Current Events > i think overwatch practically qualifies as a social experiment tbh

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it appealed to a lot of people who've never played an online pvp game before, and stuck them into the same matchmaker as people like me who've been taking abuse through their headset since they were very young. things like adding private profiles by default, no real scoreboard, quickly-evaporating match history, etc are clearly to coddle the former group and the game suffers as a competitive experience for it.

I have never played another online game with as many people who hide from voice chat, shut down at the very first sign of criticism, are terrified of having their play commented on in any way, etc than in Overwatch. It isn't even close.

One time in a stack of people I only somewhat knew, I played the old "good players on fire" joke. Immediately one of them typed a paragraph about how hurtful that was and how they felt personally targeted. A couple other people even rushed to her defense.

This would never happen in another game like this. Seriously.

I bet TC says the gamer word. So hardcore

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I've never played the game, but I've fapped to all the girls

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Phynaster posted...

I bet TC says the gamer word. So hardcore

Never. I also mock the fuck out of anyone who says any racist or sexist or homophobic stuff, of which OW's community is a lot better about it than other esports

Bullying creates character

I noticed the trend a while ago

PUBG got rid of the voice chat in the lobby
CS:GO got rid of voice chat while switching sides

Glad I grew up getting called the B word in games.
made me a stronger person

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I dont see what's so odd about white knights rushing to a womans defence.

If it was a guy they'd had likely shamed him back home to mommy for breaking down like that.

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Some people don't want to be called the n-word by high schoolers, and that's okay.

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armandro posted...

Bullying creates character

I noticed the trend a while ago

PUBG got rid of the voice chat in the lobby
CS:GO got rid of voice chat while switching sides

Glad I grew up getting called the B word in games.
made me a stronger person

this. I'm so buff now cause of it

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Intro2Logic posted...

Some people don't want to be called the n-word by high schoolers, and that's okay.

not what this topic is about in the slightest but i hope it's easier for you to breathe up there

this is a funny ass thread

EngineerGamer posted...

I have never played another online game with as many people who hide from voice chat, shut down at the very first sign of criticism, are terrified of having their play commented on in any way, etc than in Overwatch. It isn't even close.

LOL I thought you were gonna say the lack of a scoreboard allowed bad players to baselessly blame others

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Doe posted...

LOL I thought you were gonna say the lack of a scoreboard allowed bad players to baselessly blame others

the medal system already allows that without the upside of a real scoreboard, it's a literal lose-lose situation but blizz gonna blizz

I always turned off the chat. People are dumb. I would always have a group though too. So mostly didn't play with randos

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What do you usually play?

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Considering the different roles in the game, adding a scoreboard has no upside. Each role and even each hero contributes to the gamestate differently. It's just DPS mains who are looking for someone to blame that want the scoreboard.

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Balrog0 posted...

I always turned off the chat. People are dumb. I would always have a group though too. So mostly didn't play with randos

yes, you are the casual user that blizzard is catering to while simultaneously trying to have a billion-dollar esport, and it isn't working

I've played TF2 and CS:GO and only remember someone using a mic once in TF2.

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Kisai posted...

only remember someone using a mic once in TF2

then you must have been playing on fucking ps3 my dude

EngineerGamer posted...

then you must have been playing on fucking ps3 my dude

No, I was playing on PC. Mic isn't that prevalent.

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Kisai posted...

No, I was playing on PC. Mic isn't that prevalent.

i have 2000 hours in that game my dude, i'ma need you to stop lying

EngineerGamer posted...

yes, you are the casual user that blizzard is catering to while simultaneously trying to have a billion-dollar esport, and it isn't working

It works fine for me, I'm not whining about it on gamefaqs

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Anyway I posted that to share that, as someone who has been playing online games since the original diablo, I also turn off the voice chat in that game.

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EngineerGamer posted...

I have never played another online game with as many people who hide from voice chat, shut down at the very first sign of criticism, are terrified of having their play commented on in any way, etc than in Overwatch. It isn't even close.

Try FFXIV. Its 10x worse there lol

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Ving_Rhames posted...

Try FFXIV. Its 10x worse there lol

You're not the first person to tell me that. Why do you think it's like that?

I mean they put together a team of WoW devs to make a competitive FPS game and didn't see how that could possibly turn out badly.

I mute teammates in Overwatch the first time they criticize me. Why put up with toxicity when the game gives you easy tools to ignore the assholes?

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I need healing

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User Since: Oct 2017
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How stupid are you people? You all fall for the most obvious bait.

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omega cookie posted...

How stupid are you people? You all fall for the most obvious bait.

what does my signup date or karma have anything to do with anything at all

One time I was losing in tanked ranked in like gold and Lucio gets on the voice to tell "I DON'T DESERVE THIS!!!"

Holy shit it was so funny and awkward.

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