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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, @10:47PM (4 children)
Well it did start that way back when I was a wee kid but rest assured that the attitude is very much real nowadays.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 12 2018, @11:16PM (3 children)
So when you were a kid you had to try and sell your veil of bravado, now you're just good at it? Still a veil dudebro, get in touch with your repressed feelings.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday April 13 2018, @03:22AM (2 children)
Repressed feelings? Me? Do you remotely pay attention to what you type?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 13 2018, @05:44PM (1 child)
Being a loudmouth asshole may seem like you're outspoken and don't hide anything, but it is often the biggest indicator that someone has repressed issues to deal with. You would make a good case study for a psych 101 book. The louder you deny, the more you use childish attacks instead of real discussion, the more your flaws become apparent.
You have some substance on a few topics, but beyond that you are on the level of a teenager with SN being the clique you're trying to be "top dawg" in. At least you occasionally have a few funny comments, too bad most of your effort is wasted on trolling garbage.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday April 14 2018, @11:22AM
Naw, this thread aside, I haven't done much trolling in quite some time. Even this thread though, I believe what I've said wholeheartedly; I've just been intentionally saying it in a very provocative manner.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.