Talking in game

Miracle Vampire·Apr 22, 2014·1 votes·559 views

Well I was playing dota 2 one day and I changed games. You know how Dota has mic chat in game. I think league should add that to the game cause it makes RTS game communication games much easier. I play mainly league but that would be the only thing I do not like league about is that you can't mic chat. If you want to add a mute button for someone who has a bad mic or is mic spamming or figure out something like that. It would probably make teamwork better and it would make better games in my opinion. Please add riot thank you, Put suggestions in the comments please. Thank you.

side note: Just put a hotkey to talk

3 Comments

Sir ArmaMalumApr 22, 20141 votes

Fan Creations isn't the best place for this as you are suggesting an in-game idea and haven't actually 'created' anything. Not being mean, just as a future reference thing. =)
This has been asked for an innumerable amount of times and has been shot down many more times. There are many reasons this isn't a good idea, but my personal favorite is that because voice chat is a legitimate strategic advantage (I think we can agree this is a fact) what happens when someone either doesn't have a mic, is in a situation/area where voice chat wouldn't be useful, or other circumstance preventing him from contributing with this specific advantage. Enter the flamers. This person will be harassed, berated, and reported for 'refusing to communicate'. So what is this person to do? Buy a headset or microphone he/she may not have money for? Or just play bots for the rest of his life?

Other counter-points include "Why would I want a feature if I would just 'mute all' 100% of the time?", "I cannot stand talking to 10-year olds as a 30-year old", and "What makes you think the people who are toxic now will stop when given an easier way to communicate?". Largely pulled off the top my head from other assorted conversations on this exact topic.

Miracle VampireApr 22, 20141 votes

Thank you for the feedback and for the people without a mic they can just talk in chat and Yea I guess that it would be a bad Idea for that reason that a 30 would not want to talk to a 10 year old. I think that they would just deal with it but whenever I play dota I never run into those problems. I guess your right but I still think it's a good Idea. That unable to communicate with team thing is just type chat. they can type and ping to avoid that but I guess you make a good point.

Sir ArmaMalumApr 22, 20141 votes

This topic mostly comes down to an even division of "it's worth it" and "it's not worth it". While I can say I'm in the latter, I'm not trying to shut you down or anything, I can understand why you want it and why you feel it can be a great addition, I just don't agree individually. =)