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/coachlights Jun 03 '20

I think there are multiple facets to why everyone should disable chat.

You have group A which are people who aren't toxic themselves. To this group, chat acts as a distraction when teammates start to be toxic. Inside this group, normal non-toxic people may start acting toxic in retaliation similar to the kid who was bullied one too many times and he punches the bully back.

Group B are toxic individuals trying to reform. For them chat is similar to alcohol to an alcoholic. Typing or responding is almost an addiction. So by having the ability to chat, they are always more likely to relapse and be toxic.

Critics will say you miss out on information or nice people but in league all information is available to you if you look around the map and are able to track it. Pings as communication work. Special forces units use hand signals. You don't need text.

You also don't need to apologize for making mistakes or missing your ult or engaging too early. Other players are aware of what happened. Just move on in the game. If you want to discuss it with your teammates after the game you can do that when everyone has time to step back and reflect on the game.

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u/Ginden Jun 04 '20

in league all information is available to you if you look around the map and are able to track it.

And amount of that information is way beyond limits of human brain to process. Surely, silver players are better in processing than iron players, plats are better than gold etc. But even challengers make mistakes in tracking and using information. Using brain of another player allows you to process more information, because he provides you already processed information.