Are the tunneling somewhat the survivors own fault?

imo even in this scenario yes. majority of the survivor community (and i mean majority) are just toxic and just taunt at endgame. i now just do everything possible to make sure survivors do not escape. tunneling, camping, 3 gening etc. (not cheat or anything ofc). i cannot play the game casually due to the amount of toxicity in the game that makes loosing feel horrible and abnormally mentally draining.

I think we need to move away from this concept of "playing nice" being the be all and end all of the game. What does "playing nice" even really mean, its so subjective and if you look closely it often means playing to the opponent's advantage. I'm sorry it sounds harsh but if a player's feelings get hurt by simple game mechanics maybe they shouldn't play that game.

There is nothing toxic about playing to get an early elimination AKA "tunneling" or defending a hook AKA "camping", its just gameplay.

If you think using these tools will punish other players for bad behavior then frankly you need to change your motivation to play. As that is a rather toxic mindset and a recipe for ruining your own games. Also as its been pointed out the players you are taking your frustration out on likely aren't even the one's whom upset you.

As for waiting at the exit gates, you have a big weapon chase the survivors out with it and move on. If unable to face some bobbing pixels then use that time to farm up other BP's break walls, spam you power etc. Get something while other's waste their time for nothing.

Noise spamming is a genuine pain in the butt, however if done mid game then that player is not contributing to their team's objective, take the free pressure and chase others. When its down to 2v1 you have it in the bag thanks to the noise spammer. If noise spamming at end game mute the sound and farm up your points you don't need sound at that point so mute it and follow the same steps for - waiting at the exit gates.

It boggles my mind that players are so triggered by game mechanics when playing DBD.

As for survivors bringing tunneling on themselves, the most common time I see it is players using built in BT to body block and then complaining that you chased and re-hooked them. If you create a scenario that's more advantageous for me to chase and hook you than someone else I'm gonna chase and hook you, no hard feelings, no malintent, just gameplay.

its at endgame when survivors get taunty. i promise if they counted the ones tbagging at the gate trying to make the killer force them out itll be a whole lot higher. and if you DONT force them out theyll just sit there the entire endgame until the timer runs out which theyll run out last second. the way i see it is why should i have to deal with this if i can do all the other stuff and not even give them a chance at doing it

No, absolutely not that linear. I've been tunneled non stop past few days, and they try to tell me in chat why (I don't engage back with them)

About my RL photo on steam and how I'm lying that it's me (yeah sure ok) and they took me down a notch (wrong lol)

I just block em on steam, report harassment outside game and move on.

I think players overthink these mechanics.

The anti-face camp was designed to remove the singular most egregious form of face camping. It was very common for a player to wait 5-10 mins in queue to have a game that consisted of 1 chase then hang on hook. Its doesn't fully prevent face camping it just gives an opportunity for more game play if face camped and left on hook by your team mates. It is a good mechanic.

Built in BT is a bit of a silly thing as I've always felt if there was a part of gameplay that you didn't like then build to avoid it, having abilities built in lessens the strategic value of perks and builds. That said, it's a scenario where if targeted again, AKA "tunneled", you have a guaranteed way to increase your game time so again it does serve a purpose without completely nullifying tunneling as a strategy. I'm still not a big fan of it but I get why it's in the game.

Just because these things exist it in no way says that camping and tunneling aren't valid strategies. A lot of players seem to think that way but I would categorize that thinking as limited. By that logic repairing gens isn't valid either simply because the killer can kick them. Mechanics to counter a playstyle don't invalidate the playstyle.

I don't see either of these things as playing into the "survivor rule book."

The survivor rulebook is more about about player entitlement, survivors wanting to be left alone to contribute to the objective and not get eliminated till game end is basically the survivor rulebook. A lot of players adhere to this and want changes to ensure it, that's why I comment in objection to posts like that because its a bad idea.

The concept of "playing nice" on these forums typically means not eliminating players and spreading pressure in a way that may even be detrimental to the killer objective which is absolutely playing into the opponent's advantage just to "be nice". It often involves farming over playing.

The problem with classifying this "nice" play is that it immediately classifies other playstyles as "not nice" or bad, which is an avenue for players to vilify each other over gameplay. Players who adhere to this concept tend to assume the motivation of their opponent's as always negative, the phrase "just out to ruin people's fun" gets used a lot. Players then use this assumption coupled with the concept of "playing nice" to justify genuine toxicity in the form of name calling and out of game bullying over how people play.

Its possible to play the "meanest" most competitive, most broken and OP strategies possible in DBD and still be a good person, because its only a game and playing it to win is fine.