(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.
Try to remember that it’s not personal. What the toxic person is saying is literally not about you, it’s about them.
I’ve started throwing some people like that off. If it’s a teammate saying I suck, I ask for specific feedback. They have no idea what to do or say after that. If it’s an enemy player, I just feed off their toxicity.
Like the enemy Reaper who told me to kms today because I kept killing them as Sombra. Got an earful about “sombra is cringe” blah blah blah. Then they switched to Sombra and I killed them harder. 🤷🏻♂️ Their real issue is they’re mad at themselves that they’re not good at countering her because they don’t know how she plays, so they take it out on someone else. Whatever.