When anonymity is involved, assholes will always be assholes. Hell, far back in 1970-something there was reference to CB radio chatter essentially being the same. The Disinhibition Effect is nothing new.
G.I.F.T. (Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory) applies as strong as ever. Most of the time reporting and ignoring troublesome players is the only option, and in some cases the best option seeing as giving them attention only feeds into the cyclical behaviour. While I can't stand MOBAs I'll give League of Legends credit where it is due since they're taking a hardline stance against extremely toxic players: permanent banning from the game for toxic behaviour. I'd like to see that mentality adopted by more developers. Other times simply having a solid one-on-one conversation can be productive, as is a recent case with a dayZ clan I occasionally run with. One of the younger types in it thought it was entertaining and fun to sling about racial racial epithets with wild abandon. Had a long talk with him about that. Longstory short: doesn't do it anymore.
Scum generally accumulates around the casual/lower comp tiers/free areas of gameplay. As one goes up the competitive ladders sportsmanship is pretty commonplace.
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