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SC-Shield
Profile Joined December 2018
Bulgaria818 Posts
December 29 2019 23:28 GMT
#1
There's a feature in CS: GO which mutes enemy team so you can't read what they write. This is very useful when you have to deal with toxic communities, but unfortunately SC2 doesn't have it. Are there other people who would like to see such a feature in SC2 as well? If so, please write a post and maybe Blizzard could do something.
washikie
Profile Joined February 2011
United States752 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-12-30 00:01:43
December 29 2019 23:55 GMT
#2
Since sc2 is a 1v1 game I usually find the toxicity of my opponents amusing instead of annoying. Toxic teammates in team games are awful mostly because there’s no much you can do to shut them down. But in 1v1s it’s easy to shrug off your opponents trash talk, especially when you beat them. You can just reply with “mad because bad”. Or “get good son” and move on. Sometimes I relish the especially toxic players who after loosing to me tell me in bad at the game. Those are my favorite.

On the other hand I’m guilty of the occasional toxicity myself sc2 is frustrating.
"when life gives Hero lemons he makes carriers" -Artosis
dragoon
Profile Joined December 2010
United States695 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-12-30 00:19:15
December 30 2019 00:17 GMT
#3
you can block the other team's chat

edit: i dont remember exactly how as i haven't done it in a while and im not at my desktop, however i think its either in the team's button in the top right or in the chat window (f11? im not sure but its the window you can use to look at the chat history in a game)
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SC-Shield
Profile Joined December 2018
Bulgaria818 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-12-30 00:44:23
December 30 2019 00:19 GMT
#4
On December 30 2019 09:17 joon wrote:
you can block the other team's chat

edit: i dont remember exactly how as i haven't done it in a while and im not at my desktop, however i think its either in the team's button in the top right or in the chat window (f11? im not sure but its the window you can use to look at the chat history in a game)


Block list is finite and you have to do this manually every time. Also, if you block someone and you forget to unblock them after game, you might get them as an ally and then you can't read what they say.
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20285 Posts
December 30 2019 09:15 GMT
#5
On December 30 2019 09:19 SC-Shield wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2019 09:17 joon wrote:
you can block the other team's chat

edit: i dont remember exactly how as i haven't done it in a while and im not at my desktop, however i think its either in the team's button in the top right or in the chat window (f11? im not sure but its the window you can use to look at the chat history in a game)


Block list is finite and you have to do this manually every time. Also, if you block someone and you forget to unblock them after game, you might get them as an ally and then you can't read what they say.


IDD gets very annoying
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
`dunedain
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
655 Posts
December 30 2019 09:38 GMT
#6
If you hit F11 while playing you can mute selected players.
"In order to be created, a work of art must first make use of the dark forces of the soul." ~Albert Camus
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20285 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-12-30 10:10:43
December 30 2019 10:09 GMT
#7
On December 30 2019 18:38 `dunedain wrote:
If you hit F11 while playing you can mute selected players.


Block list is finite and you have to do this manually every time. Also, if you block someone and you forget to unblock them after game, you might get them as an ally and then you can't read what they say.


OP is asking for a feature that would stop people from talking to you if and only if they're on the enemy team.

That would also bypass all of the bullshit with running out of space on block lists and having to remove and re-add people to it and checking your allies at the start of every co-op / 2v2 to make sure that they're not blocked.
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Boggyb
Profile Joined January 2017
2855 Posts
December 30 2019 16:42 GMT
#8
Talking to your opponent on ladder shouldn't even be a thing. Removing it would only deprive players of two things:
1) The ability to say why you're pausing, but if you have to pause, you should just quit and take the loss
2) The ability to say Rumplebuildskin
Aesto
Profile Joined September 2014
44 Posts
December 30 2019 17:31 GMT
#9
I would definitely appreciate a feature like this. I pretty much already mute everyone who says more than "glhf", "pp", or "gg", because it's just distracting. Some people also talk on purpose to distract you from the fact that they're cheesing (I always do some extra scouting in those cases). Part of the reason I like SC2, compared to, say, WoW, is because it's not a social game. You can already block people who are not on your friend list outside of games, so why not inside as well?

Also agree with Boggyb on pausing. Half the time people do it, it's 10 seconds into the game because they forgot to set their music or something stupid like that. It's just rude.
SC-Shield
Profile Joined December 2018
Bulgaria818 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-12-30 19:38:41
December 30 2019 19:29 GMT
#10
On December 31 2019 01:42 Boggyb wrote:
Talking to your opponent on ladder shouldn't even be a thing. Removing it would only deprive players of two things:
1) The ability to say why you're pausing, but if you have to pause, you should just quit and take the loss
2) The ability to say Rumplebuildskin


The first point is a real problem that I'm not sure how it could be resolved easily for StarCraft. The way it was solved in CS: GO was that you need 4/5 votes (80% including your automatic vote for suggesting pause) from your team mates to pause for 1 minute. Each team gets 1 pause per 15 rounds (30 in total). This pause could also be tactical and nice for SC because team mates could discuss a strategy, which is perfect for RTS.

Maybe if this idea is used for SC, each team could also get one pause for 1 minute at most so this doesn't get abused. I think Blizzard should think about such timing details, but I like the way CS: GO has done it even though I consider StarCraft my main game.
MystMir
Profile Joined August 2014
United States6 Posts
December 30 2019 21:35 GMT
#11
Yeah I've seen a lot of bm/trash talk during ladder games (NA) too. This is what I do and it solves the problem EVERY SINGLE time for me:
- If I lose the game, I congratulate my opponent and gladly accept those bad words. Those are good motivation to me to improve my game play. After all I lose the game. I'm willing to give the winner the right to say whatever he/she wants to say Maybe that makes their lives easier because they accumulate those anger from somewhere else (their colleagues, their bosses, etc.) and need to vent to stay mentally healthy.
- If I win the game, I do the same. I'd also express my appreciation for them to play Starcraft II with me, cuz not as many people are playing these days.

Then our conversation usually ends up in a very friendly way and we even befriend each other.
If bm/trash talk can make my opponents happy, I'm more than happy to take them, because I know I'm helping other people.
If bm/trash talk can make them enjoy the game more I'm also happy, because I love this game and I want more people to keep playing.

Playing Starcraft can even make you mentally stronger :O
Doesn't that make this game even cooler? :D
ZerglingSoup
Profile Joined June 2009
United States346 Posts
December 30 2019 22:27 GMT
#12
I feel like if you are in private mode or whatever, you shouldn't see anyone else's chats if they aren't your friend or something.
Stream plz
ZugzwangSC
Profile Joined October 2019
87 Posts
December 31 2019 13:56 GMT
#13
On December 31 2019 06:35 MystMir wrote:
- If I lose the game, I congratulate my opponent and gladly accept those bad words. Those are good motivation to me to improve my game play. After all I lose the game. I'm willing to give the winner the right to say whatever he/she wants to say Maybe that makes their lives easier because they accumulate those anger from somewhere else (their colleagues, their bosses, etc.) and need to vent to stay mentally healthy.
- If I win the game, I do the same. I'd also express my appreciation for them to play Starcraft II with me, cuz not as many people are playing these days.
...
Playing Starcraft can even make you mentally stronger :O
Doesn't that make this game even cooler? :D


That's...amazing. You have a reserve of patience and level of class most humans do not.

Sore losers, I understand. Been there. It's hard, especially for children.

Sore winners? That's tougher for me to wrap my head around. If you can't be even a little bit gracious after the thrill of winning a game of SC2, it's probably time for some much needed self-reflection.

I make an exception for good-natured trach talk. That's all in good fun, especially amongst friends, doubly so if it's actually witty instead of just mean. But the need to run down a complete stranger after a win? It might be a sign of something deep and concerning.

www.youtube.com/c/zugzwangstarcraft
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
December 31 2019 15:22 GMT
#14
On December 31 2019 06:35 MystMir wrote:
Yeah I've seen a lot of bm/trash talk during ladder games (NA) too. This is what I do and it solves the problem EVERY SINGLE time for me:
- If I lose the game, I congratulate my opponent and gladly accept those bad words. Those are good motivation to me to improve my game play. After all I lose the game. I'm willing to give the winner the right to say whatever he/she wants to say Maybe that makes their lives easier because they accumulate those anger from somewhere else (their colleagues, their bosses, etc.) and need to vent to stay mentally healthy.
- If I win the game, I do the same. I'd also express my appreciation for them to play Starcraft II with me, cuz not as many people are playing these days.

Then our conversation usually ends up in a very friendly way and we even befriend each other.
If bm/trash talk can make my opponents happy, I'm more than happy to take them, because I know I'm helping other people.
If bm/trash talk can make them enjoy the game more I'm also happy, because I love this game and I want more people to keep playing.

Playing Starcraft can even make you mentally stronger :O
Doesn't that make this game even cooler? :D


Damn, well done.
I never get annoyed when someone else BM me, just a bit sad, or just stun when it get to insane "I hope you die" level, and I always keep my, quite rare, BM to balance whine or self insults.

But with that said, I get so mad when I get chesed, I have lost count of how many time I have lift all my building and went to took a walk after getting proxy reaper
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Boggyb
Profile Joined January 2017
2855 Posts
December 31 2019 18:10 GMT
#15
On January 01 2020 00:22 Nakajin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 31 2019 06:35 MystMir wrote:
Yeah I've seen a lot of bm/trash talk during ladder games (NA) too. This is what I do and it solves the problem EVERY SINGLE time for me:
- If I lose the game, I congratulate my opponent and gladly accept those bad words. Those are good motivation to me to improve my game play. After all I lose the game. I'm willing to give the winner the right to say whatever he/she wants to say Maybe that makes their lives easier because they accumulate those anger from somewhere else (their colleagues, their bosses, etc.) and need to vent to stay mentally healthy.
- If I win the game, I do the same. I'd also express my appreciation for them to play Starcraft II with me, cuz not as many people are playing these days.

Then our conversation usually ends up in a very friendly way and we even befriend each other.
If bm/trash talk can make my opponents happy, I'm more than happy to take them, because I know I'm helping other people.
If bm/trash talk can make them enjoy the game more I'm also happy, because I love this game and I want more people to keep playing.

Playing Starcraft can even make you mentally stronger :O
Doesn't that make this game even cooler? :D


Damn, well done.
I never get annoyed when someone else BM me, just a bit sad, or just stun when it get to insane "I hope you die" level, and I always keep my, quite rare, BM to balance whine or self insults.

But with that said, I get so mad when I get chesed, I have lost count of how many time I have lift all my building and went to took a walk after getting proxy reaper

Says his BM is rare. Also says he's lost track of how many times he's lifted his buildings and left when his opponent doesn't play how he wants them to.
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-12-31 18:18:36
December 31 2019 18:15 GMT
#16
On January 01 2020 03:10 Boggyb wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 01 2020 00:22 Nakajin wrote:
On December 31 2019 06:35 MystMir wrote:
Yeah I've seen a lot of bm/trash talk during ladder games (NA) too. This is what I do and it solves the problem EVERY SINGLE time for me:
- If I lose the game, I congratulate my opponent and gladly accept those bad words. Those are good motivation to me to improve my game play. After all I lose the game. I'm willing to give the winner the right to say whatever he/she wants to say Maybe that makes their lives easier because they accumulate those anger from somewhere else (their colleagues, their bosses, etc.) and need to vent to stay mentally healthy.
- If I win the game, I do the same. I'd also express my appreciation for them to play Starcraft II with me, cuz not as many people are playing these days.

Then our conversation usually ends up in a very friendly way and we even befriend each other.
If bm/trash talk can make my opponents happy, I'm more than happy to take them, because I know I'm helping other people.
If bm/trash talk can make them enjoy the game more I'm also happy, because I love this game and I want more people to keep playing.

Playing Starcraft can even make you mentally stronger :O
Doesn't that make this game even cooler? :D


Damn, well done.
I never get annoyed when someone else BM me, just a bit sad, or just stun when it get to insane "I hope you die" level, and I always keep my, quite rare, BM to balance whine or self insults.

But with that said, I get so mad when I get chesed, I have lost count of how many time I have lift all my building and went to took a walk after getting proxy reaper

Says his BM is rare. Also says he's lost track of how many times he's lifted his buildings and left when his opponent doesn't play how he wants them to.


Well, I mean spoken BM, I usually doesn't say anything when I lift my building, clearly this make me a respectful and mature human being.
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alpenrahm
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany628 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-12-31 19:02:28
December 31 2019 19:01 GMT
#17
Guys guys you ve got it all wrong!
you need to embrace the cleansing touch of the fetid starcraft toxicity. Revel in it. Feel the purity of its emotion. And then retaliate with equal verbal brutality.

Don´t block. Blocking on the internet is like child abortion. God doesn´t want you to do it.
dragoon
Profile Joined December 2010
United States695 Posts
January 01 2020 17:53 GMT
#18
On January 01 2020 04:01 alpenrahm wrote:
Guys guys you ve got it all wrong!
you need to embrace the cleansing touch of the fetid starcraft toxicity. Revel in it. Feel the purity of its emotion. And then retaliate with equal verbal brutality.

Don´t block. Blocking on the internet is like child abortion. God doesn´t want you to do it.

agreed, i love trolling in starcraft games. typing up a nice copypasta before i run into the zerg 3rd and 4th at the same time and spamming it as i win the game. ah yes.
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