This is a post to start a constructive conversation about Overwatch and its forums, I do not mean to insult anyone or break the rules in any way.
So I’ll keep this post happy and “positive” since it seems like that’s the best way to -positively engage with others- and -avoid being suspended for justified reasons-
I noticed that Titanium, the creator of one of the best - if not THE best - Mercy post on the forums has been temporarily suspended.
[No, this post won’t be about Mercy since I’m not sure how long it would stay if it was]
So, nothing too crazy so far, since he might indeed have done something violating the rules.
However, after that people making threads about it and explaining why the suspension was unjustified were… you guessed it. Suspended.
Even new people creating threads about why it was unfair to suspend others that were trying to explain why the suspension of a member in the forums was, indeed unjustified, then ALSO got suspended, their threads being deleted.
This is -fine- and -doesn’t remind me of censorship in non-democratic countries-, however I have to thank Blizzard for keeping our forums safe from different opinions that could make us feel bad. Thanks for -listening to your community- and -acting appropiately- <3
In all seriousness, Blizzard once used to be one of the companies I respected the most, being open about what they’re doing, creating great games and an atmosphere everyone felt welcome in. Ever since they started locking threads adressing grievances in their games or with staff moderating their forums, this respect has started to crumble.
The way mods and even the devs are acting is wrong. That’s the only word I can think of that wouldn’t cause this thread to be immediately deleted.
This post is, in a way, an experiment. I am trying to keep it polite so that we can start a discussion as equals, I’m not trying to insult the moderators or the developers or any other member on the forums.
However, in the event of this post getting deleted or locked, I truly have lost hope in this company and their team, because that would mean that they have started opressing free speech, started to prevent construcive discussions from being started and constructive criticism from being given. This is something alot of people have suspected to have already happened, I hope it didn’t.
Thank you for taking your time to read this.
Blizzard, I still believe in you and have hope for you.