The ability to avoid certain players has been removed from all versions of Overwatch.<\/p>\n
The feature which was originally in place to help players avoid harassment, was being abused by players so they “wouldn’t have to face those they deemed more skillful than them”,\u00a0says <\/a><\/strong>game director Jeff Kaplan.<\/p>\n “We recently realized that ‘Avoid this player<\/strong>‘ was wreaking havoc on matchmaking.”<\/p>\n One of the best Widowmaker players in the world complained to us about long queue times.<\/p>\n We looked into it and found that hundreds of other players had avoided him (he’s a nice guy – they avoided him because they did not want to play against him, not because of misbehaviour).<\/p>\n The end result was that it took him an extremely long time to find a match.<\/p>\n The worst part was, by the time he finally got a match, he had been waiting so long that the system had ‘opened up’ to lower skill players. Now one of the best Widowmaker players was facing off against players at a lower skill level.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As a result, Overwatch players may have to deal with both a little more harassment and a few more skilled opponents.<\/p>\n Do you think Blizzard did the right thing in removing the feature? Let us know in the comments below and in our forums.<\/strong><\/p>\n Signs there is something wrong with your TV or monitor and how to fix it<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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