A Serious Inquiry on Proper Communication

I recently just finished up a 10-game chat restriction which was handed to me due to a game where I used some particularly negative language. Now, at first I thought it was a little absurd since it was the first time I've been punished in awhile for what I said in chat, mostly because unless it's about the game, I've learned more or less to not even use chat.

Looking at what I said, there were a few "fuck yous" and "you sucks" thrown about (the chat audit doesn't show whom I was responding to), but I was getting the "fuck yous" back as well so I stooped to their level and played patty-cake, which in result led to a report or multiple reports I mean.

I'm not excusing my behavior, without a doubt that is negative language that is not beneficial in a team-based game, but what I am more concerned about is the individuals that incite negative behavior due to malicious and legitimate toxic behavior. When I think toxic, I think negative energy or thoughts that provoke or incite behavior equal to or worse than what the originator of the negativity had in mind.

For instance, I just played a game where someone felt the need to tell our team and the other team (in /all chat) that we should report a teammate due to something very elementary. In addition, said player also had to remind our team that he was muting and screenshotting what our teammate was saying or doing as well. To me, I think that sort of behavior is in some ways worst than what is actually being said. Now you really are dividing a team when you have to go about and call out a teammate to the other team in /all chat like they really care to begin with...

Let's be real, some people may report, but a team is not going to lose sleep if they realize that their opponents are ripping each other apart in the /all chat. In a way, it can be seen as an advantage, just being brutally honest...