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A new study has found that 70 percent of gamers avoid certain games because of 'toxic communities'.

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[–] flicker@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I have the misfortune of being a woman, so I play absolutely zero things with voice. And when I was younger, I'd pick the most 'bro' username possible just to avoid the bullshit.

Now that I'm older I just refuse to play competitive games at all. Life is too short to be constantly insulted. (Like the above user, I played LoL maybe twice before uninstalling.)

[–] kehtea@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I identify with this almost exactly except for the fact I played league for a few years rather than a few times. I'd say you chose the better route.

[–] S_H_K@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

League had a brief moment kinda from season 3 to 5 that had quite a female playerbase but they lost Lyte the guy who handled community systems and all went to shit. Throw it in the mountain of bad decisions they did. They were on the road of something good and they lost it. It's sad to see now, they have the worst image possible the por scene collapsed, their numbers are pulled up from China and Korea.
I'm very sad to think it was a good game and I'm so very sorry for the way they treated us.

[–] kehtea@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

That's funny because I think that was around when I played. I only ever played with at least a duo though. I'd almost never play on my own. Not because I couldn't play well enough, but because I didn't want to have to deal with people alone.

I enjoyed my time (not all of it but some) and watching Arcane made me miss it. But I don't think I'd go back to league. Maybe tft and we'll see how the mmo does.

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