Remove All Chat

Immane·2/15/2017, 7:10:20 PM·2 votes·1,017 views

I wind up reporting someone literally every single game. I think removing all chat or greatly restricting all chat could help solve the toxicity problem that League is plagued with.

Let's discuss what all chat is used for:

  • fun/chatty banter before the game really starts (sometimes this turns toxic very quickly)
  • During the game, trash talking the other team
  • During the game, trash talking your own team members
  • "gg" at the end of the game

The majority use case of all chat is trash talking. I'd remove it based off of that alone, but I also hypothesize that by removing people's ability to trash talk their own team mates, it'd force greater cooperation among teams as no one will feel "justified" in complaining to another party. At the same time, by removing trash talking from opposing teams, it'll be less likely to tilt other people turning them toxic.

Now if we didn't want to remove all chat together, we could try to preserve the positives:

  • Allow all chat before minions have spawned
  • Have a quick "gg" button you can push after a nexus is destroyed

14 Comments

DrCyanide2/15/2017, 7:24:44 PM5 votes

All chat is also used to sympathize with the enemy team ("sorry for your AFK"), to help build understanding of the game ("Xerath's ult was changed in the mage update") and to be sportsman like ("nice outplay")

I see the removal of all chat like the removal of a hammer from a toolbox. Yes, there are those who misuse it, but that's not a good enough reason to remove it. The tool is inherently neutral, if there's a problem it's with the user.

Janakin2/15/2017, 7:17:06 PM3 votes

I think that all chat is disabled by default.

Shadòw2/15/2017, 7:18:20 PM3 votes

you can disable it in options for yourself.

Paquay2/15/2017, 7:45:29 PM3 votes

If you are reporting someone literally every single game, maybe the problem isn't everyone else?

Mizuki Zahra2/15/2017, 9:52:04 PM1 votes

I use all chat to ask how they managed to kill/survive me and its pretty useful for improving your game If I see ragers/trollers I mute cause that's an option