Zoals elke MOBA (of shooter of sportgame of eender welke online game) heeft ook Heroes of the Storm last van aggrospelers met een grote bek. Je kan zulke spelers rapporteren aan Blizzard en in bepaalde gevallen zullen die een tijdelijke chat-ban krijgen. En wat doen ze dan? Gaan janken bij Blizzard.

Blizzard kreeg onlangs via hun forum een bericht van een speler met een chat-ban (we hebben de tekst bewust niet vertaald):

WOW I am soooo disappointed. Anytime anyone on the team has a problem and gets toxic I report them, and type reported. But I guess when you do that they will report you for reporting them. I did not break any rules, but I am silenced. Thanks Blizzard. Do you even LOOK at the reports, or is the terms of service only for show?

Helaas wist de klagende partij niet dat ook de moderators van Blizzard alle chat logs kunnen raadplegen:

For confirmation, you were not silenced for reporting others. You were silenced for using chat like this:

• 2016-06-07 19:25:03 — LILI WHAT THE [double expletives] ARE YOU DOING [expletive noun]
• 2016-06-11 10:46:50 — kill tracer noobs [religious figure] [obscene word]
• 2016-06-14 00:35:25 — AWSOME the [offensive words] THAT CANT REPLY TO MY INSULTS TOOK MY PICK
• 2016-06-14 — lol I will [politer word would’ve been ‘mess with’] with him the whole game now

If anyone finds themselves in a situation where they believe they incorrectly were silenced, you are welcome to submit an appeal through our Support Site and our Game Masters will review the logs attached to your case. Thank you!

Well played, Blizzard. Well played.