When I first got this game i thought it was a amazing. I was so into it and used my mic every game. Until I started receiving toxicity more frequently. I didn’t think it was still 2011 so I thought being a female in comms; what’s the big deal? Obviously I was wrong because when I would speak in comms I would get called names, told to shut up, or just talked over completely. Very rarely would I get to play fulfilling games. I’m unfortunately a sensitive person so after a while I just shut down and stopped using my mic.
I’ve been trying to use my mic again PEACEFULLY and as usual instead of solutions I get met with name calling and a condescending tones. Like for example, I could say I’m constantly running out of heals on moira pouring it into our rein and have no chance to recharge because I’m being heavily dived and instead of you know… HELPING ME out our off heals bragged about having gold heals and called me boosted while I desperately try to fight off half the of enemy team diving me while I try to keep our rein alive.
I know people on here are not obligated to be friendly but I wish for once they would consider that there is an actual human being they are saying this stuff to and just because its just a video game doesn’t mean what you say can negatively affect someone.
It sucks because I really want to enjoy this game and climb but sometimes the things people say in this game brings me to tears.
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- People on the internet are mean, block them mute them whatever keeps them out of your ears so you can focus.
- report for abusive chat - enough reports from players they recieve bans and possible account closure.
- There are nice gamers out there, so try and stay positive.
- Most importantly don’t take things said in video games to heart. Yeah we’re all human beings but some humans are just d–ks
Anyway keep ya chin up and happy gaming. Remember if your getting flamed insta mute GL HF
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You really should think of name changing. Your name really affects how people treat you. Change to one word name something fun and happy with a positive connotation.
Your name makes me think you are literally throwing before the doors even open. Im likely not going to be that nice and take anything you say as trolling.
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Don’t believe the crap you hear about teamwork on this game. Leave comms completely. If you have a good gamesense you won’t need your teams callouts, and you’d be surprised how much it helps not having a bunch of ♀🐶es raging over the mic in improving your match quality.
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If I could play with you I would 
I play on Xbox, I hate whenever someone gets toxic remarks just cause they’re a girl. As a guy I don’t get how it’s still so common, it’s not hard to treat someone with respect. Personally I’m more inclined to join VC if a girl is in there cause I know it’ll be a fun game and it won’t be toxic.
If you ever need someone to play with and have fun lmk, my friends and I would gladly let you play with us and talk about anything (if you’re on Xbox lol).
Try not to let those a** wipes bring you down. I recommend discord’s that you can join, they’re a really fun way to meet new friends that you can play with. (My personal fave is the Moira mains discord, highly recommend)
Genuinely, just turn off comms and turn off chat. If you’re on PC, just press CTRL+SHIFT+C to toggle off chat.
Comms are great sometimes, but they lose games more than they win. You’re not throwing by not using comms, despite what people typically say. If part of the game is ruining your experience, please try to do what it takes to make the game fun.
It’s silly that people can be as stupid and toxic as they are, but it really do be like that sometimes. Just keep in mind that there are tons of people out there that aren’t super toxic all the time. If you decide to keep your comms on, just try to add all the fun people you play with. Make it a mission to collect all the good people instead of focusing on the bad ones. If someone is toxic, write them off, mute them, and gg go next.
Just try to stay positive, though. It sucks, but the people who say “boosted” or “throwing” or “trash” or whatever are straight up wrong 100% of the time (usually they gave up early on, or even multiple games ago, and were the ones underperforming themselves, which is why they get toxic 
) . Good luck climbing though, hope you get in some good matches.
Just play more quick play for fun. Also I try to 100% ignore my team mates and only use the mic for call outs. When they say hi at start I just ignore them entirely.
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Turn off chat and comms. I know you want them to be useful and people to be nice but they aren’t. It’s really the only way you’re going to enjoy playing the game.
OW is just a game, unless your a streamer or pro it isn’t a job. You don’t have to play it if it isn’t fun.
You could play with a group of friends, send request to people who seemed decent in voice.
Also if running out of pee is a thing, switch to something else.
When I saw the username, I literally was about to type the same exact thing.
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Same. If I saw that name on my team I’d be a little weary.
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Friend the people you get along with from games that treat you well irrespective of your gender and play with them. My friends list is like 40% female so if you want to group up send me a friend request FirebyrdXX#1808
Funny story i was actually forum banned once for telling this exact player the same thing in the past. Apparently i was just a little too harsh loolol 
I played against OP once
I forgot they were even on the enemy team
(We won by a landslide)
Randoms are always going to be like this, especially in gaming. A lot of them are sheltered younger kids who have never had to think of anyone but themselves and lack self-confidence. You can see this with the whole HK situation and people not understanding why it matters. Your best shot is to find people OUTSIDE of the game and group with them, otherwise comms are worthless.
I did use to play with someone on OW who was unflappable and an extrovert, so grouping with them we could join team and make friends. One of his strategies was to pretend to be a streamer. It’s funny how nice people are if they think you are. But not everyone is built for that type of thing.
Hi there AutoLoserIPU, what a humble name, there are people who are very team oriented. Then there are people who are immature, selfish and unnecessarily aggressive.
If the later group of people bother you to this extend I would advise you to find a group of people to play with. Like minded people…
What rank are you? I see this happen more often in lower elos
Assuming isn’t fair seriously a battle tag is just that a battle tag it means nothing.
I could put my battle tag as ThrowingTorb but it doesn’t mean I throw as Torb.
OP is masters(Unless he’s fallen out since the time I played them)
never use coms with random people…