Acceptance is the first step

A group for players who are trying their best at being better.


The 12 Step Program

1) We have admitted we were being needlessly toxic - that our lives had become negative because of toxicity.

2) Came to believe that everything was everyone else's (or the game's/dev's) fault

3) Made a decision to turn our will and our virtual lives over to the care of Gaben as we understood Him.

4) Made a conscious decision to be aware of our chat and voice comms in times of stress.

5) Admitted to Gaben, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

6) Were entirely ready to have Gaben remove us from the valve servers.

7) Humbly asked Gabe to give us a second chance and remove our shortcomings.

8) Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends when possible.

9) Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would be impossible as the matchmaking Gods never returned us together, or they had already blocked us.

10) Continued to be consciously aware of our chat and voice comms in time of stress, and when we caught ourselves, promptly apologized and tried to do better.

11) Sought through practice and meditation to improve our conscious contact with Gaben, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

12) Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other toxic players, and to practice these principles in all of our games.