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Condrey: "I wouldn't characterise the community as toxic"

Sledgehammer co-founder on the Call of Duty community.
Jonas Mäki Editor Sweden 3 November 2014

There has been a lot of discussion about the video game community where some people claims that it's both toxic and misogynistic, but Call of Duyt: Advanced Warfare director Michael Condrey at Sledgehammer Games disagrees. Instead he says the following an interview with BBC:

"I certainly wouldn't characterise the community of fans I know and had the pleasure to engage with as toxic or misogynistic.

The community as a whole is very healthy, engaged and thoughtful and probably like anything anywhere well outside of gaming. In the fringes of a lot of areas of society there are examples of people behaving poorly."

Condrey want's the community to continue to be a nice place for everyone and therefore also has some advice for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare players:

"Come to the game to have fun, come to be social, come to enjoy and build a community and have a positive energy. Toxic behaviours, abusive language, inappropriate emblems, I don't want that around. So for our community, Sledgehammer Games and Advanced Warfare we have pretty low tolerance for toxic behaviour."

Thanks, Games Industry.

Editor Sweden Jonas Mäki has written for Gamereactor since 2002, becoming an editor in 2007. He covers the video game industry across news, releases and the business side, with a particular interest in sales figures and where the industry is heading.
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