Toxicity has been an issue in the game since Day One because as much as we want to believe everyone has good intentions, there will always be players who are trolls and are just there to raise hell and make everyone’s time miserable. But it appears the issues have become worse in recent months with players being reported and few consequences or restrictions imposed on the community as a response like other games would do. It is a common occurrence with clips on Reddit and Twitch to see people be stream-sniped, have players jump in to scream racist, sexist, and homophobic slurs, tanking games on purpose to ruin the runs of a team, and ultimately just being jerks for the sake of chaos. There are even forums out there encouraging the behavior claiming “its what real pirates would do.”