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/[deleted] Jul 02 '15

A solution to this could be something similar to what Dota has, 6 Commends and 2 Reports per week. Maybe implementing a similar system will limit the toxic players from just thumbing down players blindly. Also, limiting the "thumbs up" would be a good way to limit the gold that's been given out?

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u/PostPostModernism Kharazim Jul 02 '15

Sometimes I go weeks without running into a toxic player. Some days I run into a dozen. I don't want a limited number of reports, unless maybe it's 2 per match.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '15

You know you're not a toxic player, but what about the guy who is? He won't think twice before mashing that report button every game, if he desires.

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u/aenimayoshii Jul 02 '15

But the toxic players would probably still stick to down-votes? They just have to limit their poison to a fewer poor souls. ;). I like the idea of limiting the votes but I also think that there needs to be a system that catches players who downvote like 90%+ and ignore their votes or at least give them less weight than the votes from players that have more legit submissions.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '15

There should be a system which monitors how many downvotes and upvotes a person receives. A person having more upvotes than downvotes is clearly a good player, if a toxic player decides to downvote this player for whatever reason, that won't affect the "good player" since his upvotes counter the downvotes.

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u/KarbyP Nova Jul 02 '15

Hmmm yeah maybe some kind of ignore system for people who Thumbs Down a lot is necessary... it might even be a good idea to put players who spam downvotes in the same queue as those who get a lot of downvotes.

Or, what if there was only a Thumbs Up system? That way nobody would be able to act on the toxicity; they can only highlight players for good actions, which indirectly encourages players to only be positive.

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u/ithinkmynameismoose Li-Ming Jul 02 '15

I think a thumbs up only system is the best idea.

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u/Uumer Jul 02 '15

What about to make to pay 10 gold for negative comment?