It’s also vital to mention that this IS NOT EVIDENCE FOR BIOLOGICAL DETERMINISM.

But she’s proudly Russian, so this is a bit problematic for ne0-McCarthyist Pantsuit Brigade types.

Well, then, by all means side with the Russians who want to restrain your civil rights and run you down into poverty.

But did America invade/attack another democratic country before? Not so much. Russia on the other hand did so with Georgia and Ukraine.

You often can’t, so don’t make snap judgements and give them the benefit of the doubt (I.e., don’t be a toxic ass), was my answer.

Unfortunately, like most judgements rendered with limited capacity based on little to no information, it’s wrong far more often than not.

Practicing a hero in quick play is not the same as practicing in ranked (you can only practice the mechanical skill really).

Your argument about using soldier 76 as the go to pick for dps is just flat out wrong as well. Just because he is used as the go to dps slot in competitive right now doesn’t mean everyone should play him.

Isn’t that true of every character though? Someone can totally suck at Mercy or Reinhardt too. Obviously if you suck, I don’t want to play with you, and it doesn’t matter who your main is.

It is abuse of the reporting system to report players who choose to only play one hero even if they suck at it.

But I’m inherently biased against people who obsess over rank play to the point where they abuse the reporting mechanic.

It’s a sad commentary on the state of internet-based media criticism that I was fully expecting this list to be ordered in a totally controversial way, like declaring San Andreas to be the best GTA of all time, or whatever. Good on you for not going down that path, Zack.

Can we discuss the active toxicity of these players versus the phantom passive toxicity you’re implying is present?

For all those a**holes who keeps telling people how to play the game.

Except this isnt in Ranked/Comp mode, this is in quickplay and arcade modes where the goal is to have fun.

A person doesn’t pick Widow to throw the game, unless that’s some deep meta shit going on intended to give Widows an even worse black eye.

I thought I might have been missing out by not getting Overwatch, but apparently not.

The easiest people to blame are the snipers, since they’re by a rule disengaged from the objective.

You guys keep saying that it only matters in higher levels of competitive play, but how exactly would someone who isn’t good with a particular character and only uses that character get to those higher ranks to begin with? Maybe it’s an issue of the game not rewarding the right things that Blizzard should address?

That may be true, but it’s also unfair to put that only on Widow or Hanzo and ignore the people who are bad at any other role.