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Please add a block system during matchmaking.

Watermango·5/8/2019, 6:08:32 AM·1 votes·1,892 views

So I'm a new player in 2019, and I'm only new because I avoided playing this game due to the terrible things I heard about "toxic" players. Now I know all game player bases have toxic players, but being forced to play with them game after game simply isn't the answer.

There are some players that will intentionally farm the jungle for no reason other than an accidental KS. There are others that harass you after the game, even if you carried them to victory, kicking and screaming. And I can only hope the report feature works in my games with these people.

But there's no reason to be matched multiple times with folks like these. Even if they are children who need reform, I will strictly argue that they will not learn manners or sportsmanship via an online video game that has no repercussions.

Please add a do not matchmake list, preferably separate from the blocked list. I know this potentially reduces the cashgrab from these strange, unhappy people. But the quality of the game will improve if bad behavior is not tolerated. As a side note, these folks will be forced to make new accounts and buy more items, so this could actually make Riot more money in the long run.

Sincerely, A new fan that wants to play against the other team, not my own

7 Comments

zPOOPz5/8/2019, 6:33:06 AM7 votes

TL:DR please add a way to manipulate matchmaking

The chance of you getting matched with someone who is not your own pre-made is extremely small outside of very high elo or you immediately queued up after playing a game with them. As long as you are not very high elo and you wait a few minutes before hitting that play button, you will very unlikely (albeit not impossible) to be matched with the same people again. Having a do not match list would do virtually nothing for you because there would be no point blocking someone after the match is already over. The potential for people to manipulate and abuse matchmaking to block anyone and everyone who have bad win rate or low skill are super high. Rito is not going to implement a system that will likely have massive collateral damage (in the form of high queue time for innocence people or outright impossible to find a match for high elo people). The attempt to appeal to Rito profit after calling them cashgrab is...interesting.

Kanyoupipu5/8/2019, 6:21:03 AM1 votes

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Sincerely, A new fan that wants to play against the other team, not my own

Then you're playing the wrong game, sadly.

Timethief495/8/2019, 8:37:38 AM1 votes

https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/4p6pxr/icymi_overwatch_has_removed_avoid_this_player_due/ Wont happen, cant happen.

GatekeeperTDS5/8/2019, 11:19:13 AM1 votes

There absolutely cannot be a way for players to control matchmaking. As soon as that happens, people start blocking everyone who they deem "bad" and now the queues are polluted as fuck. Not gonna happen.

I hope you realized that something like this isn't one-sided, right? If a system like this were in place and you block someone, you aren't affecting only who you get matched with, you're affecting who other players are matched with.

Kei1435/8/2019, 11:20:53 AM1 votes

Aside from what people have already said, keep in mind that actions from players whom make bad decisions and bad plays are not a punishable offense.

Taking CS, jungle camps or kills alone is not a punishable offense. Only the intention of ruining someone's game is punishable.

champfarmer5/8/2019, 7:05:04 PM1 votes

As a side note, these folks will be forced to make new accounts and buy more items, so this could actually make Riot more money in the long run. if you think about it since your a new player all these people getting banned making new accounts, they have nothing to lose at that point and youre playing along side of them.