Nikita Matkin presented the study "Toxic behaviour and team performance in Dota2 competitions". Co-authors of this research: Petr Parshakov, Iuliia Naidenova
We analyse the computer mediated text communication of non-professional video game players. The purpose is to identify the impact of player communication toxicity on team performance. We use BERT-model to classify toxicity of messages. Then regression analysis was used to estimate the impact of toxic behaviour on winning and satisfaction with the game. The results show that the highest winning probability corresponds to low number of toxic messages, low average toxicity of communication but high variation. Additionally, low levels of toxicity in communication can enhance overall game satisfaction
