Overwatch is an extreme example of toxicity and they have failed to solve it. They acknowledged the issue a while back, did some changes to report system etc, etc. But it’s still insane how much toxicity there is.
And it’s sad that it comes to this. That people must step away from the game because of the toxicity.
The internet sucks to be on sometimes.
I’ve seen enough sob stories on forums (in general) to last me a lifetime, and often enough there was another side to the story where op wasn’t as innocent as he claims to be.
OP here is fairly toxic himself, that’s all I came here to say. Do with it whatever you want.
Have you ever wondered why is he toxic? What could be the reason?
Perhaps its cause of selfish people who one trick and silent the team chat and play like they dont care and actually dont care, and blizzard support wont do anything about it.
Like, forget Matchmaking fixes, we need to work for OWL
Yeah being an older gamer sucks the past few years. It really irks me on forums cause the people that give me grief are probably like 10-16 years younger then me(turning 33 this year). Acting like they know everything even though a good portion of them are either clueless to their own ego or bias. That or they’re just parroting everything they’ve heard from a streamer or pro. Makes my brain hurt reading the crap they say sometimes.
Sob stories or not it does affect some people mental health. OP can be one of those players and to be honest we see toxicity being cancerous in real life to the point people kill themselves. Let the OP vent.
Go out and get a girl friend.
Just letting someone vent is just enabling them, instead of solving the issue. My sister is a perfect example of someone like that. She endlessly complains about people not treating her nice, and while I feel sorry for her my family knows it is because of her own behaviour. If she fixed her behaviour, people would be nicer to her.
Protecting her won’t make her life better in the long run.
There’s always two sides to a story and especially on the anonymous internet it’s easy to validate yourself as a victim because there’s no one to tell you that you are in fact yourself part of the problem.
I’m sorry you feel this way bud. We all experienced toxic behavior, but you just got to let all the toxicity get past you.
Honestly you shouldn’t be taking anything a troll says to heart. Their opinions literally only matter as much as you allow them to matter. With that said, this community is definitely toxic and that toxicity thrives due to how the game puts people together and then pulls them apart after the match is over. I can talk smack about you but after the match is over you and I will probably never meet again, you can’t even send me a message to continue our feud unless you send me a friend invite…which I can decline. There isn’t a global chat that consists of a community on the same scale as an MMO, so if you let people know that I was a jerk to you it’ll likely fall on deaf ears. If you try to take it to the forums then you’ll have people yap on about how it’s against the rules to name and shame people, you might even get your thread locked or you might get a suspension. Older mmo’s without a LFG queue system had much politer communities because if you got a bad reputation then you got your butt black listed and you would be playing by yourself…but that just wouldn’t work in today’s gaming community.
Turn off the comms! The game is perfectly playable without them (even in comp esp in lower SR). You’ll enjoy the game so much 
Yeah I know plenty of people like that. They have some sort of insecurity they have to overcome or it gets worst. Some get off it early while others later.
Yes it’s very common, in fact everyone has their issues they need to resolve in order to be their best self. Sheltering people and giving them excuses in the form of ‘it’s not you, other people are just mean’ doesn’t give them the perspective to become happy in the long run though.
Which means you gotta be harsh at times. I don’t think it’s toxic, but constructive, but people take things incredibly personal these days and just get defensive instead of digesting criticism and use it to improve.
You did not have to point the finger at OP and assume it was because of some interaction you had with them previously.
Everything else you’ve stated since makes it seem like you want to derail and have essentially hijacked the thread to make it about you.
He quite literally mentioned an interaction we had last night. I thought he was trolling though, so I didn’t think much of it.
Anyway I am not making this thread about me, OP is just guilty of the toxicity he complains about. That’s all. He should look at himself first before he has a right to complain.
why would you think so deep about it? many people and even famous ones who play games have mental health, yet they strive to be who they are. you are a silver, you are there because your skill is that much, and those who play with you are silver too. they are not better than you and have no right to complain. they dont win (they dont gain anything from that), but you lose, because you take your mental health as an excuse to take the fun away from yourselves.
Carpe diem.
Oh hi there again
You’re playing the victim here, and yet your tone in that Mei discussion thread came off as very antagonistic and troll-like.
Not sure what you’re trying to achieve with this post. I never told you that you were terrible, that’s for sure. I simply informed you that what you were saying about playing Mei was false.
I think you should take a look at what he was actually saying in that Mei thread before sympathising:
+1 for you, Dime.
Platitudes aside, I am sorry that you had to endure this kind of abuse.
Chin up. Be strong. Continue to enjoy the game whilst being aware that taunts, jeers, sneers, bullying are part and parcel of an online Competitive game.
People love to win and hate to lose, lashing out at the most convenient thing at hand to blame for a loss.
This really is no different in real life, at work and socially.
Thing is, sometimes, after all the affection shown (like on this thread), we all just have to toughen up and soldier on … learning to say (internally), “Well, you trash talking goon, same to you too, bug off”.