In a move to reduce toxicity, Marvel Rivals has announced that they plan to screen the in-game voice chat for every single match.
As part of Operation: Shield the Players, some big overhauls to the way in-game reporting works are coming in Season 3.5. Instead of leaving it solely to the player to report bad behavior from teammates via voice chat, they’re taking it a step further and keeping tabs on all voice comms.
According to Game Director Guangguang, any major offenders in game will get flagged and receive human review to determine whether or not they deserve a ban or other punishment.
And, while this will likely make Marvel Rivals a safer environment for people who want to have more interaction with their teammates, it also has some users skeptical of how recordings of their in-game voice comms may be used.
Marvel Rivals will now screen every match’s voice chat
Marvel Rivals certainly isn’t the only game trying to upgrade its ability to detect and ban people, and there are a lot of features being implemented on top of the voice chat change that people are excited about.
For instance, people who are in matches and have a teammate leave will now be compensated for the loss. Players can also set their own chat filters and mute certain words to keep themselves from tilting.
However, this has also raised questions from the community as to how general screening is conducted before a human reviews it and the accuracy of the words it catches.
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“United we stand, divided we fall. I truly believe that, if we work together, we will all have a great time in Marvel Rivals,” Guangguang said of the changes.
This comes after increased scrutiny on imposed security measures in games and while surfing the broader internet, as concerns about age-gated content in the UK have been a hot topic. Many age verification measures require you to take a photo of yourself or present ID, resulting in a lack of trust in the databases that hold on to that information.
The Tea app had a massive data breach that resulted in many people’s legal ID getting leaked from the platform due to everyone’s information accidentally getting stored on a public server.
While the contents of Marvel Rivals’ voice chat aren’t nearly as consequential as having your personal data leaked online, the ongoing trend toward constant surveillance has some people understandably trepidatious about interacting with others online.
