Game director Jeff Kaplan discusses the rise of in-game toxicity, the Overwatch team’s current plans to help reduce it, and ways that players can contribute. Learn more: http://blizz.ly/2jjd06D
00:35 – Ways the development team is working to improve in-game reporting
03:01 – Our core philosophy around bad behavior in Overwatch
03:26 – Thoughts on why online interactions are so susceptible to toxicity
04:15 – Let’s ALL do our part to help reduce toxicity and increase positivity
05:21 – How in-game toxicity affects game development
06:20 – We’re in this together, so let’s work together
Hey Overwatch team, I just wanted to know if it would be recommended to put the description in your report? Because most of my reports are filed in the middle of a match and I feel like I don’t have enough time to put in a description, thanks!
How can you say you want to keep out bad players, then say you want to be inclusive?? I’ve been bronze since season 1 >:(
+playoverwatch Wow, you responded to a few reports in OW. What about your other games? And the forums?
Sounds like console peasants have the worst behavior in the game. make sense
‘When they wouldn’t do it to me in person if they knew who I was’
Jeff my friend they would be bowing to you and begging for mercy
BUT WHY DID YOU BREAK THE BASKETBALL SO WE CANT SHOOT IT ANYMORE
Ive a question…WHOS THE NEXT CHARACTER
You know a lot of those “reports” are abused. Angry people will report someone simply because they were beaten by someone better than them or because of their gamertag, etc etc…
See the problem? This happens anywhere there’s a reporting system. Why treat this like kindergarten? Stop trying to be a teacher, we have a muting feature! We have the ability to record if someone is intentionally feeding and throwing the game!
i think this is the first time ive ever seen a video addressing toxicity. good job OW Team keep it up!
thats not a very good analogy saying keep it fun, trolls and name callers are having fun in their eyes
that moment when all you care about is how dinoflask will respond
am i the only one who thinks that the competitive play ban is a bit too far. :l
if you cant brush off negatvity and ignore it dont be online and play simple as
“I’ve said mean things on the internet”, lol i think that line will be used at some point….
Is this why Splatoon 2 doesn’t have team voice chat?
I’m not here to have fun. I’m here to win amirite xD
This is very true! These players deserve all of what they get for reports! Especially in competitive overwatch I get these toxic players a lot! Thanks Jeff Kaplan!
My whole season has been littered with people leaving on my team and me always put on the losing team…
When I read the “Overwatch would have more fun stuff if we didn’t have to deal with baddies”, I was genuinely upset. It felt like a cop out.
After seeing this video, I feel bad for the hard work Blizzard had to do to make the environment better overall. As someone who tries to be better than those around me, I appreciate that support.
The 13 th is my birthday! Thanks for releasing this!