There ' s probably ads for Hamilton as well . Everytime something like this happens there ' s tons of posts mocking the loser for preparing victory too soon when litterally both sides do it . This year alone I ' ve seen it happen in the Euro and the US election . It ' s not a big deal , but people always seem to make it so . <| sep |> Competition brings out the best in a lot of people , but it also brings out the worst . I played sports as a kid , and I played competitive TF 2 for a while before Overwatch happened . For every person you run into who ' ll keep everyone calm , cool , and collected , or who makes sure the entire group is feeling good about themselves , it seems like you run into two who throw everyone under the bus as soon as things go south , or who think that being in a competitive environment is an excuse to be excessive with immature , inappropriate shit . It ' s bad enough in a 1 v 1 setting , but a team environment makes it even worse . The good folks really shine because they get to play a supporting role like a point guard or a healer , they get to push their teammates even further up , and they get to give praise to them while downplaying themselves . The assholes turn up to eleven though . It ' s never their fault , the team is doing shit even if it ' s doing well if they ' re not being amazing , and if someone isn ' t doing exactly what they say to do , then nothing is off limits or too extreme , even to their teammates and especially to their opponents , who are always cheating somehow . Since Overwatch has relatively small teams , it ' s easier for people to be singled out , too , and since it ' s just a username instead of a real name and a real face , it ' s easier to dehumanize and be a complete asshole towards someone . If you ' re an ass to someone in real life , you know them as a person , you ee their reaction , you see someone just like you hurting , and depending on the person and the setting , you pay the consequences . If you ' re and ass to someone online , all you see or hear is a voice and text of someone you got randomly matched with who you know nothing about , and the absolute worst consequence is having to make a new account and buy a new game . Team competition anonymity dehumanization nonexistent consequences assholes on parade . I can ' t say I blame you for thinking about leaving . I hope you don ' t , because it ' s a well designed game , and we need as many people to stand up to the assholes as possible , but I ' d be lying if I said I haven ' t quit other things over less . For whatever it ' s worth , the best thing I ever saw to shut up racist idiots or sexist idiots or antisemitic idiots was having the black kid outsmart them or the girl flatten them or the Jewish kid torch them , respectively . If it doesn ' t shut them up it makes them throw a fit , at which point you just sit back , laugh at them showing their true colors , then report them t the refs or blizzard or whoever else . Hope your games are better going forward .