@Riot: I want you to look at this idea OverWatch is implementing

afmghost·Mar 25, 2018·1 votes·564 views

Honestly, this does sound like a good idea. Maybe you guys can implement this too, or design something based off of this?

11 Comments

ModUlanopoMar 25, 20184 votes

They're counting on the placebo effect making it feel as though something is happening, when really nothing of substance is being accomplished.

ChermorgMar 25, 20181 votes

Avoiding two teammates at any time is basically a useless feature. Avoiding them for only 7 days is basically a useless feature.

The reason that those limitations are in place in the OW test is to prevent the rampant abuse that would happen. This feature will not really help players avoid toxicity at all - Overwatch needs to focus on reducing toxicity. Their rules are too lax - as they say in the video, it's possible to get frustrated at a player but not have their behavior be against the rules. The developer then goes on to say that repeatedly goading you to change teammates/etc is somehow not harassment?

Overwatch's problem is lax rules and lax moderation, and this is going to do jack shit to help them reduce toxicity.

afmghostMar 25, 20181 votes

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Avoiding two teammates at any time is basically a useless feature. Avoiding them for only 7 days is basically a useless feature.

The reason that those limitations are in place in the OW test is to prevent the rampant abuse that would happen. This feature will not really help players avoid toxicity at all - Overwatch needs to focus on reducing toxicity. Their rules are too lax - as they say in the video, it's possible to get frustrated at a player but not have their behavior be against the rules. The developer then goes on to say that repeatedly goading you to change teammates/etc is somehow not harassment?

Overwatch's problem is lax rules and lax moderation, and this is going to do jack shit to help them reduce toxicity.

I don't know if rules and moderation are the problem. To be quite honest, the League community has thrice the toxicity OW does.

ChermorgMar 25, 20181 votes

I disagree strongly. Historically, maybe, but nowadays it's definitely the other way around. Especially because overwatch does a shit job moderating both voice and in game chat.

Hexs FortuneMar 25, 20181 votes

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I disagree strongly. Historically, maybe, but nowadays it's definitely the other way around. Especially because overwatch does a shit job moderating both voice and in game chat.

People always say blizzard has strong moderation, but in my experience it's the opposite. I remember sitting in stormwind years ago and there was this guy who would frequently spam general and trade chat, making nonstop racist comments about mexicans while also pretending to be one.

I'd like to believe that sort of thing would get shut down in league pretty quickly.

Scary DoorMar 25, 20181 votes

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I disagree strongly. Historically, maybe, but nowadays it's definitely the other way around. Especially because overwatch does a shit job moderating both voice and in game chat.

I don't know if you actually play Overwatch and League of Legends on a regular basis, because while both communities are pretty terrible, the League community is still worse. Sure, I don't have the added issue of being screamed at in voice chat and told that someone is coming to my house to rape my family, but then the only place I ever /read/ that kind of nonsense is here on League.

Some say that higher Elos don't have this problem... well, I've been Plat for 4 seasons (haven't even bothered to play much in Season 8, but know I would be here also) and I can tell you that the toxicity is just as bad, if not worse in Plat Elo than it is in Bronze. Toxicity is horrific in league at every level of the game from Bronze to Plat, and from what I hear from one of my friends in Diamond II, it isn't any better there.

By the way, Overwatch has some gestapo forum moderation... you literally can't even criticize the game there anymore without fear of reprisal.

So, I wouldn't be so quick to defend this dumpster fire as being any better than that one.

ChermorgMar 25, 20183 votes

I do play both games on a regular basis. The League community is not worse in my opinion and in the opinion of most people I know.

Overwatch has a problem with toxicity and they know it - hence why they're grasping at any straws, even trying ideas that have already failed again, trying to solve it. Until they actually invest time and effort into it, OW toxicity will not get better.

ZaneShadowMar 25, 20181 votes

Well unless your plat+ in rank i dont know how likely this would ever apply. but it could be nice for those players i guess. so maybe a good idea.

NYC Cheese pizzaMar 25, 20181 votes

This would never work in league

BeatzBoyFTWMar 25, 20181 votes

Why is this even a thing.

Awf MetaMar 25, 20181 votes

I rarely get the same players in multiple games. It has happened before though.

I think if it were to work in high ranked matches, it would need to be a self punishment of sorts. Like 11 people are in queue, but you don't get matched because you blocked some one in the match.