Why are survivors so miserable?

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Recently I came back to dbd after like half a year of not playing with a fresh mind. I know the community has never been the best in here, but I don't remember it being this bad. Like 70% of post-game chats I've had in the last 3 days have been negative, the rest didn't type anything, and absolutely 0 positive conversations / comments at all.

It's like no matter what I do, survivors are mad and toxic to me regardless.

I tunneled a person who ran in to take hits multiple times when I was chasing a different survivor.

I get cussed out and told I'm a tunneler

I get like 2 hooks the entire game.

I get told to uninstall and I'm a baby killer.

I have 8 hook stages before killing anybody.

I get cussed out for playing a strong killer (spirit)

It's baffling to me how miserable people are. Is it because I have only 500 hours and maybe am not max MMR yet and it's just that "phase" in the lobbies I get? Or is this just how it is nowadays?

Posted Jul 5, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC · locked

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