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MMO Week in Review: Cleaning up the MMORPG community (May 22, 2016)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! It's...
Ironically, this is the sort of controversy you'd probably rather face from inside a hot tub.

Trion CM Celestrata has big plans to clean up ArcheAge’s ‘toxic community’ image

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ArcheAge Senior Community Manager Seraphina "Celestrata" Brennan has this week unveiled serious plans to clean up her game's community image. In the first of what...
This game really provides no shortage of illustrations we need for this.

Blizzard and Twitch address harassment defiling game event streams

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In case you had forgotten since yesterday's news that RuneScape had to ban players for running around in-game wearing KKK costumes and shrieking racial...
Quarrying.

Old School RuneScape bans players for racism, harassment

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Old School RuneScape has had a brush with the banhammer. Jagex told players on Reddit today that an unspecified number of players have been banned...

League of Legends loses social systems lead, bans three pro teams

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One of the most notable developers for League of Legends has left Riot Games for a "new challenge." Lead Designer of Social Systems Jeffrey...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most toxic community?

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I ran across a weird thread on Reddit  a week or two ago from a poster asking about toxic MMO communities, not because he...

Not So Massively: Destiny loses court case; MOBAs try new toxic chat punishments

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Destiny's ex-composer Martin O'Donnell won a major court case against his former employer, giving him back shares in the company that are now worth...

League of Legends gives ‘fresh start’ to chat offenders

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League of Legends rulebreakers who were dismayed to learn that they wouldn't be receiving any rewards for ranked play at the conclusion of season...

League of Legends denies Season 5 rewards to banned or restricted players

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If you've been a bad boy or girl this year and still expect to reap rewards from League of Legends' Season 5, then you...

Massively Overthinking: Dealing with toxicity in MMO communities

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This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from Kickstarter donor Dahui, who asks, "What do you think MMO developers can do to try to minimize...

How League of Legends cleaned up its act

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Could all of the toxic community behavior found in League of Legends actually be beneficial? It might be in a roundabout fashion, as Riot...

Linda ‘Brasse’ Carlson on ArcheAge, community management, and her new role at Trion

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Linda "Brasse" Carlson is one of the MMO industry's most beloved community specialists, and genre fans everywhere boggled just a bit when Daybreak laid...

League of Legends community forms rival subreddit in response to heavy moderation

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In response to the heated debate over alleged heavy-handed moderation and undue studio influence on the League of Legends subreddit, a group of players...

Massively Overthinking: Overcoming ‘Barrens chat’ culture

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Tonight's Massively Overthinking aims to address a core problem facing the whole internet, not just games: antisocial behavior. Our question comes from Kickstarter donor Katie...

Not So Massively: PAX East 2015 MOBA roundup edition

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It's been a huge week for online gaming, with GDC drawing to a close and PAX East being packed full of reveals. We heard...

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