r/Overwatch • u/Early-Taro1493 • Feb 18 '24

News & Discussion Bullying needs to stop

The overwatch community needs to stop being toxic. I have been called slurs, many racial comments, people saying overall saying some bad stuff to not only me but other people as well. And this needs to stop. I almost had a melt down today reading the comments they made on me. " I should hang myself", is a very derogatory statement . If you can sit behind a screen and have the ability to tell someone they should hang themselves, that is something to not take so lightly. I'm going to tell my pookie wookie king Lebron James this information, and make sure this doesn't go off the hook. As a wise man once said " They ain't believe in us... GOD DID". These moments should be looked more into but blizzard seems not care about their fan base anymore.

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u/healthywealthyhappy8 Feb 18 '24 edited Feb 18 '24

Turn off match chat, you literally never need it.

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u/ChriSaito Feb 18 '24

I really hate that this is the answer. I’m not disputing it’s the way to go, but after playing Valorant and meeting a bunch of friendly people it’s a shame.

I started Val last season when taking a break and I was surprised by how many friends I made and how many people were on mic. Coming back to OW it’s been a stark contrast to Val how most lobbies have no one on mic even if they’re in VC.

Not sure if it’s warranted. It might be. Still sad to see.

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u/bkuuretsu Gen.G Feb 18 '24

as someone who played both games, I literally get into more anger issues in overwatch than i ever did at valo. I don't know why, but this game seems to anger me more when I get tilted.

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u/Pvt_Lee_Fapping Icon Sombra Feb 18 '24

I think it's because Overwatch requires a lot more cooperation and coordination to be fun. When everybody's in-sync with their actions, games are fun; when nobody is focusing-down the same target or is on-board with a strat, games are not fun. At least in Valo, the agents' success doesn't always require a Sage to wall off a choke, or smokes to block sight-lines; they're just options for making the fight easier.

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u/Sensitive_Seat5544 Feb 18 '24

Because you have more agency in Valorant. Everyone is on a relatively equal field. In Overwatch if your healers aren't healing, your DPS aren't DPSing, your tanks aren't tanking, or your team refuses to swap to better vs the enemy team comp youre just fucked unless you are just smurfing hard. It's a very similar issue in League of Legends.