This is very very very silly. You absolutely cannot draw any conclusions about a person based on what they typed in a video game's chat system. Perfectly normal people, just for the hell of it, join in on offensive/antagonistic/****talking behaviour when everything is anonymous and online, especially as teenagers which Turk probably was when that happened. It's not because each of them is sociopathic, it's because kids especially become cruel online and want the attention they get when they say things that would normally shock. I've seen kind, socially successful friends say ridiculously offensive and hateful things online for the amusement of shock value. That's just the bizarre anonymous culture of the internet.
I have no doubt that acting like a maniac in a video game correlates with nothing except the slight immaturity that is expected at that age.
First, I would like to say that I understand your sentiment and 9 times out of 10 I would agree with you about drawing definitive conclusions based on behavior in video games.
Second, I would like to say that you could still possibly be right that he may have just acted poorly online years ago.
However, I have to ask: have you played much League? I would guess "no" since you seem to think the community is just par for the course in terms of just
being the internet. Riot lets a LOT of behavior that I would categorize as "ridiculously offensive and hateful things... for the amusement of shock value" slide and that's not what you get permabanned for. They have many alternatives before even
looking at permabanning as a solution such as instant warnings, chat restrictions, added wait times before entering games, and temporary bans. They are genuinely interested in rehabilitating problem players rather then just throwing the banhammer at them.
League is home to some of the most toxic people on the internet. I'd place its toxicity level well above many places that are intentionally shocking or offensive such as 4chan etc. and my point is that much of this behavior goes unpunished. In order to get permabanned, you need to consistantly have been the "cream of the crop" in terms of overall toxicity. It's not like you drop a few f-bombs and racial slurs and you're instantly permabanned, you need to be behaving this way, magnifying its intensity by a factor of 30, and directing it AT people over a LONG period of time all while ignoring repeated and increasingly restrictive warning signs to get that sort of punishment. I don't think the League-playing SDN community is too off-base when they use this info coupled with his awkward manner of posting to say that he may need to work on his social skills.
Like I said before I agree this may all have happened a long time ago so the point may be moot by now, but I wanted to try to get across why some members reacted the way that they did when the permaban news came through. It had to be more than the usual "oh it's just the internet" type of behavior.
... Please don't serial kill me.
