now, now, i think what you’re all thinking. big eye rolls, all the stuff of ’ girls are complaining again ’ or ’ you’re just mad because your rank is bad / you’re boosted ’ etc etc etc and like. first of all, get new material. i’ve heard that stuff dozens of times. i’ve been called cruel things plenty of times in this game.
but in all honesty, it’s not safe playing this game, qp or comp, as a girl. at all. period. i tend to be silent, because if i speak, its distracting, apparently, because some people have never heard a woman speak once in their life. so there’s that.
aside from the copious amounts of marriage proposals, being told that we’re going to lose because i’m on the team, being told it’s typical that i play mercy ( trust me, the hours i have on her are not willing. nobody ever wants to play healer. ever. ) i’ve noticed something. something very irritating, something that causes the team to lose, and it isn’t actually my fault.
i’m ignored.
i give a suggestion, i say, hey, our genji is being hardcountered by winston and moira, let’s drop that and get, i dont know, a reaper ? better dps ? something along those lines ?
and i’m ignored.
i say hey, let’s go around back, or topside, let’s flank, they won’t expect it, and everybody doesn’t listen. they ignore me. i ask for help, if i’m healing, and my team turns their back on me, because the only thing that matters is DPS-ing, getting gold medals in everything, not being a team and helping your mates, that doesn’t matter. i don’t think it ever did in this game.
the community isn’t entirely terrible, that’s not what i’m saying. i have to play with friends in order to be listened to. SEVERAL of my dude friends have noted that i get totally ignored. they repeat what i say, and they’re listened to. they aren’t really happy about it either, tbh.
the game is fun, it’s great, i’ve played it a lot, i’ve poured so much time and energy into it, i’ve made some incredible friendships because of this game, but… the community is what’s ruined it.
i know blizzard has been cracking down on the toxic people, the ones who cheat, the ones who are incredibly nasty, but i don’t even know what to peg this down as, other than just, plain 'ole misogyny.
they hear a girl’s voice, they trash talk the girl, they ignore the girl, call her names, say they’ll lose because she’s on the team, give death threats, shoot around derogatory language.
do you know why ? genuine question. this’ll be on the pop quiz.
anyway, this is more of a vent than anything, but i’m just gonna uninstall overwatch for good. i’ve wasted too much time on this game and since the community is very very stuck up and VERY VERY entitled, i won’t waste my time.
and before anybody jumps on the boat of " IM not like that, " or " not everybody is like that " or whatever, i know that. if everybody was like that in this community, i’d have never made any friends, first of all. and second of all, i’d have never begun playing it in the first place. you know ?
anyway, rant over. pick and choose, mull over this or jump to conclusions, i don’t really care. i’m just tired, yknow ? i’m too scared to talk in voice chat anymore. i don’t want to be called nasty things or treated poorly or told that i did nothing for the team because of one simple mistake, and if i ever get angry i’m immediately pegged as a, you know, the typical insult that’s thrown around.
i kinda want my money back too lmao.
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