Game journalist writes about automated bans

maybe now blizzard will take notice on how bad their automated ban system is? time goes on more and more creative outlets are going to speak about this.

[type or paste code here](https://www.dexerto.com/overwatch/overwatch-2-player-banned-for-typing-gg-yipppeee-and-nice-shot-2482438/)
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I always kinda of assume those players are really toxic on voicechat.

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99% of these cases where the banned player supposedly didn’t do anything wrong, they were in fact toxic, throwing, cheating or boosting and i believe it’s not any different in this particular case.

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They would rather ignore the throwing, cheating or the boosting that make people to become toxic, and punish people for pointing out those things…
No wonder no one talks anymore…

I don’t use voice and barely use text. Also endorsement 5 on both accounts. Only thing I do wrong is play 30 hours a week, which seems to guarantee that you’ll rack up enough reports for a ban eventually.

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“journalism” is a bit too generous of a title for Dexerto’s reddit post compilations

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Dextro is just a spam article site regugitating popular reddit posts.

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“game journalists” LOL thats funny.

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1000%. These forum posters here are way closer to “journalists” than that advertisement laden garbage.

Thats not a compliment to us, don’t get the wrong idea folks.

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I am a journalism.

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And yet we have people here on the forums that openly say they report anyone that says “GG” if they feel like it…

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Did you hear? anyone can become a journalist, license or not. There is a inner journalist in you right NOW, use it.

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Dexerto? Isn’t it the site that gave OW2 “Best Live Service Game of 2023” award?

That aged badly.

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“Wait, what’s that? Breaking news! The moon has fallen into the ocean!”

Too late. Already sent my resume to B**lsackEsports. Wish me luck guys and gals :sunglasses:

(thank you for believing in us Red)

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I’d ban them too for typing so much

amazing how many people here are mocking the notion that the ban system is automated and flawed.

goes along with people who think blizzard never does anything wrong.

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We know the ban system is automated, and definitely has flaws. But we also know that the people who are incorrectly banned are the exception, not the rule.

Far too often those who claim they were falsely banned eventually reveal why they were banned, and it wasn’t because they said “gg”. It usually was their poorly worded demand that their teammates swap because they suck on their current hero.

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Well, to the extent that’s real.

It’s probably better to remove the reasons people get toxic.

I.e. “You picked the wrong Tank” or “You picked the wrong Support” or “OMG somebody go deal with that Widow or Pharah”.

Challenges reveal toxicity. They don’t create it.

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