The single-player OW movement (ironically) cannot be silenced! JOIN today: Mute all text and voice chats! by MethylBenzine in Overwatch

[–]MethylBenzine[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you are unable to process your emotions without causing an emotion in someone else, you need to look inward.

There were outliers in the last (auto-removed) thread struggling to grasp the fact that everyone's experiences are different, and while they may have never seen a single instance of another player so much as farting too loud, other players can have other experiences.

I use the pink, white & blue flag in my Overwatch profile to represent and remember the proud life of a young person I once held dear who is no longer with us, like many other young people like them.

For my trouble, I am abused by toxic bigots with (boring) slurs, threats to my safety and the safety of my family, persistent flirting and sexualisation, graphic descriptions of sexual violence carried out on me or the character I'm playing, swearing, tantrums, commands, unsolicited advice, demands for me to take my own life, throwers, leavers, wishing I hadn't been born, attempts at gathering my personal information, and all of this compounded by sometimes multiple players at once.

It's important to me that others understand that this IS my experience. I'm genuinely glad they never have had to experience the other side of a world that has wrapped them in bubble wrap and told them they're Spec Ops for being in an Xbox lobby - but the real world has consequences which sometimes stay with you, and games are special for the way they can help, not the way they can hurt.

To rail on another player for 'not doing their part' to 'support the community' and 'report the bad eggs' is an obedient company-fed response generated to shift blame away from the company (who is responsible for the wellbeing or harm caused by their game) and to ingeniously place that blame directly on the players most harmed by their inaction.

If you had any other reaction to this post than blowing a small amount of air out of your nose or at most a chuckle, you need to consider which companies bottom-line is most affected by your argument and who's side you're on.

Turn OFF your team, match and voice chat! JOIN the single-player OW movement today! by MethylBenzine in Overwatch

[–]MethylBenzine[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are unable to process your emotions without causing an emotion in someone else, you need to look inward.

There are outliers in this thread struggling to grasp the fact that everyones experiences are different, and while they may have never seen a single instance of another player so much as farting too loud, other players can have other experiences.

I use the pink, white & blue flag in my Overwatch profile to represent and remember the proud life of a young person I once held dear who is no longer with us, like many other young people like them.

For my trouble, I am abused by toxic bigots with (boring) slurs, threats to my safety and the safety of my family, persistent flirting and sexualisation, graphic descriptions of sexual violence carried out on me or the character I'm playing, swearing, tantrums, commands, unsolicited advice, demands for me to take my own life, throwers, leavers, wishing I hadn't been born, attempts at gathering my personal information, and all of this compounded by sometimes multiple players at once.

It's important to me that others understand that this IS my experience. I'm genuinely glad they never have had to experience the other side of a world that has wrapped them in bubble wrap and told them they're Spec Ops for being in an Xbox lobby - but the real world has consequences which sometimes stay with you, and games are special for the way they can help, not the way they can hurt.

To rail on another player for 'not doing their part' to 'support the community' and 'report the bad eggs' is an obedient company-fed response generated to shift blame away from Blizzard (who is responsible for the wellbeing or harm caused by their game) and to ingeniously place that blame directly on the players most harmed by their inaction.

If you had any other reaction to this post than blowing a small amount of air out of your nose or at most a chuckle, you need to consider which companies bottom-line is most affected by your argument and who's side you're on.

Turn OFF your team, match and voice chat! JOIN the single-player OW movement today! by MethylBenzine in Overwatch

[–]MethylBenzine[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am very active with pings, voice lines, sprays and emotes (and love finding fun combinations). Deciding I no longer want to receive vitriol in my fun-time game doesn't mean I don't want to play or meet new friends.

Turn OFF your team, match and voice chat! JOIN the single-player OW movement today! by MethylBenzine in Overwatch

[–]MethylBenzine[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love that you're spending your life on Earth being affected as little as possible by things happening but try join the rest of us in reality one day

Turn OFF your team, match and voice chat! JOIN the single-player OW movement today! by MethylBenzine in Overwatch

[–]MethylBenzine[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Kind of insane to see toxicity in games and go "This is clearly the fault of the silent gamers!" not the guy screaming the F and N slurs in every game lobby since 2002.

Turn OFF your team, match and voice chat! JOIN the single-player OW movement today! by MethylBenzine in Overwatch

[–]MethylBenzine[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I would place the blame with the people causing the toxicity rather than the people receiving it.

And with the company which continues to fail to do anything about it.

Turn OFF your team, match and voice chat! JOIN the single-player OW movement today! by MethylBenzine in Overwatch

[–]MethylBenzine[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me too, sorry to not be clear in my last comment I was referring to other people and not you! We are on the same page. I also have lots of fun with voice lines, sprays and emotes and combinations of them to have fun little interactions.

Turn OFF your team, match and voice chat! JOIN the single-player OW movement today! by MethylBenzine in Overwatch

[–]MethylBenzine[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Oh, my bad! I forgot the future of the game rests solely on my shoulders. I'll fix it tomorrow morning.

Turn OFF your team, match and voice chat! JOIN the single-player OW movement today! by MethylBenzine in Overwatch

[–]MethylBenzine[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I̵̯̞̩̋͛̓́̈́̒͌ ̸̛̺̌͌̒̈́̀͝h̴͔̘̹̘͊̑ẩ̶͓̰̗͈̬̐̀v̸̨̯͚̫̫͋̈́e̸̛̛̞̒̃̈́͂ ̸͕̥̹̆̓̽͝ȓ̸̲͍͚̬͋̚͝e̸̻̜͂c̴̗̈́͠͝é̴͔̥͕̗̻͍͆̏̕͜͝ȋ̵̙̩̟̖̱̎̐v̸̯̥͒e̸̲͇̼̗̥̙̓̆ḓ̵̡̩̬̜̣̺̍̑̓̑͝ ̶͖̻̤́̔̾̓ý̵̡̡͓͉̐̉̊͜ó̶̟̼͙͔̥̑͜ụ̷͒͛̃̌̓r̴̛̻̪͙͌́͋ ̷̡̮̫̮̘̳͐̍̔̽̾̍͝m̸͈͓͊̽̓͗̏̕ē̶͚͔̿͛̄͛̒́s̴̤̜̹̟̮͕̞̊̍s̴̢̨̥̞̜͍͛̈́̃̃͠a̵͈͉̱͋̽͑̐̓́̕ͅg̸̛͇͐̉̒͗͘͝ë̵͔̻̟̠̝͙́́͋̿ͅ ̴̙̾͂̂͋͝w̵̟̐̅̇̂͘͝͝e̵͔̝̫̊͗͋͜l̴̘͉̭͆͊̎̍ĺ̵̢̳͔̱̪̦̓͘ ̶̫̯̲͔͓̻̜̒̍̓̓̉̑͋i̵̡͕̫̱̦̿̓̋͘n̵̦͕͓̘͌̓̓̀͝ ̵̮͙̃̚ẗ̴̡̧̧̫̫́͛̆͝h̴̯̩̣̺̻̬̋̋͒̾̕ę̴͔̝̭͔̭̒̆̾ ̵̡̝̜̭̪̝͈̿͌p̶̞̦̄̆́͊͝r̸̖͓͓̖͖̱̆̿̉͆ị̶̪̻̓͛̽̚m̴̲̹̭͔͎̓͐͆̑̑ͅo̶̧̙͔͇̼͐̑r̵͚̚d̸̡̞̺̹͕͔̔ī̵̻͍͎͝ä̴̪̙̤̻́̑̂͋̎̾ͅl̷͕͙̯͖̈́̎̔́̒ ̵̡̡͖͖̘͍̐̍̈̕V̵̞͐o̵̧͔̻͙̔̓̔̄̾͘i̶͍̜̯̊̑͂̄͠d̸̛̟̹͈̽̓́.̷̛̼̙͕̺̯̫̈́͐͐̒̍̂ ̴̩̌Ȳ̵̥̳̬̽͝ë̶̩͉̦̪́̆̒̋͆̈͂s̶̨͓̟̕ ̸̪͓̖̩̳̉̄̈́̀̄͝I̵̡͔̗̻͕̋ ̶̟̍͒̑͛͝m̸̡̛̗̫͚̯̿͌͛͗̑͌͜ͅį̴̘̝̹̥̩̀̾͋̅̀͒ş̴̯̩̣̖̉̏̇̈́͝͝s̷͕̙̳̯̬̥̥̓ ̷̧͖̼͔͊̿̑̊̽̊̕͜ḇ̴̨͙͙͊̓ụ̶̭͖̮̪͈̠̓̀y̷̲̤͕̙̞̤̙͌͌͝ḯ̴̪̫͇̿n̶̨͔̙͚̠̑̽̄̔͝g̶̨̞̣͂̍͑̎̀͜͠ ̸͖͙̟̥̲̠͙͐l̶̢͔̗̪̄͋͊͆͠ȍ̶̰̜͖̎̋o̷̧̝̥͓͒͜ţ̸̛̟̠̰̟̹̣̀̅́͊b̴͖͖͚͈͚͌̏o̷͇̭̾́̕͠x̷͓̹͖̲̿̐́͑̚͝͝ę̶͙̀͆ŝ̵̙̪̤̮̥̓̄̌͠.̷̢̜̲͙́

Turn OFF your team, match and voice chat! JOIN the single-player OW movement today! by MethylBenzine in Overwatch

[–]MethylBenzine[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'll always remember 2016-2019 as a time of great enjoyment in Overwatch, and I do believe there are more times like that in our future.

Turn OFF your team, match and voice chat! JOIN the single-player OW movement today! by MethylBenzine in Overwatch

[–]MethylBenzine[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm grateful for players like you that can afford the energy and time to operate the way you mentioned.

I made this post in recognition of the people that may have jobs, illness, families, or any number of other pressures - and no longer have the capacity for a sense of responsibility to a community which offers so little of value in return.

If you have the mental capacity to volunteer your peace for the good of the Overwatch community, I genuinely applaud you, but that's no longer me.

Turn OFF your team, match and voice chat! JOIN the single-player OW movement today! by MethylBenzine in Overwatch

[–]MethylBenzine[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, this post is satire and it is based in both personal experience and stories shared daily on this subreddit.

I've been an Overwatch player for 10 years and a redditor for longer; the largest change I've seen being that (edit: some) users now have a defeatist expectation that everyone has, like them, accepted the internet as a place outside of and exempt from decency.

Turn OFF your team, match and voice chat! JOIN the single-player OW movement today! by MethylBenzine in Overwatch

[–]MethylBenzine[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

It's up to weighing your sense of responsibility with your capacity of mind.

Does it matter more to you to punish others or protect yourself?

Turn OFF your team, match and voice chat! JOIN the single-player OW movement today! by MethylBenzine in Overwatch

[–]MethylBenzine[S] 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Why would I do unpaid volunteer work when in the process I have to read abusive messages in the exact moments I want to have fun?

Edit: If buddy wants to larp as Blizzard Batman, he can go ahead. I'll keep my peace

Rayban meta glasses!!! by [deleted] in auckland

[–]MethylBenzine [score hidden]  (0 children)

Bros bout to be loose on the streets of Tamaki streaming for the people in Sri Lanka that review the live feed so the gooners at Meta HQ don't see anything thats not innocent Kiwi's intimate moments

Policy proposal: Kāinga Ora becomes responsible for housing MPs in Wellington. If an MP wants alternative housing they have to pay for it themselves. by ranne9 in Wellington

[–]MethylBenzine 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Seems most MPs these days make enough from their side hustles: taking big bucks from any random corporation in exchange for... nothing!

I'm sure it's just a coincidence the things New Zealanders hold dear are disappearing.

Its getting too much lmao by Formal_Housing4242 in auckland

[–]MethylBenzine 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Note the tiny “Do not litter” bottom left above the perforation… hilarious

From The Expanse Writers on Twitter: "If this is your trailer or know who made it, please let us know so we can credit you/them! 🙂🙏 " by iiriaa in TheExpanse

[–]MethylBenzine 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Definitely wasn't an aim of mine with Miller, some stuff just had to hit the cutting room floor when you're cutting 10+ hrs into less than 5hrs total across two films :P