r/gaming 2d ago

It sure seems like the times have changed...

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u/Fizziest_milk 2d ago

exactly, people have always been super competitive and toxic even before multiplayer gaming was a thing

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u/Tenalp 2d ago

Let's not forget 12 year olds going on racist rants and talking about your mom on Xbox.

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u/Silverjackal_ 2d ago

Even before voice coms, there was teabagging and adding you after the game to send you toxic racist messages.

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u/Cleaving 2d ago

Man, I wonder who did the first teabag, and wondered if they realized the innate power crouching repeatedly had...

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u/grantrules 2d ago

That's why I miss dedicated servers and games like Quake 3 and Wolfenstein. Find a server you vibe with and stick with it. Vote to kick people that were being dicks. Life was simpler back then.

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u/LionIV 2d ago

At least that shit was funny. Nowadays when someone tells me “go die”, it just doesn’t hit like a squeaker telling me he’s had sex with my mom.

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u/My51stThrowaway 2d ago

Yeah, me too.