I had been an avid Blizzard Entertainment fan sinc...

I had been an avid Blizzard Entertainment fan since the days of Diablo II and Warcraft III.. that is about 16 years of loyalty to Blizzard Entertainment. I have enjoyed many many hours of my life playing their wonderfully captivating games and seen the company evolve as the industry of e-sports has. I have grown with the company as Diablo III was released, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone, and now... Overwatch.

Sadly, Overwatch has led to the demise of the respect I once held for this company. Being a highly competitive First Person Shooter (FPS) game, there are passionate players out there who take the game to a new level of competitive. While I am all for the rivalry, healthy competition, and challenges that Overwatch has promoted, I am absolutely against cyber-bullying.

The unfortunate truth about online gaming is this: Trolls are everywhere. They lurk behind the solace of their keyboard and monitor, and look for the perfect opportunity to strike. Ruining someone's day, or saying hurtful things to another human being for some reason fuels these monsters. Overwatch has taken it too far. I have posted just a couple of screenshots of games that I observed involving this toxicity. Sadly, nearly every game that I observe has this type of behavior that Blizzard does nothing about. Blizzard's only comment that I have been able to squeeze from them is to "use the in game reporting option."

Blizzard- if the "in game reporting option" actually worked, do you think I would have to post the screenshots? If it actually worked as a deterrant, would this still exist? Spoiler Alert: The answer is no. Your "in game reporting" option simply does nothing.

I have always looked up to Blizzard as pioneers of gaming; being the leader of the gaming software pack, and always setting the bar high. As a customer, I loved this. I am sure that your hundreds of thousands of other customers do as well. However, I urge you to shift focus away from that bottom line and advocate for the reason Blizzard is in the position it is in today.

Continue to set the bar high- lead by example and show us that Blizzard will not tolerate this type of abuse to its other paying customers. Until then, I have uninstalled this game from my PC and I will no longer be playing your games; any of them (and I own them ALL).