Gaming has earned a bad reputation for its violence, competitive nature, and the toxicity it has invoked or been a part of with largely young, impressionable audiences, over the years. Particularly, dominant competitive games such as League of Legends, Overwatch, Apex Legends, and other ranked games that have sprung up over the years, have grasped large audiences into a suffocating clutch of unhealthy addiction and toxic competitivity. These games strive off of being able to rope players into a broken system that matchmakes them based on their skill level and how many games they win or lose. Essentially players get stuck within a rank and it can be nearly impossible to move up, which inevitably sticks them into a cycle of climbing up and falling back down. This forms a pattern of addiction because players begin to feel like their rank is a measure of their self worth, and are also set on trying to conquer the system. Matches can be extremely aggravating and losses often get blamed on teammates or unfair matchmaking. This makes every game extremely competitive and pressuring within these systems, and results in serious players taking them to extremes such as by calling out people who are not playing well, or calling opponents hackers if they keep getting killed by them. This irrational behavior is a result of the pressure of the ranked system that builds up, and the high stakes of every match. It also certainly doesn't help when players get stuck in a losing spree. In the end, these games are an absolute waste of energy because time gets lost and no memorable experiences come out of it. Players often only remember the losses and can never be content because its impossible to win every game. Overall, games like these should not be encouraged, and it would probably be for the best if they got shut down. Nothing good comes out of them, and it can be very mentally draining for players, often putting them into very unhealthy mindsets. These games are taking advantage of competitive human nature in order to profit and force players into a cycle of addiction. Main points:
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