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I don't think the Internet became toxic because of anonymity like all those people claimed post-90s

I think it became toxic because normal people with their real life cultures found it and brought their real life cultural norms onto it

I've been thinking why are video games communities so much more holistic than other types of communities
the last few years this is becoming less and less the case, however
and now even games suck.

games now, instead of their old cultures, are becoming derivative plain cultures
everything has to be easy, meaningless, shallow
everybody has to follow the meta or people rage at you with their entitlements to your behaviour
it's exactly like real life!

mystery solved

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  • 1
    I meeeean. Yeah, that's kinda how every community works, it's not exactly new. Every community that gets big enough starts to suck because it stops being a "small closed community where everyone have something in common"(and therefore people behave in a more friendly way). Things kinda suck when they go mainstream cuz all matter of people start to join.
  • 0
    Games like Elden Ring are easy? Well I guess if you go full magic build lol
  • 0
    Uh.. since when gaming community was holistic? I bet you didn't play DotA. That's the place where strangers used F word not only for you, but at your parents.
  • 1
    @TeachMeCode Exceptions don't make the rule.
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    @TeachMeCode

    Elden ring, sekiro, all souls and Bloodborne are rather very easy.

    You just gotta learn to play the way they intend you to.

    But if you try to play them like an arcade beat 'em up, the game will devour you.
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    Anyway I kinda disagree on that anonymity is still the main factor.

    People do what they do online because they don't have to consider any consequences, and therefore become way more unhinged.

    That's why there was so much backlash when, for example, battle net introduced real id.
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    i think the only reason the internet appears toxic is because, after all, the internet ist made up of people. and people = shit.
  • 1
    Anonymity/pseudonymity is necessary to exercise criticism without fear of consequences.

    Not everyone can handle criticism.
  • 1
    What’s crazy is getting points or achievement awards for shit like starting the game up or killing the first enemy lol
  • 1
    I just got a new series x and the app that came with it has a wall of achievements for each game you play. I keep seeing stats like less than 25 percent of gamers did something basic like move past the title screen or beat the first boss lol.
  • 1
    Gamers rage because of rigged EOMM matchmaking. Even the sanest person would tilt if a down syndrome retard starts running it down on your team.
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