Toxic Players
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Discussion
Are certain classes more likely to be toxic than others?
While writing our less-than-serious guide to choosing a character for WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria, I went back and forth over the Demon Hunter entry a…
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Discussion
Can we ever really deal with player toxicity?
Toxic players need to be dealt with. I’m certainly not arguing that we shouldn’t. But watching as Blizzard goes to great lengths to try and create…
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Overwatch
The Overwatch team is (still) working on better tools to fight Overwatch toxicity
We mentioned last month that Blizzard is working on AI specifically to fight toxicity in Overwatch — but that doesn’t mean they’re not also working on other…
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Overwatch
Blizzard, Twitch, and others are teaming up to fight toxicity in gaming
Abuse and toxicity have kind of become rampant in gaming, so much so that we’re all aware of whose mother has done what in various competitive…
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WoW
Why doesn’t WoW have its own player toxicity strike team?
Overwatch has gotten a bit of a reputation for toxicity. It’s so bad that the developers recently organized an anti-toxicity strike team to combat the growing…
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Discussion
Dealing with the toxic player
We’ve seen the Overwatch team working on various ways to deal with player toxicity and bad behavior recently, but it’s not a new problem nor is it…
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Heroes of the Storm
Blizzard reminds players to not be jerks in Heroes of the Storm, bans several AFKers
As we approach the release of Kel’Thuzad in The Nexus, it’s worth noting that Blizzard recently proved they’re not going to mess around with toxic players…
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Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm combats toxic players with silence penalty
While you can currently report players in Heroes of the Storm for harassment and general bad behavior, coming in the next patch you’ll have a wide…
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Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm lead producer Kaéo Milker interview
Heroes of the Storm isn't even out of beta yet and I can't go a night without someone talking to me about playing it, so it's…
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