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When people bring up LoL they like to pretend toxicity is a problem exclusive to it and now, you know, rampant in ALL popular competitive multiplayer games.
I think it's overplayed. Been doing regular online gaming since 1999 and the vast majority of the time, it's silence. Whether UT, Quake, a 100 random Half Life mods (every week a new one!), CS, DoD, Firearms, NS, GGPW, nFBA, SF, Dystopia, SC, Dota, LoL, whatever MMOs, etc. The arcade scene was much more toxic back in my day. People used to throw fists because of SF, and there were the assholes who would reset the machine if there were losing, and also the fuckers who gave no mercy rounds, despite being house rules.