Relating conversational topics and toxic behavior effects in a MOBA game

Dark Participation in Games

“…26)." From this collection of work, only eight pieces of scholarly work (seven peer-reviewed articles, one dissertation, and one book chapter) were found identified that had produced a list of different types of dark participation/toxicity in games (i.e., Blackburn and Kwak, 2014;Kwak and Blackburn, 2014;Kwak et al, 2015;Fichman and Sanfilippo, 2016;Neto et al, 2017;Saarinen, 2017;Cook et al, 2018;de Mesquita Neto and Becker, 2018;Komaç and Çagıltay, 2019).…”

“…Research has also found that these behaviors in online gaming spaces, however brief, can cause psychological harm to the intended victim and any third-party onlookers who might witness it ( de Mesquita Neto and Becker, 2018 ). In 2019, the ADL found that 1 in 10 game players reported having depressive or suicidal thoughts as a result of harassment in online multiplayer games.…”

“…Over 50 articles were identified via these search criteria. However, the vast majority of them discussed trolling and toxicity in broad terms, using such definitions as “toxic behavior happens when players break coexistence rules, acting in antisocial ways that brings forth anger or frustration on other players, leading to a bad game experience ( Neto et al, 2017 , p. 26).” From this collection of work, only eight pieces of scholarly work (seven peer-reviewed articles, one dissertation, and one book chapter) were found identified that had produced a list of different types of dark participation/toxicity in games (i.e., Blackburn and Kwak, 2014 ; Kwak and Blackburn, 2014 ; Kwak et al, 2015 ; Fichman and Sanfilippo, 2016 ; Neto et al, 2017 ; Saarinen, 2017 ; Cook et al, 2018 ; de Mesquita Neto and Becker, 2018 ; Komaç and Çağıltay, 2019 ).…”

"Pls Uninstall"

“…It describes the "cyclical process" that frustration resulting from a bad game can lead to toxic behavior due to a generally negative mood, which results in and is reinforced by decreased performance. Other studies also report that toxicity is related to worse performance [7,11].…”

“…Our research aims at understanding the changes in digital communication between players. We focus on the crucial area of competitive multiplayer games-an area known for severe issues regarding toxic behavior [7,13,20], or toxicity in short.…”