40 UNWRITTEN RULES of OVERWATCH 

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"Uh, excuse me. You're talking to Bronze Damage" will always be legendary

If you're shooting the enemy and you both keep whiffing your shots: stand still, look them in the eye, say "Hello" and walk away from the interaction. Never talk about that interaction ever again.

Most important rule: If there is a Torb on each team you MUST let them hammer 1v1 and the winning Torb's team gets control of the objective.

unwritten rule 41: if you get stuck by a tracer pulse bomb just stay still, it can't be your fault your teammates didn't move.

If you’re a Bastion, waving while Genji deflects is mandatory

Always say hello when you're stalling in cryo as Mei surrounded by the enemy team like a pack of hungry hyenas.

When someone pings the "Group up with me" of "Fall Back" I like to respond with the "Acknowledged". I like to think it promotes team play even if none of us are using voice chat.

My personal favourite rule: Let your main tanks have an ego, and actively try to make it bigger in a match. The more confidence you have as an MT, the better they are to perform.

One thing for supports: If you just finished a fight, and you have your ult and your other support doesn’t, let them heal the post-fight damage

Another Rule: DON'T wake a sleeping Nano-Boost unless you are 100% certain you can kill them. This especially applies to Nano-Winstons with Primal ready

You forgot "dont actually fight in skirmish mode while waiting for a game. That time is for showing off skins and emotes."

While playing hog you MUST hook the DVa bomb into your team whenever possible. Hook the BOB, too, and whole hog the pinning rein into one of your teammates.

41: Wall climb as high as possible before activating you sound barrier as lucio

Some of my own: - Always thank your healers when they heal you - Endorse decent healers and tanks (dps that carry games get some priority after these two lol)

probably the most important rule of all that you missed, is: LOOK AT WHAT HEALERS YOU HAVE, AND PLAY AROUND THEIR RANGE/LOS/POSITION. don't be that guy that dies spamming i need healing, while never actually knowing where your healers were the whole time.

“Make sure and endorse your main tanks, they’re a rare breed.” First time Ive felt appreciated in awhile 😭

“I’ve played Overwatch for over six years now.” Oh god, I dont need a reminder of how long its been

You must sit emote on the payload when you're attacking and your whole team ran off

"if neither you or your friend got play of the game, leave immediately" that one actually sent me cause thats exactly what we do💀💀💀

Don't forget to always thank your Mercy when she rez you. It's just being polite.

I'm picking up Mercys from spawn all the time, always looking for our supports

The Hanamura rule is the first thing I thought of. Another rule is you have to vote for a card if it has a chance at getting the 12 upvotes.

I agree with every single support rule. Also as someone who mostly plays Mercy I can confirm every Mercy will LOVE you when you help them when they fall. No exception

You forgot one detail on rein kings tow mirror the defending rein must spam “are you afraid to fight me” or “Come here” etc

KarQ really still making S tier OW content in 2022, the goat

One that I like to do as support is let the team know when they're down one (or both) supports, in case they don't check the kill feed. Calls like "you only have Lucio heals for a bit" or "both heals are down" helps people make more informed decisions imo

It doesn't matter if it's QP, mystery hero, death match or competitive, if the enemy Ana says hi it's a war crime to kill her

The best time I ever had in Overwatch was when I was playing Pharah and kept taxi-ing a random Mercy who was pocketing me. We had lots of fun voice line interactions... Man, I miss her.

I rarely see anyone helping mercy get back from spawn even in ranked. I thought it would be more common especially for mobile heroes. If I’m on genji, doom, ball or lucio i always do it.

For Rule #6, there is an exception. If you think the opposing team is going to run Pharah, those rails can absolutely save you from being booped off of highground.

My personal favourite is waving to enemies after I hook them off the map while playing Hog.

I really feel #20 at my core. The number of times a Roadhog or Mei has ran and stolen a health pack from me as a support just hurts my soul.

If enemy Sig rocks you out of Flux, you hit them with the respectful "Hello" while you're stunned

spamming "my ultimate is ready"at a person u wanna combo with and rhey repeat the same words u say understand then u spam my ult is ready the moment ur about to use ur ultimate

Another one is if an ally is asleep near the fight, try to protect them as a tank as much as possible. Even as roadhog you can bodyblock and use your vape

Most important rule: Widow must go for trick shot on eco point Antarctica mirrors as their first shot. Also no smg sprays, all scope.

My personal fav is to have a chill/friendly time with the enemy if there are leavers in any of the teams Probably the only times you can actually use those dance, sit and looped emotes outside custom games

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My personal rule is if a healer gets a card at the end of the match, UPVOTE THEM!!!!! Healing is one of the most thankless jobs in these types of games

If someone does Squaties at you (not to be confused with Tea-Bagging) it means "I just want friends" if you squat back at them, you are now friends. If you violate that friendship, you deserve whatever retribution comes to you!

there is another one: the genji needs nano a lot more badly than other ult combos, but if you don’t nanoblade, make sure your genji knows you did it on purpose :)

5:17 most iconic hilarious ow clip to this day

My favorite is playing a voice line when you ult cancel someone and then immediately delete them. "Was that supposed to scare me?" on Brig after ult canceling and then murdering a Reaper is just *chef's kiss*. I also like "Pfft, You can't be serious" on Dva. Also waving to someone after you boop them off the map.

Unwritten rule, if jay3 is on your team always shout “THERES A BUG ON YOU” then pop your ult

the love i feel as a mercy when someone picks me up from spawn

4:19 as a mercy main I can't stress this enough. If you do not keep your main healer alive and your comp heavily relies on healing you're basically screwed. Unless the team fight is heavily in your favour you can damage boost but otherwise PRIORITIZE YOUR SECOND SUPPORT thank you 🙏

more people need to let their support heal them while taking damage after a team fight. i try to tell my team not to break hamster mines so our healers can farm ult. also, if you are playing support and have your ult, let your other one get theirs if there isnt a team fight.

I have my personal rule: When an enemy comes towards me and just says "Hey" and doesnt shoot me, I wont shoot them. Had some matches where I was best friend with an enemy and we never shot eachother when we saw us in a fight

The Jayne easter egg😭 I miss that content so much. Also the habit from years of rule 35 2:03 is why friends always flame me for bad comms when I play other games lol

I love how positive this whole video is, definately karq’s best video in a while

When playing rein in qp, never shatter without him being in it. You gotta get that rein diff somehow

I haven't been playing a lot of OW this year but I already knew all of these rules. Yet it still found myself smiling throughout the video thinking about good memories and seeing the funny clips you added. Thank you very much for this video KarQ

4:10 man I miss Jayne

I've always seen the callout "He's one" to mean "He's on quick-melee away from death", so approx 35 HP

When you and an enemy Rein are both shielding, you must both say "Hello" or get firestruck.

unwritten rule #40+, if you get resurrected, always say Thanks. it’s just common courtesy.

Use deadeye to reload exclusively. Addendum: If you intend to use it to kill someone it is mandatory to die while or after ulting. Addendum applies to rocket barrage as a rule by itself.

Unwritten Rule: If your supports call out a Tracer living in your backline and ask for a DPS swap, just swap to Torb/Cassidy and play with them without trying to blame the other DPS.

Honestly they could take out the tutorial in game and just have people watch this. SO many INCREDIBLE nuggets of wisdom. This may be my favorite of all. Which is saying something because I adore your content

If you are Rein and have ult and the enemy tank is also a Rein it’s mandatory for both to meet in the middle of the map, dance a little and try to make the other Rein pop ult first. You’ll know if the Enemy Rein will have their ult it’s second nature.

3:43 the T pose from baptiste xD

I love Zarya’s voice line where she says “It’s only a game why you have to be mad” I love it

Note on 26 - DO NOT LEAVE insane thing that is somehow still a bug in this game: If you leave after the timer tells you you can, you get reduced SR gains for the next few matches. This has happened to me personally as recently as December of last year (I got 3 SR for the next game I won) and I have seen no patches indicating its been fixed. If you care about your SR, do NOT leave.

Loved the variety of tips from funny to serious. Keep up the good vids

3:16 had a team do this for me when everyone on my team left cuz we got rolled, trust me it's literally the best feeling in the world. I also got 1v1s with an enemy widow another time while their team watched and encouraged us. It's absolutely amazing 💞

i think this should be a unwritten rule: if the enemy team has a leaver whos for sure not coming back if your team wins you have to say "sry for leaver wp"

Yo I'm the Rein at 6:20, wasn't expecting to see myself in a KarQ video lol

As a main tank main, supports are my best friends and personal heroes. I always pick up my Mercy from spawn/wait for her if she died after me I always try to shield dead teammates, if the situation allows it, so my Mercy can ga to me and rez safely 2 of my 3 endorsements automatically go to my supports (unless they gave me a good reason not to) "good teammate" or "shotcaller" only, supports also get my vote for the end cards. If my support picks Lucio and speeds me around the map the entire game as Rein, that's a guaranteed shotcaller endorsement, the highest reward I can give. (Seriously, thank you!) If anyone flames my supports in vc for not healing enough I'll speak up to defend them if needed I always thank my supports for healing and saving me If possible I stand still so Ana or Bap can heal me more easily (I'm on console, low plat. So aim isn't always that good on moving targets) Thank you, dear support mains. I love and appreciate you.

Unwritten rule for anytime you play against Widow: Whenever she has wallhacks active, you must stand behind a wall and wave hello to her, no matter what hero you play :)

When playing as D.va spam every voice line possible. When playing Mei always block off the one exit to spawn. Always.

So glad you hang in there KarQ - its been tough but you have been one of the stalwarts... thanks!

Rule 41: you have to touch if you play Lucio/tracer/ball

Me as Ana with 10 health left: gotta take healtpack PRO ball players: let me take this real quick at 499

Playing in high diamond / masters on console and I still see people not learning this rule : At the end of a team fight, if one of the support has or almost has its ultimate, *let* *the* *other* *one* *heal* *you* *not* *to* *waste* *value* . I (tank) hate it when i have 500 hp worth of healing and my mercy is looking in every way to heal me when the other support is close to ult. Same is worth for taking health packs (maybe less impactful)

Sombra unwritten rules from personal experience and watching FITZY: 1) If you are lower ranks and you are losing, always blame Sombra (even if somehow they have gold medals) 2) Always solo ult the Sigma ult 3) Spawn camping Zen is a must 4) When approaching a scoping Widow while in invisibility, use the 'Boop' or 'Youre not alone in here' voice line to scare the shart out of them 5) Always ask for the nano... Sombra's nanoed SMG sound is the most underrated part of the game

Similar to Widows saying hi to each other, Reins must always say hi to enemy Rein if they meet before team fights. We know who's carrying the team...

6:40 there are some spots that have railings that, if not destroyed, help doomfists do rollouts easier.

The "Uh, excuse me? You'ra talking to BRONZE DAMAGE." is probably my favorite clip of any video on the internet ever

Another rule is if you see a rein 1v1 where both Reinhardts are under the effects of nano boost then you must have duel of the fates playing over team voice

"Any game is winnable" this is absolutely true. One time my team was longing 99 to 50 in control and in the last minute we pulled off an amazing clutch where our team never let go of the control point. Overtime and keeping the enemy team out of the point was key. Even if we didn't kill them. It was just as good for them to stay away.

from one support player to others, thank your dps and tanks when they help with flankers or protect you in other ways (especially during rez). if you wanna be thanked for doing your job, make sure you thank others for doing their jobs too!

This actually gave me a little more confidence when it comes to getting into the game. I thought about picking up overwatch for a while now and ended up picking it up on sale yesterday. I have yet to start it up because I’ve been a little nervous about not knowing how to communicate or some of the basic do’s and don’t’s.

My awards for some the rules you presented : "I do a saner version of this rule" Award goes to rule 40 : Always say "gg" in game chat at the end of the game. If the game was a fair one, it's sportsmanship. If the enemy team had a cheater who has been called out during the game and you lost because of them, it's sarcastic and they will bear the shame on their consciousness. "That hits too close to home" Award goes to rule 29 : I really have a friend who mains D.Va and spams "I need healing" 60 seconds a minute when in game. "I disagree with this" Award goes to rule 24 : Respect the POTG, regardless of who made it. "Don't do a variant of this rule" Award goes to rule 19 : If you're in voice chat for a large portion of the game, it's not okay to talk ONLY to flame your teammates. You have a mic, might as well use it for making constructive calls.

Something I'd like to call "bordershaming". Just because you're not playing with at least 3 different account because you can't boost your friends on main, or are just too scared to take a dive with MMR, doesn't give the right to call out if someone with a diamond border is stuck to certain rank or plays like trash. Or call them virgin for having grinded a single account, some people are somewhat sensitive about it. In general smurfing is something that is a problem, but since Blizzard loves money from all the extra accounts (and even pro gamers romanticize it), they won't do anything. But that's a topic for another video. They really should do it like Dota does, no registered phone number, no competitive.

bonus rule: Remember to stagger, its really important.

Your content has really been helping me pass the time coping with my mom's passing earlier this month. 💓

The honorable rien diff of kings row will forever be my fondest memory of this game

Actually if you leave a game early (even after the 2 minutes are over), the next few games will have reduced SR gain because of the blizzard penalty system. It sucks, but it's better to stay at a game that has been abandoned.

3:04 If im on hog I like to sit on the teammate to block the few stray damage they might take. Always get a laugh if they use a thank you voice line in response. 7:00 Or if you're just weak after a team fight has won, let your healers get the healing so avoid self healing (if applicable) or getting health packs. My support duo says ball players are the worst at this, team fights already won and over, they're low and roll around at mac 10 and pick up all the packs or go back to spawn for healing instead of giving it to their healers. Goes for other supports as well, if you have your ult already, give the healing to your other support. And I'll add my own, even though I don't think its an unwritten rule (it should be). If you're playing comp you shouldn't give up before the games over. The game isn't over until the screen says either victory or defeat. Stalls and comebacks can and do happen, you never know what might have happened if you didn't afk in spawn for the last portion of the match. Maybe one of your teammates touches and stalls for a bit, which would've put you in position to stall too had you not afked in spawn. Maybe that time could've been enough for a support ult that turns the fight etc.

-If you've been pinned by a Reinhardt charge or slept by an Ana make sure to say thank you -If someone got cc'd off the map say hello as they fall -Getting punched by soldier is actually an act of friendship

long overdue for this, especially with overwatch 2 on the horizon (lunar colony). good vid karQ! hope to see more just like this one. (40 MORE unwritten rules incoming perhaps? :D )

Rule 41, always in deathmatch waiting rooms, steal other player's kills, also team against tanks like roadhog.

4:20 more often than not mercy mains do help the other healer but the other healer doesn't help the mercy

Wow, this might be the most entertaining and also funny Overwatch tips video

I just subscribed, this was a great video dude 👌

2:54 it obviously says zbra xDDDDD

ALWAYS thank your healers! I do this all the time and makes them feel appreciated and actually heal more. Also stay still for Ana

Zenyata decided to no longer be peaceful at 7:12

hahahah this is one of the best vids u´ve, KARQ!!!! have fun guys!!!