There was recently an incident of a FFXIV streamer being doxed and his (and his children’s) lives threatened for their stance on the latest FFXIV raids. There are some real psychopaths out there.
> The team associations had become a focus for various social and political issues for which the general Byzantine population lacked other forms of outlet
And:
> Some of the senators saw this as an opportunity to overthrow Justinian, as they were opposed to his new taxes and his lack of support for the nobility. The rioters, now armed and probably controlled by their allies in the Senate...
If you want to bring politics into sports, then i'll just say videogames are just as political as sports are, and the death count is still way way lower (hypothesis, but I'm pretty confident).
I'm not saying "Video game toxicity is not a problem." it is, it's a big problem. But lets dispense with easily disprovable hyperbole like "it's the MOST toxic enthusiast culture"
I refuse to use the term/label "gamer". It's horrible. "Hardcode gamer" has turned into no true scotsman.
2001 Opatów, 2003 Walichnowy, 2007 Kielce(knifed), 2007 Łódź(coma), 2011 Poddębice, 2011 Kraków, 2018 Prokocim(arm cut off with machete, body massacred with baseball bats, axes and hammers). Thos eI could find with a quick google.
Example clip from one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKXOsC3ms7k train was emergency stopped in the middle of nowhere, other team was already waiting after being transported by shuttle buses. You can search "Ustawka" on YT for more.