Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active playerbase in three years

Re:Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active player... by aaomidi on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @04:26PM (#27055266)

Good, players like you leaving makes the game a better and safer place for everyone.

Players like you, and Blizzard's inaction to do something about it is why I left.

Players Overwatch with my girl friends has been the worst experience. Players any multiplayer game as a woman just seems to be toxic. I expected more from Blizzard here.

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Re:Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active player... by brutal_chaos_ on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @04:42PM (#27055508)

I'm with the GP, companies aren't there to censor (unless it's a kids game). I don't like the toxic nature of many who play games, but at most the company should look into harassment / abuse, not censor words. My reasoning is Poe's Law. One could be using a would-be censored word or phrase to describe something in a non-offending way. A farmer might say, "I have several bitches to sell, would you be interested?" Here, bitches is used appropriately to describe female dogs. My example may be shite, though I hope the point is made.

(Nevermind the use of exposure therapy to make certain words/events less impactful on an individual)

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Re:Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active player... by TOSSAWAY_1 on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @04:46PM (#27055564)

Just want to chime in and say I'm actually personally very affable and I do not rant and rave online. I just have no issues with those who do.

Smells to me we're a couple of crying fat kids away from banning people for pulling a Leroy Jenkins.

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Re:Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active player... by TOSSAWAY_1 on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @04:27PM (#27055283)

Exactly. I can tell where I'm not wanted. Enjoy!

Edit: sorry I caught this before your edit to include popular buzzwords like "toxic". Good for you, I'm actually looking for games and experiences that are outside the realm of sanitized things my mother would like.

And I'm sorry about your girlfriend, it was likely my girlfriend giving her so much shit. She's a real sailor when she gets going. And mean too!

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Re:Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active player... by meristohm on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @05:06PM (#27055841)

“Girl friends” isn’t the same as “girlfriend”, and your mother does not represent all mothers.

It seems aaomidi is recounting personal experience, and from my own experience, when a person earnestly uses “toxic” to describe how other participants behave it is often an apt description.

If you are human, you’re a person with emotions. When a person describes something you might enjoy as toxic, are you able to pause and notice what you’re feeling, and then choose whether or not to act?

I did this before responding to you, in an effort to help others that struggle with this, (I do, in some contexts). If a person still chooses to respond in a dismissive manner, or worse, then perhaps they enjoy being mean to others.

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Re:Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active player... by TOSSAWAY_1 on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @09:21PM (#27058085)

From my experience I've heard the word toxic in common parlance for about eight years and its just part of a common trend for the common mind.

The same minds that gave me shit for plainly stating that light speed wasn't sexist in a 1982 class room, I'm sure.

I prefer the 'toxic avenger' style usage from the past.

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