Riot, please fix the pre-game chat in regards to blocked players...

DominatorV4··1 votes·449 views

Okay so unfortunately since blocking players doesn't mean you will never see them again, and instead it basically just puts them on mute forever, this means you can get matched back up with them and even be on the same team as them. While I have quite a few not-so-happy opinions on this I understand the fact that the reason for this is to stop matchmaking manipulation, especially in ranked.

What I can't understand is why (if you get matched up with them again) they are kept on mute in the pre-game lobby? How are we supposed to communicate in the lobby if we can't see what each other is writing? I need to be able to see what role/champs they want to play/ban. And on the more toxic side of the community, how am I supposed to know if someone is being a complete knob and types the words "______ or feed"? If I can't see that and lock into the role that they want; well it just doesn't end nicely for anyone (under normal circumstances I would choose the role I want anyway, never surrender to terrorists my friends). A very simple solution to this would be to just unmute everyone in pre-game and then put everything back to normal once the game actually starts.

Before anyone says, "just go through your block list and unmute them." while yes I could do that, I don't really think I should have to, and if you have a block list the size of mine it can take a while.

At the end of the day, when this does happen it can become very annoying, and depending on how much you block players it becomes a more frequent problem.

2 Comments

disregardable1 votes

If you want to see what someone says in pre-game chat, don't add them to your block list. Just mute in game and leave after the lobby is over. Personally, if someone is toxic enough to deserve a block, I don't really care what their lane preferences are in the next game.

AyRe CoNteMpT1 votes

is there a difference between muting and blocking? it always seems like its the same and i always thought its impossible to mute someone in champselect.

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