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GTA Online seems to encourage a very unusual kind of contempt. Rage in games is not uncommon, but here it's as if it's the default mode of play.

PvP usually starts out of spite (eg. Player A kills Player B out of boredom) and then turns into pissing matches over who has bought the most expensive toys. The end-game is literally a Microtransaction that instantly kills anyone for 7€ real Money.




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