Unwarranted Avoid Me Reputation

2 days ago my friend informed me I had the needs work rep when he scrolled over my profile. The very next day it had fallen to avoid me. I was shocked and concerned. I researched and discovered you can check what people report you for and checked. 25-30
for unsportsmanlike and 3 cheating (and 2 messages.) My rep for the last 6 months was perfect green until July, where it shows a sudden decline.

I returned to Overwatch about a week ago after taking a break for a couple months. In the short span since, I have received numerous messages from players stating they would report me because of my choice of hero/character or because they thought I was losing
on purpose. I would never lose on purpose, and I have the right to choose the hero I want to play as, but if they are considered "non-meta" people get upset and report. I don't understand how you can be unsportsmanlike in Overwatch. You can only point your
guns and shoot at things. I also have 2 screenshots of an Overwatch teammate messaging me after a loss and accusing me of throwing because I picked a specific hero and that he was reporting me, just as an example of the rep system being abused.

The timing of having good rep up until I started playing again lines up perfectly with the decline in my rep. While researching what to do I came across hundreds of similar problems for players in the Overwatch community. People
get upset and report you. I can play multiplayer games like Destiny and Battlefield for months and be fine, but within a week of playing Overwatch I need to be avoided and separated from the rest of the population? That is not a coincidence. I am now unable
to find matches in most of the games I play. I was so upset that I decided to uninstall the game and just not play anymore - the toxicity in the community is not worth losing multiplayer privileges. I also saw several times that Xbox would message you as
your rep falls. I never received a message or email stating so, which further solidifies my belief that this was a sudden rush of complaints from upset Overwatch teammates.

On a side note, I have received a couple comms bans over the 7 years of being on xbox live. I have taken the steps to make sure I don't violate the code of conduct since the last one in February. I never use game chat as I am always in party chat with friends.
Messages I send are not violating the code and are normal messages. But even with these few bans I have never had my rep dropped. The fact that only 2 messages were reported (not sure why) proves that I am not engaging in that behavior anymore.

From my research some people had luck posting on the forums, explaining the situation and having an xblpet contact them. I am hoping I can find similar success.

:)

 

Unwarranted "Avoid Me" Reputation

Again, this isn't an issue that should be reduced to "because the community thinks you're a bad sport, it must be you, so tough luck."

I don't disagree with you when you say bragging/acting as if everybody is sad at losing reeks of bad sportsmanship; while this is true, that's simply NOT what's occurring in my case. As I've mentioned, I'm in a party with friends 100% of the time, and Xbox
can even review my messages to see that I don't parade around as the bad sport you have already labelled me as (even though I've outlined this information already). You aren't in a position to do so, regardless, if you aren't willing to dive deeper into this
case.

Whether or not you think so, the system isn't perfect; if it were, we wouldn't have an issue to begin with (see again: May->June possesses a big influx of reports - do you really believe that in one month, I turned into a horrible member of the community).

If this forums cannot do anything but pin the blame exclusively on its consumers without even reviewing the facts of each scenario case-by-case, then what are WE (the other members also in the same position, who I'm sure aren't nearly the bad sport you would
have them labelled as) to do? It's clear that the enforcement team isn't reviewing these cases, because after 23 reports of cheating, you'd think some action would be taken. And if that action is to simply lower my reputation until I can't play because it's
easier, then what exactly is the benefit of even having an enforcement team?

To stay on topic, the community needs a way to combat this issue - in many cases, it exists as a result of performing too well (this has been happening more prevalently in Overwatch, where skilled players are being blocked/reported so one doesn't match them
again). We know that being a bad sport is bad, focus on the issue at hand: there are cases of false/excessive reporting caused by a player's competence in a game that lead to that very player serving an unwarranted matchmaking ban. Again, sweeping this under
the rug is simply not productive on either end.

 

Unwarranted "Avoid Me" Reputation

I understand how reputation works; Xbox can see for itself that a massive influx of reports beginning in May->June are the reason my reputation has dropped. I also understand that it is supposed to be resilient to multiple baseless reports, but the issue
is that I am being reported over the span of several days/weeks for performing disproportionately well in Battleborn, which draws several reports/blocks, all of which have led to my reputation taking a tremendous spike into the red from May->June (my detailed
reputation report affirms this).

While I know you or any of the moderators are not directly capable of "fixing" reputation, I have noticed that this is not an isolated incident and that throughout all of the threads detailing similar scenarios, no clear justification has been provided as
to why the reputation system allows for this to happen in the first place. 23 reports of cheating from May->June. Shouldn't SOMEBODY have investigated by now and found the reports to be baseless and as such, irrelevant when taking my reputation into consideration?

This is not an issue about simply being a better member of the XBL community; labelling it as such is too reductive and vague, especially given my nearly spotless record in the years prior. I should not have to play games I don't want to because of a system
that is not fully functioning as intended (like any feature, it has aspects which leave much to be desired, the reputation system being no exception). This is simply a tremendously bad look for the Xbox team, because these incidents are not even recognized
as being legitimate concerns for those capable of fixing it.

Rather than provide a generic response, I would like my concerns to be specifically addressed.

 

The only way to improve your rep back into green is to keep playing multiplayer matches without getting reported.

There are no exceptions to this, as far as I've ever seen.