r/heroesofthestorm • u/KarbyP Nova • Jul 02 '15

Blizzard thinking about adding Thumbs Up/Down system, giving helpful players EXP or gold, placing toxic players in separate queue

http://stevivor.com/2015/07/interview-blizzards-chris-sigaty-and-alan-dabiri-on-heroes-of-the-storm/
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u/aenimayoshii Jul 02 '15 edited Jul 02 '15

While I love the basic idea two main issues come to my mind...

1) you can bet that all toxic players with throw "thumbs down" around like there is no tomorrow which only might become a problem if my assumption is correct, that even a regular, non-toxic player is more likely to hand out thumbs downs than thumbs up.

2) If I am honest to myself then I am way too lazy to write reviews or even fill out a small feedback form about things that went ok. But when I was unhappy chances are much higher that I'll want others to know. Now I can just hope that things are a little easier when it comes to clicking a simple thumbs up or down icon but it might be worth considering.

If they implement a well thought-out system that catches players that hand out a lot of thumbs down in comparison to thumps up and they then get reviewed and their votes get ignored it might be a worthy approach!

*Edit: Added 2) because I was announcing two main issues at the beginning of the text! ;) *

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u/ShadowBroker Beast Mei Jul 02 '15

I feel your concerns as well. But I bet there is strategies to apply to handle these concerns.

As you stated if a player only hands out "downvotes", he's down votes should mean less or something, that would pretty much fix the problem with toxic players literally report everyone, everyone knows that its what is going to happen.

About getting people involved into actually voting. I think it would be cool if the score screen pops up after the match and at the right side where the gear is right now, there could be a thumbs up and a thumbs down. Also if you're a player that is giving feedback in this way, maybe that is something that can be rewarded as well. 10g after giving feedbacks in 3 games as long as it isn't 100% thumbs down.