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In your personal experience. what game has/had the most toxic community you have experience?
- Thread starter Virtua Saturn
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Because of my experience, it's more narrowed down to ask which game offers the LEAST toxic experience
I don't play a lot of PC games but from consoles - I would have to say COD -
Each time I am on chat in the lobby or something - I cannot stand the kids and just everybody is always screaming and using racial slurs and all.
The complete opposite is Rainbow Six: Siege and Battlefield 1 and V - Amazing team work always welcomed
Each time I am on chat in the lobby or something - I cannot stand the kids and just everybody is always screaming and using racial slurs and all.
The complete opposite is Rainbow Six: Siege and Battlefield 1 and V - Amazing team work always welcomed
Nintendo's fanbase is straight up weird. Goes from neurotic toxic cesspool to dogmatic borderlinr religious devotion... to kind, friendly and funny. All in the blink of an eye
In terms of games, hmm... I am no online guy but I guess LoL was awful. The price of being F2P I guess
In terms of games, hmm... I am no online guy but I guess LoL was awful. The price of being F2P I guess
f what I've played, definitely Overwatch. Stupid shit and how people act in it was a bigger turnoff to me than the game becoming stale.
The Blizzard "community" in general. I recall around the time of Burning Crusade, the "PIHB" meme was plastered up and down the off-topic forum every single time I dared to peek. They literally could not get enough of it and thought it was the most hilarious shit ever.
Siege comes off more annoying because you have at least 3 round. If someone TK you, fine I can let it go. But then they have a friend TK you and there's nothing you can do about it .
Voice chat wise, I have no issue on siege when it comes to that.
I have had the Worst experience via voice chat on siege but nothing I couldnt just ignore. I had to since my gf wont let me trash talk -_-
Pubg on the other hand, fucking hell these trash ass kids are annoying. I've learned to read my team mates motion to tell if they'll betray me later or not. Nothing worse than getting to a crate and your team killing you because you "didnt share"
Gears 5 is friggen really bad for this, just a quick look at any tweets from the devs or posts on Reddit will show. Plus in game is awful as well with the hardcore pvpers being really aggressive and toxic to anyone not at their level.
Overwatch,Pokemon and WoW communities really awful to be around too if they don't get their way.
Overwatch,Pokemon and WoW communities really awful to be around too if they don't get their way.
Don't really know what the state of things are now, but Devil May Cry and Silent Hill have had utterly rotten fan bases in the past.
This is fascinating, because my current experience (only been playing for the last year or so) is that it's been the most welcoming, easygoing community I've seen online. I can think of only one or two times where someone got aggro in a dungeon, and someone else quickly responds with "chill out." Really heartening to hear that they apparently turned the vibe around.
I have a thick skin, but Overwatch is the only game where I've seen people get angry on how you perform in pubs 😂
Literally the last time I played, some guys was making fun of me because my level was low? And I'm like well this is matchmaking in pubs why are you here LOL
Literally the last time I played, some guys was making fun of me because my level was low? And I'm like well this is matchmaking in pubs why are you here LOL
Most toxic of all-time = Anarchy Reigns (aka Max Anarchy) hands down.
Most toxic this gen? Hmm... not sure.
So far, nothing this gen has been as toxic as Anarchy. Not Overwatch. Not Rocket League. Not League of Legends. Not (insert random fighting game here, etc).
... it's not even close.
Most toxic this gen? Hmm... not sure.
So far, nothing this gen has been as toxic as Anarchy. Not Overwatch. Not Rocket League. Not League of Legends. Not (insert random fighting game here, etc).
... it's not even close.
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Lately I've been trying CSGO and it's been really bad, me and a buddy tried the Wingman queue but that was a hack infested shithole. It didn't even seem to get better when he shelled out for 'Prime'.
Meanwhile when I queue regular competitive my teammates are astonishing assholes. And boy are they really mad that I have a '10 year coin'. Like yeah, I bought CS Source and CSGO back in the day on steam sales for probably less than $10 total and never got into the game, kill me. Oh wait, you literally did TK me over it. And then look up my Steam account. And then tell me I'm "one of those PUBG tryhards" and I should go back to my game... Because god forbid someone play more than one game online!
Doesn't help that the casual mode in this game is nonsense, 9v9 and dead people get maphack and free cam? What? Doesn't seem like there's anyplace other than the ranked queue to learn the game. Also seems strange that it matches me with people with thousands of hours on the game. Did I hop in on a full MMR reset or something? Rocket League and Siege have the sense to do soft MMR resets with their new seasons.
Meanwhile when I queue regular competitive my teammates are astonishing assholes. And boy are they really mad that I have a '10 year coin'. Like yeah, I bought CS Source and CSGO back in the day on steam sales for probably less than $10 total and never got into the game, kill me. Oh wait, you literally did TK me over it. And then look up my Steam account. And then tell me I'm "one of those PUBG tryhards" and I should go back to my game... Because god forbid someone play more than one game online!
Doesn't help that the casual mode in this game is nonsense, 9v9 and dead people get maphack and free cam? What? Doesn't seem like there's anyplace other than the ranked queue to learn the game. Also seems strange that it matches me with people with thousands of hours on the game. Did I hop in on a full MMR reset or something? Rocket League and Siege have the sense to do soft MMR resets with their new seasons.
Are you talking about the PC version? The Xbox community at this point is an unmitigated disaster filled with COD kid refugees (hey, COD, now there's a trash tier community and the game isn't even really competitive!). But on PC it's still surprisingly playable. Most people on mics aren't total dicks, someone will usually respond if you ask for a certain operator or a reinforce. I can't speak to the complete noob experience since I got in on the ground floor more or less with that game. And I avoid casual... err I mean "quick match" because Siege as a game makes no sense when people aren't at least trying to take it seriously.
Yeah, it's not good. Around Diamond it's intolerable. In low Champ it's better but my god this game needs a "please don't queue me with my last teammate again" button even if it only deletes them from your life for like and hour or something. It's the beefs that last multiple games that really drive me nuts. Hell, sometimes I will try to duck my teammate by switching to 3s, and get teamed with them in 3s because they were trying the same damn strategy.
While I'm not sure how it compares to other online communities I did get bullied out of the Left 4 Dead 2 PC scene when I tried to rekindle my love for the series there a few years ago. So that one has my vote
Not true. Its more like every Team based Competitive game. ie. Mobas, CS, Overwatch. Giving someone a target to blame for their loss and an audience to appeal to for attention brings out the worst.
Yeah, I've played some of the other ones mentioned here like Overwatch, but Heroes of Newerth takes the cake from my experience. Hateful voice chat, terrible people all around.
When's the last time you all played Overwatch? In a post Endorsement and 2/2/2 world I don't really have these problems anymore.
Any team-based competitive multiplayer game. Bonus points if the player base is predominantly PC.
I played two days ago. Admittedly, I did not join and team chat though.
Blizzard games in general. World of Warcraft back in the day, and Overwatch more recently. Just hateful, bigoted players again and again and again.
Another vote for Rocket League. I thought CSGO was bad until I played Rocket League, god it was miserable.
Over 2 years ago. But honestly I'm soured enough that I have 0 interest in playing not only Overwatch, but competitive shooters in general.
I play PUBG now.
Yeah I play Overwatch quite regularly since release and sure there were some idiots but nowhere near what you people have experienced. 619 hours into the game and I can count my toxic experiences with a single hand. I don't know if there's a big correlation but I play in EU.
That said, Overwatch gave us some of the most disgusting videos on how women are treated in this game, absolutely horrific so there's that.
In my experience Dota-likes are by far the worst of the lot. LoL, DotA2, HoN when that was still a thing... All equally terrible, homophobic and racist slurs are commonplace.
Also it's impossible to simply ignore their rambling since (adding to the verbal issues) moronic teammates can ruin your game on so many levels... Feeding, ragequit, forcibly occupying your lane and taking your farm, AFKing, calling your position to the other team and so so many ways.
That said, Overwatch gave us some of the most disgusting videos on how women are treated in this game, absolutely horrific so there's that.
In my experience Dota-likes are by far the worst of the lot. LoL, DotA2, HoN when that was still a thing... All equally terrible, homophobic and racist slurs are commonplace.
Also it's impossible to simply ignore their rambling since (adding to the verbal issues) moronic teammates can ruin your game on so many levels... Feeding, ragequit, forcibly occupying your lane and taking your farm, AFKing, calling your position to the other team and so so many ways.
Must be about 2 years ago. I remember it was around the time doomfist released.
I have played this game since S1 all up till now. I come back and test waters for a couple of days, my experience does not change what so ever. If you're a comp player and you're in higher then silver grats, you've made it and you're never going to see this shit crowd. If you've ever seen the words bronze pop up on your screen this is all you'll get. It's shitty, and still happens. Any time I play I literally am scared to talk to anyone on my team. I do not know enough people to even stack a team so I can't get around this.
I played it literally the first month it came out. That's it.
edit: well, maybe 2 months. I don't remember exactly, I sure wasn't playing anymore when Ana came out.