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Re:Six Months at Riot Games by antoineMoPa on Thursday August 09, 2018 @07:39AM (#17723281)
That's gaming culture to have racist and homophobic speech? There is no valid reason for this. I don't get why people think this is justified and acceptable.
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Re:Six Months at Riot Games by Eochei5h on Thursday August 09, 2018 @09:46AM (#17724094)
> There is no valid reason for this.

Provoking an opponent into irrational behavior seems like a valid game strategy. In other words the language is not necessarily used for its face content but for its psychological effects.

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