I personally believe by letting players who have been muted by other players in the game know that they have been muted could have a positive effect on getting them to stop being toxic, and possibly even keep them from tilting their team to the point of no recovery. Just a thought.
Firethorn5 votesOr it might make them more toxic towards teammates that don't have him muted... Don't really like this idea imo
I love beans4 votesYes, but then they can mute him also. Then the more people he sees have him muted, perhaps he will realize HE is the problem, because he sees it everytime he tries to yell at his team. Then he can focus on playing rather than trying to get someone's attention to yell at them.
YerroFever5 votesI think those that know they've been muted may try harder to harass in different ways.
Remember when people were muted before we could mute pings and then they started spamming pings to harass someone? Now that you can mute pings, people are trying harder to troll but go under the radar by doing stealth trolling?
AP MISS FORTUNE1 votesTry to think positively of your teammates. I mute people just for saying the word tro...., So i would have muted you already.
scazzman3 votesi would like to know who ive been muted by. so i can concentrate on playing the game rather then trying to get their attention in chat
Stay Close Dear2 votesThis is a really bad idea, if some rager sees they re muted they can possibly start inting or trolling to get attention or try to get back at a teammate in a different way. If you worry about your teammates muting you that means you should look into your behavior first. If you arent toxic or negative and if your input in the chat is helpful, constructive or friendly then you have nothing to worry about. If someone is already raging in chat muting them is the best thing you can do as in most cases telling them to calm down or petty much anything else will just cause them to type more. Let them let it out and get back into the game.
I love beans2 votesHow can they worry about being muted if they never know if they are muted? I believe this would have a real, immediate impact on the person who is being muted. If a person can see, instantly, that one or several teammates have an issue with their behavior then the sooner the issue can be resolved the better. Currently there are only two options, mute them or yell back at them. Neither really addresses the core issue, and I personally believe knowing that you are muted by your team would make you more likely to focus on the game and less on whichever person you are angry with. Of course this is an opinion and this is not a catch-all fix, but making people aware of their behavior in real-time has the possibility for some pretty profound effects. Truly toxic folks will be toxic and you just have to accept that, but I fundamentally believe most players are pretty good folks and do this stuff when they are having bad days or bad games. Those people will probably see something like this and realize they are going too far and take steps to self-correct.
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How can they worry about being muted if they never know if they are muted? I believe this would have a real, immediate impact on the person who is being muted. If a person can see, instantly, that one or several teammates have an issue with their behavior then the sooner the issue can be resolved the better. Currently there are only two options, mute them or yell back at them. Neither really addresses the core issue, and I personally believe knowing that you are muted by your team would make you more likely to focus on the game and less on whichever person you are angry with. Of course this is an opinion and this is not a catch-all fix, but making people aware of their behavior in real-time has the possibility for some pretty profound effects. Truly toxic folks will be toxic and you just have to accept that, but I fundamentally believe most players are pretty good folks and do this stuff when they are having bad days or bad games. Those people will probably see something like this and realize they are going too far and take steps to self-correct.
I disagree that there are only two options.
I would suggest there is a third option of not responding with toxicity while not muting. (Edit: whether that means not responding at all, or responding in a cooperative manner)
I would disagree that the most likely outcome of learning you are muted is to focus on the game. Based on how toxic players have behaved in the past, I don't think that knowing they're muted would most likely create focus on the game. Based on what Red posts have said, the reaction that comes from toxic players for those who feel their toxicity isn't being properly conveyed is to change the way they convey their toxicity.
This comes from Reds talking about when people get chat restricted, those people tend to ramp up their toxicity in the few messages they're allowed. The Reds also talked about how when people stopped responding in chat to their toxic messages, people used ping spams to harass people instead. In some threads on the forum, some people have been talking about how people now are trolling and inting but disguising it as "poor play" which makes it difficult because to truly assess poor play vs inting and trolling is to watch not only their reported games but their unreported games and compare and it's a huge time sink for Riot behavior specialists.
Most people are good folks but you don't need to see that you're muted to change that. Maybe a conscientious teammate who tells you to calm down while trying to create a more cooperative atmosphere is better than finding out you're being shut out?
Stay Close Dear2 votesAnother thing is, some people ( including me ) like to mute the entire team at start every now and then. If I'm in a bad mood and feel like I can tilt easily I'd rather not have chat enabled. People seeing they were muted for no reason can also have a negative impact on morale, I don't think riot would implement it.
I love beans2 votesWell, you can always communicate that before match start.
Friendly Ram1 votesI'd like this just as an icing on the cake but don't really think it'd stop trolls(also can see people spamming this like ?)
AP MISS FORTUNE1 votesAlso muting in champ select would be great. Sometimes players harass before game even starts. The team should not have to suffer because one person is having a bad day.
koshkyra1 votesI feel like a 5-year old when i say "muted" just to let them know im muting them, i would much rather have a chat message say "X has muted you"