Right now, teammates can ban heroes that their teammates have selected as their preferred or main picks — and honestly, it’s just a terrible experience. It immediately creates griefing, mistrust, and a toxic atmosphere before the match even starts. As if this game isn’t already dealing with enough toxicity.
There should be a system that either prevents teammates from banning preferred heroes or at least warns them that a teammate has marked that hero as preferred. Otherwise, it’s just a free tool for griefers or spiteful teammates to ruin morale and the match before it even begins.
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It isn’t griefing. Get over yourself. Not everything you don’t like is toxic.
Everyone’s entitled to have their vote.
My hero gets banned nearly every game. It’s just how the cookie crumbles.
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No.
If you don’t know how to play more than one hero, then you are the griefer and spiteful teammate ruining morale and the match.
There are many differing but equally valid competitive reasons to ban a hero. Those don’t disappear just because you want to play that hero.
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This does happen as far as i know.
Preferring a hero could take a few points off the ban points, that way a secondary ban might not hit your preferred hero, but enough primary bans would still ban them.
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Can confirm. It does warn you very clearly when you are voting to ban a hero that your teammate has preferred. You can’t miss the warning.
But any system that “protects” or “reserves” or “deducts points from” heroes on the preferred list would not only defeat almost the entire purpose of the hero ban system, but would also be just as susceptible to someone theoretically abusing and griefing it. It wouldn’t even make the system less vulnerable to hypothetical griefing.
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Yeah you get a warning. But if someone really doesn’t want that hero in the game, it is fair for them to vote for it.
I think I’ve played my main in like 5/6 games this season. Out of about 60.
Just makes it even funnier when they forget to ban him and I roll them
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I don’t know if you read the post or understand what I’m referring to, but I am actually advocating against all that.
It’s bizzare reading some of the comments such as yours. It reminds me of the game lobbies even more.
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Zuh? So when you said this:
You were advocating AGAINST a system that prevents teammates from banning preferred heroes?
Because the words “there should be a system” REALLY make it sound like you are advocating FOR a system that prevents teammates from banning preferred heroes.
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I am advocating for a healthier experience for everyone, less toxicity, and more team spirit - all that before the game even starts. If you don’t see this is a net positive to this game, let’s just agree to disagree. Thank you for you inputs though.
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Don’t [blank] a [blanker], kid. You’re just moaning about hero bans.
We all want a healthier experience with less toxicity and more team spirit. That has nothing to do with your suggestion. It’s not why you’re making this suggestion, and it wouldn’t be improved by your suggestion. It’s a red herring, and accusing me of thinking that less toxicity wouldn’t be a net positive is ad hominem.
Make your argument about hero bans. Don’t insult our intelligence with these unrelated attempts at emotional manipulation about team spirit.
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Thank you for confirming what I said earlier, and again for all your input.
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As if OP doesnt ban other people’s preferred hero, seems a bit hypocritical to demand they dont do the same to you.
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How is it healthier when you are stopping the people from banning what they want to ban? Even though they have the majority of votes.
I think hero bans should be directional you get to ban stuff your playing into, but you don’t get to ban what your team picks.
It would solve a lot of issues.
No they are making a very real point.
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I am not banning my teammate’s preferred picks. Not sure why I would do that? The whole post is advocating against that.
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I’m over fifty games in and I’ve had two instances where people have voted to ban a preferred hero.
The first one was on Ilios where a guy wanted to play Venture and a teammate wanted to ban Venture. There was a brief exchange in spawn but that guy was the only one to vote for Venture so it didn’t go through anyway, and nothing really came of it.
The second one was a Corridor Royale where there was a preferred Widow on the team. I pushed for a Widow ban in team chat anyway, and once I pointed out the map I saw other teammates’ votes magically switch to Widow first as well. Our Widow didn’t say anyway, went Ashe instead, and went 15-0.
There are probably lobbies out there where spite voting has soured the mood, but it seems like such a tiny fraction of all games played that I think it pales in comparison to the good that the system does.
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That would cause severe, SEVERE issues, it should not be allowed to have one team access to the hero and not the other.
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Why not?
You get to pick what you don’t want to play into. What is the issue there? if both teams don’t want to play into Sombra they can.
I’m not seeing the issue here.
I can see you dont, but that isnt my problem.
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So you agree that any time someone votes to ban a hero that your teammate has preferred, it’s automatically griefing and toxic behavior and it should be prohibited, possibly even a bannable offense? You believe this is a valid point?