In game chat/smart ping
Hello summoners,
I want to discuss the option to disable chatwriting and -reading for the in game chat in the clients settings. and also get a bit atttention on the topic smart pings.
I dont like the option to discuss anything in game, because of the following reasons:
- You have literally no time to fall into a debate, its a MOBA game, every second counts to win a game...(wont mention all the players who die writing/arguing in game lol)
- The sad part about it is that it distracts not only the writer from the game but also those who don't want to read a single word about their decision making nor their philosophy behind his/her playstyle. **Such phenomena does not have to aply only on flaming comments. **
- But it is also good against AND for flamers. A) The good part for those who use /mute all pretty often (including myself) is, that you could just set a checkmark at ''disable in game chat for writings'' and thats it, much easier to handle in my eyes. B) For the players who get triggered easily (including myself, haHA) on flame in any kind of way, it would also be usefull, just because you cant read anything from the players nor write them anything (its a shame that the muted person still can read your messages) and to undo that you have to get out of the game first, because of the settings being in the client. Why dont just /mute all ? Because you can still flame them, just not recieving their response to your comments. In addition, you wont even get a single thought wasted to flame someone because you know that you disabled the chat by yourself. C) Looking on a larger perspective Riot would give toxic players an opportunity to stop themselves from being toxic (Ofcourse only for those who agree upon being toxic). They just have to set the checkmark on ''disable in game chat for writings''. And honestly, if I had the opportunity before getting perma banned on one account, to set a checkmark and never being reported again, I would do so. Every flamer would like to get his/hers summoners fate into his own hands. => I also think, that no player ever intended to start a game just to flame... there is always a trigger-event that causes that, so for the flamer it is a situational thing. So even when such a player says to himself ''I wont flame this game'' there still exists the possibilty to get triggered because of something (doesnt matter what event occurs, afk, int, flame...).
An argument against my reasoning: _Team oriented game, so why disable chat? _
At this point I want to mention the existence of Smart pings, which just killed the ''ss''-typing instantly after release. I would appreciate more development in smart pings from Riot's side. Everyone would agree with me that it is easier to use smart pings, rather than writing in chat for a missing enemy... Also not to forget, that instead of writing a ''good job'' to your teammates you can just use your emote. In most parts communicating becomes more and more wordless (or speachless?). Why dont integrate those cool and usefull features with summoners who have behavior issues in game? I mean, if writing is decreasing anyways, why dont install such an option?
So, my final question would be, why targeting players who cant stop flaming and not the tool (chat) that offers them the ability to flame in first place?
PS: sorry for being toxic (i admit it), but I cant stop myself if someone wishes my mum to get cancer. ' PSS: Different opinions on that topic are welcome, just comment if something seems to be unclear from my side.