For a long time, certain sites and their comment sections have been considered easily-accessible, but murky parts of the internet, that few wish to spend much time in. Now, a number of high profile websites have recently announced the closure of their comment sections, citing too much management and moderation …
Read More »Riot: League of Legends abuse down to just two per cent of games
League of Legends may be the most popular MOBA title in the world, but that doesn't mean it's perfect, or even the best. One aspect of its experience that has always been a topic of contention has been its community's willingness to abuse one another. Often described as “toxic,” play, …
Read More »Riot claims League of Legends at its cleanest yet
One of the reasons I and I suspect many others, stepped away from enormously popular MOBA titles like League of Legends in the past, is because of player toxicity. It's bad enough losing a team focused game, but when someone decides to blame the entire outcome on you, you have …
Read More »Riot Games to offer carrot as well as stick, to stop toxic play
Riot Games runs one of the most popular games in the world, so it makes sense that some of those players aren't going to be the nicest people. When you factor in that League of Legends is a stressful MOBA with deep mechanics that take a long time to learn …
Read More »Riot trialling immediate bans for toxic behaviour
Riot has announced a new temporary system that's being trialled on each server, that will see it banning all toxic players on League of Legends, either temporarily over a two week period, or permanently if they've been given a warning before. Part of this is to do with a new “machine …
Read More »Dealing with Martian dust is the next big problem
While we have plenty to be getting on with down here on Earth, with new graphics card and CPU releases, one of humanities next great steps into the universe is to put a pair of booted feet on Mars. However, one of the biggest issues with doing so, looks to …
Read More »Sapphire HD 7970 6GB Toxic Edition Review
Last week we had some hands on time with the latest AMD GHZ HD7970. At the end of the day it left us feeling distinctly uninspired. There was no doubt the card was fast, but AMD sadly adopted their ill equipped, painfully loud cooling solution with tiny, single red fan. …
Read More »Displayport doomed? Sapphire scientists serve notice
EyeFinity is the really neat trick that ATI Radeon HD 5000 series cards bring to the market. Forget simply stretching your desktop – why not actually support monster resolutions like 5760×1080 straight out of the box and let the gamers enjoy wrap-round, immersive shoot-em ups? KitGuru spies snuck into a …
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