• RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Are the claims of receiving death threats verified with evidence?

    Nowadays that’s the easiest Get Out of Jail Free card to manufacture. Just claim you’re receiving death threats and you’re suddenly the victim, regardless of if it actually happened or not.

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      1 year ago

      A few who have falsely claimed that actually ended up getting charged with false reports IIRC

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      1 year ago

      Not hard to believe the gaming community is toxic.

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      1 year ago

      If you’ve ever done their “tribunal” system you’ll know that there’s enough people in their community that would

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          1 year ago

          Yeah I think it was killed fairly quickly in like 2014. Was just using it for illustration. If you regularly played the game you’ll have had the same experience