This is flagged btwâŚ
Everything I said in that thread is as subjective and meaningless as when he said it here, which is the point Iâm making.
Yes, itâs not a debate when you resort to flinging insults and ignoring things you donât like.
Like how he ignored a huge portion of the replies 
(including mine). Donât know why he bothered replying if he was just going to give up.
Iâm going to give you a serious answer.
Itâs not âMercy mainsâ in specific that are being toxic on the forum. Thatâs just an idea. And if an idea is popular enough, it tends to stick around.
You see this happening all the time in the world. âCops are corrupt.â âPoliticians are evil.â These are not necessarily true facts, most of the time itâs only a minority of the time. But these idea are so common that people believe it because theyâve heard it enough times to think itâs true.
You can probably guess where Iâm going with this. The idea that âMercy mainsâ are somehow different any other player isnât supported by any facts either. Itâs curious to think how it even started.
But people have a tendency to blame something for whatever is wrong. âItâs the governmentâs fault,â etc. You hear this all the time. And again, because you hear it enough you begin to believe it. âMercy mainsâ has become such a concept.
In reality, you have the opportunity to discuss any other hero at any time other time. And itâs usually a product of confirmation bias that you even believe itâs âMercy mainsâ in specific.
However, the reason that these threads get so much attention is because of the gameâs culture. If you go into a Quick Play game, youâll very rarely find people volunteering to support.
So most people who begin to main Mercy are the people who wanted to help the team work and likely started playing Mercy out of necessity, and these are the people being used as a scapegoat.
It wouldnât be any different if it was âAna mains,â âZenyatta mainsâ or âLucio mains,â youâd still get the same rise out of people. Because it is a controversial thing to villainize support players. âWhy are the players that are constantly healing me so toxic?â
People donât like when you lay blame on the players that support them, so you get a strong division between posters:
- Those who believe the evil exists and insists on that it does.
- Those who are upset with you scapegoating the support group.
In the end, nothing prevented you from just making a thread and talking about the issues you wanted to talk about. Itâs that you have to begin opening the thread by making baseless accusations towards players to get a rise out of them, and it works, but it also tends to devolve the thread into more emotionally-charged responses that are less constructive.
The next time you blame âMercy mainsâ for something, simply ask yourself one question: Have you actually seen any evidence supporting this idea? If not, you might just be feeding a negative stereotype.
Ah okay. Tbh I donât find any of yâalls comments meaningless but then again Iâm also not personally invested in the mercy debate (I actually like playing her, but Iâm not on a side or anything.) Pretty much everything we say here is subjective too, so I can see where youâre coming from.
The thing is he made a thread before this one to insinuate that Mercy players are bad and not skilful. Thatâs why most of us are upset.
I just wanna say that symmâs rework is uite successful. I have played all versions of symmetra and I enjoyed all of them. (this oneâs LMB is kinda bad, but its fine by me)
ye and false report things they dont like
or just being toxic to genji and tracer players
Thatâs one thing I hate about this forum, a big chunk of people take the skill of a hero too seriously.
Thatâs a really good post Bogrim.
If there were more people like you in the forums,
this would be a friendlier place for everyone.
âFalse reportâ. Did I not just give a reason why itâs flaggable?
Stop, youâre supposed to be toxic and false report them for being a genji player!
i dont think the problem is that some heroes r skilled and some r not
i think that ppl problems is that a skilled hero is more bad then a âunskilledâ hero
thats why ppl dont like how brig can 1v1 most dps heroes she is less skilled then genji or tracer and can easily win a 1v1 vs them
where
there is no reason to flag this post
Itâs Trolling
This post is inflammatory, extraneous or upsetting.
This thread is inflammatory and upsetting. These 2 points can also be used to describe his previous thread.
Stop trying to 1v1 a Brig as Genji/Tracer? 
Oh the opâs hypocrisy 
Iâm not talking about skill level, Iâm saying people ignoring opinions cause âX character is easyâ. I play heroes based on if I like them even if they are seen by the community as weak or âOPâ.
Thatâs not true tho, most DPS heroes can out range her. Even Genji can, Tracer can kill a Brig if she can bait out the bash[same tactic can be applied to all heroes against Brig].
This is going to sound mean but the problem to me looks like more of a player skill issue then a Brigitte one. I play a lot of fighters and use that mentality with this game as well. Itâs either I will adapt to new heroes or buffs/nerfs, will still voice my displeasure.