No i was not elected the leader (Though should have been, highest EXP, hero damage and takedowns on team)
But no it is a team game you do not need a leader you need to hear out strategies. Completely ignoring me is like sticking your fingers in your ears and going “lalala” no you don’t have to do what i say, but i am trying to win so if you will not go with my plan, at least provide one of your own so I can follow it and help execute your plan. (Of course in that game if your plan was to get slaughtered fighting for the objective and then lose the match, congratulations, you did not need my help)
I never called them an idiot or noob. A teammate did. I agreed with him but didn’t post it. (I mean i posted it hear but not in game)
@ Volun
i was referring to the auto mute. My games are not even that bad when it comes to talking. i mean i did play tracer for the first time in months and had my teammate harass me all game, and then harass me after the game (Blocked him) but I am in game where they auto mute. i mean I cuss when i messed up and died when i should not have (over extending or getting greedy) so yes there is cussing, but it is me cussing at myself for messing up.
The issue is that i am having to deal with people who auto mute and then I can no longer communicate and make game plans. I can ping the core, but will they understand i want them to ignore objective and attack it?
I kinda agree that muting chat from the get go is a dumb move but i can understand that tilted , easily tilted people have to resort to this.
That being said some “people” just ignore what their mates say whether the chat is muted or not in the first place.
That’s a pointless reasoning though. By that logic it is impossible to do anything to deter toxicity or unwanted behavior, as every countermeasure will be undesirable to the people whose behavior is being acted against.
It’s nice that you’re trying to consider other people’s feelings, but hurt feelings alone are not always a useful argument. Sometimes hurt feelings are unavoidable. The people using the mute are also unhappy with how the muted people made them feel, that’s why they resorted to the mute button.
Being ignored sucks, but that’s not an excuse for people to go toxic. If people do, that’s on them for violating the rules, and on the system to properly punish (suspend/ban) those people.
In a MOBA game it is unavoiable, people will be toci. Look at LoL, DOTA2 (Or even DotA, the WC3 mod, that has extremely toxic players too) and Smite. MOBAs will always have toxic players, but bBlizzard’s countermeasure against it does not help solve the problem, just makes it worse. Sure the player who muted their team may not have to hear their teammates, but again, IT IS A TEAM GAME. They are removing of the most important aspects of a team game, communication.
I tend to see it the other way. If someone is toxic enough to mute, they are already proving themselves incapable of communicating like a normal person. There’s nothing lost by cutting them off entirely (they’re not saying anything relevant anyway), and it helps the people who do communicate by not having their verbal garbage spamming up the chat.
I see it as beneficial keeping my entire team muted. Except people whom I play with of course. I actually like having my team muted most of the time because it helps me win more games.
I don’t know about that feelings being hurt nonesense, but I do think it’s very distracting. Whining, flaming, joking, talking, etc. Not everyone is like this but I have a better winrate when the coms are gone from my screen. I actually play far better.
but auto muting the team is not the same as muting each person individually. If i was a guy who constantly swore or flamed others for missing the objective or diving into an obvious suicide, then yes i would understand muting me. that would be fair. I however do not do that. (I mean i swear more than i should but it is not directed at others)
This became a thing when people deemed it was ok to be disrespectful to others over the internet because of anonymity. Sure, it works, but don’t be surprised when people use internet tools to put you in your place.
Disrespectful person, will demand that others “man-up” or shut up, when asked to be polite. Disrespectful person will blame others for reporting and muting them for their behavior.
I was called toxic for wondering if it was mentally or physically painful to be polite to people; or if it threatened their manhood. Maybe these questions are too personal.
It’s obvious people want to be treated with respect, even on the internet.