I never thought the day would come in which I would have to post on the Overwatch forums, but here we go.
First of all, I’m not the most friendly player in OW. I have been suspended once and warned multiple times for my level of “toxicity” (I hate this word). The thing is, I am an old-school player. I used to play Modern Warfare 2, Modern Warfare 3 and Halo Reach. If you played them back in the day, you would understand a teenager boy becomes a man when voice chatting on them. Naturally, I grew up playing games to try to be the best.
The thing is, we cannot do that in Overwatch. I rarely insult other people, but I’m really picky when someone doesn’t do their job. I often tell people what to do when something isn’t working or they do something I consider unfavorable for the team. If I see a Moira, which is very often, firing damage orbs or damaging instead of healing, I will immediately tell them not to do that. I don’t get triggered easily, but if I’m getting killed constantly because of someone else, I lose my temper. My reactions might not be the most pollite either, but I try to do anything to get the W.
I am an English teacher, and I do the same with my students. I try to be “the bad cop” teacher in order to challenge them to do better. I’d rather have them hating me so that they learn than praising me for my skills withouth having them learning. So I do that with my team as well. Of course, since I have the anonymous state of the internet, sometimes I might go out of hand in terms of language.
But the point is, even when I’m not being rude, I often get smacked on the chat and the reports because I tell people what they should play or do. And of course, nobody likes to be told that. I also play League of Legends, another game in which composition and teamwork are required to get a W. I suck at playing LoL, so I play Support. I actually prefer to be told what to do because I do not know how to play LoL. I rarely get angry at that because I know I’m giving my best.
But in Overwatch, no matter if I give my best, no matter if you tell someone what to do, nobody cares about winning. It’s like if people in this game had forgotten why they play at all. It’s like they forgot what a multiplayer game was made for. And this is very often, every time on QP or Competitive all the same.
When I played on PS4 people said on PC was better. I moved on to PC and it’s even worse. What’s happening with this game? The game is disencouraging people who want to have fun when they want to censor what other people suggests other people to do.
But set aside all of that: tl;dr is telling others what to do when they refuse to play their roles considered toxic behaviour?
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