Should gaming online be a mic only zone?
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Good God no.
The amount of people with mics who use them to squawk endless bulshit is enough. I agree they are useful in a good environment, think small squads, but I find myself having to use the 'mute' function more often than not.
The amount of people with mics who use them to squawk endless bulshit is enough. I agree they are useful in a good environment, think small squads, but I find myself having to use the 'mute' function more often than not.
never. gaming online can be fun, but i only EVER use a mic with my friends, and that isn't even in game, that is with an external program like ventrilo or teamspeak. i HATE talking in games, because the in-game mic controls are usually shite, so everybody speaks at different volumes, its either inpossible to hear or deafening. long story short, i mute everybody.
Dear Lord no.
If you're playing with a decent team (Or indeed, just one other player that you have some synergy with) you don't need a mic.
Story time.
Today while playing TF2, I had gone demoman. As I ran out of our 2Fort base, a medic had decided to tag along and heal me. At this point, we were losing 0-2 caps. Thanks to this medic, I killed 4 people with the Half Zatoichi and a further 5 with my 'nade launcher. And we capped the intel without a hitch. The medic just knew when I needed the Uber. I didn't have to type anything, or even use the quick-chat commands. We just worked well together.
If you're playing with a decent team (Or indeed, just one other player that you have some synergy with) you don't need a mic.
Story time.
Today while playing TF2, I had gone demoman. As I ran out of our 2Fort base, a medic had decided to tag along and heal me. At this point, we were losing 0-2 caps. Thanks to this medic, I killed 4 people with the Half Zatoichi and a further 5 with my 'nade launcher. And we capped the intel without a hitch. The medic just knew when I needed the Uber. I didn't have to type anything, or even use the quick-chat commands. We just worked well together.
You are probably one of a very few people that actually want to strategise online.
most people I hear online are just making annoying noises, are swearing or have loud music on.
I usually end up muting these guys.
Personally I don't feel the urge to make myself heard and I don't want to listen to other people's ramblings, at least not in a competitive online environment.
for pc games you can type if you really want to say something in online rpg s or rts es but for quick pased shooters you don't really need communication.
most people I hear online are just making annoying noises, are swearing or have loud music on.
I usually end up muting these guys.
Personally I don't feel the urge to make myself heard and I don't want to listen to other people's ramblings, at least not in a competitive online environment.
for pc games you can type if you really want to say something in online rpg s or rts es but for quick pased shooters you don't really need communication.
Hell no. Mouthbreathing 10 year olds making pew pew sounds is the worst immersion breaker ever.
Voice chat is great when playing with friends, but it needs to stay away from public multiplayer. Besides you don't need a mic to follow orders, text is much more effective for 20+ people typing "rgr", "rdy" or "help".
Voice chat is great when playing with friends, but it needs to stay away from public multiplayer. Besides you don't need a mic to follow orders, text is much more effective for 20+ people typing "rgr", "rdy" or "help".
Heeeeeeeeeeeeell no! I have nothing to say to all the people out there who use racial slurs, scream, flame, cry hax every time they die, brag way too much every time they get a kill, have their TVs up too loud so that all the noise from their TV is being played back to everyone in the game, are playing music too loud so we all have to hear it too, and so on and so on. Well, other than "shut the fuck up". And I don't need that crap being played right in my ear instead of from the TV where it's easier to ignore because it doesn't come out very loud.BangSmashBoom said:
I'll use mics when I feel its appropriate, which is very rarely. Otherwise, no thanks.
BangSmashBoom said:
To sum it up. NO.
Not in any way, shape or form. What happens if I'd rather not listen to the whiny ten year olds who shouldn't be playing the game who are shouting and annoying everyone? It's a horrible idea.
If you get lonely, play with friends, if you have no friends, make some.
Of course not, it's unfair. I have a mike now, but until a few months ago I didn't have one at all. Yet why the hell should I have been kicked out of L4D and forced to play offline just because I don't have a mike? I can easily, and quickly, type what I need to say to my teammates, so there's no issue of communication, despite what most 'mike-only' advocates (falsely) claim. Restricting half the game you've paid money for just because someone doesn't have a mike that costs even more money is blatantly unfair and just wrong. And I'd be happy to argue the point with anyone who disagrees with me...
Definitely not, considering most people use their microphones to smack-talk when they win, and ***** and moan when they lose. It's rare you'll find a randomer who actually speaks strategically to other randomers, usually only friend-to-friend.
Plus, it may be just me, but I'm always more in awe of a good player who is silent. They're a mystery, and that makes them more intriguing.
Plus, it may be just me, but I'm always more in awe of a good player who is silent. They're a mystery, and that makes them more intriguing.
I don't think it should be required, but I find it weird that in this day and age, text chat is still heavily used in online games. I understand using text chat to talk to the other team, but strategizing with one's own team just about requires a mic.
As an aside, I don't like the idea of a requirement because accessories break easily, can take time to replace, and during that time you can't play the game at all. I remember playing Tie Fighter religiously as a kid, and being able to play with a mouse helped, because I didn't always have access to a joystick. When X-wing Vs. Tie Fighter came out and it required a joystick to even load up, things got really annoying really fast -- especially when I went to install the game years later and found out my joystick had crapped out on me. Long story short, games need to be scalable for a wide range of hardware, and when your requirement has alternatives that, while not quite as effective, still get the job done, there's no excuse to make it a hard requirement -- game boxes list recommended specs for a reason.
As an aside, I don't like the idea of a requirement because accessories break easily, can take time to replace, and during that time you can't play the game at all. I remember playing Tie Fighter religiously as a kid, and being able to play with a mouse helped, because I didn't always have access to a joystick. When X-wing Vs. Tie Fighter came out and it required a joystick to even load up, things got really annoying really fast -- especially when I went to install the game years later and found out my joystick had crapped out on me. Long story short, games need to be scalable for a wide range of hardware, and when your requirement has alternatives that, while not quite as effective, still get the job done, there's no excuse to make it a hard requirement -- game boxes list recommended specs for a reason.
Actually I have the opposite opinion from you. To be honest there is no viable way to ensure everyone in a game has high quality voice chat. What's more getting dozens or hundreds or even thousands of people into a shared channel where only one person can talk at a time is pure chaos.BangSmashBoom said:
I've been of the opinion that communications in MMORPGs specifically should be limited to text only, and those caught using voice chat (or strongly suspect of it) should be banned. Largely because voice chat gives a huge advantage when raiding or doing PVP, and there is no way to ensure equal access.
This is coming from someone who has used it (though I have horrible problems trying to keep a mic running).
With smaller scale games, like most FPS games, I suppose it's not that big a deal, but then again I don't play those. Allowing or disallowing voice chat should be an option in the matchmaking though, to ensure either everyone has voice chat, or the guys who don't do not care about it. Likewise it should probably be banned from ranked play.
The needs of millions of people online simply make things like that difficult, especially seeing as real life materials shouldn't have an influance on the games. In the future if we see "moron proof" voice chat intergrated into all PC systems, and then exploited by the game (as opposed to the typical ways of doing things through clients like Ventrilo... which is what I use) things might be differant.
See, to some extent you using your $100 headset and presumably great voice software is similar to someone using a cheat-pad with autofire buttons and programmable macros and such. It's fine when it's just you and three friends or whatever, but when you are playing against the masses of people, it really isn't. I see banning it as being similar to the limitations placed on what kinds of controllers and such people can use for fighting game tournaments.
From what I've read, there's far too many people against the idea of talking to others. I agree with them, as I hate the way my voice sounds with a mic, I stutter a lot when talking (even though I don't suffer from chronic stuttering) and almost everyone is a complete fucktard when they talk, regardless of age, race or gender.
no cause remember when there are a few using a mic and you are one of those few it makes you better plus some people have annoying voices (12 year olds) and if they had to talk it would be annoying.