This is a sick joke

Snazzy Bowtie·Jul 14, 2015·2 votes·655 views

Riot is giving us all these cool cooperative champions like T.K. and Kalista. Yet we have no voice chat to actually communicate in real time.

14 Comments

AyRe CoNteMpTJul 14, 20152 votes

also, communication in league is counterproductive because of the report system anyways

Radnar the boldJul 14, 20152 votes

Thats why Wow has teamspeak......yet league has.....nothing, but for you to download skype

EleshakaiJul 14, 20151 votes

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Thats why Wow has teamspeak......yet league has.....nothing, but for you to download skype

League has teamspeak, vent, mumble, etc.

WoW has built in voice chat but... I think the last time Blizz talked about it something like 0.01% of people playing the game actually opted into using it because most people preferred to use their OWN voice options.

In this day and age building a voice chat system into a PC game is counterproductive. There are so many options out there that are FAR SUPERIOR to any built in vc that you might as well just let people use the one they want rather than wasting money on it.

Razer Comms, Vent, Skype, Mumble, TS, raidcall, hell you can even set up your own private server for relaying voice packets... there are so many choices and every single one of them is vastly superior to ANYTHING that is possible to do using an in-game vc system since they're not tied to one game.

Snazzy BowtieJul 14, 20151 votes

I agree there are lot of options for voice chat but not with randoms. It would take to much time to get them into a skype call. You only have.. what 60 seconds to talk with your team mates before a game? If you ask me it sounds like everyone defending riot is just being anti-consumer

EleshakaiJul 14, 20151 votes

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I agree there are lot of options for voice chat but not with randoms. It would take to much time to get them into a skype call.

You assume most people WANT voice chat with randoms.

You assume wrong, btw. And not just because of toxicity. There are simply too many barriers to communication that are present with voice but not with text. I will never want voice chat with someone I don't know. Ever.

And again, it's not because I'm afraid of toxicity. I don't care if Jimmy, the 12 year old noob, wants to cuss like a sailor. Have fun with that. What I care about is the other shit. Language barriers, speech impediments(I, myself, have a minor lisp), strong accents, and noise pollution. When playing with friends, we'll have a pecking order. We'll know who is talking and when people can talk. It'll be fun. When playing with strangers, it's just a recipe for a headache. And it's a headache I don't want to deal with.

Also I prefer text chat since it leaves a timestamp. Timestamps are AWESOME.

Snazzy BowtieJul 14, 20151 votes

Do you think a team using voice chat has a higher win rate against a team with no voice chat? They are of equal skill.

EleshakaiJul 14, 20151 votes

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Do you think a team using voice chat has a higher win rate against a team with no voice chat? They are of equal skill.

I think a team that is used to using voice chat with each other will have a VASTLY higher win rate. I think a team that is NOT used to using voice chat will have an approximately equal win rate provided that the team using text chat actually uses text chat to their advantage and both teams use pings.

Deep Terror NamiJul 14, 20152 votes

Riot Games has recently invested 30 million dollars in Curse. While it's not being announced as a partnership, it is quite easy to guess that it may very well be precisely about incorporating Curse Voice into LoL.

EleshakaiJul 14, 20152 votes

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Riot Games has recently invested 30 million dollars in Curse. While it's not being announced as a partnership, it is quite easy to guess that it may very well be precisely about incorporating Curse Voice into LoL.

I highly doubt that. I would be REALLY surprised if that was the case. I suspect it's just Riot diversifying their interests.

They may make it a 'recommended voice option', but I don't see them incorporating it full off.

(EDit: I just hope Curse uses that money to invest in some improved network security... since they've historically been REALLY bad in that area)

GarurumonJul 14, 20152 votes

Built in voicechat is the worst. As mentioned above, Riot with Curse will probably implement voice chat, but it will not be forced upon us, as you'll most likely have the option to enable it or disable it. Never to hear some dude with bad English try to speak and communicate via it. I know I'll never enable it in the future.

DingleNutsMcGeeJul 14, 20151 votes

Theyve explained why before. Theyve done testing with a voice chat system before. And according to their testing players have a tendency to display more toxicity in games with a voice chat system. This is their reason why they wont do it

Snazzy BowtieJul 14, 20151 votes

Can you source that? I have played a strew of MOBA's that have built in voice chat and its only helped.