Hello everyone! :)

I am a Bachelor’s student in Communication and Media Studies at the University of Bremen in Germany. For my Bachelor’s thesis, I am conducting an anonymous online survey about voice chat and toxicity in online multiplayer games.

The survey focuses on voice-chat use, communication behavior, (gender-based) toxicity, coping strategies, and whether negative or uncomfortable experiences may contribute to withdrawal from voice-chat communication.

Since Overwatch is a game where communication, coordination, and ranked pressure can play an important role, I think perspectives from this community would be really valuable for my research!

You can participate if you:

• are 18 years or older,
• have played online multiplayer games within the last 12 months,
• have used, listened to, or been exposed to voice chat while gaming.

This includes both in-game voice chat and external voice channels used while gaming, such as Discord, Teamspeak, console party chat, or similar services.

The survey is anonymous, in English, and takes about 10–15 minutes to complete.

Survey link: https://survey.si-quest.de/ybozfmwahn?l=en

Thank you so much for your help! I really appreciate every participant. :)

The title. I'm a support main and I've been playing a lot of DPS lately because of those situations. I'm not even complaining of not getting help, it happens. What I'm complaining about is when my team never jumps on their supports and always tries to chase the opposing DPS instead. I mean if you want to last longer on the map, there should be an effort to go after the enemy's supports

No mobility, no stuns. Just pure defense(barriers, damage reduction, damage negation, healing)

I am biased towards ram nemesis&block, but i can see dva matrix, zarya bubble and winston bubble or sigma barrier and such, being high on the list for obvious utility reasons. Fortify and hog heal also come to mind

I have been trying to get better at the game and ppl talk about uptime in overwatch but ppl also say chill and wait for team fight or cooldowns so im trying to figure out what they mean. Also hiding and getting the jump on someone is very good but its low uptime cause your hiding. Any help would be great thank you!

Oh i mostly play flankers on dps role.

I don't want to be champion or anything I just want to get out of silver... I've been playing this game since August 2025. I started playing competitive in December 2025 so before that I was playing quick play casually. I've never played a hero shooter game before Overwatch2 and I've never played shooters in general. My peak is Gold5 but that lasted about an hour and here I am back to Silver. I watch videos about ranking up, positioning better, all those stuff but I can't win no matter what I do, which means I am not improving at all.

I play Wuyang, Juno and Ana mostly.

I have played 301 games this season, only 162 won. Which means I am unfortunately a hardstuck silver player and I'm just bad. What can I do to improve? I focus on staying alive, trying to get picks and pressure the enemy team. I don't think I am playing passive at all? People always say that once you start shooting the enemy as support you will rank up but what am I doing wrong?

I will put 2 matches I lost. Would anyone be kind enough to watch a little and tell me if I can improve or not..?

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(I am playing Wuyang my username is sonic)

I've been feeling really insecure lately because all my friends I used to play are ranking up really fast and making fun of me for being stuck in silver. So any advice will be appreciated. Thank you!