Disabling /all chat in matchmade queues

Post by robin_reala » Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 5:35 AM UTC

Post by imgabe » Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 5:42 AM UTC

robin_reala wrote: post #2

Unfortunate mangling of the headline – chat is only being disabled in games with auto matchmaking – but it’s still an interesting development.

Post by paulmd » Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 5:43 AM UTC

robin_reala wrote: post #2

Unfortunate mangling of the headline – chat is only being disabled in games with auto matchmaking – but it’s still an interesting development.

Post by djrockstar1 » Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 5:46 AM UTC

glanzwulf wrote: post #7

Not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, I get it, all chat can be a source of twisted toxic wasteland. But on the other hand, sometimes it's fun, so let people communicate and solve the toxic wasteland some other way. A simpler fix for me would've been give the users the option to hide/deactivate the all chat. If they want to talk they'll keep it on if the other team is a bunch of dicks they'll report them and h…

Post by jez » Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 5:54 AM UTC

chmod775 wrote: post #9

That's pretty misguided. It's team chat that is toxic, not /all chat. /all chat is typically full of jokes and banter. Your opponent is not going to flame you for making what they think is a mistake. In fact /all chat can offset negative interactions you have with your team. It's not uncommon for someone from one team to give angry members of the other a "reality check" from an unbiased position, usually ending any t…