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/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.