The Last Of Us. They’re the same people, though. Those who love part 1, and mouth-frothingly hate part 2.
The Amazing Digital Circus. At least the fan base is toxic enough that multiple YouTubers felt compelled to make hour long videos about it.
The English football team. Especially when they start talking about how “it’s coming home.”
Homestuck
Basically every religion.
MAGA
IPv6
This is a joke answer, but somehow also true.
RFC8200 is the word of god and will solve world hunger. Anyone who disagrees can get fucked.
There’s no place like ::1
But that’s the one that nobody needs 😉
***** you ***** *****
LMAO. So true xD
Maybe Twilight. I used to be part of the hatedom. I read the books and fanatically nitpicked at them
Taylor Swift
As a Swiftie, yes.
Hazbin Hotel. I don’t think it is a good show. The fandom is made up of terminally online deviants. The hate train is a bit too much though. Just block the sub, filter a few words in Mastodon or whatever, and move on.
The fact that many noobs and trolls single out the show for being nothing about swearing constantly. While ignoring the real and actually important flaws like the pacing, the unresolved storylines, and especially the questionable motives for its lead is why I side with Blue sky on why Hazbin is so unwarrantably bashed.
And I don’t even like the show one bit either.
I like Hazbin better than Helluva Boss. The vocal performances are fine, but I dunno why they have Vaggie singing soprano when her character’s voice has an alto timbre. They’re either forcing her to sing above her range, or act lower than it. On either count, while technically talented, it’s incongruent and disorienting.
Helluva Boss is all toilet humor and loud screaming. It occasionally has enough of a serious storyline to give unpleasant emotional whiplash that thinks it’s a punchline.
Star Wars?
Star Wars is the answer. Because the biggest fans are also the biggest haters.
My IP is 127.0.0.1
Is that a toxic one?
Fuck off with that shit ::1 is where its’s at!
Doxxing everyone’s home address? Yep, very toxic.
Arguably the most toxic!
But back in the FTP era, it always had stale warez and the best pr0n.
Scientology. They don’t want to be seen as such, but that is because they are toxic!
And Mormons
Formula One Motorsports. Most new fans (people who started liking the series after Netflix’s Drive to Survive) hate the old fans. Everyone hates what the governing body is doing with the new cars this year. There is too much battery control. The races seem fake. Tracks are being dropped and everyone has an opinion. Road courses vs purpose built tracks. It is just a big ball of drama any way you want to consume it. I often say F1 is a soap opera where races get in the way.
As an F1 fan since 2021 who did NOT get into it through Drive to Survive, this seems accurate.
DotA 2
https://forums.mmorpg.com/discussion/447996/noob-friendly-non-abusive-moba
I’ve steered clear of MOBA’s so far because I’ve read that they hold just about the most abusive and elitist bunch of players in gaming. Still, I have the itch to try one. Is there a MOBA out there that will let an old fart with iffy reflexes play without getting skinned alive by his teammates? Especially as a noob? One where the players don’t take shit as seriously as if they were fighting for the very fate of Middle Earth?
There is no such thing as non abusive moba. When you are forced in group with 4 other random people against other 5 random people an argument is bound to start be it inside your team or from the enemy. Always expect to be trash talked in a moba no matter which one.
My first couple of attempts in MOBAs reminded me of when I tried UO…take one step outside Britain and get slaughtered and called every name in the book…TO me this format draws the most elitist jerks in the industry.
I don’t think you could pick a worse genre when it comes to douchenozzles.
Random MOBA groups are always going to be abusive.
I played a DotA 2 mutiplayer game myself. Once.
And I note that as of this writing, the only two people to list a video game in their comments have listed MOBAs (DotA 2 and League of Legends).
Playing a MOBA-like boardgame is possibly the best option because, face to face, people aren’t as likely to be assholes and trolls, even with people they never saw before and might never see again.
Guards of Atlantis (or its sequel) and Skytear (or Onward, its sequel) might be worth checking, for anyone interested
Dota introduced behavior scores and tries to match chill people with chill people now. It’s really easy to ragebait someone when you’re stressed out though. I get quiet or helpful teams more than raging teams these days, luckily, but it’s super difficult to tell a flamer, in a nice way, that pointing fingers won’t fix our teamplay and we need a better strategy right now.
I think the best strategy is to liberally mute anyone who even seems slightly stressed out, before they snap for real.
