General DiscussionTrash talk, toxicity and stereotypes

So Russians, Peruvians and Pinoys have this stereotype about them being the most toxic players, on Dota, and that’s not true. Yes, there is more trash talk on Russian server games. But it’s not because they’re meaner people. It’s because trash talk is considered a part of the game in Russia. When a Russian calls you a cyka blyat, 90% of the time, they’re just messing around. They don’t really believe you’re acting like a bitch, they’re just saying that to mess with you. Yes, 80% of games in Russian servers have trash talk, but since 90% of those trash talks are simply joking around, only 8% of their games have actual ill-intentioned toxicity.

Now, let’s look at American and European players. In American and European gaming communities, trashtalking is frowned upon as impolite, so there is less trash talk, let’s say only 10% of games have trashtalk. But since trashtalking isn’t considered fun, or a part of the game, there is very little playful trashtalking. Instead, 80% of their trash talk in those servers are legit angry trashtalk. When someone on a European or American server game calls you a fucking asshole, they’re not joking, they really believe you’re being an asshole. So 10%*80% = 8%, which is the same amount of ill-intentioned toxicity as the Russians.

While I know that morals and values are not universal, I believe that one thing that is universal about morals and values is that all cultures consider intentionally doing harm to others is bad, and there is roughly an equal percentage of intentionally evil people in every country.