A funny thing is happening in Overwatch when players start to misbehave in chat: the game turns their own words against them.
Typing “gg ez” — shorthand for “good game, easy [win]” — into the in-match text chat returns a random phrase that twists the writer’s unsporting intent in humorous ways.
One reads: “For glory and honor! Huzzah comrades!” Another: “It’s past my bedtime. Please don’t tell my mommy.”
It’s an appropriately metered response to an annoying behavior that isn’t so much toxic as it is a dick move. Now, if you type “gg ez” into the text chat Overwatch makes you look like the tool that you are. Read more…
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