Major Update Speculation V31: Gamechanging Edition - Games

[QUOTE=Dookas;49966257]It's impossible but I almost wish you weren't allowed to sell passes or something because it's SUPER fucking scummy to sell something that most people are gonna get in like a week for like 25$[/QUOTE] I'd say it's fine if they know it'll be easily available soon, only not if you're taking advantage of someone who doesn't know better

On another note, they really need to implement a gameplay hour minimum for competitive. I've been getting matched with way too many Phlog Pyros with less than 30 hrs game time.

[QUOTE=scoottehbesht;49966335]On another note, they really need to implement a gameplay hour minimum for competitive. I've been getting matched with way too many Phlog Pyros with less than 30 hrs game time.[/QUOTE] They also should make something so I don't have to fight actual 6's teams. I just fought a team that had way higher actual Matchmaking ranks than us I thought that wasn't supposed to happen EVER it kinda defeats the purpose of the thing if it's just gonna end up pubs but with 6 per team instead of 12 [editline]19th March 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=RedDagger;49966334]I'd say it's fine if they know it'll be easily available soon, only not if you're taking advantage of someone who doesn't know better[/QUOTE] Also I'm mainly mad because it's supposed to be GIFT which means usually you shouldn't sell it and I have personal experience where one of my friends asked me if I wanted a pass then tried to sell it to me and I'm luck "really"

[QUOTE=HiddenShadow;49965111]I hate how they killed off grey Mann almost on a whim and replaced him with some villains with 0 backstory[/QUOTE] They killed off Grey Mann? I don't even remember this, and it sounds like a pretty massive plot point. I guess that goes to show just how shit it is that they spend so long between issues. "Bi-monthly" my ass.

[QUOTE=165your4;49966588]They killed off Grey Mann? I don't even remember this, and it sounds like a pretty massive plot point. I guess that goes to show just how shit it is that they spend so long between issues. "Bi-monthly" my ass.[/QUOTE] i vote for the conspiracy where this is a metaphor to showcase the state of mvm and to give themselves an excuse to never make a tour again post-2city

[QUOTE=Snowshoe;49963906]Maybe the comic died like those NECA figures.[/QUOTE] I really wish Valve would've had the balls the finish the figure line. Now my Heavy will never have a Medic.

[QUOTE=165your4;49966588]They killed off Grey Mann? I don't even remember this, and it sounds like a pretty massive plot point. I guess that goes to show just how shit it is that they spend so long between issues. "Bi-monthly" my ass.[/QUOTE] He died the same way his brothers did. Mid-sentence.

So how does leveling up work in competitive? The green bar for the rank just seems to jump back and forth. I'm not recognizing any pattern behind that.

If you're as good as a real competitive player and play dozens of games when the Stress tests are open, you're over level 1. Otherwise you're stuck at level 1, whether you suck or not. Yesterday I won about 6 matches, lost 1 match, got silver/gold medals every game, yet I'm struggling to get past half the green bar.

I've played 20 matches so far. Still fresh Meat. Theres always this one player who thinks "lol let's go demoknight/pyro/spy :DD" and ruins everything.

Played abit of stress test, alot of games had people leaving before a match starts and simmilar. Also, got half of the "level up!" bar for no particular reason (Had a game with 3 heavies, we won)

[QUOTE=Gadget | TF2M;49966787]So how does leveling up work in competitive? The green bar for the rank just seems to jump back and forth. I'm not recognizing any pattern behind that.[/QUOTE] if you have a team and roll players, you're high rank otherwise maybe you're rank 2, or 1, because getting rolled has the same effect of having a close game, so better hope you have a great team also i've heard rumors that passes are starting to drop, can anyone verify this

When Match Making comes out of beta do you think everyones rank will restart?

I doubt it, if so then comp players will be back at square one and have to fight up to Platinum all over again, meaning they will be paired with low rank players and other opponents not suited to their rank. If it resets for everyone that doesn't own a pass I won't even bother anymore, I'm already at Steel and that's been a mess to get to by solo queueing

[QUOTE=Thunder_Cat7;49967007]When Match Making comes out of beta do you think everyones rank will restart?[/QUOTE]yes

I may be late but, [B]Brazil servers for matchmaking.[/B] For the first time in history, Valve has afforded ridiculously expensive servers there. It really shows how they care about MM. It's happening.

[QUOTE=Jetamo;49966775]He died the same way his brothers did. Mid-sentence.[/QUOTE] Kind of like Valve, except they purposefully left it mid-sentence.

[QUOTE=Rhike;49967071][B]Brazil servers for matchmaking.[/B] For the first time in history, Valve has afforded ridiculously expensive servers there.[/QUOTE] I find it hilarious that even though we finally got SA servers, idiots from here keep arguing between each other, which makes it nigh impossible to get a good match. "My economy is better than yours :))" "CALLATE CABRON" "argentino filha da PUTA", oh, grow up.

[QUOTE=Fluury;49966860]I've played 20 matches so far. Still fresh Meat. Theres always this one player who thinks "lol let's go demoknight/pyro/spy :DD" and ruins everything.[/QUOTE] its called the trench. its gonna take long to get out of there, if you arent lucky edit: its kinda weird how contribtors can access comp with no ticket and they dont get extra tickets. i wonder how they did that

I wish I didn't have to restart my game so I can play with my normal settings after playing MM. It's getting pretty irritating.

[QUOTE=Fluury;49966860]I've played 20 matches so far. Still fresh Meat. Theres always this one player who thinks "lol let's go demoknight/pyro/spy :DD" and ruins everything.[/QUOTE] Me and some friends went through a lot of matchmaking matches today and made it a point to stay a "bad" class once people started complaining about it - we almost always won anyway. Seriously, if there's one thing that's weird about MM at the moment it's people insisting you have to go for the 6v6 meta team composition even though you have, say, two medics and four demomen or five engineers supporting each other, which [i]work[/i]. It's not like the average skill is so great or the current stakes so high that you can't let people play their preferred class, especially considering how often it tends to work out pretty well. I'd still rather have a good pyro around than forcing that player into a class he's bad at.

I've played over 100 matches myself and only just managed to get to Steel 1/Local Enforcer

[QUOTE=testinglol;49967227]its called the trench. its gonna take long to get out of there, if you arent lucky edit: its kinda weird how contribtors can access comp with no ticket and they dont get extra tickets. i wonder how they did that[/QUOTE] beta passes generate more passes, but contributors don't have passes. self-made or community items count as passes for the purpose of entering the queue.

[QUOTE=Lucky38;49967226]I find it hilarious that even though we finally got SA servers, idiots from here keep arguing between each other, which makes it nigh impossible to get a good match. "My economy is better than yours :))" "CALLATE CABRON" "argentino filha da PUTA", oh, grow up.[/QUOTE] The biggest problem is our language barrier.

[QUOTE=Imacreep;49967600]The biggest problem is our language barrier.[/QUOTE] But we don't see that happening in European servers, do we? That's the problem, our people are too inherently angry at each other for nitpicky things (like sports (why)). I'm hoping Valve puts in some solid way to report people who can't respect others. Also, apologies for extending this, it's just that I am deep inside enraged with this absurdly stupid situation.

Is there a cap on how many you get? For example, if I gave away some passes could I get more to give away?

I think 8 is the most you can get

Can you only get Invites from your pass on Competitive Servers or in any server?

[QUOTE=rualdcop;49968178]Can you only get Invites from your pass on Competitive Servers or in any server?[/QUOTE] Any I got like 4 during mvm

Wait, so do the beta passses drop randomly or somebody has to gift you one?