Can you create a "mute self" button?

keshav52·5/25/2016, 6:06:03 PM·3 votes·852 views

Sometimes I can't stop raging at my teammates. I don't really mean it, and I don't even care if they read my flames, it's more for personally blowing off steam.

If I could mute myself, I could rage all the time and not get reported, and the game would feel less toxic for others.

It'd be like writing an angry letter, then tearing it up without sending it - people used to do that all the time.

Is it possible to mute myself, or can such a feature be implemented??

21 Comments

Verxint5/25/2016, 6:09:40 PM5 votes

It's called stop being an impulsive self absorbed shit and just don't

It's actually not that hard, you're just weak willed.

All you have to do is nothing. How is it easier to do something rather than nothing?

Zyvux5/25/2016, 11:42:06 PM3 votes

Instead of typing your rage, shout it at the monitor.

Brimaz The King5/25/2016, 6:09:23 PM1 votes

Play with 2 laptops use one to type in all your flaming hate bullshit and use the other to play league.

Powderkegg5/25/2016, 6:30:19 PM1 votes

It's called self control

Reaper Review5/25/2016, 6:33:40 PM1 votes

I can relate to not being able to just "not be angry". If you never learned proper anger control at an early age for whatever reason, it's NOT an easy thing to just learn when you're older. Like curbing an addiction, you don't just instantly fix it. (Some people CAN, yes, but they're the minority.)

To use myself as an example, I have difficulties repressing anger, and I have for my entire life. I also have autism, though, so I was essentially coddled growing up instead of being taught useful peer-interaction things. Now I'm a young adult who lacks these basic skills most people learn, or should learn, as kids.

That coupled with my already poor self-esteem resulted in me lashing out at other players for no reason at all when I perceived myself doing poorly. Doing this made me feel really bad, which just tanked my self-esteem even more, causing the whole problem to keep feeding into itself. Naturally, I eventually got banned for it.

What was I supposed to do, though? Not play this game, or do anything social ever? That's not really a way to live a life, is it?

(For what it's worth, it's also doubly hard to avoid typing in a game where your hands are already on a keyboard. Like putting a six-pack next to an alcoholic and telling him not to drink it.)

DrCyanide5/25/2016, 6:37:31 PM1 votes

Preface what you say with /note, it'll save it to your computer instead of sending it out. You might be able to do /n, but I don't know for certain.

Gimpy895/25/2016, 9:18:32 PM1 votes

hire someone to smash your face in every time you type

Goosetard5/25/2016, 9:29:24 PM1 votes

A button to make me play better would be nice too

MaxDarkwill5/26/2016, 5:02:02 PM1 votes

I honestly would warn my team to mute me so I don't hurt them or tilt them.

Colgate Gator5/26/2016, 5:08:00 PM1 votes

It's called self control.

Zydron5/26/2016, 5:35:18 PM1 votes

Rebind your enter key

Icestar11865/25/2016, 6:07:37 PM1 votes

Here's a tip - don't type it. Say it out loud instead.

Astôlfo5/26/2016, 8:44:51 PM1 votes

It's called learning to act mature.

GaleWinUnleashed5/25/2016, 6:07:58 PM1 votes

Have you tried a stress ball? Punching bag? Shouting at the screen?