I want to start this off with the fact that I know communication is important, I know it wins games. That being said, I don’t mind if my team doesn’t use a mic. Do you want to know why (rhetorical question, idgaf)? I pay attention. If someone on my team dies, gets shields taken down, or just takes damage in general, more likely than not I know when and very accurately where the enemy/enemies he’s fighting are. I will most often be able to rush in and get the clean up or even keep him alive and get the assist. Now, when it comes to me, no one. And I mean no one, knows where enemies are that target me or kill me (this is a bit of an exaggeration. Although very seldom, sometimes people will be there perfectly to give me the help or clean up my one shot). It’s almost as if everyone I play with is on autopilot and can only see what’s in front of them. They can only hear what is directed at them. Nothing happening anywhere on the map matters except the person I’ve been sprinting after for ten seconds straight trying to get the assassination instead of putting shots on them. Nothing. Here are some examples that make up the majority of instances that showcase the ‘awareness’ of my fellow teammates.
Beam rifle is about to spawn on Riptide, and I’m waiting for it at a distance. Four seconds. One second. And before the announce can finish the call out, the rifle is in my hands. My teammate wanted it, but he was too slow and he sticks by me in case I drop it. There are some enemies to the right and I get the head shot on one and a body on the other before I die. My teammate? Oh, yeah he throws a grenade down the hallway behind us where there is literally no one, sprints down that hallway, and gets shot in the head from behind right after my killer takes the beam rifle.
Eden is about to start, and I know that I’m going to rush rockets. Right as we spawn, I’m the only one going for them. I already know that this is gonna be a fun match (My team, not including me, only got a hold of one power weapon for the rest of that game. The shotgun.) So right as I turn the corner I see the resistance, three guys jumping around throwing grenades. I get killed after missing the pick-up by about half a second. Kill feed shows me dying to rockets. Now, you’d think that my one teammate who decided to come to rockets five seconds after the match started would have heard this right? And on the kill feed it says I was killed by rockets, he sees that right? Lmao, I wish. He sprints full on around the corner looking to get that nasty five with the pistol. No. Dies instantly to another rocket as the guy sits there calm and collected.
I’m following my teammate on Torque (because you know he’d just rush everywhere alone with no flucks given.) I’m right behind him as we head towards H2A. Now, he turns around unexpectedly, full 180. At this moment, two guys show up right where we were both originally looking and fire. I kill one and get the other one shot before dying. My teammate? He takes no damage, sprints completely straight into staircase and hides. He dies from two nades that my killer throws.
There are just too many ways that I’ve been had by my teammates on this game, but for the most part this covers the basics. I’ve been team shot after the enemy I killed is already dead. Not even shooting the body, just full on keeps firing the assault rifle and I get killed for it. Anyways, moral of the story is, I need to complain on the forums even though it won’t make a difference because that’s how I stay sane enough to keep up the randoms grind. Please people, if you’re going to play socially, than play social. Stay off ranked. And if that is an example of how you play competitively, than my god don’t worry about your shot or movement. Worry about basic map awareness.
