{"id":282536,"date":"2024-05-31T17:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T15:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=333523"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:23:47","slug":"valorant-kicks-toxic-fans-in-the-ass-and-its-something-very-good-for-the-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/valorant-kicks-toxic-fans-in-the-ass-and-its-something-very-good-for-the-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Valorant&#8217; kicks toxic fans in the ass (and it&#8217;s something very good for the industry)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t think anyone will be surprised if I say that, with few exceptions, <strong>online gaming communities are a very, very toxic scourge<\/strong>. You never know what you&#8217;re going to encounter, whether it&#8217;s a child spewing racist insults, an adult suggesting you end your life, or, if you&#8217;re a woman, two thousand possible ways to traumatize you. &#8220;It&#8217;s part of the game,&#8221; say the psychopaths who insist on doing it. But as they made clear today from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softonic.com\/articulos\/valorant-que-es-como-empezar-a-jugar\" title=\"\">&#8216;<\/a><strong>Valorant<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.softonic.com\/articulos\/valorant-que-es-como-empezar-a-jugar\" title=\"\">&#8216;<\/a>, no. 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