▲ 52 ▼ What's the most toxic game community you know of? (lemmy.sdf.org) submitted 3 years ago by Milk_SDF_Possum@lemmy.sdf.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org 127 comments fedilink hide all child comments The most toxic communities I know of are the Genshin community, Payday 2, FFXIV and source games communities in general.
[–] Kata1yst@kbin.social 69 points 3 years ago (6 children) LoL permalink fedilink source hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 26 points 3 years ago (2 children) 100%. I stopped playing a decade ago, but when I played I was always amazed at the behaviour it brought out in people. I would watch people who I considered friends IRL turn into abusive jerks when I played with them. It's this weird prisoner's dillemma of a game where the psychology of the game appears to encourage ganging up on the weakest player. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 19 points 3 years ago That's what happens if you design a game in a way that makes it worse to have a bad player in your team than no player at all. permalink fedilink source parent [–] devilstrip@midwest.social 2 points 3 years ago I think you’re on to something here. I play all kinds of games with friends, and DOTA was the only one where I’d actively get shit on for my lack of skill. And that’s from real life friends too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 10 points 3 years ago League was the poster child for toxic communities a decade or so ago when I played. It must have gotten better (it certainly couldn't have gotten worse!) if this isn't the top comment by a mile. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Reporting players for in-game behaviour rarely did anything. And there was no reporting mechanism at all if they decided to continue harassing you through DMs after the game was over - all you could do was block them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] batcheck@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago I agree. But I want to give them some credit. I report people for being toxic or for afking. Recently the client tells me almost after every game that someone in my previous game was punished after my report. Now, I can never easily validate this. But if its true it seems riot is taking a much more active role with automated punishment. League of Legends is pretty fun. Just “mute all” every game and it’s a lot more tolerable. Don’t let the people that tilt after one or two deaths get to you. Recent comeback changes make the game playable until your nexus explodes permalink fedilink source parent [–] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 2 points 3 years ago Can confirm- playing that game, if you don't have enough friends online to make a full team- is painful... Very painful. Don't play this game solo. Don't play it with strangers. You will have a bad time. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gaytswiftfan@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago maybe ten years ago, but it's a lot better now. still there's toxicity but nowhere near as bad permalink fedilink source parent [–] gaytswiftfan@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) maybe ten years ago, but it's a lot better now. still there's toxicity but nowhere near as bad permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 point 3 years ago They clamped down so much that I get a 3 day chat ban for saying "sex" Its cleaned up chat a lot but the people quitting as soon as the game goes down hill are still there permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 26 points 3 years ago (2 children) 100%. I stopped playing a decade ago, but when I played I was always amazed at the behaviour it brought out in people. I would watch people who I considered friends IRL turn into abusive jerks when I played with them. It's this weird prisoner's dillemma of a game where the psychology of the game appears to encourage ganging up on the weakest player. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 19 points 3 years ago That's what happens if you design a game in a way that makes it worse to have a bad player in your team than no player at all. permalink fedilink source parent [–] devilstrip@midwest.social 2 points 3 years ago I think you’re on to something here. I play all kinds of games with friends, and DOTA was the only one where I’d actively get shit on for my lack of skill. And that’s from real life friends too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 19 points 3 years ago That's what happens if you design a game in a way that makes it worse to have a bad player in your team than no player at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] devilstrip@midwest.social 2 points 3 years ago I think you’re on to something here. I play all kinds of games with friends, and DOTA was the only one where I’d actively get shit on for my lack of skill. And that’s from real life friends too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 10 points 3 years ago League was the poster child for toxic communities a decade or so ago when I played. It must have gotten better (it certainly couldn't have gotten worse!) if this isn't the top comment by a mile. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Reporting players for in-game behaviour rarely did anything. And there was no reporting mechanism at all if they decided to continue harassing you through DMs after the game was over - all you could do was block them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] batcheck@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago I agree. But I want to give them some credit. I report people for being toxic or for afking. Recently the client tells me almost after every game that someone in my previous game was punished after my report. Now, I can never easily validate this. But if its true it seems riot is taking a much more active role with automated punishment. League of Legends is pretty fun. Just “mute all” every game and it’s a lot more tolerable. Don’t let the people that tilt after one or two deaths get to you. Recent comeback changes make the game playable until your nexus explodes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] batcheck@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago I agree. But I want to give them some credit. I report people for being toxic or for afking. Recently the client tells me almost after every game that someone in my previous game was punished after my report. Now, I can never easily validate this. But if its true it seems riot is taking a much more active role with automated punishment. League of Legends is pretty fun. Just “mute all” every game and it’s a lot more tolerable. Don’t let the people that tilt after one or two deaths get to you. Recent comeback changes make the game playable until your nexus explodes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 2 points 3 years ago Can confirm- playing that game, if you don't have enough friends online to make a full team- is painful... Very painful. Don't play this game solo. Don't play it with strangers. You will have a bad time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gaytswiftfan@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago maybe ten years ago, but it's a lot better now. still there's toxicity but nowhere near as bad permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gaytswiftfan@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) maybe ten years ago, but it's a lot better now. still there's toxicity but nowhere near as bad permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 point 3 years ago They clamped down so much that I get a 3 day chat ban for saying "sex" Its cleaned up chat a lot but the people quitting as soon as the game goes down hill are still there permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 point 3 years ago They clamped down so much that I get a 3 day chat ban for saying "sex" Its cleaned up chat a lot but the people quitting as soon as the game goes down hill are still there permalink fedilink source parent