Why do people have to be toxic?
Seriously. It's a game. Clam the * down. Been playing ranked arenas and was having a pretty good run. Was teaming with a bunch of randoms. Won most matches and before the game I'm about to mention...
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@Midnight9746As much as I like that option I don't see how much it helps if it doesn't happen until the end of the game, unless the punishment carries over into other matches for a time.
For text chat..perhaps they need a list of blacklisted words and when the system detects someone trying to send such things it blocks the message, warns them, and if it continues, bans them from talking.
As for voice, I don't really know how they can detect someone talking, but if someone gets enough reports then perhaps a timed mute ban?
@XxColdFangxX I mean.. games like Phasmophobia uses voice recognition, so that's what I meant for voice chat.
- @Midnight9746 I haven't got to play that. Doesn't it activate on keywords?
- @Midnight9746 I attempted to kill a toxic player with kindness the other night..I think it worked out pretty well considered at the end of the convo I got sent a heart emoji
In my experience, 9/10 player in pubs who actually feel the need to vent rage by being toxic are average-to-just above average players who think they are good players only because they hid in a bush through Gold and reached Platinum 4 where they got hardstuck (which they ofc blame on "stupid teammates"). Good players usually dont even bother but just insta-leaves (which I guess can be seen as toxic but actually is a pre-emptive measure to NOT become toxic). I just laugh at toxic players who are bad and in the situations where I actually mess up, I usually just go "yeah my bad I messed up" and that usually is enough for them to calm down.
But like I said; most toxic players are just bad and too stupid to realize that it them and their gameplay that is the problem and not the teammates. Like this guy from a game I just played. Our squad got eliminated in a 3v3 early in the game at the drop and he started to rage and swear on the voice channel but when I finally died last, after I had knocked one and cracked the two others armor multiple times, the summery revealed it was the rager who was the weak link in the team =) Just ignore and carry on.
Ranked is another situation though and it can be so frustration to play ranked with randoms that even I (I never rage in casual) get pissed off. So I actually dont recommend anyone to play ranked without premades close to your peak ELO. There is just too many uncertain variables like misunderstandings, miscommunications and different strategies, for it to be a positive experience.
- @Balladalidila Unfortunately I'm no great player so when someone decides to curse me out and harass me, it's because I am the weak link.
I have good games and bad games. Started the ranked matches when I hit lvl 100. I don't like being a burden on my teammates, and I certainly try my hardest, but I don't think it should warrent anyone being harassed over it.
Like why use your mic at all if you aren't going to use it to communicate strategy instead of harassing your team?
I wish I had more time to try and improve my game play, but it seems like I'm going to be stuck as an below average or average player.
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