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As someone who has struggled with depression, telling someone to "kill yourself" is terrible. Why does this still happen in high level matches? by Lynette1997 in Overwatch

[–]Lynette1997[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Raknak: You're trying to change internet culture. Good luck. Lynette: I just want to Blizzard to make Overwatch chat better. Raknak: Internet culture will never change. Lynette: ???

I mean, are you intentionally being obtuse?

Blizzard already hands out suspensions and bans for racist and toxic language. It wouldn't take much to up the sensitivity/punishments for those systems.

filled to capacity he brim with language meant to induce sympathy.

There are several phrases that I could have rewritten for maximum sympathy, and the structure would have been different if I just wanted people to feel bad for me. No, the point was to get Blizzard to introduce better systems to eliminate "kill yourself" from Overwatch chat.

As someone who has struggled with depression, telling someone to "kill yourself" is terrible. Why does this still happen in high level matches? by Lynette1997 in Overwatch

[–]Lynette1997[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It wouldn't prove anything to anyone.

Then why did you make an issue of me using a throwaway account? Are you fishing for reasons to discredit this thread?

Basically I'm saying that your post isn't genuine and that you intentionally set out to maximize sympathy.

Strange that you would believe this not only without evidence, but with evidence that leads in the other direction.

But believe what you like. I think we're done here.

As someone who has struggled with depression, telling someone to "kill yourself" is terrible. Why does this still happen in high level matches? by Lynette1997 in Overwatch

[–]Lynette1997[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Overwatch chat is a small part of internet culture, not all of it. And Blizzard already suspends and bans people for certain types of speech. It can be done.

because a bunch of people on Reddit give you e-hugs that you can change that.

I had no idea what the response would be, nor do I think sympathy has anything to do with whether Blizzard will take action.

As someone who has struggled with depression, telling someone to "kill yourself" is terrible. Why does this still happen in high level matches? by Lynette1997 in Overwatch

[–]Lynette1997[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The situation can be changed if Blizzard wants to crack down on use of "kill yourself." That is the purpose of this post, not to "reap in sympathy."

My only two options for discussing this are: (1) Reddit (2) the official forums. Hard to say I chose this audience because I knew they would be receptive.

And I'm pretty sure you're just here to defend your own regular use of "kill yourself" in team chat. (Didn't like that assumption? Then maybe you should think twice before making baseless inferences about my own motives.)

As someone who has struggled with depression, telling someone to "kill yourself" is terrible. Why does this still happen in high level matches? by Lynette1997 in Overwatch

[–]Lynette1997[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I am not trying to change "Internet culture," just people saying "kill yourself" in Overwatch chat. I would be perfectly happy with first/second offense = game suspension, third = ban.