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On being the victim of gameplay abuse without recourse within your games!

Sadly, I am starting to think I do not like what this company stands for and what it has become. Although the game itself is amazing, it perpetuates and encourages toxicity, gameplay abuse, and virtual violence in its games against its players without recourse. It allows the abuse of its long-term players and then gaslights them. The moderators seem to be completely unhelpful and dismissive when long-term players are clearly the victims of abuse reaching out for help, even when there is clear evidence in their games. As far as I can tell after multiple attempts, there is not even a properly functioning reporting system in the game to address in-game abuse. Instead, there is a broken AI system, and you cannot even get a human to help when you are the victim of a cheater or serious gameplay abuser. I also have other friends who have experienced this completely broken reporting system. As a victim of abuse multiple times in this game, including facing the occasional anti-LGBTQ slurs if I choose to wear the transgender support flag or the LGBTQ+ flag, and much more numerous instances of griefing and cheaters, I am so appalled with it. This company seems to have become all about money. I guess in making evil killers, they have also embraced the evil. What used to be my favorite game has become like a frustrating nightmare—even just trying to use the in-game reporting system for example.

My suggestion: please take reports of player against player abuse within your games seriously. I think most players who experience extreme toxicity and abuse from other players within your game just give up and do not say anything. So you lose a huge portion of your player base without ever even knowing it. Please make the reporting system more user friendly. At the very least, please treat your players with respect or try to help them, instead of completely invalidating them when they come to you about negative experiences they have had within your games. Thank you.

Comments

  • KatsuhxP
    KatsuhxP Member Posts: 1,612

    What is gameplay-abuse for you? As long as it's not in the rules you can play how you want, and otherwise they actually do something about it in my experience.

  • MinxyJinxTTV
    MinxyJinxTTV Member Posts: 9

    I agree 100%.. this game has been remade for Bully Killers.. The Toxic play has gotten outta hand and no one does anything about it… What i can't stand.. the basic portrayal of molestation.. This happened when your put into a dying state and instead of picking you up and hooking you.. or just maybe tea bagging you.. The killer gets behind your downed character then moved forward and backward repeatedly simulating #########… Does Behavior CARE.. prolly not.. they allow a lot of this disgusting action..