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My preferred way isn't to call people "faggots". Interesting you jump to that though. This is what I'm talking about... anything less than perfect politeness m

My preferred way isn't to call people "faggots". Interesting you jump to that though. This is what I'm talking about... anything less than perfect politeness must be exaggerated into indefensibility. The "you asshole" typed into in-game chat is apparently enough to get someone fired. Then, if it's reported or commented on publicly, someone like you'd jump in and characterize it as "he was running around screaming that we were all faggots".

PhasmaFelis 10y ago
When we talk about "toxic behavior" in online games, calling everyone faggots is exactly what we're talking about. It's not "anything less than perfect politeness", it's not calling somebody an asshole one time. Constant, wildly abusive behavior is endemic to MOBA games in particular, to the extent that many developers have whole teams of people dedicated to trying to reduce it. You've already said that you've never played this game, you don't appear to have much experience with online games in general, and you clearly haven't read the article if you think that Riot is firing people for saying "you asshole" in chat. You don't know anything about any part of the topic we're discussing. Why are you so determined that you're right anyway?
- NoMoreNicksLeft 10y ago
  You say this, and you believe it to be true. But yet you're all downvoting me for expressing an opinion without any name-calling at all. You disapprove of my opinion, you imagine that I'm screaming "faggots", and then you punish me for something that I've never done. Why would I believe you when you tell me that you're only punishing those who deserve it? You've already given me all the evidence I need to see what you'd really do. > You've already said that you've never played this game, you don't appear to have much experience with online games in general, and you clearly haven't read the article if you think that Riot is firing people for saying "you asshole" in chat. I did read the article. They didn't list out some exhaustive policy. They didn't talk about digging deep into the context or examining nuance and different perspectives. Like you, they already knew what they wanted to be rid of, they exaggerated behavior or fabricated it wholesale (just as you and the other hackernewsians have done here), and that was that. No defense, no appeals process, no presumption of innocence.

PhasmaFelis 10y ago

When we talk about "toxic behavior" in online games, calling everyone faggots is exactly what we're talking about. It's not "anything less than perfect politeness", it's not calling somebody an asshole one time. Constant, wildly abusive behavior is endemic to MOBA games in particular, to the extent that many developers have whole teams of people dedicated to trying to reduce it. You've already said that you've never played this game, you don't appear to have much experience with online games in general, and you clearly haven't read the article if you think that Riot is firing people for saying "you asshole" in chat. You don't know anything about any part of the topic we're discussing. Why are you so determined that you're right anyway?

NoMoreNicksLeft 10y ago
You say this, and you believe it to be true. But yet you're all downvoting me for expressing an opinion without any name-calling at all. You disapprove of my opinion, you imagine that I'm screaming "faggots", and then you punish me for something that I've never done. Why would I believe you when you tell me that you're only punishing those who deserve it? You've already given me all the evidence I need to see what you'd really do. > You've already said that you've never played this game, you don't appear to have much experience with online games in general, and you clearly haven't read the article if you think that Riot is firing people for saying "you asshole" in chat. I did read the article. They didn't list out some exhaustive policy. They didn't talk about digging deep into the context or examining nuance and different perspectives. Like you, they already knew what they wanted to be rid of, they exaggerated behavior or fabricated it wholesale (just as you and the other hackernewsians have done here), and that was that. No defense, no appeals process, no presumption of innocence.