Ubisoft is cracking down on "Toxic Players" in the game "Rainbow Six: Siege". I was somewhat surprised to see that they hadn't implemented a mute option to begin with as well.
Players will also soon have the ability to mute either or both of the text and voice chat for other players in their matches, giving more "direct control over communication channels."
I left the world of FPS Multiplayer games nearly 10 years ago, because of the toxic environment. Then again, that may have mostly just been staying away from certain games (Call of Duty) that appealed to the demographic (10 year old kids who can more or less say whatever they feel like) I didn't want to associate with. It's one thing to have the occasional being "cursed at" by a teenager / adult, because something went belly up for them. It's another to have a string of profanity that you've never heard the like being uttered by a 10 year old kid as a standard part of the game.
Apparently their parents don't know where they are / what they're doing, don't believe in parenting, don't think that verbal abuse is a thing, or some various mixture thereof. I'm not generally in favor of censorship, but at some point someone needs to step-in. At one point that was the parents, but that doesn't seem to be happening nearly as much as it used to.
The core of the changes centers around players using "racial or homophobic slurs, or hate speech," defined by the game's Code of Conduct as language that's "illegal, dangerous, threatening, abusive, obscene, vulgar, defamatory, hateful, racist, sexist, ethically offensive, or constituting harassment."
TL;DR
Game company banning toxic players. It's about time.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday April 12 2018, @10:27PM (2 children)
A) I don't play online games. They bore me because the vast majority of people bore me.
B) What makes you think I'd be in the closet if I were gay? Oh, I know, it must be how I always say only what people want to hear so they'll like me.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 12 2018, @11:00PM (1 child)
a) dummy
b) cause you're obsessed with homo-erotic imagery and it was funny
c) your entire posting history
d) your lack of self-awareness
e) your egotistical approach to discussions
f) running out of easy stuff here, losing interest
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday April 12 2018, @11:09PM
Am I? I thought I was obsessed with boobs. Live and learn, I guess.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.