Worst RPG Fandom?

[Slouch]

Three Words: No Mutants Allowed.
The worst of the fallout fandom in one place.

It's been so long since I heard NMA that I literally made an account to +1 your post.

[Mildra]

Some things I refuse to forget, that hellhole is one of 'em.

[Inkdipper]

ArcheAge post western beta was just the worst for me. A bunch of people clinging to a game with a shit business model.
First time I met anyone who would boldly defend Pay2Win mechanics in an mmo.

[Eldarion]

A lot of the Mass Effect people I've interacted with have been super woke, especially if they like Tali and you don't, they go crazy. I love ME but a lot of the fans piss me off.

[Zeno]

Without a doubt, I think Runescape has the worst fandom.
I have watched a streamer get called all kinds of disgusting things, and hit with multiple bot bombs during a single stream, simply because he tried Runescape, but he wasn't playing the version that those people like.
Then those people started fighting with the people who liked the version being played, and it ended up degrading into hundreds of people (who only came because of Runescape) hurling racist shit at each other so much that the mods couldn't keep up with it all and had to put the chat into sub-only mode (which the streamer hates doing, because he is a variety streamer that has a community) until he finally just said "fuck it" and stopped streaming.
Undertale is a close second though.
Those 2 games' fandoms go so far beyond simply being toxic, they are sycophants trying to force everyone to believe that the game they worship is the greatest work in history. The mental instability, combined with zealotry that is rampant in those fandoms is not only disturbing, it is dangerous.

[Drecq]

I think the only other one I can think of (every online game has some sort of toxic people on it) would be DOTA 2. I tried it for a bit as something to kill some time with between playing League of Legends (back when I had a PC) and unlike LoL where you were kind of expected to be somewhat human DOTA 2 didn't have any system that regulated that so there were people on there that would basically tell new people to either "put up or shut up" or to "uninstall the game because your crap" kind of mentality. In LoL I can only think of maybe a handful of times we had a toxic player on our team and we all just slapped a report pop on them and next thing you know they are getting a suspension for failure to commit to "Sportsmanlike conduct" so LoL did try to keep that kind of behavior down as well as allowing player reviews of other players, which helped but could be exploited too. DOTA 2 on the other hand...yeah it was pretty much a big pile of...well you get the picture.

[Star Magician]

The only bad ones I've come into contact with are the Undertale and Fire Emblem fandoms.
Runescape also, but I haven't touched that one in like 8 years, so can't comment on it anymore.

[Delerious]

The only bad ones I've come into contact with are the Undertale and Fire Emblem fandoms.

Undertale especially! It was that fandom that made me stay away from fandoms in general, since all of them have the potential to become toxic. The Undertale community almost ruined the series for me.

[FrillyVampire]

Going to be echoing most of the posts here, but Undertale by far. They seemed to draw in a huge overlap of other unpleasant fandoms with their artstyle. Mainly from the popular SJW cartoons.

[FinalMasterM]

Thats easy, Final Fantasy

This because they will excuse the worst of the franchise, not because FF is big/popular, I'm aware and I love FF overall, but things like XIII, XV, and some of their choices in handling the franchise have been poor. I'm always fearful that (the FF part of Square) will infect Dragon Quest.

[Spect3r]

This because they will excuse the worst of the franchise, not because FF is big/popular, I'm aware and I love FF overall, but things like XIII, XV, and some of their choices in handling the franchise have been poor. I'm always fearful that (the FF part of Square) will infect Dragon Quest.

Maybe a little of both.
But i agree that a lot of it comes down to how insanely they will defend it, regardless of how bad it actually gets.

[giftofgab247]

Yeah, I'd definitely say Undertale and FF. I, personally, haven't had any experiences with the Undertale fandom but I know friends who have. Some crazy things in that one. FF, to be honest I've only had a few experiences with but those few were pretty bad. Haven't heard/seen much on the Fire Emblem side. Any good stories?

[Mildra]

The worse i've seen personally from the FE and FF fandom is a few moments of grognardism. That's not really enough for me to consider it the worst (bad, but not the worst).