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New Overwatch update filters "gg ez" into different, hilarious phrases
- Thread starter Enter the Dragon Punch
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If shadder2k's broadcast today was any indication, people will spam GG EZ just to see these lines now.
Blizzard's about to get Streisanded. It's funny because they already experienced this with "Well Played!" in Hearthstone, which they switched out for "Wow!".
Blizzard's about to get Streisanded. It's funny because they already experienced this with "Well Played!" in Hearthstone, which they switched out for "Wow!".
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not sure if that's how it works
TheSpoiler
Member
Oh okay. I mean, that's fine, more power to ya. It's just that it doesn't even matter and Blizzard isn't going to take action on some dude saying ez. But whatever makes you feel better I guess.
jediyoshi
Member
Pretty sure that's why the exact messages they came up with are so much less ambiguous and largely self deprecating.
Yeah, but that doesn't account for irony. "Well played" was used ironically/sardonically as well.
Darryl M R
Member
gg2ez
They should. Riot takes action against people who say "EZ" constantly. They've done research and concluded that the player base doesn't like being taunted for losing. Thus, I also report people in LoL/OW for saying that.
Mattakuevan
Member
Cool, why not. The Overwatch community is extremely toxic so having a little fun at their expense is cool with me.
Why? Because it's funny. This is the laziest low effort insult people use at the end of a match, so having it filtered into random funny lines instead takes the edge off what might be an even more frustrating experience for people who just lost a game. If it makes everyone stop for a moment to have a laugh before the next game loads, instead of getting even more upset and having a worse mindset going into the next game, it's a net positive.
Reporting "ez" gets people punished in League of Legends, because the community team uses reports as a measure of what the community deems unacceptable. That's generally the principle on which I use the reporting system.
edit: Pineconn owned me.
Brutalitops
Banned
ez pz
Acerac
Banned
It's not that it's a big deal, douchebags are everywhere. At the same time, nobody wants to deal with the annoyance of hearing them, you know?
Its like seeing somebody tossing their fast food trash outside of their car after eating. It's no big deal, just an asshole move that deserves to be made fun of.
King Gilga
Member
This is the best thing blizzard has done in a long time.
Dangansona
Member
Best news of the week, and I dont even play on PC.
This is only funny if they don't realize it's there. All the same, not a bad way to do it.
Running into poor sports - ungraceful victors and losers - isn't uncommon. They always seem like they're throwing tantrums or otherwise crying out for attention. Similarly, the best thing I think anyone can do is ignore them, deny them any reaction to what they're saying.
I've run into troll players in Overwatch that, when actions failed, resorted to verbal or written harassment in attempts to elicit response.
Running into poor sports - ungraceful victors and losers - isn't uncommon. They always seem like they're throwing tantrums or otherwise crying out for attention. Similarly, the best thing I think anyone can do is ignore them, deny them any reaction to what they're saying.
I've run into troll players in Overwatch that, when actions failed, resorted to verbal or written harassment in attempts to elicit response.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Is GG Ez a common shit post in the overwatch community? I'm guessing ggwp and similar are still okay?
Gotta agree with this. Blizzard has over-reached here.
If I get stomped, a mocking "gg ez" is something I both expect and deserve.
Wendel Clark
Member
izi / yiyi
ez filter
ez filter
I have played for over 80 hours and I see it at least once in every 3 games or so.
I can't remember ever seeing a "gg ez" from being stomped in a game before. Honestly. When we get stomped, or when we stomp the other team, what I usually see is people going "lol what happened there" or "wow". Once I remember someone on the other team going "thanks for the free win" or whatever. But every single time I see "gg ez" it is from dumbasses who barely managed to win in Overtime after a hard fought match.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
That's pretty insane actually, I play a lot of CSGO and don't really see Ez spammed a lot.
No that insane. I expect the demographics to be different. CSGO's lifespan is very mature now, and it was a remake of an oldass game to begin with. Overwatch is brand new, and attractive enough to draw in tons of people including younger audiences who can't help themselves.
StrangeRoboMemory
Member
Does reporting actually do anything? I don't mind most stupid trash talk, though annoying, but the homophobic stuff pisses me off. I've reported players for using the f-word, which I'm a bit shocked isn't censored in the game like other curse words. Sometimes it's used over voice chat, I don't know if Blizzard even has the ability to go back and listen to the chat after a match is over. I assume that looking at a chat record of the match is relatively easier. Like I said, spamming "gg ez" and such is lame but what can you do, but homophobic language is just not something I need to incessantly hear or interact with. It's not even smarmy kids on voice chat saying this stuff, it's always very clearly grown adult men. One guy was a too-old-for-this bro trying to make a video for what he claimed was an in-gestation Youtube channel so he kept screeching "Pokemon!" and calling everyone homophobic slurs. So funny! Ah, the charmed life of a content creator.
You can filter it out and replace it with insulting self-owns, or you can just chat restrict and ban those people!
Like it's not rocket science, if a behavior results in consequences people will do it less.
And then there's the Streisand Effect. Blizzard has taken this meaningless phrase that people say after games, and turned it into something that needs to be censored and suppressed. That of course will only make people spam it more, and find creative ways to get around it, and think of different ways to insult people.
StrangeRoboMemory
Member
Absolutely, I was more just talking about community "trash talk" that I personally find more upsetting and disappointing.
Using homophobic slurs and throwing personal insults around is not just "trash talk". That's the sort of thing people should be reported for, and people do get banned for being abusive.
StrangeRoboMemory
Member
Yes, I definitely agree. That's why I put trash talk in quotes. Sorry if that didn't come across.
Acerac
Banned
Douchebags are going to be douchebags either way, you're right. That said, many people think that their behavior is widely accepted, it's nice to have it publicly out there that even Blizzard employees think they are acting like unlikable jerkasses.
How can an insult be benign?
Benign is literally being gracious or pleasant, you know diametrically opposed to being a insulting smug.
chrisPjelly
Member
Oh god, that ban message is too fucking good
jediyoshi
Member
"Well Played" isn't meant ironically in Heartstone, it's meant to be genuine. That's the point. There's less ambiguity because they steep the messages in more context to lessen the "impact", it's several more steps removed, especially if it's self deprecating. Someone sarcastically saying that they're bad or that they need a hug removes the targeted aspect of communication.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
This is amazing. Hope they do the same for stuff like "bg", "easy" and maybe even find a way to replace instances of "noob team" and the like.
I already put people who wrote shit like that on my mute list instantly. Show some good damn sportsmanship, man.
If the round was almost ten minutes long and you defended like shit before the last thirty seconds it sure as hell was not easy for you fucker to win that match.
I find it important in general to give players tips on how to improve themselves instead of just telling them what a shit player they are and that they should stop playing immediately. As I said: sportsmanship. Everyone was worse once than they are now.
I already put people who wrote shit like that on my mute list instantly. Show some good damn sportsmanship, man.
If the round was almost ten minutes long and you defended like shit before the last thirty seconds it sure as hell was not easy for you fucker to win that match.
I have never seen or at least taken a "well played" to be meant ironically. I actually take and give those as a genuine compliment. If someone played so bad that he might as well have been the sole reason why our team lost then I tell him, but in a way that doesn't sound like his a piece of shit, but a person with untapped talent.
I find it important in general to give players tips on how to improve themselves instead of just telling them what a shit player they are and that they should stop playing immediately. As I said: sportsmanship. Everyone was worse once than they are now.
Slamtastic
Member
I already knew Overwatch was kind of for babies, but really now.
Kent
Member
I find it hilarious that so many people seem to have a problem with taking action on what's really just a toxic corruption of the equivalent of shaking hands after a match.
Even when that action is nothing more than making fun of the people saying it - which is one of the better ways of handling it.
Even when that action is nothing more than making fun of the people saying it - which is one of the better ways of handling it.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
TheRedSnifit
Member
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