define "toxic"?
the way i see it, survivors are just trying to survive. flashlights help this ambition greatly. is it not toxic unless a fervid teabag is vigorously applied? i used to hate swf but i now love playing as swf because the rush of escaping is so great. so invigorating...that it almost seems a crime to not lampoon the killer at any given moment. what's he gonna do? hook me? i still have fun. what a great game.
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Toxic: Telling someone to kill themselves after a match, calling someone racial slurs, etc
Not Toxic: rapid clicking a flashlight, t-bagging, camping, etc
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Bingo
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Being toxic is go to a way where you like to make fun by making another player suffer
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Anything you do to intentionally piss off another player and provides no in-game advantage whatsoever.
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That’s not toxic, if you can piss off your opponent and get them tilted you have a big advantage, goes for any PvP game.
The only thing I’d consider “toxic” is sending hate mail and death threats after a match and false reporting people.
It’s a super overused term that needs to die.
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"and provides no in-game advantage whatsoever"
It's one sentence, dude, come on. At least finish it.
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Pissing players off de-facto gives you an advantage. Your statement is contradictory.
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While I think he's wrong still, you can piss someone off at the exit gates when it doesn't give you any advantages whatsoever
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Indeed. That was my point.
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Beeing toxic isn't tbagging or clicking all time. It's a tactic to tilt your opponent so he does mistakes out of tilt or to get tunneled because you know your mates are chickens and you are the only one who can win the game for all when you get chased.
Endgame chat can be toxic. But there is a difference between some trash talking ("ez noob git gud") and telling someone to commit suicide.
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People call bad manners and poor sportsmanship "toxic" which really undermines how damaging ACTUAL toxicity is in gaming.
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Deliberately creating a frustrating experience for other players through the deliberate abuse of unbalanced game mechanics.
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This
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That’s a definition that’s looser than my ex.
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That's not toxic as long as exploiting isnt used. It's just unbalanced.
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The problem is so many people have grown up playing these games online, not in person. Before the keyboard warrior era, people suffered the consequences for acting like an arse in person. A quick pop in the mouth tended to settle such a person down. Now, we have this monitor as a shield and we can't name & shame due to people abusing that concept. So, you can act like a pos with zero consequences. Sad.
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In your opinion.
By abusing mechanics whether exploits or not, the player is deliberately creating a negative environment for other players causing them undue stress that is not the intention of the game designers.
This is my definition of toxicity within a game
ie. SWF teams outfitted with flashlights & second chance perks intending to deliberately bully the killer and remove any fun the killer might glean from the match.
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breathing is toxic for everyone if you pollute the planet enough, tho i doubt that response is what youre looking for
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Or those players are just taking what they have given by the devs to increase their surviving chances.
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I hate this word LOL
I've noticed that people think that "toxic" is a personality. You're not toxic just because you're pretending to be Noob3. You're just... unoriginal.
As a killer to me is kinda annoying when SWFs bring keys, 3 or 4 instaheals, stupid maps offering like Haddonfield or Ormond with high survivor advantage and then says GG IZI in the end of the match. But that's all, annoying. I wouldn't use another word. Toxic in my opinion is people using bugs (The Sprint Burst one) and offenses
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Re-read the last sentence in the post.
Intent is the core concept you're deliberately ignoring and making yourself look very trollish and not to be taken seriously.
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At thus point I'm not very sure what you mean by bullying, define it to me or give me an example of how survivors bully the killer.
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--Unpopular opinion warning--
I personally define toxic as anything that is against DbD's rules, such as hacking, DCing, Lagswitching, exploits, ect.
I don't think toxic is hits on hook, tbagging, flashlight clicking, tunneling or camping, ect.
Edit: Post-game toxicity is, well, toxic.
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