There is my height, sex, eye color, Drivers License number, and…
oh yeah…
a picture of me!
Sure, maybe they could find some of that if they snooped around, but that isn’t a reason to give that information if I don’t want to. I also can put a fake name in OW if I want to protect my privacy and I don’t want to lose that ability.
This is a slippery slope scenario in my opinion.
Yeah, I would be. I would be giving a picture (or number) of my ID to a gaming company.
That’s the thing, I don’t think there is anything that I would feel okay with giving out that I haven’t given already. I would rather not give as much as I already have if I’m completely honest here
Been playing for little over two years. Voice chat always on (mostly. Some games get toxic due to someone taking someone’s hero or someone doing something stupid or I just don’t feel like talking), always trying my heart out and always attempting to win just like my team. Rarely does this happen to me. It’s normally, “What do you want to play?” Or, “What’re you good at?” Sometimes it gets a bit toxic, but then again when doesn’t Overwatch get toxic?
The WORST that has ever happened was someone, before I even picked, asked if I was a Mercy main. And at the time, I kinda was. But that’s it. Most of it was just playful banter. If someone talks to you like that, report them and mute them. Simple. I HIGHLY doubt 75% of your games are toxic because only 5% of mine are and it’s not even due to being a woman.
Only twice has somebody said, “har har eets ah gurrlll harrrr” and never in my LIFE has ANYONE used, “Go back to the kitchen” or “Sure, we’re going to lose because we’ve a girl on our team.” In fact, it’s been quite the opposite. Found people pocket me over others when I’m tank / DPS or are throwing themselves in front of me to protect me more often.
Yes it does. You can’t punish harassers on the Internet without breaching privacy laws (and by punishment I mean legal ramifications) and without punishment harassment will forever continue on the Internet. Pretty simple.
Ok then I’ll ask you something. What could you possibly do to prevent harassment on the Internet without breaching privacy laws and without making the Internet a government controlled dystopia?
If you can’t think of anything, then what’s the point of talking about mean words from strangers if we can’t do anything about it?
At the end of the day harassment on the Internet is a non-issue because it doesn’t do anything. It doesn’t physically hurt people, people already have the means to block it out if it affects them emotionally, and harassers already get the best punishments we can give them.
Btw quoting something I said and then saying “wow [insert what I said] what a bad argument!” Isn’t an arguement, you have to actually come up with reasons why I’m wrong not just say I am and call it a day.
(Not a direct quote in case you get your knickers in a twist about that)
A lot of the girls I’ve played with are straight savage. Haven’t seen much like blatant sexism. At least not frequently, and typically it’s met with a pretty sharp response.