Toxicity?! But Aren't We A Lucky Bunch?

What a week to be an Overwatch fan! Like most of you, I pretty much spent the whole weekend watching Youtube clips of BlizzCon 2017, and of course the Overwatch World Cup finals. I was so excited to wake up on Saturday morning (remember I am from the UK) to watch the opening ceremony. It reminded me of being a kid, running down stairs on Christmas morning to see what Father Christmas (again, remember I am from the UK) had brought me.

Well, I wasn't disappointed!

In the weeks leading up to BlizzCon I had read a lot of articles and watched a lot of videos about what people thought Blizzard needed to announce, and I became a little disheartened by it all. Let me explain. It seemed to me that the community was solely focused on the toxicity in the game and that Blizzard needed to reveal some magical 'anti-toxicity' solution, otherwise the game would be doomed. "Ow bloody hell mate, cheers up. There are plenty more fish in the sea".

Well after watching the opening ceremony, all those negative feelings just slipped away. Who cares if people are shouting at me because I've picked Lucio over Mercy - as long as Blizzard give me Moira (ow and by the way, if you want a Mercy in the team so badly, why don't you pick her, or at least learn how to play her). And who cares if a stropping Torbjorn keeps jumping off the map because they cannot play Soldier 76 - as long as Blizzard give me Blizzard World.

These are just two examples from a long list of new content that Blizzard announced. New legendary skins, Overwatch League, Overwatch League skins, a new animated short, nerfed Mercy (ok, maybe that one's too soon, sorry)............ and all for FREE. Sometimes I think we, as the Overwatch community, need to step back and be thankful to Blizzard. They do, and are doing, a great job.

Ok yes, obviously I have been a little flippant. Of course we cannot tolerate toxicity in the game. And yes, Blizzard are responsible for sorting the issue. However, I trust Blizzard will get it right in the end, because the one thing that came across from all the reveals, presentations, interviews at BlizzCon, they care about the game!