If you want to mock the Overwatch chief, you will get your violations served on a silver platter. The player base is highly entertained.
The report system of Overwatch has been heavily revised with the last Patch 1.18 (PC) or 2.24 (PS4, Xbox One). Players now receive feedback when reporting another player leads to a penalty.
However, not everyone is satisfied with this. There are always players who loudly emphasize in the forum that they have been banned unjustly. The most popular reason in recent weeks is that they have a “main” character and only play that one. Teammates find these “One Trick Ponies” annoying and report someone just for that, although this is not desired by Blizzard.
This view was also held by CosmicGhost, who has since been banned from the game 7 times. In a forum post, he emphasizes that he did nothing wrong and even kindly asked Blizzard why exactly he was banned so that he could change his behavior.
Immediately, some players jumped in to help him, explaining how messed up the reporting system is and that it would affect countless innocent players like Cosmic Ghost.
More than 220 Reports for Insults
Jeff Kaplan, the Game Director of Overwatch, personally intervened and publicly listed what exactly led to the account penalties. Accordingly, CosmicGhost received over 220 reports for insults. Kaplan even checked whether they were justified and quoted from the reported chat logs:
- The game doesn’t interest me at all [censored]
- You crazy, addicted nerd
- This community is ignorant and insane
- I am the only reason anything good happens here
- Good morning, you damn sad, stupid generation
- THIS TOOK A LONG TIME FOR THIS PILE [censored]
Furthermore, he repeatedly accused other players of hacking, even though they simply played well.
Finally, he spammed the chat, as a Torbjörn main would do, with lines like “TorbrbrbrbBrbrbrBrBrBRBBRBRBRBRbRBRBRbRB”.
The community is celebrating this “exposing” of the player quite a bit and finds it completely justified after he literally begged for a clear answer.
Kaplan concluded with the words:
“Our community has clearly told us that toxicity is one of the biggest problems that need to be fixed in the game. As a result, we are now stricter, and that means people will be punished faster for bad behavior. You fall into this category.”
Once again, the words have proven to be true: Wrestle with Jeff, prepare for death.
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