i am seriously tired of shit talk in general. and talk that has no practical use to the game at all.

simple examples: you suck, you're bad, stupid. people like this seem to WANT people to quit the game, and all it does is discourage people and it often does exactly that and cause people to quit playing altogether. this kind of toxicity is the worst kind because allowing it to exist would remove more player base than it would just to permanently ban the people with such toxic behavior as this. the people that should truly get punished above all else are these types of people. i've seen people banned for simple things like just using some curse words here and there but it's mostly from defending themselves. The true culprits that should be banned are the ones that are causing it, that are causing people to get discouraged not the ones that feel the need to defend themselves as they so rightly deserve to do even though they often use much more "bad words". The sad truth is that these "bad words" used to defend oneself aren't even toxic to the players they are used against. More often than not, it's just laughed at, it's the desired effect of the toxic, but they are just victims, and most-if not all-of the time they deserve no punishment.

I think we should be more lenient for the people defending themselves, and have much more severe punishment for people causing the toxicity with discouragement. It might not seem like they are using very bad terms, but to the player, its a different story.

Words are meaningless compared to the intentions behind them. Discouragement is the core of toxicity and it must be dealt with swiftly. And as of right now, it is dealt with very poorly.