I’m really sorry about that man. Just know I don’t think you deserve all the hate that you get.

Edit: And yes report them. We don’t want that hate circulating online.

Yh Ark community is toxic. There are some really weird people. But nobody was so dedicated to be toxic that they would use a friend request for it.

Th devs really need to get hands on with dealing with the toxicity in the game. I don't see how they think that letting it continue to go on can be good for the game. Toxicity breeds toxicity, It spreads if left unchecked.

The classic "it's not all of us" argument. If it's not you then don't worry about it. To everyone else stop being a pissbaby.

i get death threat everyday, so now i play basement bubba

Yes, let's generalize the entirety of the Survivor player base.

It's a never-ending cycle that will always persist due to toxicity from both sides. No need to make call-out posts for one side but hey whatever makes you feel better. I know it's harder to take as a Killer since it's 4v1. I get that but there are Killer players who go into matches with the goal in mind to make sure nobody has fun and that contributes to some sweat squads going out of their way to make Killers games miserable.

I don't think either side will ever truly view the other as "people" due to how this game literally alienates both sides from one another.

Survivors are prey in the eyes of Killers. Killers are supposed to catch them and kill them, showing no mercy how is a Killer supposed to view Survivor players as people lol

And Survivors are to escape from the Killer at all costs, so ofc they're going to develop a bad view of Killers over time from dying to them, especially as a result of tunneling or camping

I really wish BHVR would do something to help soften this alienation between the two roles, maybe something like multiple chat channels in the pre game lobby so if Survivors/Killer wanted to interact with one another before the match they could but it would be totally optional, kind of like team chat / public chat in Overwatch. Idk you'll probably laugh at the idea but I feel like even being able to just give warm wishes before the match starts with a glhf or something would make people step back and realize what you're trying to say, that this is a game at the end of the day and we're all humans playing it against each other and it's not so serious.

But idk, it's a horror game at its core so it will always have this sort of issue I think.

Nah, I think I'll thank dev's for creating the game and allowing player agency while condemning those who use their agency in game and irl to harrass and bully others.

Conclusion:

We can hate the players.

We can choose not to settle for the "It's going to happen no matter what we do so nothing matters." Excuse because changing is hard and blame is easy.

We can take and accept personal responsibility for our actions.

We can't change the game. We can change and govern our own actions.

Well, of course the opposition are people, they are your fellow gamers, show them some respect.

That doesnt mean you are responsible for their fun and have to play a certain way, but to thread them with respect outside and inside the game.

However, i have seen killers that try to make the game bad for survivors, but i have seen just as much killer that go out of their way and give up advantages to avoid tunneling for example.

However, i see much much more toxic survivors than killers.

I don't harass killers, but I do get abused by killers while hooked. Everything you posted can be said about the killers that do this. Killers stop abusing hooked survivors and maybe survivors won't harass killers that much. I'm going to go out on a limb and say fat chance of that happening on either side though.

Report death threats for what though? I feel like reporting does nothing.