I don't have high belief this will work. I mean they went back on report player because it was affecting people with less punitive measures, this one has a really high chance of hitting a person that isn't being an asshole from actually group of trolls if they don't monitor each and every report.
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Overwatch trolls will face tougher penalties
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ScottSullivan
Member
I look forward to our console reporting system in 6 months
Hoya Destroyer
Member
Banning for intentionally going AFK? I dont agree with that. Especially if the game is already a lost cause.
DealWithIt
Member
You are part of the problem.
I guess sometimes it can be hard to tell if it's actually a lost cause already. Someone could AFK in a theoretically winnable situation. So they're trying to discourage it entirely. Considering the remaining time in a lost cause match practice for the next one.
TimeEffect
Member
There are TONS of people who falsely report "Cheaters", "hackers" or bait people into saying something deemed grievous.
Hopefully there are some steps in place to counteract that too.
Also, some griefing is way too hard to monitor. People who troll/throw the game will find new ways to screw people over. I find that some throwers intentionally play wrong characters. Ive had players switch from Torb, to Hanzo, to Widowmaker, back to Torb during Attack, over and over again. Not building meter, just trying to piss off his teammates.
That is way too hard to enforce.
And then there are times people will report a Hanzo on attack, yet sometimes that Hanzo is actually doing his job
Edit: "Blizzard says you will not be banned for playing off-meta heros with the new reporting system"
That's good.
Hopefully there are some steps in place to counteract that too.
Also, some griefing is way too hard to monitor. People who troll/throw the game will find new ways to screw people over. I find that some throwers intentionally play wrong characters. Ive had players switch from Torb, to Hanzo, to Widowmaker, back to Torb during Attack, over and over again. Not building meter, just trying to piss off his teammates.
That is way too hard to enforce.
And then there are times people will report a Hanzo on attack, yet sometimes that Hanzo is actually doing his job
Edit: "Blizzard says you will not be banned for playing off-meta heros with the new reporting system"
That's good.
ElfArmy177
Member
Yes because telling people they suck is always positive criticism...
ElfArmy177
Member
Seriously? So if the Cubs are down by 8 runs the pitcher should just walk off the field? Jesus..
Lucky Seven
Banned
Blizzard looks really good by saying this, but how exactly are they going to do it? It's a big oversight not having these systems in place before release, so it's hard to believe moderation is coming. It's like magic.
ScottSullivan
Member
LMAO ^^^
lol
@OP
I sure hope they at least try to get this right. I lost 10 games straight during this weekend because of griefers.
Walling the spawn, Anzo shooting the wall during all the match, etc etc
It's very frustrating, and the fact that i got matched with the same player time and time again during that weekend just reinforces the feeling that the reports are falling on a void.
English is not my native language, so you guys feel you have the need to help my English skills please do so 
Yeah, its pretty toxic. Its not toxic enough for me to stop playing but I stopped playing competitive.
Competitive is like Russian roulette. Common things are players or teammates throwing games, no communication (I always greet when joining) and structurally bad hero swapping and no idea how the game works.
I always promote teamwork because I love the competitive structure and climbing up the ladder. Sure, I had great fucking games and had an amazing time but it could be so much better.
Played four seasons and I got my golden Roadhog and Mercy weapon with 337 wins in 166 hours. After all these games I can safely say the game has great and fun players, but the grieving destroyed competitive for me.
Blizzard has to give tougher and permenant penalties for players who structurally troll. I will be back playing competitive fulltime once this goes in effect.
Tough shit. You committed to the game, play until the end.
Sora the Cat
Member
This dude... Amazing.
He is the guy that ruins multiplayer and he doesn't even know it.
Fairfax Virginia
Neo Member
up above, that made my day.
Finally. I've maintained that the Overwatch comp community has always been a dumpster fire, but over the 30 or so games I've played the last week or so I think I can count on one hand games that didn't have at least one whining or toxic asshole, even in the games that were won. And that's without getting into stuff like throwers. It's like being in a fucking daycare centre for manchildren.
Oh wow you're actually one of those. I need some popcorn for the "why did Blizzard ban me for my constructive criticism!?" thread.
Recent years have taught me that jocks were secretly the good guys all along.
I mean, if you literally can't make it back that's one thing, but intentional afkers when the game is "lost" are the worst, given the longer overtime spawns+desperation/cockiness (which tends to make weird things happen on both sides) means that the end is when dramatic shifts tend to happen.
Oh wow you're actually one of those. I need some popcorn for the "why did Blizzard ban me for my constructive criticism!?" thread.
Recent years have taught me that jocks were secretly the good guys all along.
I mean, if you literally can't make it back that's one thing, but intentional afkers when the game is "lost" are the worst, given the longer overtime spawns+desperation/cockiness (which tends to make weird things happen on both sides) means that the end is when dramatic shifts tend to happen.
finalflame
Gold Member
Nobody cares, if you don't want to play then quit and take your leaver penalty. Stop ruining the game for 5 other people because you think you're at the center of the universe.
Mass Effect
Member
hey, at least we don't have to deal with the toxic people like PC players do.
No. Play the match or don't play the game at all.
Or hell, just quit.
You are spamming the wrong one. "I NEED HEALING!"
slightconfuse
Banned
Can we get a report feature on consoles. That would help
ubersticky
Member
It's pretty frustrating playing this at the moment. Not only comp but even qucik play. People just stop playing at certain points and I message them asking what's up and they're like "1v6 trash team" and it's like... wow... overconfident douche much. These people are the worst.
And this is on console. I would love a report option for us.
And this is on console. I would love a report option for us.
-MD-
Member
Do everyone a solid and just don't use a mic next time.
BRocknRolla
Member
It's so very sad that people like you exist online.
I also love the hypocrisy of, "I should be able to talk as much shit as I want regardless of how it effects other people, but griefing should be bannable, because that could hurt my experience playing."
ebullientprism
Member
I dunno why you all are getting so worked up. This is just wishes and rainbows. They arent actually gonna follow up on any of this lol.
LMAO.
LMAO.
Guy already likened himself to being the Overwatch Jordan "coaching" people at his ranking. Dunning-kruger in complete effect.
THe_DeiCiDe
Member
Look forward to never seeing this on ps4.
And I don't mind light hearted trash talk...if I'm missing shots on the enemy Pharah and someone says...Jesus McCree, would you please hit a shot, I'm fine with that.
If I'm getting no heals and I say, hey mercy, think you actually heal me once in awhile...I don't see that as a bad thing.
I don't mind being held accountable in a competitive game and I don't think it's wrong to expect it of your teammates. That said, there's for sure a right way and a wrong way to go about it.
And I don't mind light hearted trash talk...if I'm missing shots on the enemy Pharah and someone says...Jesus McCree, would you please hit a shot, I'm fine with that.
If I'm getting no heals and I say, hey mercy, think you actually heal me once in awhile...I don't see that as a bad thing.
I don't mind being held accountable in a competitive game and I don't think it's wrong to expect it of your teammates. That said, there's for sure a right way and a wrong way to go about it.
DUFFMCWALIN
Member
Well put. Trash talking is great with friends. However you should always treat strangers how you want to be treated. You don't know them at all, why act a fool?
Eppy Thatcher
God's had his chance.
I will say - if someone is being too aggressive/competitive for you but not actively messing with your ability to play the game or being racist/sexist or anything of that sort - that's kind of what the mute button is made for. You don't like this persons personality, tone, attitude... whatever. Mute them and move on. Some people don't mesh...
Toxic behavior? Bannable offense type of stuff? That's grief idiots. That's sexist, absurb trash talking for no reason fuckwads. People throwing or what not... all that shit. Report to oblivion.
Waiting for this functionality on the PS4 and hoping i stay lucky enough to not really need it.
Toxic behavior? Bannable offense type of stuff? That's grief idiots. That's sexist, absurb trash talking for no reason fuckwads. People throwing or what not... all that shit. Report to oblivion.
Waiting for this functionality on the PS4 and hoping i stay lucky enough to not really need it.
Nydius
Member
I'll believe it when I see it. They said the same thing multiple times regarding policing behavior in World of Warcraft. In Vanilla and early Burning Crusade WoW, they actually DID police behavior regularly. On my server (Skywall), I saw many people get suspensions for bad behavior and sexist/racist/toxic chat, including a few of our own guild members (who were then no longer guilded). I, myself, got a 72 hour time out for being particularly nasty to a guy who was purposely griefing me on Netherwing Ledge.
As soon as WoW skyrocketed in popularity, GM policing simply died off. The community became absolute shit not long after. There were no penalties for being a complete troll or asshole in Trade chat or General chat. It took multiple expansions before they added the auto-mute after report function and several more before they added auto-squelching for users who were frequently reported.
In essence, Blzizard decided it wasn't economically feasible to pay for GMs on their cash cow MMO to continue to police users. I just don't see them spending money to properly police users in Overwatch. At best, it's just going to be a stricter auto-ban, auto-mute function that will likely be abused. At worst, nothing will really change.
As soon as WoW skyrocketed in popularity, GM policing simply died off. The community became absolute shit not long after. There were no penalties for being a complete troll or asshole in Trade chat or General chat. It took multiple expansions before they added the auto-mute after report function and several more before they added auto-squelching for users who were frequently reported.
In essence, Blzizard decided it wasn't economically feasible to pay for GMs on their cash cow MMO to continue to police users. I just don't see them spending money to properly police users in Overwatch. At best, it's just going to be a stricter auto-ban, auto-mute function that will likely be abused. At worst, nothing will really change.
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
It sound promising that apparently they're going to notify you if they take action against someone you've reported.
A lot of games and services would do well to implement that kind of feedback to the person submitting the report.
A lot of games and services would do well to implement that kind of feedback to the person submitting the report.
You sound like the guy who kept being annoying and telling me and my other teammate what to do and giving the enemy our positions when we stopped listening in 3v3. When we actually won we because disregarded everything he said in the last round he went "see? making them mad made them play better."
I mean hearing this constantly would definitely be annoying and distraction from the game, but I wouldn't report you for this. But I also don't believe this is the worst you will do, considering your posts.
Also since this is Blizzard, I'd really hope this would be the case for HotS too. I haven't played ranked matchmaking in a long time, for obvious reasons, so I don't really see that much toxicity(it's no Dota). But I did report someone for afk/feed 5 minutes ago. Would be great to never see them again.
racketpunch
Member
Still no transparency? Garbage
Is there no mute button in Overwatch? Griefing and trolling is rampant in Dota 2 as well, I have no tolerance for blatant cheaters and feeders, but some leeway for trash talking.
I've met a few people with serious anger issues, but it only became more emphasized during the heat of the moment.
I've met a few people with serious anger issues, but it only became more emphasized during the heat of the moment.
When you get banned from the game for being a narcissistic asshole, I hope you take it as a coaching lesson.
THe_DeiCiDe
Member
There is a mute button. There is also a way to not be in chat at all.
That's cool, but some people just want to play the game instead of dealing with infighting that comes along with that.