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I don’t usually watch professional gaming tournaments, but I often watch other sports—soccer, for instance.

Since coming to this gender-reversed world, women’s soccer has become the norm, and it doesn’t really appeal to me anymore, so I stopped watching.

Still, my past experiences taught me one undeniable truth:

"If you play poorly, you’ll get flamed."@@novelbin@@

It’s simple.

If you’re being paid to perform but fail to deliver, criticism is inevitable.

Online communities can amplify this criticism, often crossing the line of basic human decency.

Take the chat right now, for example:

[“Absolutely useless LOL.”]

[“Just retire already.”]

[“Why is this chat full of cockroaches?”]

[“Click-clack, scurry-scurry.”]

[🗡️OmnipotentCthulhu: That was a pretty big mistake LOL.]

[🗡️OmnipotentCthulhu: What a waste.]

[“What even is this...”]

[“Disgraceful!”]

[“Nox, is this your idea of playing well?”]

“Come on, everyone makes mistakes. Why’s the chat like this?”

“It’s always like this. No matter how much you moderate, they just keep coming back. You can’t stop them.”

“You’ve got your work cut out for you.”

“At least it’s only this bad during live events. Some even create multiple accounts, follow the stream, and wait for big moments like this just to drop toxic comments and leave.”

There were plenty of similar trolls on Red, but seeing this kind of behavior in an esports setting was a bit surprising.

I focused back on the commentary.

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