>In terms of identity-based harassment, 38% of female players believed they’d experienced harassment because of their gender, and 35% of LGBTQ+ players because of their sexual orientation. 31% of African American and 24% of Latinx players reported harassment based on their ethnicities respectively, and 19% of both Jewish and Muslim players because of their religion.
How do these internet racists know about your race and religion?
Why is this game so toxic?
Brandon Fisher
Connor Mitchell
Trash talking has always been a part of DOTA. ADL can suck a fat one
Ryder Price
Good, "toxic" is a buzzword made up by thinskinned faggots and betamales that can't handle pressure or bantz. The more "toxic" a community is the healthier it is.
Jack Reed
Try saying you are black in any competitive video game and you will instantly be called a filthy nigger
Owen Green
This study quantified harassment as anything from name calling and criticizing your play upward. Given how many retards ive played dota with, and how many times ive been retarded playing dota, i figure 79% is low
Aiden Sullivan
>ADL
OOOOYYYY VEEEEEEEEEEY.
Matthew Kelly
>The Anti-Defamation (((League)))
it all makes sense now
Jayden Rogers
The problem isnt that the guy is mean on the internet.
The problem is that they start throwing the match and ruin the game for everybody.
David Adams
Valve enables such behavior. Even professional players will offensively tip and spam voice lines
At one of the ESL events, a player on the losing team won the MVP award for throwing the finals so hard
It's part of the charm and what makes the community one-of-a-kind, despite reddit's constant bitching
Thomas Allen
(((toxic)))