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PSA: To all the toxic kids thinking they can join Overwatch

lolptwo·5/8/2016, 10:45:24 PM·163 votes·28,801 views

I've been playing Overwatch lately and seen a massive influx of League players. I've played Blizzard games for over 10 years and i've never once been toxic, ever. Despite being permanently banned once from League.

I don't care to argue in Blizzard Games because they take a very firm stance against toxicity. They do not fuck around, it's not a free game, they will take your Blizzard account and stick it up yours if you're toxic. It's not free to play. They don't give a shit, they will go full Tyler1 on your ass.

Today I saw two League players mentioning in General Chat in Overwatch about how they recently quit League, the argument quickly escalated from "me too" to "f*** YOU FA**OT" and a bunch of other slurs and swears in typical League of Legends fashion.

I watched from a distance as I quietly clicked that Report Button with the cynical confidence that they will be punished. Other people in General Chat started mentioning how to calm down and chill. To which the League players (again in typical League player fashion rebutted) "They can't ban out 1000$ spenders"

[zombie-brand-facepalm]

Seriously, don't take my word for it then, but here's just a friendly service announcement. There's a reason Blizzard Games aren't ranked as Toxic as League of Legends worldwide, they will ban the shit out of you, take your money, close your battle.net and say thanks for the money. Don't say you weren't warned.

Cheers.

ATD

EDIT: To everyone saying "this game is worse, that game is worse". I didn't make up the Worst communities in gaming ranking. Search it up anywhere, literally anywhere online and it's unanimously known League is top 5 most toxic communities (heck even type in "worst gaming communities of all time"),You're posting your OPINION on that since you're bringing no sources to the table, just pure emotion. Where as you can easily find 100 different websites which will rank League in the top 5 of worst gaming communities. FP2 is a big factor of this, but the FACT is League is ranked more toxic according to everywhere else in the world except your own head.

187 Comments

A Liberal5/9/2016, 12:14:23 AM84 votes

Honestly I wish LoL had stricter behavior regulations, or at least ones with visible results so people can SEE that others are being punished. (Cough cough Tribunal)

Linna Excel5/9/2016, 12:47:54 AM22 votes

I don't think most people appreciate how nice riot is and how much it takes to get permabanned.

LaserDeathBlade5/9/2016, 2:42:32 AM13 votes

IDK about Overwatch, but when I was playing Heroes of the Storm at a pretty high level it was definitely way more toxic than League; I myself was fairly toxic and never got so much as a warning either.

Although i suppose a lot of that toxicity had to do with the terribad matchmaking (which was just a bad version of Dynamic Queue) and also there was no cross-team talk so you could only be toxic to your own team.

71883083DEL15/8/2016, 11:19:37 PM12 votes

I wish our mods were like that. :(

I would love to re-play wow, but the game isn't for me. I like how you worded this post because it shows that blizzard doesn't care and will ban you on the spot for being toxic! This is something that needs to be enforced.

Mike170325/9/2016, 2:32:16 AM11 votes

Blizzard no longer puts the effort they used to into policing their games. Take one look at the troll and spam filled trade chat on any high pop server for proof of that. When I see the same account spamming a gold selling site into public chat on Stormrage for hours straight I just assume they don't bother anymore. And the attitude of the WoW community has gone WAY downhill as the game has hit harder times.

I think Riot actually does the better job these days, because they at least seem to try.

Thumpin5/9/2016, 4:37:15 AM10 votes

I feel like you've never seen Trade chat in WoW.

OurLestrade5/8/2016, 10:56:58 PM6 votes

That's because it's F2P at the moment is all. Once it's pay to play you'll just get entitled people who take it too seriously.

Empress Celestia5/9/2016, 4:39:03 AM5 votes

i thought all toxic kids went to CS GO!

ModCaptainMårvelous5/9/2016, 6:42:06 AM5 votes

I just play both.

KVbqbFsC8e5/9/2016, 4:23:55 AM4 votes

When did they start doing that? Back when I played WoW/Diablo 2/Starcraft you could do or say pretty much anything and never have to worry about getting banned.

Solo King Itachi5/9/2016, 2:06:11 PM4 votes

This post in nonsense, utter BS. I've been playing Blizzard games for 10 years. I've scammed people, I've lied, ninja looted, cursed, used every word in the book and nothing has happened to me. I was decently known in the PvP community, too. It's a joke, blizzard does not care AT ALL. I've never heard about a ban for toxicity in a Blizzard game and I doubt more than a handful exists. The worst I've ever heard of was a ban from trade chat in WoW. This post is BS and OP is lying, bottom line, case and point.

Feel free to down vote and believe lying OP though.

Davy Crockett5/9/2016, 4:39:52 AM3 votes

This. I actually reported a player for calling me "autistic and feeding" when there was literally nothing we could do against a roadhog hooking us every time. TL;DR, dont flame people getting rekt by roadhog.

Weathered5/9/2016, 1:33:44 AM3 votes

I would not care nor comment if Riot became as strict as Blizzard, or stricter.

Gamemaster Anth5/9/2016, 5:31:08 PM3 votes

I'm all for tracking down toxic player IRL and confiscating their computers for their online behavior...but that's just me.

Chibi Vydra5/11/2016, 9:31:18 AM3 votes

Just checked, every other most toxic communities list I've found had league has the number 1 most toxic lol xD

Average Bard5/9/2016, 10:01:40 PM2 votes

It's kinda sad, because I know League could be so much better. I've met some genuinely nice people, but for every 1 nice person I've met, I've met 4 or 5 nasty, mean people. I try to remain neutral, and will mute someone before talking to them but it's not enough. Out of all the toxic people I've sent in a report on, I've only had 2 that resulted in punishment. I realize people can have a bad day, but why bring it with you to the game? Games are meant to escape the real world, why would you want to bring it in with you?

Strawberrycocoa5/10/2016, 7:32:26 PM2 votes

So, how is Overwatch? I'm intrigued, but not sure enough to plunk down $60 on what appears to be a shinier TF2.

xReadyPlayerOnex10/16/2016, 9:17:44 PM2 votes

Blizzard games are much less team dependent. And if there is a single person singled out it's as simple as replacing them. League doesn't allow this and their game is designed specifically for you to be dependent on your team mates skill.

Blizzards PVP is also completely different. There's no minions in the ranked battlegrounds. It's pure kill or be killed or at most capture the flag. The huge difference in how these games are moderated is because the games are different. Blizzards makes it apparent that you're only stuck with an idiot for a short period of time (you can vote them out, easily defend without a single person, use team finders with ease, etc.). In league, they force you to be with people that have no chance of playing on your own level. And then there's an elitist and egotistical charge that's related to players with and without skill looking at their teams and thinking they're getting cheated. Those egotistical problems are exacerbated by these forums and the rankings themselves.

Simply put: Blizzard and RIOT make different games. Blizzard specifically codes their game to remove toxicity and can take a much firmer stance on horrid behavior. RIOT decided punishment > hard coding. They have continually failed to remove part of their very game, queue process and social features that would aid in reducing toxicity.

Either way, the companies have chosen to do what they do and we're stuck with it.

Finders Keepers5/9/2016, 8:54:32 AM2 votes

Atleast overwatch has a solo que..

GRVet3ran0sS5/13/2016, 8:00:39 AM2 votes

Noone has ever been banned for toxicity in overwatch so your point is false