No joke, watching this guy inspires me and has kept the idea of jumping off the map irl in so many ways. I don't have idols but as much as is possible to respect someone, I respect Spilo.
Sheesh... Time to learn some new skills and meet new people, my guy. Fuck learning Overwatch. Go do some volunteer work and learn how to cook or fix bikes or whatever.
@@Kanggaxxto me it seems like a lot of the ideas and lessons he coaches are things that can be applied irl and not just overwatch. If you’ve never had a parent, teacher, or youth sports coach teach you these things where else are you going to learn??
Hey, I'm glad Spilo has helped you. Maybe you are already familiar with Dr. K (healthygamergg), but if you aren't, the man is a fucking wizard when it comes to psychology, and all his stuff is backed by science. He has a ton of videos about mental health, specially for gamers, and he has helped me a lot. Maybe you could check his channel if you are struggling.
I played a game a couple nights ago, on Havana. Decided to go Widow, as one does. My team is barely out of spawn, heading to set up for defense, when my Mercy says in chat "if it's not working, please consider switching". Not directed to anyone, but you could tell it was directed to me, as the rest of my team were on more "normal" heroes. Literally nothing had happened yet in the match, and she was already saying, as non-toxically as she could, "I don't trust your ability." I proceeded to play possibly the worst game I've ever played. Got deleted in the first minute by a Hanzo, switched to Hanzo myself, continued to get diffed hard. Tried Widow again, ultimately went Soldier at the Mercy's request, nothing worked. The rest of my team was also getting diffed. I thought for sure we must have been playing against smurfs, but I finished the match feeling like I was washed, absolutely a trash-tier DPS player, and went to bed right after. Thought I might never get to play Widow or Hanzo again, if I wanted to climb. Went back yesterday to watch the review. Started from the Hanzo's perspective. He was... not that good. I mean, very decent, but definitely not a smurf -- a couple times when he deleted me they were just lucky shots. Okay, maybe the enemy Cass? No, he was worse than the Hanzo. What about my other DPS, what were they going through? Hmm, definitely struggling, but not playing badly either. Maybe a tank diff? Not really, the enemy tank might have been a bit better but we should have been able to make up for it. But you know who _was_ playing terribly? THE *&@% MERCY ON MY TEAM. Spent the first half of every team fight literally AFK. Checking the scoreboard maybe, or I don't know, starting to type angry messages and then thinking better of it. But not even participating. And then when she did join the fight, she just played like she was sleepwalking. Zero thought, just yellow-beam (usually the tank) and stand back. Taught me an important lesson, that game did.
You should keep putting this amount of effort into the game. Ignore the people that put all of there effort into the keyboard. It becomes obvious very quickly what people are doing with their time.
@@bigperk345 Oh, sure, I don't review every game but I do it frequently enough. Usually e.g. when I'm confused about what was going right/wrong in a match, or when an enemy was doing really well on one of my mains, etc. My tank games especially I struggle with game sense (I'm used to playing backline support, where I can see everything going on) so I like to review those from other perspectives.
Fantastic video. I've always felt not enough attention is being put on the mental side of the game, it's all about tips, tricks, mechanics, this and that, whereas mentality serves as the root from which all of these things can spring
I'm gonna go on a yap session real quick I recently been queuing at the end of the season with a friend and i m diamond dps support and masters 5 tank but I'm just kinda stuck in diamond with my dps and support been maining kiri and sojourn for a little while now and I just think my positioning and aim might need some work or maybe something else idk anyways I'm done yapping
The advice given here is a bit dangerous if generalized. There absolutely needs to be consistency in a persons game play to advance. Whether or not a few unlucky deaths and bad shots tilts someone for an entire day is an entirely different issue. Consistency is not something that should be looked at or analyzed under a microscope. Consistency should be gauged day-to-day or even week-to-week. Simply telling someone not to tilt or not to micro manage their game play is not specific enough. What needs to be taught is how to analyze game play over the long run to find and fix consistent issues.
That part about aiming being harder against better opponents is so true. Way harder to hit good players in general than poor players. Cover usage, giggle peeking, strafing, crouch spamming even jumping sometimes can throw you off and make you feel like your trash at aiming.
MY PERSONAL best- reading a book for 30 minutes before playing comp. Whenever I read, I have the best game sense, my brain just works better- thoughts are clearer and I don't fall into autopiloting for longer etc... Also making a list of rules/reminders for my role- tank. Not playing in a bad mood/ when not feeling the BEST. Vitamins and nootripics (honestly believe that l-theanine works 200%, I'm very focused when I take it, and I broke multiple of my own records in Aimlabs the first day I took it) I started doing all that only after I started losing ranks for the first time IN A YEAR (rank reset is not related) I almost got my previous rank back, and I believe now I will climb even higher, cuz now playing mindfully
I have been noticing accidental micro details during fights that are transferable into practice/limit testing. I've been picking up on these as my heroes of choice become easier and easier to handle. They are footnotes in the scheme of the fight but add up to results pretty quick if I can leverage them.
I dropped from Gold 1 to Silver 1 because I can’t stop losing. I’ll have games where I go like 25-4, play nearly perfect outside of 1-2 teamfights, and lose and I’ll have games where I play like trash and still lose. If I have to play every single match without making a single mistake just to get a win then I give up on ranked. It’s just not fun to have to carry a piss poor tank that’s feeding or a fellow dps that’s running in 1v3-5 and forcing our team to snowball back from spawn.
The enemy in silver 1 is also feeding. Destroy those feeders harder than the enemy beats your feeders. Literally be the guy who waits for the team every time and you might just be surprised what happens.
I used to coach in early OW1 and I gotta say everyone who talks like this don't ever play those near perfectly. The fights you don't think you made a single mistake you most likely made mistakes nonstop you aren't even aware of.
Spilo I wanna say for me, your content transcends Overwatch. I've gotten back into OW this season semi casually/competitively, I mostly play comp but don't stress too hard about improvement or rank, and I normally like to just spend time with my friends on the game as well. I will say though, as someone who just recently started competing in collegiate Valorant, a lot of your videos have super good topics for the psychology and mindset of being a competitive gamer. This video could honestly be about any competitive video game and it would still fit, but it also has the bit of OW spice which I like. Also your video a while back where you did the interview with the sports psychologist was SUPER helpful and full of very useful information. Your content is super helpful man and I really appreciate it, and I will say if you ever are considering doing similar content but branching outside of OW for whatever reason I think you should, I think there are a lot of people outside of the OW community that could really benefit from watching your videos. But I can tell that OW is your bread and butter, and honestly, whatever games you are making videos on I'll probably still watch because I know its gonna have some really good information in it. Thanks Spilo
This is the first coach advice I've seen where you said to stop playing the game and say you're done. The Japanese players for a fighting game when coaching me were encouraging a more, "keep pushing through it" mentality.
This was honestly a really great video but as a person facing the same mindset issues I am not so sure how to adapt now. I get the idea of letting the game happen and not micromanaging yourself. However I just dont really know how I would be able to do that? "Just stopping" has never worked for me. I am still left overthinking everything even this very decision to try to stop micromanaging. This way I am still not truly focused. Are there any tips on how to get out of ones own head at such times?
Spilo I need help. Is there a point to playing comp in the end of the season. I went mid of season gold 1 - diamond 5 and now i am plat 4. I played 150 games and was almost always plat 1
I hit diamond for the first time 2 weeks ago. I stayed there for 15-20 games and then deranked to plat 3. I definitely needed this advice. The driving instructor analogy was perfect. My instructor was super laid back, and I vividly remember an incident where we had to take an exit on the highway, but I was in the far left lane with 500-600 meters to get to the exit. I was stressing and thought we'd miss it, but he just told me to calm down, and try my best to switch lanes as best as possible. I tried, and it worked. He then reminded me: "even if you did miss it, what's the worst that could happen? We just take the next exit?" This mentality is something I can for sure bring to Overwatch: Sometimes you'll put yourself in a bad position and overtink things. It's best to just calm down and take it from there
@@adamjames8419 I think so too :) It ain't my first time deranking. I'm just happy I hit diamond to begin with tbh. It was my goal to hit it since season 8 where I was around gold 1/plat 5
Brother, this isn't only for Overwatch, but real life too. Currently not doing too good mentally but that driving analogy actually made me understand why I feel this bad, you're Overwatch's PirateSoftware! Thank you for this video!
I'm a gold player and have recently started 1 tricking ball and fell down to gold 5. My main issue is I just dont know why I'm so bad. When I play other characters, it's my aim or my positioning or the enemies caught me off guard. as ball I have moments that I just dont know what my options are, but I know I'm picking the worst one. I've had people much higher rank than me vod review some games and I walk away feeling enlightened, only to lose the next 3 games and not know the reason. I can watch it back a million times and I'm just so bad I csnt see my mistakes.
It's interesting that overthinking is typically a trait of the intelligent, whilst simultaneously being a really stupid trait. I'm fortunate enough to not have this trait, not that this stops people from wrongly telling me that I do. I'll lose five games in a row and not blame inconsistency, or even myself. There's a difference between seeing mistakes that you made that directly cost you the game (if it was a very close loss), and thinking that that makes the loss your fault or thinking that you played worse than usual. Your team mates will also have made plenty of mistakes that would have made the difference, and you will also make a similar amount of mistakes when you win games. My point is: it's not about blame. Not on your own performance or on your team. If the game was very close, you all could have made the difference somewhere, not for example solely the person who played the worst. Think about how your mistakes in the game can be used to improve your play for future games. That goes for every game, win or loss. Overthinking is a trait of the intelligent simply because the dumb aren't capable of doing it, not because it's an intelligent trait. P.S. The learning to drive analogy was perfect. I once had a very minor super low speed bump whilst completely ignoring my mum who was screaming at me to stop, because the only way I could drive was to literally block her out completely.
My experience is similar. Let me explain: I´ve been watching your content. Super helpful and I am getting better as Tracer main. Now I have systematic reviews of my gameplay. For example: I want to practice on my short-off angles and timing. So I play focused on those concepts. After the play session, I watch 4 or 5 replays. I analyze every team fight and see if I had a Short-off angle and good timing (and this takes just 30 extra minutes). That is it. Good right? Self-criticism, taking notes, and measuring progress. "Cool!!!" Well. I realize I have consistent short-off angles and "good" timing". But I was losing over and over... Why? The conclusion at that moment was: My aim sucks. And because "my aim sucks" I was under stress... "Man, I am doing the right thing but I have zero impact because of my mechanics". So I started to play worse and worse. Ok, let's keep the practice and the analysis. I watched some VODS and I discovered that those enemy players were bad. They even have worse mechanics. How I am losing?! What is happening????? So... Two weeks ago I watched a coaching session and you said something about training mechanics in qp deathmatch. I´ve been training in that mode for 2 weeks, playing daily. 2 hours sessions (and zero comp matches. Just deathmatch focused on trigger discipline and blink usage). Simple. Sometimes I play vs diamond players (right now I am stuck in G5. I was P3 in S8 and S9 with Soldier) in this gamemode and ngl, my performance is good/decent. How I am losing vs G5 players in the comp but I can perform well vs Diamond or Plat players in 1v1 in Deathmatch if my Tracer "sucks"? I mean, those players have good mechanics. In theory, my mechanics are horrendous. That was the first diagnosis. Then I realized I was "obsessed" (micromanaging") with angles and timing and random things in comp. Overthinking basically. That's what you said in 3:02 - 4:27 I lost a lot of fights in comp because I was not focused on surviving, reacting faster, rotating, and facing the threat in front of me because in my head is happening: "off angles, off angles. Timing. Oh, you lucky bastard. Oh, I am doing the right thing but I do not win. Oh, my mechanics. How is that possible. Ok, let's try again... Fuck, how that guy killed me??!¡!¡¡!?! My team is doing anything, I am in a short of angle and I die because... Ok, I am in a good angle, keep it, keep it. How I died???????" I mean, Yes, I was focused on important concepts but overthinking at the same time. No confidence in what I was doing. Just thinking, thinking, thinking. In Deathmatch, I am focused on reacting with confidence, not "thinking". Basically, I discovered the overthinking trap in Deathmatch lol When I pay attention to the right thing I can do it. But I need confidence and to keep things simple. Yes, my aim and blink usage are a little bit better now (I still have a lot of work to do) but the most important thing was discovering my overthinking issues. Now, I am trying to repeat in my head: "Short off angle. Timing. React." Do it again.
I stg it's always my teammates everybody so scared to make plays and walk with you flats is the only person that knows how it really feels to play tank most people on overwatch just want to have fun don't care if they win or lose and I feel like the community isn't competitive enough to be like rainbow 6 where the plays are going to be endless or where we grow exponentially and I feel like all the healer ruin the game because the opposite team always recognizes the value they can put out and my team is falling asleep 99% of the game
As always spilo somehow manages to provide the exact video i need to both help me improve my overwatch mentality and rank up in real life with my daily routine. Crazy that self doubt can have this much bearing on our enjoyment and gameplay
I needed this video today, I literally contemplated just swapping to playing tank for the first time in my overwatch career, after some games today. Been awhile since I had games where they made me consider just NOT playing DPS any more. I have grinded and grinded on Tracer for a few months now, put in over 150 hours, and then 3 games made me feel like I had no idea how to play the game. I turned off my session after 3 games.
I been on a win streak as a ball main, now gold 1. Sometimes I do everything right though and go 30+ 3 deaths and I will still lose. Hopefully ball don't get touched to hard next season.
As a ball main who's been in this situation many times, you're not prioritizing the right targets. Yes you are getting kills, but that enemy was not a threat to your team. You need to focus on enemies that are more likely to eliminate your teammates and prevent that enemy from doing so. You might not get the elim on them, but you're distracting them and enabling ur teammates.
No joke, watching this guy inspires me and has kept the idea of jumping off the map irl in so many ways. I don't have idols but as much as is possible to respect someone, I respect Spilo.
Sheesh... Time to learn some new skills and meet new people, my guy. Fuck learning Overwatch. Go do some volunteer work and learn how to cook or fix bikes or whatever.
@@Kanggaxxto me it seems like a lot of the ideas and lessons he coaches are things that can be applied irl and not just overwatch. If you’ve never had a parent, teacher, or youth sports coach teach you these things where else are you going to learn??
Hey, I'm glad Spilo has helped you. Maybe you are already familiar with Dr. K (healthygamergg), but if you aren't, the man is a fucking wizard when it comes to psychology, and all his stuff is backed by science. He has a ton of videos about mental health, specially for gamers, and he has helped me a lot. Maybe you could check his channel if you are struggling.
"Do you struggle with consistency?"
Me: "Eh... sometimes...."
bros inconsistency is inconsistent
LMAO
I played a game a couple nights ago, on Havana. Decided to go Widow, as one does. My team is barely out of spawn, heading to set up for defense, when my Mercy says in chat "if it's not working, please consider switching". Not directed to anyone, but you could tell it was directed to me, as the rest of my team were on more "normal" heroes. Literally nothing had happened yet in the match, and she was already saying, as non-toxically as she could, "I don't trust your ability."
I proceeded to play possibly the worst game I've ever played. Got deleted in the first minute by a Hanzo, switched to Hanzo myself, continued to get diffed hard. Tried Widow again, ultimately went Soldier at the Mercy's request, nothing worked. The rest of my team was also getting diffed. I thought for sure we must have been playing against smurfs, but I finished the match feeling like I was washed, absolutely a trash-tier DPS player, and went to bed right after. Thought I might never get to play Widow or Hanzo again, if I wanted to climb.
Went back yesterday to watch the review. Started from the Hanzo's perspective. He was... not that good. I mean, very decent, but definitely not a smurf -- a couple times when he deleted me they were just lucky shots. Okay, maybe the enemy Cass? No, he was worse than the Hanzo. What about my other DPS, what were they going through? Hmm, definitely struggling, but not playing badly either. Maybe a tank diff? Not really, the enemy tank might have been a bit better but we should have been able to make up for it.
But you know who _was_ playing terribly? THE *&@% MERCY ON MY TEAM. Spent the first half of every team fight literally AFK. Checking the scoreboard maybe, or I don't know, starting to type angry messages and then thinking better of it. But not even participating. And then when she did join the fight, she just played like she was sleepwalking. Zero thought, just yellow-beam (usually the tank) and stand back.
Taught me an important lesson, that game did.
You should keep putting this amount of effort into the game. Ignore the people that put all of there effort into the keyboard. It becomes obvious very quickly what people are doing with their time.
Vod reviewing should become a habit for you and not just a response to some toxic Mercy player.
Toxic supports are usually the problem if they’re calling you out like that. I’ve had so many throw the match as soon as it begins.
@@bigperk345 Oh, sure, I don't review every game but I do it frequently enough. Usually e.g. when I'm confused about what was going right/wrong in a match, or when an enemy was doing really well on one of my mains, etc. My tank games especially I struggle with game sense (I'm used to playing backline support, where I can see everything going on) so I like to review those from other perspectives.
@@Skatche It's a good thing, my "should" comment wasn't a reproach it was encouragement.
How fitting I had a five-game losing streak yesterday
Been having end of season downward spike in match quality. It's like playing post-4pm and weekend comp every day, all day.
Fantastic video. I've always felt not enough attention is being put on the mental side of the game, it's all about tips, tricks, mechanics, this and that, whereas mentality serves as the root from which all of these things can spring
One of your most important videos! Everyone needs this reminder at least once a week.
Joke is on you, I am winning by not playing the game instead.
Bro how did he know I was on a lose streak
Because 50% of ppl are.
Words to live by honestly.
Bro Spilo is fantastic
wel actually Spilo, if i was the Push bot I would be way more successful
I love sisybot
Actually i keep loosing because i don't have internet
I'm gonna go on a yap session real quick I recently been queuing at the end of the season with a friend and i m diamond dps support and masters 5 tank but I'm just kinda stuck in diamond with my dps and support been maining kiri and sojourn for a little while now and I just think my positioning and aim might need some work or maybe something else idk anyways I'm done yapping
🥲
When will we get a video titled ''Why You Can't Get A Haircut''??
The advice given here is a bit dangerous if generalized. There absolutely needs to be consistency in a persons game play to advance. Whether or not a few unlucky deaths and bad shots tilts someone for an entire day is an entirely different issue. Consistency is not something that should be looked at or analyzed under a microscope. Consistency should be gauged day-to-day or even week-to-week. Simply telling someone not to tilt or not to micro manage their game play is not specific enough. What needs to be taught is how to analyze game play over the long run to find and fix consistent issues.
Wait the driving analogy from that reddit post WAS from you lmao
watching this back when I was adding timestamps I was like... "oh yeah, that post was definitely about me"
average redditor ignoring the real life psychological advice and simplifying it to "coach tells gm how to drive instead of how to win in overwatch"
In context, that's an amazing analogy, I have no idea what that redditor was on about.
LMAO THATS SO TRUE
That part about aiming being harder against better opponents is so true. Way harder to hit good players in general than poor players. Cover usage, giggle peeking, strafing, crouch spamming even jumping sometimes can throw you off and make you feel like your trash at aiming.
What training habits have helped you progress more productively (and more enjoyably) in Overwatch 2?
Waiting until my hero gets buffed to enjoy the game (oh wait, it hasn’t happened nvm)
Did you lose a bet and had to shave half your eyebrow? hehe
MY PERSONAL best- reading a book for 30 minutes before playing comp. Whenever I read, I have the best game sense, my brain just works better- thoughts are clearer and I don't fall into autopiloting for longer etc... Also making a list of rules/reminders for my role- tank. Not playing in a bad mood/ when not feeling the BEST. Vitamins and nootripics (honestly believe that l-theanine works 200%, I'm very focused when I take it, and I broke multiple of my own records in Aimlabs the first day I took it)
I started doing all that only after I started losing ranks for the first time IN A YEAR (rank reset is not related) I almost got my previous rank back, and I believe now I will climb even higher, cuz now playing mindfully
I have been noticing accidental micro details during fights that are transferable into practice/limit testing. I've been picking up on these as my heroes of choice become easier and easier to handle. They are footnotes in the scheme of the fight but add up to results pretty quick if I can leverage them.
Working on individual concepts. 100% works.
I dropped from Gold 1 to Silver 1 because I can’t stop losing. I’ll have games where I go like 25-4, play nearly perfect outside of 1-2 teamfights, and lose and I’ll have games where I play like trash and still lose. If I have to play every single match without making a single mistake just to get a win then I give up on ranked. It’s just not fun to have to carry a piss poor tank that’s feeding or a fellow dps that’s running in 1v3-5 and forcing our team to snowball back from spawn.
The enemy in silver 1 is also feeding. Destroy those feeders harder than the enemy beats your feeders. Literally be the guy who waits for the team every time and you might just be surprised what happens.
I used to coach in early OW1 and I gotta say everyone who talks like this don't ever play those near perfectly. The fights you don't think you made a single mistake you most likely made mistakes nonstop you aren't even aware of.
Spilo I wanna say for me, your content transcends Overwatch. I've gotten back into OW this season semi casually/competitively, I mostly play comp but don't stress too hard about improvement or rank, and I normally like to just spend time with my friends on the game as well. I will say though, as someone who just recently started competing in collegiate Valorant, a lot of your videos have super good topics for the psychology and mindset of being a competitive gamer. This video could honestly be about any competitive video game and it would still fit, but it also has the bit of OW spice which I like. Also your video a while back where you did the interview with the sports psychologist was SUPER helpful and full of very useful information. Your content is super helpful man and I really appreciate it, and I will say if you ever are considering doing similar content but branching outside of OW for whatever reason I think you should, I think there are a lot of people outside of the OW community that could really benefit from watching your videos. But I can tell that OW is your bread and butter, and honestly, whatever games you are making videos on I'll probably still watch because I know its gonna have some really good information in it. Thanks Spilo
I'm def saying hello to the sisyphus push bot to see if he drops the boulder
This is the first coach advice I've seen where you said to stop playing the game and say you're done. The Japanese players for a fighting game when coaching me were encouraging a more, "keep pushing through it" mentality.
This was honestly a really great video but as a person facing the same mindset issues I am not so sure how to adapt now. I get the idea of letting the game happen and not micromanaging yourself. However I just dont really know how I would be able to do that? "Just stopping" has never worked for me. I am still left overthinking everything even this very decision to try to stop micromanaging. This way I am still not truly focused. Are there any tips on how to get out of ones own head at such times?
Spilo I need help. Is there a point to playing comp in the end of the season. I went mid of season gold 1 - diamond 5 and now i am plat 4. I played 150 games and was almost always plat 1
No wonder I play better high....
I hit diamond for the first time 2 weeks ago. I stayed there for 15-20 games and then deranked to plat 3. I definitely needed this advice.
The driving instructor analogy was perfect. My instructor was super laid back, and I vividly remember an incident where we had to take an exit on the highway, but I was in the far left lane with 500-600 meters to get to the exit. I was stressing and thought we'd miss it, but he just told me to calm down, and try my best to switch lanes as best as possible. I tried, and it worked. He then reminded me: "even if you did miss it, what's the worst that could happen? We just take the next exit?"
This mentality is something I can for sure bring to Overwatch: Sometimes you'll put yourself in a bad position and overtink things. It's best to just calm down and take it from there
dw mate you'll get it all back!
@@adamjames8419 I think so too :) It ain't my first time deranking. I'm just happy I hit diamond to begin with tbh. It was my goal to hit it since season 8 where I was around gold 1/plat 5
Currently going through the same thing! We'll get it back!
@@bones377 Yeah just gotta keep grinding
Good advice, explained well. Also a good thumbnail lol
Brother, this isn't only for Overwatch, but real life too. Currently not doing too good mentally but that driving analogy actually made me understand why I feel this bad, you're Overwatch's PirateSoftware! Thank you for this video!
Damn bro, I didn't even finish the video yet but you're spitting so hard. Everything you say makes complete sense and you gave the perfect examples ❤
I'm a gold player and have recently started 1 tricking ball and fell down to gold 5. My main issue is I just dont know why I'm so bad. When I play other characters, it's my aim or my positioning or the enemies caught me off guard. as ball I have moments that I just dont know what my options are, but I know I'm picking the worst one. I've had people much higher rank than me vod review some games and I walk away feeling enlightened, only to lose the next 3 games and not know the reason. I can watch it back a million times and I'm just so bad I csnt see my mistakes.
It's interesting that overthinking is typically a trait of the intelligent, whilst simultaneously being a really stupid trait.
I'm fortunate enough to not have this trait, not that this stops people from wrongly telling me that I do. I'll lose five games in a row and not blame inconsistency, or even myself. There's a difference between seeing mistakes that you made that directly cost you the game (if it was a very close loss), and thinking that that makes the loss your fault or thinking that you played worse than usual. Your team mates will also have made plenty of mistakes that would have made the difference, and you will also make a similar amount of mistakes when you win games.
My point is: it's not about blame. Not on your own performance or on your team. If the game was very close, you all could have made the difference somewhere, not for example solely the person who played the worst. Think about how your mistakes in the game can be used to improve your play for future games. That goes for every game, win or loss. Overthinking is a trait of the intelligent simply because the dumb aren't capable of doing it, not because it's an intelligent trait.
P.S. The learning to drive analogy was perfect. I once had a very minor super low speed bump whilst completely ignoring my mum who was screaming at me to stop, because the only way I could drive was to literally block her out completely.
Bro I can’t stop losing because I’m a LOSER!!
Next vid: “Why you will never convince me to buy a comb.”
What are those stats on the top right above the killfeed and how do you do that?
hit gm4 on tracer one trick and dropped all the way to m5 in a couple days
Consistency and Spilo's hair doesn't match too.....
THE GLASS IS GONE!
Great tips, Spilo, thanks for helping out with the mental side of OW2. People don't realize how powerful their own echo chambers are! Stay awesome!!
My experience is similar. Let me explain:
I´ve been watching your content. Super helpful and I am getting better as Tracer main. Now I have systematic reviews of my gameplay. For example: I want to practice on my short-off angles and timing.
So I play focused on those concepts. After the play session, I watch 4 or 5 replays. I analyze every team fight and see if I had a Short-off angle and good timing (and this takes just 30 extra minutes). That is it. Good right? Self-criticism, taking notes, and measuring progress. "Cool!!!"
Well. I realize I have consistent short-off angles and "good" timing". But I was losing over and over... Why? The conclusion at that moment was: My aim sucks. And because "my aim sucks" I was under stress... "Man, I am doing the right thing but I have zero impact because of my mechanics". So I started to play worse and worse. Ok, let's keep the practice and the analysis.
I watched some VODS and I discovered that those enemy players were bad. They even have worse mechanics. How I am losing?! What is happening????? So...
Two weeks ago I watched a coaching session and you said something about training mechanics in qp deathmatch. I´ve been training in that mode for 2 weeks, playing daily. 2 hours sessions (and zero comp matches. Just deathmatch focused on trigger discipline and blink usage). Simple.
Sometimes I play vs diamond players (right now I am stuck in G5. I was P3 in S8 and S9 with Soldier) in this gamemode and ngl, my performance is good/decent. How I am losing vs G5 players in the comp but I can perform well vs Diamond or Plat players in 1v1 in Deathmatch if my Tracer "sucks"? I mean, those players have good mechanics. In theory, my mechanics are horrendous. That was the first diagnosis.
Then I realized I was "obsessed" (micromanaging") with angles and timing and random things in comp. Overthinking basically. That's what you said in 3:02 - 4:27 I lost a lot of fights in comp because I was not focused on surviving, reacting faster, rotating, and facing the threat in front of me because in my head is happening:
"off angles, off angles. Timing. Oh, you lucky bastard. Oh, I am doing the right thing but I do not win. Oh, my mechanics. How is that possible. Ok, let's try again... Fuck, how that guy killed me??!¡!¡¡!?! My team is doing anything, I am in a short of angle and I die because... Ok, I am in a good angle, keep it, keep it. How I died???????" I mean, Yes, I was focused on important concepts but overthinking at the same time. No confidence in what I was doing. Just thinking, thinking, thinking.
In Deathmatch, I am focused on reacting with confidence, not "thinking". Basically, I discovered the overthinking trap in Deathmatch lol When I pay attention to the right thing I can do it. But I need confidence and to keep things simple.
Yes, my aim and blink usage are a little bit better now (I still have a lot of work to do) but the most important thing was discovering my overthinking issues.
Now, I am trying to repeat in my head:
"Short off angle. Timing. React." Do it again.
I stg it's always my teammates everybody so scared to make plays and walk with you
flats is the only person that knows how it really feels to play tank most people on overwatch just want to have fun don't care if they win or lose and I feel like the community isn't competitive enough to be like rainbow 6 where the plays are going to be endless or where we grow exponentially and I feel like all the healer ruin the game because the opposite team always recognizes the value they can put out and my team is falling asleep 99% of the game
As always spilo somehow manages to provide the exact video i need to both help me improve my overwatch mentality and rank up in real life with my daily routine.
Crazy that self doubt can have this much bearing on our enjoyment and gameplay
I needed this video today, I literally contemplated just swapping to playing tank for the first time in my overwatch career, after some games today. Been awhile since I had games where they made me consider just NOT playing DPS any more. I have grinded and grinded on Tracer for a few months now, put in over 150 hours, and then 3 games made me feel like I had no idea how to play the game. I turned off my session after 3 games.
This was super helpful, makes total sense
Also has anyone mentioned the outro sounds like a chill MK theme
wow. this is me
I been on a win streak as a ball main, now gold 1. Sometimes I do everything right though and go 30+ 3 deaths and I will still lose. Hopefully ball don't get touched to hard next season.
As a ball main who's been in this situation many times, you're not prioritizing the right targets.
Yes you are getting kills, but that enemy was not a threat to your team. You need to focus on enemies that are more likely to eliminate your teammates and prevent that enemy from doing so. You might not get the elim on them, but you're distracting them and enabling ur teammates.
It's not why i can't stop losing, it's why the enemy can't stop winning.
You are done if you are not having a good time... So as a tank how long am I done for each time that happens??? because.. yeah.
No I can’t stop winning