Game is So Toxic i Want to Uninstall

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I Dont know what the Heck happened this seaon, its like everyones pissed and tilted and hatefull in everysingle game i play, my other account i just got done making 2 reports, from the last round.

People are begining to disgust me seriously i feel like even when i see the thank you for helping us blizzard it does nothing.

last game on a gold game, im normally mid plat i never had a problem getting to plat before. this community of what overwatch has turned into makes me honestly want to wish i never invested so much time and money into this company im feel cheated i feel robbed with how this community turned out,

Last game a Player Threw the game, haha its fine untill you hear the whole thing, we dominated the enemy team yeah i wasnt a carry yeah maybe i could have done better but its kinda hard when our dva is decking all the kills herself, well the dva got mad at all the dps, and then demanded us to do better, and insulted us, so i just muted and reported her, well, the enemy also had a leaver on their team after round one, we were fighting 6v5 well dva decides to throw the game, because she feels like hes doing “too much work” she even stated it in game how she was going to throw in all chat… really?! your going to throw because your the cause of a winning team thats a bit spite ful an the only reason i didnt have golds was beacuse she was just decking the halls with dva jolly, faster and stronger than anyone else, well then a healer decided to throw to now its a 4v5 he was laughing his butt of in the spawn when i reported him, of how hes been sitting in spawn the whole game. and again all the effort i put into this game is now pointless my drive to win is crushed and my time is wasted yet again

a couple of times before this, i also got a thrower on my team because someone said something to him he wasnt going to try as hard or that we dont deserve his skill or something like that again we were winning,

the other day i had a friend with me, he was 15 hes a squeeker a dude on my team threw as dva, because he didnt like the sound of the 15 year olds voice and made him feel like he should use hormones, and the kid left my team feeling like he was the cause that was bringing me down no matter how much i insisted he wasnt. the dude threw because he didnt want to mute his voice instead he wanted the kid to never speak again, it was all said via text chat on volskya

Im about done with this game, im losing patience the community on league of legends is what brought me here, and now that community is here and its worse. i almost want to demand some sort of reimbursement i don’t there’s anything anyone going to give me but a half hearty dont worry were trying it will all fix out, yeah league was telling me that for 4 years now its only gotten worse.

the more im around this behavior the more i feel like i need to partake in this but thats the problem. the 2 avoid button thing will not be enough for anyone, to get away from any of this. ive sent reports in about 2 weeks now i use to get notifications everyday, well 2 weeks people are literally admiting it i list the time they said it text like normal making it so much easier for everyone and i havent gotten anthing back, its either they stoped doing this or their so backed up on reports its maddening, this problem needs to be eradicated its contagious, i cant get into one game without hearing some one bash someone else and spread hate to them then throw the game cause of a crappy reason.

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Do you play on EU???

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I already made the decision today to take a break. I don’t know whether I will return or not. But, like you, this community has destroyed my desire to play anymore. I am a Sombra main and whenever anything goes wrong, they immediately blame me and harass me to try an make me switch even though I am the one carrying them and the only one the enemy talks about at the end of the match when we win. I get so upset by the constant barrage of harassment that I end up tilting and snapping at people. I hate that. I am tired of it all. Blizzard needs to fix this game and add some structure to its matches or I guarantee you it will die soon. They may not think so, but with no structure and hard set rules, people will give themselves license to do as they please, that is what will destroy this game. You can already see it in the community’s demeanor, no one cares.

I will check from time to time to see if they fix anything, but I am done for now since I no longer have fun.

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ok i need to know if it’s because i’m on console, because of my elo, or i’m just really unlucky, but anyone else get REALLY bad healers on their team? whether they main healer or not, they always go dps, you get a moira, guess what when the entire enemy team is dead maybe you can get healed, you get a zen, (honestly most zen’s do heal), you get a lucio and he thinks he’s DSP stanky (DPI stanley) going full dps mode, anyone else constantly getting garbage healer on their team? (i’m a tank main so i’m not just a salty genji main not getting heals)

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Btw, the game is not topic, just a few people out of a greater bunch are the toxic. If they are, report, ignore and move on. There always going to be people like that in any game.

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It’s every match. I never get a break from the toxicity. Simply saying ignore and move on are meaningless words because that is not how humans work.

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Why? Why is it so hard, to ignore? It just a game, if people want to act dumb, just ignore them, if they are really dumb, you can report them, you can mute them, or just leave the match if it really bad.

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Saying to simply ignore is to say, take it and act like it never happened. That is considered weakness in most peoples’ eyes. People hate feeling weak. It is why bullied kids hate themselves; they see how weak and powerless they are. Telling them to ignore it is meaningless because that is not the world they live in. That is why so many people tilt. They are busy trying their best to out think their opponent to win and in the mean time, their own teammate is trying to bring them down. So not only do they have to fight their opponent, they have to fight their own team. Any real life military can tell you how that turns out. It may be just a “game” but at the same time it’s not. It is an environment wherein you pit yourself against other people and see who can reach victory within a specific rule set. There is an insane amount of psychology to playing a game with other people.

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I imagine because having to do it in every, single, match can be exhausting. It also hints at a much larger underlying problem if you have to even do it for a quarter of your matches.

Simply saying ignore it may work if it was a minor issue, but it comes up frequently on the forums, in streams, youtube, and even developer updates, that it’s not a minor issue, it’s a rather large one.

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Then just uninstall the game. I’m not saying there aren’t stupid people out there, but criticism is going to come with any game like this.

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Not saying it a minor issue, just saying there no reason to let it get to you. You can easily report problem players, and mute them, if need be. Just focus on the match, and try to do your best, is the way to go.

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Again, how is someone expected to out think their opponent, which is hard enough in its own regard, when they have their own teammate(s) attacking them as well? When the very people he is supposed to depend on are trying to tear him down? You say to mute them, well then you are by yourself and can’t communicate on a team based game; that defeats its very purpose. You are not giving this issue the weight it deserves. This is something that Blizzard NEEDS to take seriously because it is destroying the game.

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how, how do you except them to make people play the way you want them to?

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Prolonged exposure to toxicity is easy to ignore? I’ll happily admit, you’re made of stronger stuff than me.

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Much of it comes from a complete lack of structure in the game. With no rule set that defines what people are supposed to do, people will do as they please. Some will try to follow a community formed meta, but that isn’t a rule. Others don’t care and will play what they want regardless of team comp needs. The devs don’t want rules, not realizing that rules and restrictions are necessary for a game. How are people expected to perform if they don’t now what is actually expected of them? It’s like asking a group of people to play a game of football but not telling them the rules about how to play. The devs say they want a fun environment and therefore don’t want to force a team structure, but everyone defines fun differently. Also, whether blizzard likes it or not, they already designed a structure around how a team is supposed to function, but they refuse to implement that structure or even talk about it. The toxicity comes in when everyone has their own idea of what a team should look like and how it should be played. That variable wouldn’t exist if Blizzard defined and enforced that from the beginning.

Ex: If they added a role queue. You choose between dps-flex, tank, or support before queuing. In match, there would be a 2-2-2 structure where Tanks and Supports choices are restricted to playing within those classes and dps-flex will have a choice of any so that there is “flexibility” in the game. But it guarantees structure. There will be less toxicity because people know their roles and can’t leave them. It will also make it much easier for the devs to balance the game when there are consistent team comps.

Another problem is the punishment for harassment is far too relaxed. I have never gotten a response from any of the almost 100 reports that I have sent.

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If you add a role select, then your remove the most important of the game, the ability to swap hero when needed, as the time come. Role select does not work, cause you could easily win a match with 6 support, and lose easily, even if there say a 2/2/2 role selection.

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You can swap, to another hero within the class you chose at the beginning.

This makes no sense. They would have chosen their class and the game would have them in a 2-2-2 structure. They would already be within their preferred playstyle by the very fact that the chose that role. Besides, the devs designed the game around a 2-2-2 structure anyway, the fact that it is no enforced only hurts the game.

Besides, it was an example. Though, I find it the best solution. There would be less flexibility, but currently…there is nothing but chaos

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But not all hero are equally equip to handle a situation. Map play some, and sometimes the hero do too. limiting the choice, does limit what a team can do, when sometimes, a 3rd tank can make a huge differnce, or maybe a 2nd healer. Maybe picking Junkrat over a 2nd tank can turn the tide of battle. There no way knowing going into a battle, and that one reason why Role select can hurt. More so, with 4 classes, who to say how a role can go.

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That is why i said dps-flex. There would be a 2-2-2 structure. But the people who chose dps-flex can choose from any class. That way there would be a guaranteed 2 tanks and 2 heals, but the dps-flex and do 2 dps or anything else, even another 2 tanks if they want for a quad tank comp. That way, there is an equal measure of structure and flexibility instead of nothing but chaos and headbutting which is what complete freedom in team comp brings. Doing it this way would also fix the randomness problem of putting 6 support mains on one team while the other team gets an even balance of mains. It guarantees balance. It would be a longer queue but far better matches with much less toxicity.

The devs created the heroes and their balance around a 2-2-2 comp even if they don’t want to enforce it. (which again, hurts the game)

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where does it say that? The dev created the game first in no limit, which people dislike, so they move it to single pick. atm that time, and still, any hero you pick could work or not work in your favor, that about it.