About sexist and rude peoples

[Argonaut14]

Just get rid of the downvote. Only allow people on any difficulty to upvote others and you are only allowed to vote for other people once. An experienced player going to help people in recruit or veteran should be allowed to receive upvotes.

[Eldyrus]

So the question is - if you have an upvote only system, what do you do with it?

I personally do not think it should affect match making. Instead reward the high upvoted people with something cosmetic like the portrait idea mentioned earlier.

Edit: the reason why I do not think it should affect matchmaking is that the toxic people will have close to zero votes, but also the new players will have zero votes. So it will match the new players with the toxic ones.

[Avar]

It’s kinda just a subtle way to promote more sporting behaviour. It wordlessly reinforces good play and gives people a lowkey way of complimenting others’ good play without it seeming like the complimentor is being obsequious or fawning. Just breaks down some social barriers as well as some of the minor insecurities we all have that keep us from being as open as we sometimes could be.

Digital equivalent of an affirming nod and a friendly thumbs up.

My version of this is friending ppl on Steam. If a player does well or was a decent human being in general, I’ll friend them after the match. Others seem to do the same.

[ImNotARatSienna]

I remember when the upvote system for friendly behaviour etc. got implemented in League of Legends.
You got fancy ribbons around your portrait for being a good boy. Well this resultet in players trading their votes to get ribbons, constant begging at the end of every match from at least one person (like and subscribe if you like my make up tutorials -style) and even in players trying to intimidate others to vote for them.
In the end they got completely worthless and told nothing about the player.
Its a nice idea because its basically hurting no one but oh boy, if you can count on one thing, then that multiplayer communities will find a highly effective way to abuse basically anything worthwile they are allowed to give to others for free. May it be votes, likes or unicorn baloons.

[Eldyrus]

Sorry, I had to comment. I love your name!

[Avar]

This is why it’s critical that there be no award or punishment of any kind attached to it. Just a number, that indicates either your reputation or your experience as a result of playtime (more playtime means more reputation).

[ShivaX]

We don’t necessarily need punishment (mostly because the backend on that sort of thing would be a nightmare for FS to manage), but a way to AVOID these people would be welcome. Like a personal black list or the like. Though a way to report the rare insanely racist crap and the like wouldn’t be terrible, I’m not holding my breath and people would probably abuse it.

[CoolDude]

@Lina

After reading some opinion and thinking myself about that, i understand why report systeme is not a good idea.

And apparently it’s forbidden to talking about real probleme like this, so if i resume i have to stay quiet? acting like men cause womens don’t have her place in a gaming comunity ?

Be ok to get kiked and judge on my gender rather than my skill ?

and next ? if a woman get molested, this is her fault cause she make herself pretty and wearing a dress or a skirt ?

I do not consider myself as a feminist, just a person who want be treated like a human, not like a dog, if that make me a feminist, well i am.

I have read alot of cool aswers on this topic, but I am surprised by the number of negative and degrading comments.

Yes it’s more simple to iniore and stay hiden, i very feel uncomfortable when i write this cause that make me feel like an aggressor in regard to comments i get… but if no one talk mentalities never evolve…

Is this a bait thread? Because you sure are baiting me at this point.

Male gamers are thirsty as all hell, if you receive insults for your gender regularly you must somehow attract bad apples. Literally every woman I’ve ever seen online gets bombarded with compliments and failed attempts at flirting, I don’t believe you for a second when you talk about women getting unfairly treated. That’s probably your own preconceived idea of gender discrimination warping your perception. I mean compare this thread to any other making a bad suggestion, the criticisms are tuned down, the flattery is tuned up and everyone is visibly uncomfortable because there’s a woman reading. It’s ridiculous to start talking about gender discrimination in this context.

Glad you realized that reporting is not an ideal solution, now you must realize that you are not treated unfairly, we all encounter jackasses from time to time and nothing will ever fix that. Don’t be a jackass yourself to minimize the risk. Get rid of that idea that it’s because you’re a woman that you get treated this way. It’s really not. If anything it’s an advantage.

@JanZamoysky

Someone has some serious mummy issues. I would do some serious thinking around why women scare you so much, man child.

This comment is just a straight up insult in a thread discussing toxicity and yet it has three upvotes… Nicely done mate.

[CoolDude]

@Kitten

You’ll meet toxic people in any game. I just start a new game fast and try to play with people I’ve got added.

This is a much better solution than anything anyone has suggested so far.

[NikKotovski]

@CoolDude

Is this a bait thread? Because you sure are baiting me at this point.

70+ posts into the topic, and someone finally realized that.

@CoolDude

This comment is just a straight up insult in a thread discussing toxicity and yet it has three upvotes… Nicely done mate.

@Fatshark_Hedge

When you see bad behavior, don’t reply. It encourages the bad behavior by acknowledging it, consumes your energy, and wastes everyone’s time. Just flag it. If enough flags accrue, action will be taken, either automatically or by moderator intervention.