(Barring disabling chat because playing without any sort of interaction feels hollow)
Basically, all the toxicity and blaming has been really getting to me. The more toxic or incorrect it is the more it bothers me, and I respond, and it only adds to it and makes me a target, especially if I wasn’t the one being targeted beforehand.
It happens so often that it really effects my enjoyment of the game. How do I just… ignore toxicity in these games without letting it get to me? If I respond it helps a bit, but it only adds fuel to the fire, if I don’t respond and mute I feel like trash, especially if it’s not aimed at me. I just don’t know a way to really think through and disregard other people’s negativity in game.
I don’t take it personally but I do get crabby when my team does stupid shit.
Honestly the people I forgive the most are the Supports when they do things like ignore people who need heals because I’ve been in their shoes plenty of times.
I mean there’s a difference between an Ana having no clue you are standing right behind her with low health and a Lucio who exclusively used the Speed Boost but still.
So I pretty much trash talk back and continue to live my life. My favorites are when I’m a support and someone starts bitching at me about not doing my job correctly.
I’ve taken to spitefully never healing them specifically and laughing at their rage. Though it depends on if I’m actually doing garbage or that person thinks I’m garbage because I’m not pocket healing them.
If I do actually suck then, fair. But if the reason I “suck” is because I’m not pocket healing or I’m getting picked off and nobody is actually trying to help me then no, that’s when I get petty.