{"id":2127370,"date":"2023-12-17T11:46:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T16:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/highly-toxic-streamer-opens-in-game-gift-and-finds-a-devastating-present\/"},"modified":"2023-12-17T11:55:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T16:55:15","slug":"highly-toxic-streamer-opens-in-game-gift-and-finds-a-devastating-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/highly-toxic-streamer-opens-in-game-gift-and-finds-a-devastating-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Streamer opens gift in game, finds toxic surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhighly-toxic-streamer-opens-in-game-gift-and-finds-a-devastating-present%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2127370&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>&#8216;Highly\u200b Toxic&#8217; Streamer Opens\u200c In-Game Gift and Finds \u2062a Devastating Present<\/h2>\n<p>Anyone who \u200dhas spent any\u200b time in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-and-morty-contemplates-religion-and-the-religious-following-of-die-hard-in-latest-episode\/\" title=\"\u2018Rick And Morty\u2019 Contemplates Religion And The Religious Following Of \u2018Die Hard\u2019 In Latest Episode\">video game world<\/a> will all tell you: Gamers,\u2063 as a whole, \u200dkinda suck.<\/p>\n<p>A gamer can certainly be thoughtful, fun, interesting, charismatic, and just an aggressive net positive for\u200d humanity\u2064 (take \u2062this humble\u2064 writer, for instance) \u2014 but as a collective? Not so much.<\/p>\n<p>As a whole, gamers are largely toxic, immature trolls who literally still live in their parents\u2019 basement and have zero\u2062 social skills.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, spend 10 \u200dminutes in a Call of Duty lobby,\u200d and the amount of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/minnesota-house-candidate-rolls-disgraceful-new-campaign-ad-wants-n\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">n-words<\/a>, f-words and\u2063 other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/minnesota-vikings-condemn-racist-attacks-running-back-following-loss-eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">despicable terms<\/a> being hurled around by 13-year-olds\u2064 will force you \u200dto \u200close a\u200d little faith in humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Given that, it also makes sense \u200cthat there\u200c are ample lucrative opportunities for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/update-kids-favorite-streaming-site-allowed-artistic-nudity-now-new-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video\u2063 game streamers<\/a> to cultivate communities of gamers \u2064largely revolving around toxicity.<\/p>\n<p>And how best to do that? \u2063You \u2064be the biggest toxic troll\u2063 possible.<\/p>\n<p>That may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-look-up-review-a-trumpian-attack-on-americas-corrupt-establishment\/\" title=\"'Don't Look Up' Review: A Trumpian Attack on America's Corrupt Establishment\">sound counter-intuitive<\/a>, but think of it as the biggest, most rotten slab of meat drawing the greatest number of\u2063 flies.<\/p>\n<p>This vicious cycle has, in turn, \u200bcreated a race to \u2063the \u200cbottom for video game content\u2064 creators, which has made the space just an unpleasant one to occupy sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>Video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-are-trying-to-get-a-new-video-game-banned-claiming-it-will-lead-to-mass-shootings\/\" title=\"People Are Trying To Get A New Video Game Banned, Claiming It Will Lead To Mass Shootings\">game developers<\/a> are keenly aware of how unwelcoming this can \u200dbe \u200c(which obviously affects their bottom line) \u200cand\u200d one titan of industry \u200cis fighting \u2064back in a particularly \u2064creative and festive way.<\/p>\n<p>Video game\u2064 publisher, developer and distribution company Valve Corporation came up with\u200b a viral method for\u2062 dealing with particularly toxic trolls, and it\u2019s \u2063easy to see why the story\u2019s gaining steam.<\/p>\n<p>Dota 2 \u2014 a \u200bValve-owned strategy video game that\u2019s particularly notorious \u2064for having \u2062such \u200da toxic fan \u200cand \u2062user base that it rolled out a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/does-fear-of-contagion-make-us-intolerant-and-compliant\/\" title=\"Does Fear of Contagion Make Us Intolerant and Compliant?\">behavior score<\/a> system\u201d earlier this year \u2014\u200c is\u200b having its seasonal holiday event \u201cFrostvirus 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of the \u200devent, \u200cgamers will\u200d get special \u200dpresents and gifts (keeping with the Christmas theme) which they can\u200c then \u201copen\u201d, digitally speaking,\u2064 to collect \u2062the goods.<\/p>\n<p>As described by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/24002666\/dota-2-frostivus-2023-bans-valve-toxic-lump-coal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polygon<\/a>, \u2062some gamers won\u2019t receive a fun trinket or \u200cshiny adornment for their avatar, but \u2062rather they\u2019ll receive a \u201cHighly Toxic Lump of Coal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That in-game trinket comes with\u2062 just \u2062one\u200c crazy caveat: Players who open their Frostvirus gift \u200cand receive that \u201cHighly Toxic Lump of Coal\u201d are \u2064henceforth banned\u200d from\u200c playing \u2062Dota 2.<\/p>\n<p>Polygon listed out a number \u200cof ways that players can \u200dget\u200b pinged \u2062for being toxic, and those included \u200c\u201csmurfing\u201d \u2064(intentionally throwing\u2062 the occasional\u2063 game to stay matched up with less experienced \u200bplayers online) and sharing accounts (or, having other\u2062 people play on your \u200dbehalf.)<\/p>\n<p>One\u2062 very prominent streamer and e-sports champion, Mason \u201cmason\u201d (he really stretched his brain with that one) Venne was deemed to be worthy of a\u2062 \u201cHighly Toxic\u2063 Lump of Coal\u201d and the video\u2063 of his\u200b disbelief at the ban \u2064swiftly went viral:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@theesportsgg\/video\/7312659388513193262\" data-video-id=\"7312659388513193262\">\n<section><a title=\"@theesportsgg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@theesportsgg?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@theesportsgg<\/a> Dota streamer Mason gets a lump of toxic coal\u2064 and a \u200bperma ban from Valve for Christmas. <a title=\"dota2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/dota2?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#dota2<\/a> <a title=\"dota2memes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/dota2memes?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#dota2memes<\/a> <a title=\"frostivus\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/frostivus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#frostivus<\/a> <a title=\"\u266c original sound - @Esports\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7312659444670810923?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound \u2013\u200d @Esports<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Venne, who claims that he\u2019s banned until Jan. 18, appears to be accused of \u200c\u201csmurfing.\u201d Per Polygon, Venne defended himself against the allegations of smurfing, but\u200c did admit to \u201cboosting\u201d his \u200dbehavior score.<\/p>\n<p>Valve made it clear \u2062that there \u2064was going to be a \u201cbloodbath\u201d in\u200b regards to banning toxic accounts in a Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dota2.com\/newsentry\/3884981125532748791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After noting the gifts \u2064and updates\u2064 waiting for\u2062 players on \u2064the \u2062\u201cNice\u201d list, \u200dValve stated: \u201cOn \u2064the other\u2063 hand,\u2063 if you\u2019re on the Naughty List,\u200c we\u2019ve got great news for \u2062everybody \u200belse and bad news for you, because this year is gonna be a bloodbath. You might remember back in\u2064 September, we got out \u200dthe ban hammer and permanently \u2063banned 90,000 smurf \u200daccounts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince then, we\u2019ve continued to invest in player behavior monitoring, on both the manual and automatic analysis\u2062 fronts. Over the last few weeks, we\u2019ve engaged in an\u200b even more \u200caggressive ban \u200cwave, including many tens\u2062 of thousands of smurf account bans today alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The multi-billion \u2064dollar video game company added: \u201cAnd smurfing \u2064isn\u2019t even\u2064 the only naughty thing players\u2063 are getting up\u200b to. Amongst other questionable choices, some bad actors are playing like jerks, ruining games and losing behavior score because of \u200dit, then hiring behavior score farmers\u2063 to drive \u2064it back\u2064 up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So yeah. That\u2019s sort of how awful gamers can be.<\/p>\n<p>Companies would literally rather have \u2064some people just \u200dnot \u200dplay their games than sully their \u200ccommunities with toxicity.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/highly-toxic-streamer-opens-game-gift-finds-devastating-present\/\">&#8216;Highly\u200c Toxic&#8217; Streamer Opens In-Game Gift and Finds a Devastating Present<\/a> appeared\u2064 first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does Valve Corporation&#8217;s approach to toxic behavior in gaming differ from other game developers?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Highly Toxic Streamer Opens In-Game \u2062Gift and Finds \u200ba Devastating Present<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has spent any\u200b time in the video game world will all tell you:\u200b Gamers,\u2063 as a whole, \u200ckinda suck.<\/p>\n<p>A gamer \u2062can certainly be thoughtful, fun, interesting, charismatic, and\u200d just an aggressive net \u200cpositive for\u200d humanity\u2064 (take \u200c\u2062this humble\u2064 writer, for instance) \u2014 but as a collective? Not so much.<\/p>\n<p>As a whole, gamers are largely toxic, immature trolls \u2063who literally still live in their parents\u2019 \u200bbasement and have\u200b zero\u2062 social skills.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, spend 10 \u200dminutes in a Call of Duty lobby,\u200d and\u200d the amount of n-words, f-words and\u2063 other despicable terms being hurled around by 13-year-olds\u2064 will force you \u200dto \u200close a\u200d\u2064 little faith in humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Given that, it also makes sense \u200cthat there\u200c are ample lucrative opportunities for video\u2063 game \u2063streamers \u2064to cultivate communities of gamers \u2064largely revolving around toxicity.<\/p>\n<p>And how best to do that? \u2063You \u2064be the biggest toxic troll\u2063\u2064 possible.<\/p>\n<p>That may sound counter-intuitive, but\u2062 think of it as the biggest, most rotten slab of meat drawing the \u2063greatest number of\u2063 flies.<\/p>\n<p>This vicious cycle has, in turn, \u200bcreated \u2062a race to \u2063the \u200cbottom for video\u2064 game content\u2064 creators,\u2064 which\u2063 has\u2063 made the space \u2063just\u200b an unpleasant one to occupy sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>Video game developers are keenly aware of how unwelcoming this can \u200dbe \u200c(which obviously affects their bottom line) \u200cand\u200d one titan of\u200d industry \u200cis fighting \u2064back in a particularly \u2064creative and festive way.<\/p>\n<p>Video game\u2064\u2062 publisher, developer \u200band distribution company Valve Corporation came up with\u200b a viral method for\u2062 \u2062dealing with\u200c particularly toxic trolls, and it\u2019s \u2063easy to see why the story\u2019s gaining steam.<\/p>\n<p>Dota 2 \u2014 a \u200bValve-owned strategy video game that\u2019s\u200d particularly\u200b notorious \u2064for having \u2062such \u200da toxic fan \u200cand \u2062user\u200d base that \u2064it rolled out a \u201cbehavior score system\u201d earlier this\u2063 year \u2014\u200c is\u200b having its seasonal holiday event \u201cFrostvirus 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As \u2063part of the \u200devent, \u200cgamers will\u200d get\u2062 special \u200d\u200dpresents and\u2062 gifts (keeping with the Christmas theme) which they can\u200c then \u201copen\u201d, digitally speaking,\u2064 to collect \u2062the goods.<\/p>\n<p>As described by Polygon, \u2062some gamers won\u2019t receive a fun trinket or \u200cshiny adornment for their avatar, but \u2062rather they\u2019ll receive a \u201cHighly Toxic Lump of Coal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That in-game trinket comes with\u2062 just \u2062one\u200c crazy caveat: Players who open their Frostvirus gift \u200cand\u2063 receive that \u201cHighly Toxic Lump of Coal\u201d are\u2063 \u2064henceforth banned\u200d from\u200c playing \u2062Dota 2.<\/p>\n<p>Polygon listed out a number \u200cof ways that players\u200b can \u200dget\u200b pinged \u2062for being \u2062toxic, and those included \u200c\u201csmurfing\u201d \u2064(intentionally throwing\u2062 the occasional\u2063\u200b game to stay \u2064matched up with less experienced \u200bplayers \u200conline) and sharing accounts (or, having\u200d other\u2062 people play on your \u200dbehalf.)<\/p>\n<p>One\u2062 very prominent streamer and e-sports champion, Mason \u201cmason\u201d (he really stretched his brain with that one) Venne was deemed to be worthy \u200bof a\u2062 \u201cHighly Toxic\u2063 Lump of Coal\u201d and \u2064the video\u2063 of his\u200b disbelief at the ban \u2064swiftly\u200b went\u2062 viral:<\/p>\n[embedded TikTok video]\n<p>Overall, Valve Corporation&#8217;s approach to dealing\u2062 with toxic behavior in gaming is a creative and festive way to tackle the issue. By banning players who open\u2063 the &#8220;Highly Toxic Lump of Coal&#8221;\u2064 gift,\u200d the company is sending\u2064 a strong message that toxic \u2063behavior will\u200b not be tolerated. It\u200c remains to be seen if other game developers will follow suit and implement similar strategies to create a more welcoming gaming community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gamers, individually, can be great, but collectively, they often fall short. 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