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Awf Meta·1/23/2019, 6:58:26 PM·1 votes·2,600 views

Communication is not required to play or win the game. This makes communication a feature and not a core game element.

As a game feature, I suggest that text communications should be an opt-in game feature.

Voice communication is an opt-in game feature. Voice communication is better than text communication at helping the player play and win the game. That is the reason all the professional teams use voice communication instead of text communication.

Opt-in chat is the only true preventative measure of toxicity. With opt-in chat, Riot could guarantee their users never experience negative chat.

Significantly less negative chat means significantly fewer reports. Time that can be spent on other adventures.

There is a lot of social pressure for game developers to provide acceptable communication experiences in their games. Public good will. Positive public relations.

I have some ideas for implementation too! What a weird idea.

25 Comments

rujitra1/23/2019, 6:59:57 PM4 votes

Good communication absolutely wins games. Voice communication is unnecessary but communication is completely necessary for any chance of winning a game.

ModArticus431/23/2019, 7:39:51 PM1 votes

I actually don't think this is a bad idea. Communication is definitely going to increase your chances of winning, BUT that is completely dependent on what is being communicated. I would say though that not opting-in for comms is basically the same as /muteall

mtothe6thpower1/27/2019, 7:02:38 AM1 votes

There are multiple guides on how to change the chat boxes so that they're not visible to the player, like moving it off screen etc. Therefore there's no need for this. If you want to opt out of chat, it's easily possible.

ModThe Djinn1/27/2019, 5:37:26 PM1 votes

With opt-in chat, Riot could guarantee their users never experience negative chat.

This is only true if chat is assumed to be a place where negativity is allowed, which is not Riot's goal. There are definitely players who will use chat to be toxic, and saying "just don't communicate if you don't want to experience toxicity" is not a good solution.