As i believe you cannot rule it as you cannot rule people and make them having feel with you or what violates you i'm taking over and take care for myself.
Thing is, other players often dont share my point of view about playing games and take it all too serious.
The way they approach fighting others is not for everybodys fun and a friend match when all (should) have a smile on their face even if they are loosing.
Less people care for the next to them.
That's very much true for reallife and extra true for the internet and gamers.
As long as they share the same opinion all is fine, if not - war!
Flame war, forum war, game war...
Play all as you like, if i dont have fun and too many toxic players are around and i cannot handle it i'll just logg off.
If some say i'm overreacting or too thin-skinned to deal with it and face the reality i tell you this:
I am not thin skinned and i know what's up about reality and internet slang and behavior, i just disagree and contradict to the way they say "get used to it".
I dont need to get used to it and i will allways say what i think and what i feel and make my position.
That's not allways easy and often not very comfortable and i may upset others with my pov like they sometimes let me shake head and facepalm, but i've learned to take care for myself and i will fight toxicity until my last breath if i encounter it.
Say what you want, behave like you want, i do the same!
Those who say "it is like it is, adapt or die" or who slightly defend derogative speach and are unable to see that we play a game together and should be very sensitive, friendly and cautious for each other, even if we attack and fight them, to those who dont accept to that i cannot make them thinking the other way, they are hard and unforgiving maybe and just wont accept it, because their credo for life is work hard, fight or die and not take it easy, cooperate, find compromise and get together.
And i mean that with heavy pvp in mind with fighting hard and unforgiving, but a
g.. d.... smile on your face.
And if you approach it like this and the one attacked by you becomes toxic and salty over the top you may ask for a friendly approach and as the stronger one you may consider to make it not that worse for the other.
I know sometimes people cant handle they have lost. That's their own fault the game is 50/50 PvE and PvP, but the stronger player is always responsible for the weaker and it is not about to let them cry and ruin their day, it is not about to own them and make you feel superior, because that is passive agression, toxicity!
It makes you look very weak imho.
It makes you look like you are compensating and be someone who abuse power.
It is about playing a game together with strangers and having fun, approach all and everything with a smile on your face.
If not, you are not longer playing a game or completely miss the sense of playing games. Think about it!
How do you encounter strangers in real life?
Carefully or overrunning?
How do you argue with strangers in real life face to face debating a serious topic?
Respectfully and catious or self handed and opinionated?
I ask too much?
I dont think so, but in fact if we see the reality this is way too much i ask for.
Do all what you like i'll try to handle it and hopefully you are able to handle me.
Some people just want to see the world burn.
I have the barbecue, let's have a party and some fun in the end.
Last but not least who can say and judge if my feelings are hurt, if my limits were exceeded?
Only me!
And this in mind i have to take care for others and encounter them and learn their personal limits and respect them.
No matter in what situation, but especially while playing a game together.
Yes the game is also about pvp.
If you arent accepting pvp then dont play the game, but you need not accept toxic pvp what is about harassing and derogative language.
In no way you should accept that!
If they sink you and rob you, but stay polite, maybe even show mercy and make fun with you about it, you should be able to take it easy and laugh with them together.
If you cannot laugh about a lost, while the attacker is making fun and in no way toxic, something is wrong with you approach playing games.
If they are bullying and insulting you you should report them for beeing rude and disrespectfull.
And it's only you who can say where the limits were exceeded, nobody else!
Therefore you the attacker need to be sensitive. Yes, PvP! but care for the others feelings!
Because it's a game you want to play together versus each other. If there is no one left, you cannot play it any longer.
Have fun playing!