PGL officially announce that all players are strictly prohibited from leaving meaningless all-chat messages in major Dota 2 tournaments in order to put an end to the culture of toxic chattin

PGL announced on Monday through its official social media account that in order to put an end to the culture of toxic chatting where players attack each other, from now on, all players are strictly prohibited from leaving meaningless all-chat messages in major Dota 2 tournaments.

According to PGL's official statement, in order to curb the self-superiority and vicious comparison mentality of players who claim to be stronger than anyone else in the e-sports circle, the authorities have to strictly implement this new rule.

This rule will be implemented from the PGL Wallachia Season 4, which has already started, and will be extended to every subsequent event including the Dota 2 The Internationals (TI).

Under the regulations of this rule, players attacking back and forth, mocking opponents, deliberately wishing opponents good luck, and deliberately leaving "GGWP" and other remarks after the game are all considered toxic chatting culture.

Violators will be given a verbal warning, penalties, or both, and repeat offenders may be banned by the organizer.

However, since PGL released this new rule, its response has not been good, and many fans think that this is a bit too much.

In fact, the reason why PGL strictly implements such rules is understandable and can be traced back to its reasons.

Among them, ATF, a player from the Saudi Arabian powerhouse Falcons, is recognized as the player who loves to promote this toxic culture in the Dota 2 professional e-sports circle.

In the past few years, ATF was blacklisted by the founder of OG as he was unwilling to lose to Aurora and AVULUS and kept attacking at the other party many times.