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/Mute Self

Nerd Smartman··1 votes·343 views

Ever since I was young, I would rage at video games. Single player campaigns, and multiplayer lobbies. I realized it was a bad habit, and it didn't make me feel good, and it didn't improve my game play. Now that I'm older, hardly ever will I vocally rage to my friends, or people I meet and play with online... But I can't seem to stop myself from typing out my rage for very long. I don't see the harm in a /self mute, if you aren't a social butterfly and are here for the victories. And that's not to say I haven't made lasting friendships through league, but when I queue up for a game, i'm not pretending i'm on meet me. I'm here to play and win games.

I've been playing since season 3, and this is the only game I ever play anymore, and I really love it! And I do enjoy meeting new people, but when I get into climbing, it can be so easy for me to get angry with others since their mistakes impact me as well. If I could mute myself, I would. Not because I hate people, but because I simply know that I rage.

When I am on a winning streak I am often positive, reminding others on my team it's about the victory, that's why we play ranked. Try and keep the team together. But after 8-9 losses in a row, my patience wears thin.

If Riot would make a mute self option, for when I'm on those losing streaks, and I feel it's my team to blame (sometimes it is). I do a lot to improve myself, I watch a lot of videos, I understand that I can only control my own actions in a game. I'm not saying I shouldn't be held accountable for what I say, I'm simply asking that I get a tool that helps me keep my mouth shut, without having to stop playing the game I love so much.

I really do love this game, and I enjoy playing it so much. I hate receiving penalties in it, when I know I wouldn't if I could just unplug the darn "enter" button. Does anyone else agree with this?

6 Comments

Killer30001892 votes

If you can't control yourself how would a self mute button work? What's to say that when you can't control yourself you won't bother to mute because you're in a rage. Also you won't be getting a reaction out of anyone and no one would see so you'd probably just unmute yourself to tell them off.

Nerd Smartman1 votes

Right well like I said, I'm not interested in getting reactions out of people, I'm interested in winning games in ranked. It's my patience that gets worn thin, I'm not just desperate to make someone hurt. I'd say that's most league players, and denying that and saying this wouldn't help the problem is totes wack.

Also with /mute self it could last the whole game, no matter what. As soon as you type /mute self, you will be notified it last until the game ends, /self mute or /yes to confirm.

Look I know when I'm getting moody. And never do I want to make someone feel bad, or even attempt to make them feel bad. But it happens. We are all human. Every time I rage and tell someone they suck, I feel terrible after, because I don't even know that person. They are just playing the game same as me. Could be an escape for them, I could be ruining that. I'm simply asking for one more thing i have the option to do before I slam the enter key and type 100 words a minute all my negative feelings about how i don't know how to carry them.

When I play with my friends on voice chat, I always speak positively to what they do, I find it funny, and so does everyone.

If a friend dives in 1 v 5, I say "hey. That took a lot of courage bro. You are fearless" it's something I trained myself to do, so people enjoy playing with me even more since I make them laugh about their mistakes. I don't even mention it as a mistake. Doing this in game, Idk, everyone is a stranger to me. I'd rather just/self mute, since when I'm playing ranked I'm thinking about the climb, and when I'm playing with friends, I'm thinking about having a fun time no matter what.

Squidwards House1 votes

2 ways i'd "mute myself"

  1. rebind my key to something random. or let someone rebind my enter and not tell me. dont know how to open chat, cant use chat.
  2. (which i dont think works that well) move chat out of the game so you dont see it anymore. you can still type but at least others cant trigger you.
Nerd Smartman1 votes

I have moved the box off before, like you said, I still can push enter and type. and I am not confused even slightly about keybindings and I toggle them often, I would see it. Besides I want to be able to see things that they say for the most part, or else I'd mute them. I am the problem with my rage. This method gives me the option to unburden my team mates, instead of disrupt communication entirely. Only my messages should be stopped if I already can feel they will be toxic.

Chermorg2 votes

You admit that you are the problem. So fix the problem, don't ask for a bandaid for it.

Nerd Smartman1 votes

Rofl, this would fix the problem. You seem a little toxic, maybe you should take a break from reading forums.

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