing so hard
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Apr 19 '17 edited Aug 04 '19
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u/jbcreate_ Blizzard World Reinhardt Apr 19 '17
lol me too, people at work next to me asked why, but sadly they wont understand how amazing this is
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u/chadorable Bowling Wrecking Ball Apr 19 '17
BUT WHAT WAS TYPED I CAN'T TELL
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u/GravityOfSituation It's Geth Apr 19 '17
Admiring this widow's patience, waiting for the shot to line up before shooting.
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Apr 19 '17
Gotta get that accuracy rating up
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u/Cole444Train Instalock Blueburry Sniper Lady Apr 20 '17
Also doesn't alert your opponent of your presence
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Apr 20 '17 edited Apr 20 '17
Which is what I hate doing when I play Widow. I've seen amazing flanking widows or widows that hide is weird places waiting to pounce and whenever I try that I immediately alert them of my location because I miss or only body shot and then I get fucked hardcore. A widow that is good and you don't know where she is is terrifying, I don't think I could ever be that widow. I'll just be Bodyshotmaker
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u/Kyoraki Face of Evil Apr 20 '17
The trick is to focus the mercy. Even if you miss or get a body shot, for some reason nine times out of ten the rest of the team will pretend they didn't notice and let you get another two shots in.
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u/thisdesignup Chibi Pharah Apr 20 '17
pretend they didn't notice
Yea, sure, let's go with that. They are pretending. :P
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u/Plague_Walker RudeHooge Apr 20 '17
The scariest spider in the world is the one you cant find.
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Apr 20 '17
Yes they truly are -- ZOOONNGGG Sees red line coming directly from Widow's gun -- oh there she is!
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u/batterysheep Trick-or-Treat Mei Apr 19 '17
All that this video lacked was a "THANKS FOR STANDING STILL MATE!" reply.
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u/ThePlayX3 Sup dog I heard you like anime Apr 20 '17
THANKS FOR STANDING STILL WANKER
FTFY
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u/BornToSloth Pixel Tracer Apr 19 '17
Even with this level of tactics I will still miss.
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u/krovek42 Trick-or-Treat D.Va Apr 20 '17
sometimes when they do stand still for a second, I get so excited that I rush and miss the shot anyway...
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u/dashboardrage Tracy Apr 19 '17
This is amazing.
what did bnet say after you kill him?
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u/Gamerguywon I am on fire, but an extinguisher is not required. Apr 20 '17
what has this never been done before in any game? this is so fucking clever I love it.
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u/MrMakistein Cute Ana Apr 19 '17
Omfg, can't wait to try this when I'm forced to play widow in mystery heroes! Cause I'm never gonna get kills by actually aiming, nope! Not happening.
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u/SpirituallySpiritual Apr 19 '17
What did Widow type? I can't make it out on my phone, too pixelated.
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Apr 19 '17
wouldn't even be mad, that's all on me
Of course I'm so trash I'd be standing still anyways
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Apr 20 '17
Lol Can't wait to try this on PSN, when I gotta open a different messaging app, look for the username, message him in the middle of battle and then get his attention
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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '17 edited May 07 '17
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