Just curious, what do you do in this situation, assuming there was nothing said during the game. Do you accept or not? If you did how has it gone? If you didn’t, why? Does the result of the game affect your decision?
I usually don’t accept them unless I had a positive interaction with that person and would enjoy playing with them again. If not I assume someone just wants to be toxic and decline.
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yea i havnt had a freind request in A LONG TIME
last time i had one it was just some dude wanting to throw shade after i accepted then deleting me
people are just insane
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If you can’t deal with some random person probably about to flame you, just don’t open that door.
I know we all heard this many years ago, but it still applies…
Don’t take candy from strangers!
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I don’t accept friend requests. Maybe once in while if someone was really sweet I will but most of the time, a request is sent, its accepted, and then…we never speak again lol.
Even if we do, I have a bad case of stranger danger and don’t really like to play grouped up with people that I don’t already know in real life.
Then of course, there are people who only send you friend requests when they want to roast you. I don’t have the time or energy. They can just stew in their anger or rant to their screen and I’ll remain unbothered.
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In the early days of OW1 I remember hearing about people who found a partner playing OW and some even got married! Idk it feels like it wouldn’t happen now, but I am almost certainly wrong there.
I got a friend request from someone like a month or two ago, they had like 10-20hrs with a majority on Mercy, and seemed to only play Mercy, so I picked someone else (and sucked but whatever, I tried my best). Afterwards I think I realized they added me because they saw my profile and were either so in awe or jealous. Or both.
I dunno. It was a positive experience nonetheless.
I got a lot in OW1 though. Now it’s just…eh.
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Decline, every time.
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I frequently add people to give them praise, both team mate and opponents, because you never get enough chance to do so after a game.
I have made many friends this way.
I’ll accept every friend request I get as well- usually it’s a positive experience, at least for me- rarely is it someone wanting to troll. When it is I’ll just “lol” and block them and go about my day without giving them a second thought.
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It depends on how the person/people played. If my other support had my back the whole game and we caught a fat dub I don’t see why not.
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I never accept. I only keep my friends on my list; I don’t trust people enough to add them. Those who I have friended are those who are good peoples.
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This is about how mine go. I accept FR from people when we get along well and sometimes we wind up in multiple games together and it’s like “heeeey you again!” But then we never speak again, generally.
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I’ve had this happen only a few times, I think always after a winning game where I maybe made a cool play or two. But I can’t promise to do that consistently homie. Lemme play with people who don’t expect that of me.
So yeah, I kinda prefer total randos, less pressure. Or friends I know, and who are chill.
Plus, callous as it sounds, it’s rather inconvenient to have my friends list cluttered with people I probably won’t play with or even remember within a few months.
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In the context of nothing being said in a game.
I usually accept it because it’s usually some person that has been silenced and waits for them to be toxic then report and defriend.
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If it was someone raging I never accept or decline. Let them seethe.
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If it was a quiet game, and they were on my team. It’s probably okay to go forward.
But if nothing was said, and an enemy adds you, they might just be looking for your profile setting being “friends only” so they can see the numbers. Had that happen a couple times. In OW1 even.
It makes sense that a friend request comes after some positive interactions. Not the lack thereof.
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wait a week then accept, by then they dont even remember why they added you
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Other team: No
My Team (if we lost) : No
My team : Maybe, but if nobody talked, no.
I accepted a random request once from someone on my team, turns out they just wanted to tell me I was why we lost.
I’ve also gotten requests from people I’ve spent the game destroying so I can guess what those were for and I rejected them. Overall cynicism has turned out to be correct in these situations citing experiences in other games.
I don’t need random friends on the internet via OW. I have plenty of good and trustworthy ones I already play video games with, so just the chance it might be someone new to interact with isn’t enough for me to risk wasting a few seconds on tirades.
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Did we win? Then likely yeah.
Did we lose? Then probably not.
99/100 People will add when we win to say “dude you were so good that was so hype lets play again” (even if we never do) and when we lose it’s “dude you were god awful trash you [numerous expletives]”.
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As someone who sends friend requests after games, always accept. In my experience it’s because they think you’re good and want to play with you.
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