If you play any huge competitive online game for long enough, you’ll undoubtedly come across some toxic people who say terrible things in voice or text chat. Activision is doing more to combat jerks in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty Warzone 2.0, including more in-depth moderating capabilities.
When they determine a player has participated in a toxic voice or text conversation, the games’ moderation staff may now silence that player in all chat channels. While their comments may not deserve a total ban, gamers who misuse in-game chat may be muted. Activision will continue to depend on users to report disruptive gamers through in-game reports. Riot Games, on the other side, has begun to check Valorant voice chat for toxicity.
Players must read and agree to a code of conduct before they can begin playing Modern Warfare II or Warzone 2.0. This includes a pledge not to participate in bullying or harassment, as well as to make discriminatory remarks.
Furthermore, when reporting a problematic Call of Duty player, you will be able to provide additional context. The reporting system now includes a dialogue box where you may elaborate on what transpired. Activision claims that these tools will be used in all future Call of Duty games.
These moderating tools aren’t anything new. For starters, Overwatch has always enabled users to specify why they are reporting someone. However, Modern Warfare II is already one of the most popular games, with over $1 billion in sales in only 10 days. There’s little question that Warzone 2.0 will have a massive player base once it launches on November 16th. It is seldom a bad idea to have stronger moderating tools to clamp down on disruptive cretins and provide a more good experience for other gamers.
