Deaf to the Truth : The Real Reason League of Legends is More Toxic Than CS:GO
Hello everyone. It has come to my attention after playing both of these games and sharing my experiences with others who have played them that League of Legends has a more toxic community than CS:GO. I am unhappy to report that in virtually every League of Legends ranked game, the members of the losing team will fight among themselves, especially by blaming one another for the loss and insulting one another. It is also common to see players encouraging each other to surrender and giving up long before the game ends. By contrast, surrendering in CS:GO is extremely rare in competitive mode and there is rarely any toxicity, even on losing teams - more often, there is either silence or people will say "good try".
As a former girl gamer, I believe the reason for this difference between these two games (which share much of the same player base, amazingly!) to be the medium of communication. In League of Legends, players communicate via text chat, while in CS:GO, there is a choice between text and voice, with voice being preferred. I think this is significant because when you hear peoples' voices, it humanizes them and makes it harder to insult them over a video game. If someone does insult someone else, they have to actually hear how their words sound coming out of their mouth, and then they have to contend with being ostracized by their teammates, which is more noticeable over voice chat than text chat. The combination shuts them down and discourages them from being toxic in the future. Even in CS:GO I notice that people are braver when it comes to typing nasty messages rather than saying them out loud, so most negativity is found in the chat box.
What do you think? Am I on to something or is the real reason that League is more toxic something else? Please share your thoughts in the poll and the comments section. Thank you.
