The other day I was just playing some overwatch, not really looking to make friends, but this one guy was in a game with me wanted to group up (guess he liked my healing), but my comms were glitching (does that ever happen to yall? 
Where you canāt properly group in the same voice channel?) and so i figured iād restart. Well, after restarting and regrouping, i forgot to re-launch my modifier, and he heard my naturally-given voice, realizing my gender and his confusion was seemingly immense. Why wouldnāt I want to be a girl on the internet? Oh boyā¦
I use a voice changer in my games to make my voice sound ādeepā and āmaleā, and thatās because my life in overwatch is easier that way..
Itās not Blizzardās fault, but the community fostered in this game can be very toxic and the best way I can fight back is to relinquish my femininity and gender for sake of blending in. No one has EVER singled me out on anything other than game-related issues in comms when I use my voice changer . But back when i didnāt use one, I had to deal with people who think my gender is the reason I play support, am in a particular rank, or an invite to add me and DM me about non-overwatch-related stuff.
Unless you like that attention, I suggest yāall join me. With deception, I have successfully found equalityā¦ because in this day and age, thatās the only way Iām going to experience that on overwatch.
Edit: Thanks for 100 likes, I love yāall!
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Disappointing that you feel you have to do this.
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I wish they had voice changers making everyone sound like the hero they were playing. I might actually turn comms on for that.
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I though about doing that too.
Kinda sick of the āgamer girls are so badā and also the āhey girl, look at me, iām so cool, wanna date me?ā but I was too lazy and never try a voice changer.
Itās really lame to being blame on our gender but I have talked with some male on the internet and they were like āitās interesting to play with girls, they donāt play like usāā¦ but we do ._.
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now i really want to play Orisa and curse like a sailor in her voice
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Iām happy that thereās a solution, but disappointed itās a bandaid solution that doesnāt get to or punish the root of the problem. If I wasnāt so inured to insults, Iād probably roll with a voice changer too. Though I get mistaken for a prepubescent boy sometimes so I guess itās not necessary
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My voice is male. I was thinking it would be fun to use a voice changer to make my voice sound like a munchkin. Wait that would be too annoyingā¦I would have so much fun speaking in a munchkin voice I would probably be muted a lot .
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Iām happy for every woman that plays FPS shooters. Why should it be a problem? I met alot of female OW players while playing and this never caused any confusion, trouble or negative behaviour in chat/voice chat. No clue if this is server relevant (EU here). But the cliche that male players have problems when a female player shows up is hopefuly only a cliche.
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One of my favs is when your team ignores your calls, but when a guy on the team repeats them then everyone goes for it.
āāWe have to jump that Ashe on the high groundāā
-yep.
no one goes on the ashe and she free shoots us to death.
my Lucio repeats what I said āāWe have to jump asheāā
Everyone does it.
As for the OP, any recomendations on voice changers?
Never used one, but am curious now.
i play on eu and its not just a cliche. It does follow the same rules basically as IRL where if youre grouped with a guy the issues become extremely rare. Its really not realistic to compare your experience of playing grouped with girls and women playing alone in solo que. Just keep that in mind.
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Itās because youāre only seeing a slice of a female playersā game experience. You (this is a general you) donāt see the comms of 100% of the female playersā games. People like to go āI donāt see it when I match with a girl so it doesnāt existā but likeā¦ It do. I donāt think itās mega common or maybe I donāt experience it as much because of my hero selection/voice, but likeā¦ Itās just a global thing
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Oh my god even my friends do this. Even if weāre playing freaking heroes of the storm and Iām the one with the most hours logged and the most gamesense. Do the objective!!! Aaaa
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Maybe I should change my voice to a girl then because I had a fair share of toxic female players in my games.
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Do you need a hug you #^%#^* son of a @!$%#?
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I disagree. There should be only one shot caller per team (doesnāt always work that way) It could be that the shot caller made some good calls and āearnedā the trust of the team. Maybe you only made your āfirstā call and it happened to be right 
Keep up the good shot calling! You may be recognized and they will trust you.
Iāve never seen toxic female players go for sex based insults but ok like what do they say?
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Stats donāt lie. Heavy majority of all female players Iāve seen play support. Iām not going to generalize and say itās all they do, though.
Iāve seen female players play other roles and be trash at it, and Iāve seen them play other roles and be absolutely amazing at it, just like any male.
Best Widow Iāve ever matched with was female. One of the best D.vaās too.
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The only anti female voice chat I have ever witnessed was literally started by the girl in the group. She was pissed that she was outperforming someone in game (this was awhile ago so I have no clue of roles or characters) but she started the whole āyour playing so bad your doing worse than a GIRLā
Iām sure this is super uncommon. But than again, thatās the ONLY experience I have had like that in the 3 years this game has been around.
What platform do you play on? Is it more common on PC of on consoles?
Lol I see it alot in my rank. Females are about the most toxic players. Try saying something to them their go toās are mentioning your d size.
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Oh, makes sense I guess idk Iād take that over being called the C word but both are reprehensible
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It may just be because a lot of them are used to being defensive, but yeah. Iāve met some SUPER toxic females that just completely go off at nothing and need to be muted.
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