I think it has more to do with being on a team. I played StarCraft II Ranked 1v1 for years and there was very little interaction between players at all, usually just a customary 'gg' at the beginning or end of a match, if anything.I think that any game with a ranked mode in it will have a shitty online community, for some reason ranked games attracts all the toxic people.
Turn off voice chat. a very simple fix.
If you're playing casually yes, but these team games need voice chat if you are playing competitively. Without it, team play doesn't work well.
I assume OW is like this as I've tried the free weekends, but just not interested in the game enough to drop $60 on it.
What happened there? I haven't been up-to-date, but when I first saw, it seems people were having good fun talking about their favorites and such.
The solution to assholes is to just ignore them. That way they can run rampant and you gimp yourself and your team.Turn off voice chat. a very simple fix.
LoL is several orders of magnitude more popular than Overwatch and is somehow less toxic.
Every time I hear about Overwatch's toxic community, I die a little inside because it's been the shooter that attracted people who don't often play shooters. It has a sizable female fanbase who aren't often interested in dudebro shooters. But shitheads are ruining it and it makes me sad.
It's the same with Undertale. What an amazingly diverse fanbase filled with passionate people. And yet it has a terrible reputation.
(I'm not actually convinced the Undertale fanbase is bad)
If you're playing casually yes, but these team games need voice chat if you are playing competitively. Without it, team play doesn't work well.
I assume OW is like this as I've tried the free weekends, but just not interested in the game enough to drop $60 on it.
Friday the 13ths community is nowhere near as large as Overwatch's but it went to shit FAST
The solution to assholes is to just ignore them. That way they can run rampant and you gimp yourself and your team.
What a wonderful solution. It worked great for dealing with Trump after all.
Turn off voice chat. a very simple fix.
I'm not too bothered by verbal insults. What gets to me is the sheer unwillingness to cooperate as a team, trolly picks and in-game behaviour, in some cases even sabotaging your own team.
I've been playing online multiplayer games since Quake, but this attitude in Overwatch just drives me nuts unlike any other game. Especially when it contributes to a loss in competitive. It boggles my mind how people find joy in playing a competitive team game like that.
I went from loving OW, voting is as my GOTY on GAF, to quitting about 4 months ago. I've no urge at all to return. Which is also different from other multiplayer games I've played.
The solution to assholes is to just ignore them. That way they can run rampant and you gimp yourself and your team.
What a wonderful solution. It worked great for dealing with Trump after all.
I haven't noticed anyone talking at all in quick play. Don't play the try hard mode if you don't want to be frustrated? Who gives a shit about rank?
It's telling that most "How to rank up in Overwatch" Youtube videos focus on things like how to interact with your teammates without tilting them, rather than things like how to use your Ultimates more effectively.Yeah this is what got me to stop. I don't really care about verbal insults but people's unwillingness to use any sort of strategy or teamplay in comp is just mind boggling to me. People FREAK OUT when you make any sort of suggestion or try to talk strategy. It's crazy.
"Hey guys we don't have a tank, is anyone good at tanking"
"Fuck you bitch don't tell me how to play now I'm throwing lol xd"
"Hey guys let's push left"
"NO *goes right*
Literally at least 50% of matches. It's insane.
It's telling that most "How to rank up in Overwatch" Youtube videos focus on things like how to interact with your teammates without tilting them, rather than things like how to use your Ultimates more effectively.
I actually tried LoL fairly recently, my background in MOBAs being Dota2 and hots. Unranked LoL actually felt worse to me than Dota2 in general(I think Dota 2 has better anti-smurf measures, and the meta being less strict means theres less to bitch about). I just kept getting matched with a bunch of smurfs who bitched and whined when they didn't get the role or lane they wanted, or if you happened to not know something. I'm sorry that I happen to only have 10 matches in LoL, and thus don't know everything about the game yet. Safe to say, I quit LoL pretty quickly.
I feel sorry for anyone who is genuinely new to the genre trying the game. Having MOBA experience at least allowed me to be a tiny bit competent despite the lack of knowledge, and also allowed me to have harder skin for that kind of bullshit.
So yeah, while I do think competitive modes are worse for it. I wouldn't go as far to say that it's "far better" in causal modes.
ROFL no...The only thing that could possibly lead you to believe this is that Voice Chat is not inherent to League, and so there are two fronts for you to hear the bitching on Overwatch and only one on League.
Toxicity is just a reality of competitive multiplayer games, Blizzard attempts to address it far better than League does (League has recently stolen Overwatch's post-game honor system).
But ultimately, you're hinging your reward system on the merits of complete strangers, and no competitive point system yet can objectively judge your personal player skill with any metric other than wins/losses.
So, people lose, get frustrated, blame others, and toxicity ensues.
but people get madly toxic when losing in 1-v-1 competitive games like Street Fighter too. There's just too much bruised ego in competitive gaming.
i think the real problem is people just take Competitive far too seriously...in like every game....even my friends do which has pushed me to not play with them as much. im just trying to have a good time, and win too of course but it doesnt have to be so serious to the point you yell and scream obscenities.
So subject myself to verbal abuse or not listen to assholes and have fun? Decisions decisions.
I play games to enjoy myself and get away from jerks in real life. Why would I further subject my self to this on the off chance my team might do better?
But if it makes you feel any better I don't play competitive.
I tried to ignore him. Turns out if somebody is being a complete fuckwad they tend to grab attention, no matter how little you give them personally.No one ignored him. EVERY piece of media gave him WAY too much attention.
And it isn't just ignoring them, it's not giving them what they want. Trolls want you to feel shitty, they want you to feel bad, you'll either quit or play worse and that increases their rank competitively. Ignoring them and beating them has a huge effect on how they play, including how they treat others.
What is the point of playing for it when the whole thing is such a mess?People care about ranks because it's something to play for. You don't even need to play comp to get angry at the game. Quick Play is even worse.
Team-based shooters are always toxic, no matter what.
It's why I avoid using my mic in the first place.
I got a message from someone after a defeat today.
It read:
'You suck at this game.'
This was a good few minutes after the game.
What? People actually quit because of the bad mannered community? Take it like a man and do your thing. Ignore/mute/report them, or just get a 6 stack team.
There are always rude people in multiplayer games, are you going to quit every single game? You are saying OW's community has gone shit faster than other games is because this game has way more players than other online games, and it's still growing rapidly.