I judge multiplayer communities almost entirely on their reported level of toxicity.

If people are constantly complaining about the shitty toxic community, I know it's a place that knows how to party like it's 1999. Because I remember how we partied in 1999.

If people are praising the lovely community, I know it's a sanitized corporate grayspace where everyone is filtering themselves and there are no genuine interactions between players and nobody genuinely expresses their joys or their frustration whether they win or lose.

I judge multiplayer communities almost entirely on their reported level of toxicity.

If people are constantly complaining about the shitty toxic community, I know it's a place that knows how to party like it's 1999. Because I remember how we partied in 1999.

If people are praising the lovely community, I know it's a sanitized corporate grayspace where everyone is filtering themselves and there a no genuine interactions between players and nobody genuinely expresses their joys or their frustration whether they win or lose.