• Overwatch is the new report tool of Dota 2
• Selected players can rate the misbehavior of other players
• With yesterday’s update the tool was implemented, more and more accounts get an authorization for Overwatch

“Overwatch is coming to Dota 2” reads the blog of the MOBA giant. No, this is not about a crossover between Dota 2 and the Blizzard shooter. What the developers actually want to say is: There is now a tool that allows players to monitor and evaluate the reported activities of other players.

On January 27, “Overwatch for Dota 2” was thrown into the gaming fray with an update. Automatically you will not get access to the report tool of Dota 2. Over the next few weeks, however, more and more accounts will be unlocked for the anonymous community jury.

And this is how the whole thing works:

If you have permission to use the tool, you will occasionally be notified under your profile picture that you can review a case. The video evidence with the immoral act already has pre-marked sections that lead you directly to the suspect’s behavior. This saves a lot of investigative work.

Once you have sufficiently studied the material, your assessment is required. Is the defendant guilty, not guilty, or lacking the evidence for a definite guilty verdict? As a community judge, you now have the upper hand. However, if you take advantage of your position by making frequent false convictions, your right to practice Overwatch can be revoked. Dota only wants reliable reviewers on their amateur jury.

Before the conviction, however, first comes a charge. From now on you can issue a report about a player with negative behavior already during a match. To do this, you have to select the flag via the scoreboard or directly by selecting the player. With this, you set the markers that will later show the Overwatchers where they should pay special attention to the flag bearer’s behavior.

In addition to the Overwatch reports, the communication reports that can be distributed at the end of each game also remain. Only a certain pool of reports is available for Overwatch. So it’s better not to rush them out.

Communication bans no longer exist. At least not like before. Instead of completely preventing the player from communicating, he is now only muted for everyone present. His teammates can now decide for themselves whether to manually unlock him or leave him with a thick tape on his mouth for the rest of the match.

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