PSA - Don't play on NA servers if you are unable to communicate

Kovah·6/1/2016, 10:44:07 PM·5 votes·576 views

First of all, I don't know if its just me or if everyone is experiencing this, but I have seen a major lack of communication in my ranked games lately. People BARELY talk, and when they do, its just to flame everyone else on the team.

Second, PLEASE GET OFF THE NORTH AMERICAN SERVER if you either can't speak English, or you can barely speak English. I just got out of a game where a premade was speaking another language for the duration of the match. Do you know how annoying I would be if I went to an Asian server and didn't understand a word anyone said? Meanwhile I wasn't grouping and basically playing the game like it was single player. Just, stop.

And third, I am not going pro. I don't want to go pro, I want to have fun. Yes it's ranked, but this game is fun, and I only play games with other players because I enjoy how social they are. A few games ago I simply asked, "hey hows it goin" didn't get an answer, so I typed "?" and the only answer I get back is "stfu". Really? Would it kill you to be a little social? We have all been on that team where everyone is just having a good time, laughing, making jokes, poking fun and most importantly NOT RAGING while doing it. Those games are so fun, and I don't even care when I lose them, because I enjoyed the experience. People also tend to play better when they are in a good mood having fun. It's much easier to care more when you really like the people you are playing with, which leads to making better decisions and more collaboration between teammates.

TLDR: Communication makes this game easier, and more enjoyable. If you cannot communicate, or don't want to communicate, all you are doing is making the game less enjoyable and hurting your chances at success.

Edit: Stop saying "just use pings". Yes, you can just play the game using pings. My point wasn't that you need to speak the language otherwise you cannot play the game. I understand you can communicate with pings. But if I ask the question "Hey Lee can I have next blue" and he doesn't understand and takes it, that was clearly miscommunication caused by him not speaking English. You cannot dispute that not speaking the same language everyone else does in a team game doesn't hurt your ability to function as a team effectively.

Saying "there are other languages spoken in NA" is an argument for nothing, nor does it negate anything I said. The only people saying that are people who have a hard time speaking English and are now upset and want to pretend like they have a reason why it doesn't impact communication.

14 Comments

Deep Terror Nami6/1/2016, 10:46:42 PM7 votes

Speaking is not required in this game. Pings are more than enough for almost all your communication needs.

EndlessSorcerer6/1/2016, 11:16:39 PM5 votes

North America is a continent.

On this continent, there are many people who speak many different languages.

Between Canada and the United States alone, there are three official languages (English, French, Spanish) and many others spoken among the population.

North America IS NOT an English-only server.

legionnaire996/1/2016, 11:13:34 PM2 votes

The region is north America not just America in their countries where do you official language is English in north America so please stop crying and use the pinging system

rtbf2103100956/2/2016, 11:45:26 AM1 votes

As many others have said, NA is North America. North America has 3 different Countries in it that all speak different languages. If you don't want to deal with the other countries language barrier then don't play.

Narvuntien6/2/2016, 11:49:28 AM1 votes

Have you considered learning another language so you could communicate with them? works two ways.

One day you could have faker on your team and not be able to communicate your game plans because you don't speak Korean... jks jks. :P.

I do agree there needs to be a massive improvement in the ping options, I want to be able to effectively communicate with them.