On March 02 2018 19:58 Redox wrote:
What I think voice van do is reduce toxicity. People are more hesitant to be abusive to people they actually talk to. But then again if they do that in voice it is extra annoying.

It goes both ways. Some people are less abusive. But as I found out when my wife and I played on Xbox Live, some people get way, way more abusive in certain situations.

Opt-out doesn't solve the problem either, because you don't want to be pressuring people to choose between putting up with teenage edgelords or being at a competitive disadvantage. If 4/5 of the team is on voice chat that last person is going to be crazy isolated.

dsyxelic

United States1417 Posts

March 03 2018 06:04 GMT

#125

I personally would not use voice chat with the league player base. I'm less worried about the toxic kids, I'm pretty sure I'll be more annoyed by the average player on voice.

cLutZ

United States19574 Posts

March 03 2018 06:10 GMT

#126

I have always enjoyed my voice chat experience in just about every game. Indeed, I wish there was both intra- and inter- team voice chat in league (also Starcraft).

iCanada

Canada10660 Posts

March 04 2018 03:27 GMT

#127

Troll Off-meta jungle pick of the day that works: Irelia.

He clear is actually solid as fuck. You hit Level 3 at 2:40 w/ Buff wolves buff start, and you're good at killing wraiths.

Your ganks kinda hit or miss though, its weird because your jungle clear too healthy to reliably get a stun from equilibrium strike. And your skirmishing is kinda shit. So essentially you are a poor mans jax who can't jump away as well as forward and has a more pronounced power curve (slightly weaker early, stronger later). But fun champ, 10/10 would smurf as again.

Redox

Germany24794 Posts

March 04 2018 10:49 GMT

#128

On March 03 2018 08:26 GrandInquisitor wrote:

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It goes both ways. Some people are less abusive. But as I found out when my wife and I played on Xbox Live, some people get way, way more abusive in certain situations.

Well reactions to women in voice chat is a special kind of problem. Now that I think about it it is probably one of the biggest issues with general voice chat, sadly.

Sent.

Poland9331 Posts

March 04 2018 11:06 GMT

#129

CS:GO has voice chat and I was more comfortable playing pubs full of Russians I didn't understand than normal games with people speaking English. For some reason I feel obliged to tryhard when I can hear my teammates' voices, which makes it harder for me to relax. I definitely wouldn't use voice chat if it was implemented in League.

I play on EUW, but I bet EUNE would get even more toxic if it had voice chat.

Jek

Denmark2771 Posts

March 04 2018 13:42 GMT

#130

On March 04 2018 20:06 Sent. wrote:
CS:GO has voice chat and I was more comfortable playing pubs full of Russians I didn't understand than normal games with people speaking English. For some reason I feel obliged to tryhard when I can hear my teammates' voices, which makes it harder for me to relax. I definitely wouldn't use voice chat if it was implemented in League.

I play on EUW, but I bet EUNE would get even more toxic if it had voice chat.

Tbh I've found EUW to be worse than EUNE. On EUNE people are like "fuck you" toxic on EUW there's a lot more bigtory and racism.

Numy

South Africa35471 Posts

March 04 2018 13:58 GMT

#131

I haven't noticed it myself. Mostly just people tilting super hard super early. I can't understand anything outside of English so when people start typing I luckily can just ignore it. Otherwise quickly muting helps.

Jek

Denmark2771 Posts

March 05 2018 13:01 GMT

#132

Rakan/Xayah lane is so busted in yoloQ almost as free LP as juggernaut Skarner. It's such a fucking stupid design how much stronger they get together. 11 games 11 wins.............

Gahlo

United States35174 Posts

March 05 2018 14:16 GMT

#133

Supposedly there's a bug with their interaction that makes the combo stronger than it should be and will be fixed next patch.

Jek

Denmark2771 Posts

March 05 2018 17:23 GMT

#134

On March 05 2018 23:16 Gahlo wrote:
Supposedly there's a bug with their interaction that makes the combo stronger than it should be and will be fixed next patch.

Would make sense. Currently their level 1-3 is mind-numblingly strong.

chipmonklord17

United States11944 Posts

March 05 2018 17:40 GMT

#135

On March 05 2018 22:01 Jek wrote:
Rakan/Xayah lane is so busted in yoloQ almost as free LP as juggernaut Skarner. It's such a fucking stupid design how much stronger they get together. 11 games 11 wins.............

I find this interesting as someone with a high winrate on Rakan because I personally feel like I tend to lose more when my adc picks Xayah, because more often than not they don't actually know how to play her and just like muh synergy. It could just be a few bad apples clouding my memory but I've ranted many a time to my friends about how much I fucking hate locking in Rakan before my adc picks and have gone as far as no longer hovering Rakan until after they lock in if I'm thinking about it.

Jek

Denmark2771 Posts

March 05 2018 18:11 GMT

#136

On March 06 2018 02:40 chipmonklord17 wrote:

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I only go Rakan if they insta-picked Xayah, never pick him before the adc if they spend time to think or I pick first I just go Janna or Alistar.

DarkCore

Germany4194 Posts

March 05 2018 23:13 GMT

#137

Funny, I was thinking the same thing today. They pretty much cover every single desirably ability a bot lane can have, only real problem is that Xayah has no gap closer. They chain CC so incredibly well, and it's also massively AoE, so the potential to carry the whole game by yourself from bot is far easier than any other duo setup. I really like playing Xayah too, she's not really busted by herself, but her synergy with some supports is just crazy good.