I think we need to have an honest discussion here about the sportsmanship in competitive and what needs to be done to fix it.
just push more ridic ExC cards by and for the 1% thatâll fix it.
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Hardware bans for unsportsmanlike conduct. Do like Riot does for Valorant and record chat. That way if people spam someone for toxicity, itâs reviewed and dismissed if false.
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posted by SmurfinOnU, A name designed to try to tilt people, my I introduce you to smurfing, intentionally keeping MMR low to roll low lobbies. yeah maybe someone else should speak on sportsmanship
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wut does that even mean? itâs a sliding scale entirely subjective entirely rank dependent etc. the number of false positives would strip the game.
if u mean tbag and toxic chat? because game sab doesnât exist in my rank (bot500) i donât think there is a reportable âthrowingâ offence when the game classifies you in the bottom 0.001% of everyone to ever game year after year
honestly the only thing universally unsportsmanlike is having low integrity ladder filled with alts, no-reset seasons, and ofc rigging every single lobby using code we canât publically audit and review for accountability.
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There is none, and forget it, Jake, itâs Chinatown.
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This is my forum account. Check my level if you donât believe me I bought it from a friend.
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Thatâs not exactly how smurfing (in Overwatch works).
SR and MMR arenât the same number. Throwing games wonât necessarily lower your MMR.
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Why donât you post on your main then? 
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sportsmanship is just a nonsence term these days.
have you ever seem how opposing sports teams treat each other on the field?
Next day they are all buddy buddy in private.
Now team mates are normally pretty good to each other, but they also do their job and not some randomly invented what they think they should be doing.
Can you imagine what would happen if the pictcher and a ball game walked off and started playing jenga, of if their glove broke and they kept fumbling catches cause of it. get straight kicked off the team. same thing when a person is hard countered but stick to playing a hacked hamster.
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You know what I think I will just so I donât have to jump through so many hoops.
I like the challenging topic.
I think the game developers need to think of ways to incentivize âHonorâ and Sportsmanlike behaviorâŚ
That would require brain storming and I think a worthwhile conversation separate from discussing the flaws & âsituationâ were in now.
Personally I believe we got to the (low) levels we are now due to certain issues that push people into âI need to do it all myselfâŚâ mentalities.
Iâve played many many hours of this game. I like to keep an eye for patterns and consider myself pretty observant.
I think a short way of saying all of what Iâm sitting on is thatâŚ
Thereâs a problem in ability to sync up with your teammates - everyone seems to wait on the other teammates to make a move be it because theyâre new to the game or they are expecting too much from one another.
Some are passive and will only start their job when they have a very clear sign that says âgoâ
Some are pushed to try and create that very clear sign and I consider the mentality as a âplaymakerâ - it can exist between all the roles and players (playmakers) are trying to create momentum to get the rest of the team engaged.
I feel thereâs a really unfortunate symptom of this pattern (& I also see this pattern as a demand or need). Teams will only rally around someone they feel safe to do something with.
Tryhards who are trying to do everything on their own to create momentum & make plays can easily be punished if no one has their back, if the team is passive & waiting on point while they watch someone try to do the heavy liftingâŚ
This leads to that person being abandoned and toxicity is often a factor as well.
So often you can find a whole team trying to work around a Roadhog because heâs such a âramboâ character & it makes the game feel like itâs really spoiled (
) - thereâs more Iâd say here but I donât want to detract.
Itâs a beautiful moment when you can be paired with a team who shares your tempo & you can easily sync - Voice chat is the major tool for creating this synchronicity but itâs pretty crap to exist amongst all the verbal abuse.
I long for Honorable games & competitive combat, I miss the sportsmanship & I think the community has a bit of a cancer in itâs current state.
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There is no honor or sportsmanship in this game, because allies are temporary, and can be your enemies next game.
And yes, safety, which is mostly lost - you are never safe in this game anymore. Always seconds away from instant death.
Most players arenât willing to check with their lives, what area ahead holds for them.
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I feel that behind those words are frustrating things like stun lock, and anti-nade. They are quite frustrating & powerful.
I think that what is missing for a lot of people is the experience necessary to read the fight & exchanges⌠be it waiting or baiting out those powerful abilitiesâŚ
âŚthere tends to be a lack of ability to capitalize on various openings in the ebb and flow of combat.
It doesnât always have to mean your life, itâs where skill can really shine.
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would rather see more bans on the very toxic players. lot of sexist, racist, and homophobic players in this community plenty to hand out those hammers to.
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Canât get me engaged, luckily.
I always view myself as âplan Bâ option, not âplan Aâ. Avoiding engagements is my main goal.
There is no fix. Online shooters have been toxic since day one and people who play comp and are serious about it play to win.
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Fix humanity and you will fix OW sportsmanship.
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He says, posting on a smurf account