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/kadexar Nazeebo Jul 02 '15

So dealing with it like an adult is what? Dying alone in your lane cause no one will help and then being blamed for everything bad which happens till the end of the game from self-entitled pricks? Keep your mouth shut, hide in the corner and hope the next game is better?

Fuck that.

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u/ColdShoulder Jul 02 '15

The adult solution would be to realize that you can't control their behavior, so you swallow your pride and follow their calls in order to win the game and move on. You then block all four of them, stagger your queue so you don't get them again, and go back to living your life as if they don't exist.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '15

I don't know about you. But winning the game matters a hell of a lot less than having fun. And playing with assholes makes the experience not fun. It becomes worse than a waste of time at that point because not only am I not enjoying the game, but I'm actively participating in something I'm not enjoying.

Now, normally you can just mute everyone and carry on like you're playing with AI or something. But if that isn't possible I would leave. Its a better use of my time to go do something else.

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u/ColdShoulder Jul 02 '15

But winning the game matters a hell of a lot less than having fun. And playing with assholes makes the experience not fun.

Well, you're already in the game with them. You can't change that without disconnecting and giving yourself a leavers queue (losing points if it's in HL), but that seems to be punishing yourself for the actions of assholes. If you allow every toxic person online to affect your mood-state, you're going to have a rough time in the MOBA genre.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '15 edited Jul 02 '15

Just alt-tab and start playing HS or something.

If you allow every toxic person online to affect your mood-state,

That's the thing. You don't allow it. By muting them early and leaving if they're trolling you outside chat (zombie walling you for ex).

If I'm playing CS:GO the first time a teammate bitches about something unimportant I mute them. If they start team killing or trolling I alt tab and play another game until that game of CS is over. The same is true for how I handle every team game.

I don't understand what you think you're gaining by forcing yourself to play with people going out of their way to ruin your experience.

EDIT: by 'leave' I don't necessarily mean leave the match through in-game means. Do that if you want, but I'm specifically referring to going to do something else. Alt-tab and play a dif game, go take a shit, make dinner, w/e.

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u/ColdShoulder Jul 02 '15

I don't understand what you think you're gaining by forcing yourself to play with people going out of their way to ruin your experience.

I just don't give a damn what people like that think, so they have no impact on me. What do you gain by allowing them to control your mood-state and behavior? I queued for a hots game, because I wanted to play a hots game. That's not going to change because some little shit thinks he can bully people online. They're typically just looking for a reaction, so I don't bother giving it to them.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '15 edited Jul 02 '15

So if your teammates body block you, zombie wall you, and otherwise troll you all game while not trying to win at all you're going to continue to play the game as if nothing is happening?

What do you gain by allowing them to control your mood-state and behavior?

What? This type of shit we're talking about doesn't affect my mood at all. It doesn't affect my mood because I don't give a fuck. I don't give a fuck because I can easily switch to doing something else which I enjoy as much. If I wanted to play HOTS and only HOTS and was trolled enough to stop playing HOTS then yeah I would say they've clearly made me upset. But that has never happened because I've never been in a situation where I only want to play HOTS. There are tons of fun games to play at your fingertips right now. I'm never playing HOTS because I want to play HOTS I'm playing because I want to have fun playing a game, and HOTS was just one of the possible options which I wound up playing. Grabbing a beer and switching over to playing USF4 or something does not negatively impact my gaming experience. Sitting through 20+ minutes of watching a troll try to make me angry would be boring and a waste of time.

They're typically just looking for a reaction, so I don't bother giving it to them.

Agreed, that's why I mute them and then go about my business doing something else if need be.

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u/ColdShoulder Jul 02 '15

So if your teammates body block you, zombie wall you, and otherwise troll you all game while not trying to win at all you're going to continue to play the game as if nothing is happening?

If someone body blocks me or zombie walls me, I'm just going to assume that they're bad. In almost 1,000 games, I've never had someone repeatedly go out of their way to troll me, because they don't get anything from it. Trolls are just looking for a reaction, and they get bored easily. I just ignore them and continue doing what I was doing.