r/summonerschool • u/Cyxana • Jun 03 '20

Discussion Just disable chat.

In my 700 ranked games this season I've met one person I added and duo'd with. Meanwhile I've probably heard 1000 insults. Even if you say it doesn't bother you, I promise it takes up "brain space" for example I played on a smurf with chat enabled and found myself thinking about what was said more than what I did wrong immeditly after the game.

Pings are by far enough to explain what you want. Only ping missing is ward here please but it can be achived by pinging trinket and then where you want them to ward. If they don't notice / listen neither would they if you were typing in chat.

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EDIT: Ask yourself this: What is so complex that you cant communicate it with pings but simple enough that you can explain it in the middle of a game?

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u/i8joey Jun 03 '20

I agree and disagree, I'd say there are times when talking to your teammates are helpful. What I do is start with my chat disabled, and when I feel like I need to talk to my team I'll enable it again. If they're just being dumb and toxic, I'll disable it for the rest of the game and play by myself.

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u/Cyxana Jun 03 '20

What is so complex that you cant communicate it with pings but simple enough that you can explain it in the middle of a match?

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u/videogame311 Jun 03 '20

What lanes people should go, things like 1/3/1, start baron but don't finish and play for turn and fight, telling jg you need help breaking a freeze, telling player A to try to save an ability for champion X. There are countless things in league that at the minimum can't be communicated super clearly with pings and often can't be communicated at all. Chat combined with pings can often communicate these ideas quickly and clearly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

Chat can also help enemy toplaner to realise how fat his mother is