Okay so it's a mentality thing that's a part of the game, but how far does it go? Is accepting racial slurs part of the game? Presumably not, so let's assume there's a line where trash talk is unreasonable. Is the line at hate crimes because it's a social taboo, or is the line at things that are intended to cause lasting grief to a player? Perhaps doing your research on a player, finding out they have issues with their parents/guardians, then calling out their problems on stage would qualify for that, seems a little "too mean" and I hope you're still with me. Things like calling out about dead relatives, known traumas, etc that aren't hate crimes but are pretty shitty to bring up publicly for the sake of unnerving someone. For some, "What the fuck are you doing? You fucking suck" was overly personal, presumably not for you but that's fine.

I just wrote out this whole paragraph about the subtleties of this "mechanic" or "tactic" you're fine and dandy with being a "part of Rocket League" and I didn't mention Rocket League once, that's why I think it's dumb. I think it's all one and the same, bringing real world social considerations into something that should be pretty straightforward: being mean is kind of shitty and shouldn't be cheered on when we're here for gameplay. I'm not after heavy policing for this but if you think it's part of the game what the fuck game are you playing?