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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't think that matters, tbh. Being stubborn doesn't warrant receiving death threats.

[–] ILikeBoobies 5 points 2 years ago

More of a context thing than a justification

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Are the claims of receiving death threats verified with evidence?

Nowadays that's the easiest Get Out of Jail Free card to manufacture. Just claim you're receiving death threats and you're suddenly the victim, regardless of if it actually happened or not.

[–] phx 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A few who have falsely claimed that actually ended up getting charged with false reports IIRC

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I sure hope so. False claims like that damage the credibility of people who it actually happens to.

[–] Auli 3 points 2 years ago

Not hard to believe the gaming community is toxic.

[–] Sigmatics 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you've ever done their "tribunal" system you'll know that there's enough people in their community that would

[–] bionicjoey 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Didn't they get rid of Tribunal at some point?

[–] Sigmatics 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah I think it was killed fairly quickly in like 2014. Was just using it for illustration. If you regularly played the game you'll have had the same experience