Overwatch

skribble said:

One-Tricking is Officially Bannable. • r/Overwatch

Ignore the clickbait title, but it seems some dude got 24hr suspension for only playing torb. Be interesting to see if its just a salty GM or if blizzard are shifting their stance a bit.

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I just wanted to chime in and make sure that everyone knows that we’re currently digging into the reports, investigating this ban, and thinking about how this type of situation affects specialized players and their teammates.

We take both sides of the issue very seriously. We believe that players should be able to choose their favorite heroes, but playing as a team (which includes building an effective team composition) is a core part of the Overwatch experience. It’s a delicate balance, and we’re still working on getting it right (and probably always will be).

If you’ve been playing Blizzard games for a while, you’ve probably heard us use the phrase “Play nice; play fair.” It’s like a mantra around the Blizzard campus, and it’s a big part of the way that we approach situations like this. People tend to focus on the “playing fair” part, but they forget about “playing nice.” Sometimes that means switching off at your teammates' request, and sometimes that means working around your teammate’s specialization.

Either way, Overwatch is more fun when everyone is playing nice.

Thank you for your patience as we investigate this situation, and thank you for your passion/enthusiasm about Overwatch.

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Well this one trick banning discussion started with a post by XUL here I'm a one trick that just got banned from Overwatch for playing a hero. • r/Overwatch.

He claims that the only reason he got banned was for one tricking torb. Me and my friends played with him and got steamrolled on the payload map since they were heavily countering torb.

My friend Activates picked torb on attack to see what XUL would play after we asked him kindly to swap to ANYTHING else as we were flexible on our picks.

XUL responded by saying he's just gonna afk then. Rather than picking another character and playing the game he decided he would just sit in base without picking a hero. He kept timing out and back in so he wouldn't get banned from competitive afterwards.

From his actions in this clip shown if another torb main was on the team and picked it first he would've went afk in the base and just lost the game for the team since he was unwilling to pick anything else. This is the problem with some of these one-tricks, it's not the one tricking itself, its the player. XUL got banned for griefing or delibrate inactivity.

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nevergone said:

First of all, fuckers, there are varying degrees of one tricking.

The first, is when someone absolutely refuses to play a different character and would rather go inactive/leave the game than "ruin" their clean profile as a one trick. These folks are arguably too inflexible.

The second, is someone who specializes in a particular character such as my playing Sym. Do I switch occasionally? Sure.
Do I switch when asked at the start of a game, no - because fuck you. If we "need" a healer, tank, or different DPS so badly that you feel the need to be triggered about me playing Sym - maybe YOU should consider changing your pick. Again, because fuck you.

I know what I'm doing and she's a well rounded enough hero to contribute in many circumstances.
Also, the "rules" specifically state playing a hero the community finds unpopular to NOT be reportable.

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nevergone said:

I get that the guy was penalized inconsistent with Blizzard's stated policies.
I also get that most people are too stupid to understand the concept of specializing in a particular hero.

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