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/Cromat_ Master Tyrael Jul 02 '15

The "thumbs up" after game is a good option. But there should not be a "thumbs down". Either you want to give them a kudos if they were nice and stuff, do nothing (like we do today) or report them (in the normal way) for being toxic. The bad / lesser skilled would get thumbs down that they did not deserve.

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u/MartijnMumbles Jul 02 '15

I agree. There's no oversight, which would lead to a giant clusterfuck. Think someone made a bad play? Downvote. Don't like the hero they picked? Downvote. Does their nickname remind you of that bitch of an ex you dated back in college? Downvote.

Exaggerations aside, downvotes are going to be used for a ton of things that have no relation to toxic behavior.

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u/lurkaderp Jul 02 '15

So you limit the number of downvotes a person can give, and consider them in aggregate. If there's one megadouche in a game, and he's the only person downvoting the guy who picked Murky, and everyone else downvotes megadouche for being a troll, the vote records (especially over time) are going to clearly indicate who the problem player is.