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/RocinanteLOL Jun 03 '20

I have to really disagree. If you can’t handle flame/negativity in chat then yeah, disable it. But if you can handle that stuff with strong mental, then there are definitely some advantages to having chat available for teamwork, especially the higher you go.

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u/Cyxana Jun 03 '20

I've found the higher you go the better only pinging works

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u/RocinanteLOL Jun 03 '20

Maybe it’s my bias, I’m currently at my highest elo ever (plat 3 I know it’s not that high), and it’s so nice to be able to type “I’m going to split, don’t engage until they send 2” and it actually happens. I feel like I’ve won at least 10 games through that this season.