I don’t think I’m getting why people feel the need to gloat or say “easy round LUL” especially in close games. Is there some special reason other than to just piss off the other team?
I had one game in comp where this one guy was just going on talking about how the enemy Widow was carrying them but sucked anyway. I actually replied in all-chat that I was tired of this guy’s attitude (he just kept going trying to make them feel bad for almost 2 minutes) and I was going to sit this whole round in spawn dancing. He went to team-chat and started yelling at me how he’s going to report me, I said that’s fine go ahead. Basically we lost very quickly (I wasn’t carrying to begin with, but it happens when you’re 5v6). I took the sr hit, but this guy was just so toxic it made me angry so I made him lose.
Anyway, tldr: Any reason to be toxic to other people other than trying to make them tilted?
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it is fun. And dismoral can affect gameplay
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Not really, other than maybe they’re a mentally a child and really get some thrill out of breaking expected social etiquette because they lack the experience to know that bad things are usually what follows and the reasons it is etiquette is to avoid pissing others off and inviting unnecessary drama into your life.
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People do it to feel good about themselves.
Usually, people who are excessively smug online feel (to some extent) inadequate in real life. They often want to put others down in order to make themselves feel better, and online games are the perfect outlet for this. They’re mostly anonymous behind the safety of a screen. Overwatch in particular has very quick games, so you get 1) a tonne of exposure to multiple people you can bully, and 2) you don’t stick around for too long to face the consequences of your actions. Sure, you could get reported, but who cares about that when you’re already trolling in your next game, against a fresh set of completely new people?
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It’s exactly why. When I see it I say “Found the toxic person” and they often get tilted. Toxic people hate being called out for what they are.
Just tonight in arcade there was this one person that was in several games that I was in. Out of the blue he said “Krojack is about to go 0-3 and is going to get really tilted”. Now I haven’t even been talking at all. I said “i’ve lost more than 3 in a row already and I could care less. I’ve already got my 9 arcade wins.” Then he goes on to say “look it’s starting.” So I reply, “I haven’t said anything till you brought up my name.” Then he’s all “You’re still talking.”
I just saw what he was doing and blocked him. There are people that TRY to instigate fights. I sorta wish Overwatch would do what Heroes of the Storm did and remove the ability to talk to the other team all together.
Poor sportsmanship is never necessary, always rude, often worth muting and sometimes worth reporting.
That said, throwing in response is definitely violating CoC and is not a good reaction. It doesn’t fix anything, and it punishes the whole team (not just the jerk, who will either get tilted or amused and will not begin behaving better).
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Just turn off your chat, maybe keep your team chat open. It will do you wonders.
I pity the 4 strangers who got caught up in this little drama, lol.