It's just better to never speak at all. OR just say GLHF, GG, BLNT, etc. You don't want any actual communication in your games, you just want people to pretend that they never get upset. SO GLHF. I'll never participate in game chat again. Nice system!
Yep. Because positivity is SO hard to pull off...
You don't have to pretend you never get upset, you have to avoid showing you're upset because when you do that, you're not using the chat for communication, you're using other players as punching ball to calm your nerves on. If you are upset, it's already affecting the game, as you are prone to play worse than usual (less cooperation, longer reaction times, etc). If you show you are upset, you're adding to that: time wasted interfering with useful messages, encouraging arguments with others to make them waste more game time not actually playing, and you can even trigger other players so everybody is upset.
It's not good for morale, it's not good for strategy, it's just a harmful way to relieve yourself from a burden.
So, what's left? Being polite. Being friendly. Announcing your strategy/upcoming actions. Proposing cooperation/asking for support. Asking for advice (itemization, how aggro you should be on your lane, when to group, etc). Praising good players.
If you have difficulties with the game boundaries, these examples are safe ways to properly use chat.
I don't know how people make it so hard for themselves. I've never gotten a single chat restriction etc ever in my 9 years of playing (although chat restricts haven't existed during that whole time). I do occasionally get upset in the chat but I never result to flaming/trashtalking my team etc. Yet people make these kind of posts daily claiming you can't type anything in the chat.
You can be upset in-game. The system accounts for that. It even accounts for occasional breakdowns and rage quits. It is as lenient as it gets.
The only thing it doesn't tolerate is hate speech and intense abuse of your teammates.
So if the instant you open the chatter box and what flows outside is nothing but hate speech or extreme abuse of your teammates, then yeah, it's better for you to not type at all.
Ok: getting upset, frustrated, annoyed, and downright pissed off at your fellow teammates
Not Ok: verbally attacking teammates because you are upset, frustrated, annoyed, and downright pissed off
Agreed their system is trash. People say that league and overwatch have the two worst punishment systems.. which is correct.
yea you're right, the only way to not get punished is to never say anything because the only thing their trash discipline robot is doing successfully is creating a gaming culture fit for snowflakes who can't take a joke or the slightest bit of criticism. Riot wants people competing in a hostile game where everyone kills each other to only send smily faces and <3's. Its hilariously ironic.
communication = insulting/harassing/flaming teammates it seems
sometimes /mute all is all you really need. Teammates can still spam ping you anyways until you disable that in the tab menu
The only thing RIOT has realistically done in game chats vs ban rate is created safe spaces for people to gang up against a singled out player that decides to try to talk. The only people that win are the ones that say Nothing. This is not a democracy, this isnt even a discussion, this is Totalitarianism that errs on the side of the most reports. F that. oh I almost forgot, GLHF.
I use chat constantly and have never been warned nor banned. How? By not saying or doing anything that I know would tick others off. If you can't use chat without being neutral or positive and without resorting to things like insults and name-calling then no, chat is not for you.
what does BLNT stand for?
i disagree with "riot doesnt want you to chat" but i have to say it feels like 8/10 times being helpful/nice to s1 just results in them saying "stfu noob" or something like that for no reason.
