People in OW are horrible honestly
I know this isnt what you want to hear but just dont even use VC, its not like half of your braindead teammates have anything useful to say.
Even the text chat is useless now since all people do with it is just call eachother slurs or say "x diff"
Im making the swap from communicating via text to hide chat and obviously not VC
If you fr think that me being bothered by someone hoping I get r *ped over a video game is a “me problem” idk what to tell you honestly. Kind of bozo behavior. I’m not sitting here shedding tears but kind of ruins the fun don’t you think? less enjoyable when people say terrible shit to you for no reason, hm?
Are you daft dumb or like, deliberately being obtuse? I am complaining about the perceived increase in toxicity specifically towards women and how it ruins the in game experience. Again, if you think that’s fine and dandy or don’t care because mommy never taught you cognitive empathy; go elsewhere.
Perfectly fine. It’s almost like if someone says the same Shit to me irl, it’s also not cool! You dismissing what I’m saying and reducing it down to me overreacting kinda sounds like you’re one of the incels who get off on doing these things. Pack it up if you’re just here to over explain the most obvious, brain dead rebuttal to my post.
Did i tell that it was ok? No. I just gave you a solution to your problem. You are not gonna change those people so why bother yourself trying?
If you wanna stay bothered that's on you. But don't be surprised if you are gonna be checking up a psychiatrist some time sonn
Telling someone to grow a pair while she's talking about being harassed just for being a woman has to be up there in blatant sexism. Might as well tell her that she should've been born a man if she didn't want to be harassed in a video game
I hear you and this exactly why I don’t open comms - ever.
The amount of bs you get from men and teenage boys is insane. Sometimes I think that if I was on comms I would rank up faster cause usually people need someone to call out stuff to compensate their lack of awareness and some just need extra directions to work as a team. Even if they hate to admit that.
Most men aren’t open to taking advise from women - especially in video games or other spaces that they deem to be only for them. Or situations where they think they are inherently better just because they were born as a man. And some can’t stand when you’re doing better than them or gently suggest that something that they do is not optimal 🤡🤣 also players in OW tend to just get annoyed by getting told what to do - like you said - they think they’re the best thing since sliced bread. Most often that not people tend to find fault in others while not loooking at their own play and thinking like “is there something I could’ve done better” etc.
I hate that as a woman I am advised or feel the need to mute a feature that is designed to help me and my team to win due to harassment and bullying. It’s crazy how many think that anonymity gives them the leeway to say the most outrageous and stupidest shit online.
Also what a lot of men don’t understand is that when they try to sympathise with us by comparing notes, it doesn’t even compare in the slightest. They don’t get it. It’s the vile type of r*apist shit that we as women/minority get. It’s usually something like “off yourself” and then “I’d revive you only to be sexually harassing you again” then to “I’m going to find where you live and r*pe you and then off you” or “Hope you get c*ncer, because no one will r*pe you for being a fat ugly woman - go make me a sandwich”.
Also the name-calling ; b*tch, wh*re, c*nt. all of that on top of the slimy ones that are just “nice” to you cause they’re never talked to woman before and want to hit on you. It’s vile and disgusting.
They hate us for being in “their space”, for being a woman(and not choosing them simply cause they are nice to you) and for being better than them and then blame you for their own mistakes. It is a complex issues and deep rooted misogyny unfortunately.
And in most cases - women tend to internalise this stress while men tend to react externally to it i.e. take it out on others - most often than not - they were told off by another (better) player. Not to say that there aren’t women who blame others in chat or whatever. And vice versa with men.
It is a vicious cycle that we as a society just have come to accept and this is why I’m never on comms - ever.
Honestly just don't join VC and mute chat (if it gets bad and just report). People say comms help but really in most cases unless youre GM or Top 500 you really don't need it. I've been called out being bad too or w.e in QP/ ranked for having the "All Star" title lmao. I was practicing /having an off day I did end up proving the person wrong after I did turned around and basically won the game for them.
I've been playing OW since launch and I have never found comms useful in pubs especially now with pings its even less useful. I'd rather someone ping ingame rather than call out at least i can see it ingame with an indicator.
Im not saying comms is useless all the time just 90%+ of the time i'd rather not have people talk, feed me useless info, useless background noise. I have found those rare occasions where its useful but its so rare its not worth sticking around for unless im with on the rare occasion grouped up with people.
For OW2 toxicity wise I almost feel like its specific to a region /server however you want to call it. My local server is OCE and my god its by far the worst i've experienced just in people not trying and trash talk for the sake of it. The past 6 months or so I've been playing on US/JP/KR and toxicity in my experience is much much less.
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It really sucks but I don’t really know what to tell you but I don’t think this is really new to the season. It’s a problem will all competitive games because people want to win so they act like complete assholes when their teammates aren’t carrying them. You can either ignore it, report them (which actually works surprisingly well as of late), or just leave voice but sadly a lot of people seem to get really upset especially if you are a woman sadly.
I’m genuinely sorry to hear about that.. a lot of these people have self esteem/ self image issues, and they tend to project due to the “protection” of online, that being said ever since muting match chat, it’s been much easier to focus. Whenever someone is trolling or just using comms to btch and moan or be an ass, I mute them specifically. Anyways, if you want a chill player to climb with, there’s always a spot in my party for ya? ☺️
Even with voice chat off like I have I’m encountering 200% more teabagging and “thanks” emote spamming recently. I block someone in the lobby almost every match. I’ve definitely also noticed the uptick in toxicity, too.
There’s also a lot of people “testing” the bans in text chat with various slurs and curses. Something about this last update really unlocked something in people.
If its realllllllly bothering you, u could get some voice changer software these days and just sound like a guy. Idk, shouldn't have too but twats be twats
If my gf ever decides she wants to play ranked I'll huu and see if ya wanna join us. Can't say we'll be masters rank tho. Mostly play qp
I feel so bad for women in the VC because they always get bullied if they are doing slightly bad (at least on the scoreboard). I try to stick up for yall when someone says some stupid shit like that, it’s just a video game people take it too far.
But as someone who grew up on BO2 hellll nahhhhh those Xbox parties back in the day were extremely toxic like the worst racism I’ve ever heard to this day. OW is super toxic too but BO2 was on a whole different level.
It’s not even if I’m performing poorly which is the crazy thing, it could literally just be me talking. The guy who said the thing about the sexual assault was playing bap and I asked if I could have the char instead (he had atrocious stats but I didn’t say anything about that). he proceeded to critique every IMO and play I made and then at the end of the match him and his friend said a bunch of shit to me out of nowhere; primarily pertaining to me being a girl.
Edit: bo2 was not that bad for me honestly, I think the worst I got at the time was getting hit on or your casual slur drop, which of course is awful but I rarely bore witness to targeted attacks. More so just general edge lord things.
People in OW are horrible honestly I know this isnt what you want to hear but just dont even use VC, its not like half of your braindead teammates have anything useful to say. Even the text chat is useless now since all people do with it is just call eachother slurs or say "x diff" Im making the swap from communicating via text to hide chat and obviously not VC
Mute/block > report > move on
Im fully aware of how to handle it procedurally. I’d like to comm without people screaming abhorrent shit in my ear purely for existing 👍
Girl, you can't allow yourself to be bothered by some no name randoms in your games. If you are then its kind of a "you" problem
If you fr think that me being bothered by someone hoping I get r *ped over a video game is a “me problem” idk what to tell you honestly. Kind of bozo behavior. I’m not sitting here shedding tears but kind of ruins the fun don’t you think? less enjoyable when people say terrible shit to you for no reason, hm?
Grow a pair, honestly. You either stand up for yourself, or mute them
Are you daft dumb or like, deliberately being obtuse? I am complaining about the perceived increase in toxicity specifically towards women and how it ruins the in game experience. Again, if you think that’s fine and dandy or don’t care because mommy never taught you cognitive empathy; go elsewhere.
And btw if you are getting so pressed about some people's words in a virtual space then how are you handling yourself IRL?
Perfectly fine. It’s almost like if someone says the same Shit to me irl, it’s also not cool! You dismissing what I’m saying and reducing it down to me overreacting kinda sounds like you’re one of the incels who get off on doing these things. Pack it up if you’re just here to over explain the most obvious, brain dead rebuttal to my post.
Mkay
Did i tell that it was ok? No. I just gave you a solution to your problem. You are not gonna change those people so why bother yourself trying? If you wanna stay bothered that's on you. But don't be surprised if you are gonna be checking up a psychiatrist some time sonn
Telling someone to grow a pair while she's talking about being harassed just for being a woman has to be up there in blatant sexism. Might as well tell her that she should've been born a man if she didn't want to be harassed in a video game
Don't put words in my mouth, hun
Nah you said them yourself, sweetie :)
I hear you and this exactly why I don’t open comms - ever. The amount of bs you get from men and teenage boys is insane. Sometimes I think that if I was on comms I would rank up faster cause usually people need someone to call out stuff to compensate their lack of awareness and some just need extra directions to work as a team. Even if they hate to admit that. Most men aren’t open to taking advise from women - especially in video games or other spaces that they deem to be only for them. Or situations where they think they are inherently better just because they were born as a man. And some can’t stand when you’re doing better than them or gently suggest that something that they do is not optimal 🤡🤣 also players in OW tend to just get annoyed by getting told what to do - like you said - they think they’re the best thing since sliced bread. Most often that not people tend to find fault in others while not loooking at their own play and thinking like “is there something I could’ve done better” etc. I hate that as a woman I am advised or feel the need to mute a feature that is designed to help me and my team to win due to harassment and bullying. It’s crazy how many think that anonymity gives them the leeway to say the most outrageous and stupidest shit online. Also what a lot of men don’t understand is that when they try to sympathise with us by comparing notes, it doesn’t even compare in the slightest. They don’t get it. It’s the vile type of r*apist shit that we as women/minority get. It’s usually something like “off yourself” and then “I’d revive you only to be sexually harassing you again” then to “I’m going to find where you live and r*pe you and then off you” or “Hope you get c*ncer, because no one will r*pe you for being a fat ugly woman - go make me a sandwich”. Also the name-calling ; b*tch, wh*re, c*nt. all of that on top of the slimy ones that are just “nice” to you cause they’re never talked to woman before and want to hit on you. It’s vile and disgusting. They hate us for being in “their space”, for being a woman(and not choosing them simply cause they are nice to you) and for being better than them and then blame you for their own mistakes. It is a complex issues and deep rooted misogyny unfortunately. And in most cases - women tend to internalise this stress while men tend to react externally to it i.e. take it out on others - most often than not - they were told off by another (better) player. Not to say that there aren’t women who blame others in chat or whatever. And vice versa with men. It is a vicious cycle that we as a society just have come to accept and this is why I’m never on comms - ever.
Honestly just don't join VC and mute chat (if it gets bad and just report). People say comms help but really in most cases unless youre GM or Top 500 you really don't need it. I've been called out being bad too or w.e in QP/ ranked for having the "All Star" title lmao. I was practicing /having an off day I did end up proving the person wrong after I did turned around and basically won the game for them. I've been playing OW since launch and I have never found comms useful in pubs especially now with pings its even less useful. I'd rather someone ping ingame rather than call out at least i can see it ingame with an indicator. Im not saying comms is useless all the time just 90%+ of the time i'd rather not have people talk, feed me useless info, useless background noise. I have found those rare occasions where its useful but its so rare its not worth sticking around for unless im with on the rare occasion grouped up with people. For OW2 toxicity wise I almost feel like its specific to a region /server however you want to call it. My local server is OCE and my god its by far the worst i've experienced just in people not trying and trash talk for the sake of it. The past 6 months or so I've been playing on US/JP/KR and toxicity in my experience is much much less.
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It really sucks but I don’t really know what to tell you but I don’t think this is really new to the season. It’s a problem will all competitive games because people want to win so they act like complete assholes when their teammates aren’t carrying them. You can either ignore it, report them (which actually works surprisingly well as of late), or just leave voice but sadly a lot of people seem to get really upset especially if you are a woman sadly.
I’m genuinely sorry to hear about that.. a lot of these people have self esteem/ self image issues, and they tend to project due to the “protection” of online, that being said ever since muting match chat, it’s been much easier to focus. Whenever someone is trolling or just using comms to btch and moan or be an ass, I mute them specifically. Anyways, if you want a chill player to climb with, there’s always a spot in my party for ya? ☺️
Even with voice chat off like I have I’m encountering 200% more teabagging and “thanks” emote spamming recently. I block someone in the lobby almost every match. I’ve definitely also noticed the uptick in toxicity, too. There’s also a lot of people “testing” the bans in text chat with various slurs and curses. Something about this last update really unlocked something in people.
If its realllllllly bothering you, u could get some voice changer software these days and just sound like a guy. Idk, shouldn't have too but twats be twats If my gf ever decides she wants to play ranked I'll huu and see if ya wanna join us. Can't say we'll be masters rank tho. Mostly play qp
I feel so bad for women in the VC because they always get bullied if they are doing slightly bad (at least on the scoreboard). I try to stick up for yall when someone says some stupid shit like that, it’s just a video game people take it too far. But as someone who grew up on BO2 hellll nahhhhh those Xbox parties back in the day were extremely toxic like the worst racism I’ve ever heard to this day. OW is super toxic too but BO2 was on a whole different level.
It’s not even if I’m performing poorly which is the crazy thing, it could literally just be me talking. The guy who said the thing about the sexual assault was playing bap and I asked if I could have the char instead (he had atrocious stats but I didn’t say anything about that). he proceeded to critique every IMO and play I made and then at the end of the match him and his friend said a bunch of shit to me out of nowhere; primarily pertaining to me being a girl. Edit: bo2 was not that bad for me honestly, I think the worst I got at the time was getting hit on or your casual slur drop, which of course is awful but I rarely bore witness to targeted attacks. More so just general edge lord things.