Competitive games, by nature, encourage competition\u2014the sort of feuding that transpires, though, isn’t always positive. Overwatch <\/em>is not immune to that: The competitive Overwatch <\/em>ladder has a serious issue with toxicity.<\/p>
Blizzard is doing what it can to mitigate the issue, including an upgrade to its reporting system<\/a>. Thus far, however, it hasn’t been able to really stomp out the problem. Now, the community is looking to help out.<\/p>
“Let’s get serious and motivated about this,” Reddit user vengeance_tank said in a Reddit post<\/a>. “The Overwatch <\/em>team is watching\/listening\/playing and I know they see this stuff going on.”<\/p>
Many of the top suggestions aren’t exactly things that players can enact without Blizzard’s help: But it’s a start. “One thing I think would make a huge different in a pop-up warning when you get reported,” Reddit user IDontApproveBiting said<\/a>. “Threats are more effective than punishments and the majority of players who receive a warning will not continue to do whatever it is that they’re doing wrong.”<\/p>
Riot Games’ League of Legends<\/em> uses a similar active reporting system to curb bad behavior<\/a>. Developers at Riot have found that players who receive feedback immediately after being reported are more likely to reform. League <\/em>certainly still has its own toxicity problem, but it makes sense for this system to be put in place. Even if the player is not punished for their first offense, they’re aware the system is watching them.<\/p>
