Quote Originally Posted by Bobby66 View Post
Those streamers point out players that often start shit of make claims that are factually incorrect so they get called out. How is that toxic? Calling out poor play is not toxic and if it happens often to someone then maybe it is time to take a hint.
No.
No they do not lmao. Let me regale you with a fun story.

Back in my first raid tier (Alexander Creator), Xenosys Vex joined my PF to 'help', unannounced. At the time, I had no idea who he was, but my good MCH friend that I was progging with got super excited and explained to me who he was. A few pulls later, my friend excitedly tuned into the stream and I heard his excitement turn to horror as he realized he tuned in right as Xenosys Vex was publicly mocking him with his entire chat joining in, specifically because his DPS appeared low. That friend ended up feeling so gutted that he quit raiding for a long time after that experience, and then eventually stopped playing the game altogether.

My response to that person wasn't even specifically about meters. It was addressing the absolutely deranged notion that, quote, "The *only* toxicity in this game comes from toxic casuals".

That said, anyone who has spent 5 minutes in highend communities knows exactly how much toxicity there is around parsing. It's the most common 'competitive' activity that the general raiding population participates in, and when something is competitive, there's always toxicity. I'm forced to believe anyone in this thread pretending it isn't a thing is being willfully disingenuous.