Muting everyone ingame

Environmentalist·Oct 8, 2015·1 votes·590 views

I've decided lately to turn off all chat and mute my team at the beginning of every game, and thus far the games I've played like this I've enjoyed more thoroughly and haven't felt frustrated at all. Does anybody else do this? I'm curious if you guys tell your team you're muting them? Usually when I notify my team I'm muting them they swear and call me pathetic right off the bat, which whatever, I mute them and report them at the end. But not everyone did that, some just said OK and what not. Only issue I can see if I don't tell them I'm muting them is if they try to talk to me and assume I'm not communicating with the team, which is reportable I guess.

What do you guys think?

18 Comments

Deep Terror NamiOct 8, 20152 votes

I think you should've already learned not to tell people you're muting them. What kind of reaction are you expecting?

EnvironmentalistOct 8, 20151 votes

I'm not looking for a reaction, I'm informing.

Deep Terror NamiOct 8, 20152 votes

I can tell you weren't. That's the problem. It's like going around saying "Talk to the hand" or plugging your ears and going "La la la, I'm not listening". It's obviously going to piss people off.

EnvironmentalistOct 8, 20151 votes

Haha, so glad you decided to share.

Deep Terror NamiOct 8, 20151 votes

Just trying to let you know why people think you're toxic so you stop getting yourself reported.

Also, "not communicating" alone has never resulted in punishment; the report option is a useless placebo they are removing when they get around to changing the options. Just mute them and move on.

EnvironmentalistOct 8, 20151 votes

Heyo, you should have led with that comment.

Good to know.

XxobscenexXOct 8, 20152 votes

{quoted}

I've decided lately to turn off all chat and mute my team at the beginning of every game, and thus far the games I've played like this I've enjoyed more thoroughly and haven't felt frustrated at all. Does anybody else do this? I'm curious if you guys tell your team you're muting them? Usually when I notify my team I'm muting them they swear and call me pathetic right off the bat, which whatever, I mute them and report them at the end. But not everyone did that, some just said OK and what not. Only issue I can see if I don't tell them I'm muting them is if they try to talk to me and assume I'm not communicating with the team, which is reportable I guess.

What do you guys think?

Its childish to be muting your team. Communication is key. As a support gold 2 main, I need to constantly relay info to my team. Grow some balls and l2p

EnvironmentalistOct 8, 20151 votes

Haha you're super cool. I have very low patience for stupid people. Hence muting everyone. Enjoy being salty.

XxobscenexXOct 8, 20151 votes

{quoted}

Haha you're super cool. I have very low patience for stupid people. Hence muting everyone. Enjoy being salty.

Lol enjoy low elo, since in real life and in virtual you need to learn how to deal with criticism. Even the LCS players are criticized by the managers and coaches. You only learn from your mistakes when someone points them out to you. If you keep doing the same dumb shit, like you probably are, then you can stay in Silver.

Deep Terror NamiOct 8, 20152 votes

There's a compromise to be had here...

Don't always mute everyone. You don't have to keep someone muted the whole game (long enough for them to figure out you're not responding to their taunts at least). Sometimes you do need to suck it up, but not always.

It doesn't have to be always or never.

EnvironmentalistOct 8, 20151 votes

Haha what? I'm not muting people to avoid criticism. I'm muting people to avoid having to communicate with people like you, also with people who decide they just want to be completely immature. I'd far prefer playing a game in silence than listening to teammates blame each other and swear and call each other scrubs.

If people knew how to criticize constructively I'd happily chat with my team, unfortunately the lack of education present in this community is overbearing.

Enjoy gold 2, you must be God.

insaiyanbaccaOct 8, 20152 votes

well i mean if you can pay attention to map/pings i guess its fine, cause i had a ww jungle that did this and said he would listen to ping, the entire game he didnt watch pings or the map at all and would just splitpush nonstop even tho it was a bad idea. so i guess if you have gioo decision making and map/ping awareness its fine.

EnvironmentalistOct 8, 20151 votes

Yeah that's what I was thinking. I've done it as Shen top mostly, and like every Shen I keep an eye on the map for fights and what not, but I also tell my team to communicate heavily with pings, and they generally do. I honestly prefer pings because you don't need to lose control of your champ to type a sentence that might end up getting you killed. Thanks ^_^

SwollwonderOct 8, 20152 votes

I usually do this if I'm on tilt or something because league is more fun with the jokes. Granted if we start losing I might have to do this.

EnvironmentalistOct 8, 20151 votes

Yeah fair enough. It really does help, though.

NewSentimentOct 8, 20151 votes

If you don't like talking to people in a multi-player game, maybe bot games? <----My honest suggestion, no troll.

EnvironmentalistOct 8, 20151 votes

I mean, it's an obvious fix, but bot games don't provide a challenge and aren't exactly a thrill :P

nerak23Oct 8, 20151 votes

There's a compromise to be had here...

Don't always mute everyone. You don't have to keep someone muted the whole game (long enough for them to figure out you're not responding to their taunts at least). Sometimes you do need to suck it up, but not always.