…is there a way that I can disable other players’ ability to send me friend requests? I know this is going to sound like a non-issue to some, but I get absolutely spammed with friend requests every single time I log-in, and it always is kind of awkward when I have to decline them and then end up running into those people in the next games. I would much prefer if I had a setting that I can just turn on and then nobody would be able to send me a request.
Again, I know this is kind of a trivial problem, but if there is a setting like that that exists currently l would like to know how to access it.
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you’re too famous frage
heck I don’t even get a single friend request
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I know this is a half-joke, but I really do get so many to the point where I had to make a thread about it.
Edit: it is awkward and always makes me feel guilty when I decline them.
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I just turn off the alerts for it. Then wait a day, then decline them all. I feel bad, but if I have no idea who you are, I won’t add you. Probably why I have 0 people on my friend-list. FeelsBad
Sometimes people on the enemy team will add you just to have the ability to scream and yell at you through messages (I have that disabled too to “friends only” last I checked). So yeah…it would be nice to have a “no friend request” option.
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Yeah, I have only people I know IRL on my friends list, with very few select exceptions of people I know from the forums (RichC, Andough, Alexis, etc.). I like to keep it that way.
I used to have a full friends list and then one day I realized I didn’t know who any of those people even were and that they were cluttering my friends list and I never even interacted with them.
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Haven’t actually spoken to him very much at all since he departed from the forums, but I can tell you that he still plays Overwatch 
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be brave and say NO my dude!..
It’s not about being brave and saying no, I decline a bunch of them every day. I just don’t want them being sent to me in the first place. I want a way to turn them off.
This is the only options I know of, I know how you feel. I am not famous but because of my border I get INSTA-friended in every mode. Kind of crazy!
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was just joking with you!
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I know, but they will still show on my battle net launcher, and I’ll still feel guilty about it.
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Holy crap imagine having friend requests.
I know there is a way to disable notifications in Social settings I’m pretty sure.
Yeah, but that won’t mean I won’t get them still. I just won’t see them when I’m in game. I’m pretty sure the notification will still pop up on bnet too.
Honestly OW friends are by and large pointless. I used to bother get friends and send out invites. But then I realized no one ever really kept up with each other. Most aren’t online any more, or at least not when I play. If they are I have no idea what rank/hero they play, even if I can see their profile.
IF your not already close friends with some one the Bnet friends list is useless. If you are close you probably have better ways to talk to them via Discord or the like.
If I could at least add a little text box of notes about people in my Friends list that would be great. Keep a list of tanks, support, etc. Looking at that wall of names and possibly hunting through a million profiles (if they are not hidden) is just too much work.
The big screen wide pop up to get yanked into games isn’t that great either. If you accidentally hit accept you also get penalized for leaving the game your in…
While I agree the notification is annoying I disagree that the friends are pointless. I’ve met the majority of my online friend base through OW and they have helped me more times than any of my IRL friends have.
Maybe I just lucked out but I’ve met so many wonderful people through this game.
I don’t know just seems like the chat and friend interface is extremely lacking in OW. To build a real friendship I feel you’d have to use out side sources to keep in touch like Discord, or these forums maybe.
LFG helped a lot to get better groups that stick together beyond one game. But unless we get some kind of Guild system I don’t really feel it.
Compared to past games and MMO’s where I’d make friends that lasted a life time. The 10 minute matches with a bunch of Randoms just doesn’t seem to do it. Even if you friend them the next time you see them online your like “who is that?”. Or they are already in a game, then your in a game and it just never works out with the huge penalty for leaving a match.
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I completely agree, I want a guild system!!
What exactly do you do that gets you so many friend requests?
Same with the “stay as team” option. So awkward. I am scared to play capture the flag because someone there wants us on their team because they know we are good. I hate the sensation.