Many times the toxicity isn’t directly from the person. It is the game and the game loop or situations that it creates that ultimately end up creating a toxic potential. Many players decide to take action those dynamics and help create the toxic situation and end up becoming toxic themselves. I’m not explaining it the best I can but basically the environment is one that can enables that end result.
As a not perfect example - Footfall is a key part of Boundless and that created many situations (people building right beside you, footfall slides in the sky, platform hunts to get more footfall, etc. Those interactions and the environment inside the game required to play it led to stress because of how people acted to “create footfall” and all that resulted in toxic situations in game and forums as people argued or expressed their frustrations about the game loop.
Boundless has a lot of those type of game loops that just create bad situations and players end up fighting and then become toxic.
I can’t say I had too much toxicity directed at me in game,.but plenty of it here on the forums and in Discord directed at me. Seen a lot directed at others both in game and outside the game. It happens.
The in game mechanics like footfall and land ownership does create some competition and thus a lot of bullying and toxicity has come from it. But it’s part of the game .. good or bad
Oh yeah, I’ve seen people be quite competitive about footfall, but I’ve never built closely with other people (like a mall or city), so I guess I may have missed being a part of such.
Never thought of Footfall as a Toxic thing. Now prestige seen that cause wars due to the whole Viceroy thing. But as you said it is part of the game and it promotes some competition. If one does not like that aspect they can choose to not be a part of it. I just build something the way I want and don’t worry about the prestige. I just want to build it with the materials I want.
I’ve only met one person in game who disturbed me spent half an hour following my character and constantly hitting it with an axe without saying a word - absolute stranger to me. I used to check in whispers to see if they were on a planet when I first went through a portal, and leave if they were there. When I finally joined the forums, however, I saw that others spoke highly of this person, so a lot of times when people spoke of toxicity I’d try to see both sides.
There has been plenty of bullying, harassment, and toxic behavior within the game as been has well documented on the Steam board as well as this one. Blame the person not “football”" for goodness sake
And this board might be even worse than the game. One player was banned over a hat.
Several others were pushed out because they were not allowed to post without receiving abusive flags because they dared post legit criticism of the game which hurt the feelings of some middle-aged couch potatoes. Using abusive flags to not allow participation is bullying. No ifs, ands, or buts about it.
Yes and box in people with plots. If I remember correctly, the plotting weights we have now were a direct result of this. Edit: compactness I think is the word I was looking for.
I am sorry that I missed the Dhusk post those are always fun. Eventually, something might happen with the game. That would be nice Until then, get to check into the forums every 6 months or so to see if anything has changed
Incorrect as always. But I wouldn’t expect much from someone that doesn’t love the game or really support it. Just constant examples of those toxic members doing what they can to make the game, forums, and anything related so bad that people are driven away.
those are always fun. Eventually, something might happen with the game. That would be nice 
Until then, get to check into the forums every 6 months or so to see if anything has changed 