Blizzard's Inaction on Hate Speech

That usage of megadodo as a verb actually made me chuckle.

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i got a mail my account was banned from use chat because i put a commentary after a match ā€œi cant believe we lost this s***ā€ i wasnt even talking to anyone is specific like ā€œyou are s***ā€

See, I do get that pop up. But never when it’s any of the issues other than use of the N word which is why I mentioned it.
I have stopped talking in game as it gains me only abuse.
Examples I have right now are :

  • Each game I’ll be mocked for sounding ā€œlike a 5 year oldā€ .
  • If I try to give callouts they’ll tell me they ā€œdon’t want information from a woman on a mans gameā€.
  • When they realise I’m a female they call me degrading terms, this can be anything from ā€œb**chā€ to ā€œsl*tā€.
  • If I die, I’ll be told that I’m back at home where I belong as a woman.
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This is gaming, people just dont want to deal with jerks in something that’s supposed to be for fun. That’s all there is to people’s opposition to toxicity.

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I don’t think that saying people ā€œgrow strongerā€ will be a solution to racism, homophobia, sexism etc. in our society.

No one has the right to be disrespectful towards other people, especially with insults that are not even inherent to the game.

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Its the only reason i still have any respect for valve…

Valve is like ā€œmute themā€

It’s more of a solution to being sensitive than anything.

The problem is, a lot of people are demanding acceptance believing it to be tolerance… and anything less than acceptance is intolerance…

In demanding of that acceptance, they only accomplish breeding resentment

The ultimate problem here is not hate, but a break down of tolerance…

Tolerance is a cornerstone of any free society…

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Oh for crap sake son. Blizzard is one of the most woke-fascists developers on the market. And that’s saying something.

Yep and the ideology is broken and irrational. I just take advantage of it…

ā€œThe enemy withinā€ if you will

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Oh yes, we all know that. Everybody knows that. It’s one of the first things that comes up when I Google Blizzard.

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what we need is a filiter setting that blocks words we dont like and leave it their let people set what words they dont want to see

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Yeah but you can mute as many as you want… so… uuuh…
…do that?

Not saying these people shouldn’t get silenced, but the limitation on avoids is not your problem here. You do have another problem, though. Buzzwordphilia. It’s like I asked ChatGPT to caricature a modern PC advocate.

I can’t imagine why people don’t want to play this game. :roll_eyes:

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I have to admit it made my giggle a bit – especially putting an ā€œingā€ on the end of it.

This is why I don’t join voice any longer and have all chats turned off (on the rare times I actually play any longer).

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i dont think i was reported, who is pathetic enough to report a simple comentary with a bad word, i have the impression they ban you in automatic

It is possible but also people report anyone who ā€œspectatesā€ players who do better than them (even on their own team).

All you had to do was play remotely better than someone else and boom - you’re reported.

Blizzard does not care about people using slurs or anything of the sort. Ive been called plenty of slurs in game and ive been told to grow a thicker skin or told its my fault or both. I dont know what to tell ya other than at this point i believe blizzard actively supports it

i have been banned for saying things in the chat, never a slur, homophobic, racial, sexist, never, just complains about the skillof my teamates, but i was reported and banned, so they care?