Toxic Behaviors in Team-Based Competitive Gaming: The Case of League of Legends

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Abstract

Toxic behaviors in online gaming such as flaming and harassment have been gaining attention from the research community, yet little consensus has formed about what constitutes toxic behavior. Game developers usually maintain a classification system of toxic behaviors, which oftentimes fails to reflect the dynamic and developing forms of toxicity. In this paper, we consider toxic behavior as situated action, and seek to establish a taxonomy of toxic behaviors from a player perspective in League of Legends, currently one of the largest Esports games in the world. Our findings include five primary types of toxic behaviors, as well as five contextual factors that could lead to toxic behavior. In doing so, we provide a holistic, detailed account of toxic behavior in a team-based competitive gaming context, highlight the role of player perspective in explaining toxic behavior, and extend existing scholarly discussions on toxicity and moderation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCHI PLAY 2020 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages81-92
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9781450380744
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2 2020
Event7th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2020 - Virtual, Online, Canada
Duration: Nov 2 2020Nov 4 2020

Publication series

NameCHI PLAY 2020 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

Conference

Conference7th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2020
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVirtual, Online
Period11/2/2011/4/20

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Human-Computer Interaction

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