First, I want to start this post by saying RIP Twisten.
Second, I want to talk about the toxicity of this community.
Valorant has a quite toxic community. In comparison to other games, maybe it is not the worst, but it is still pretty toxic. As someone who plays the game daily, at a decent rank level, nearly half or more of my games I deal with toxic people. As much as I try to not let these people bother myself, it is almost inevitable. But dealing with toxicity in nearly every game is draining, and makes myself demotivated to play the game. Now, I am a somewhat casual player, yes I do take the game a little serious when it comes to becoming better, but I am definitely not a pro. I could not imagine what pros have to deal with. Forums on this website dedicated to hating/shitting on a player for their performance. Constant tweet's bashing a player. I mean seriously, being a pro must suck with all the shit they get. I have absolutely no clue why Twisten decided to take his life, but I think if this community tones down the toxicity, maybe that is all it takes to prevent another life from being taken. I am guilty of contributing to this toxicity. I know I am a nobody on this website, but my posts have just been low tier bait, and a couple of people have responded to what I have said. It is so easy for your comments to be seen, and it is so easy to send a comment without thinking about how it could affect others.
Out of respect for the players, I am done with stupid trolling on this website. Again, I know I am a nobody, but I want to apologize to the players and the community for adding onto the already massive problem that is toxicity. I am sorry.
TLDR - Toxicity can easily be spread without thinking of the consequences, try to be a nice person to everyone, and make the community better than what it is.
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