Toxicity negatively impact gameplay?
I find it funny how, and more funny how the sheepal repeat it as if its gods word, riot constantly uses the narrative that toxicity negatively impacts gameplay, and makes the games less fun for everyone, and to that I ask wheres the scientific proof or study that it does. I ask because if it does why do major sports not have rules against these type of things? NFL for example has rules against showboating in the inzone, rules that have become more laxed over the years, but god knows what those guys say to each other on field and the refs are right there to give penalization needed. Their is however anecdotal stories as well as practice that contradict what riot thinks.
A couple days ago throin, major esports journalist (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gidtdSkYgzw), released a video, where in an aside in the video he stated that in his experience working with pro athletes he has never once had someone say to him "we lost because x player was toxic and hard to work with, and more often that not its the person who failed to do their part scapegoating the toxic person so that they don't have to reflect and take responsibility for what they did badly. (4min mark)
id like to give a short example: your boss, any job, assigns you a special project, team or solo, you get to work. After several days he calls you in to his office because he has looked over the work you have done so far and he finds it, while not bad, not up to company standards. He explains to you what you did wrong and how it can be fixed (If you work in corporate america you will know that its not a requirement they speak to you in a cordial manner and more often than not they will be down right rude). Now if u plug Riots summoners code into this situation the expected result would be that not only would your work decrease in quality but that you would actually lose the motivation to work on the project. If this happens you would be first reprimanded, further fueling the fire, and then fired from your work. Rito is teaching players life lessons, that while maybe morally sound, clash with our culture on a macro level and setting alot of people of for a very rude awakening. if i am wrong though pls feel free to site works that contradict my beliefs.
P.s i have omitted opinion statements, as best i can, like negativity doesnt impact my game because... and arguments such as this because everyone is raised different and have tolerance levels of varying degrees but at the end of the day saying someone shouldn't be toxic cause someone else might not be able to handle it is subjective, so pls do the same.
