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reconzero's avatar
reconzero
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago

Re: Why do players pick a new team to fight

@falkyrie

As other have already said, there is often so much going on in this game that we, as individual players, either comprehend imperfectly or don't even realize at all. I've had teammates go up one side of me and down the other because I wasn't "helping them out," when in fact I was in a "hide or die" situation. And there are dozens of other reasons why I might not have your back, or not wonder why you don't have mine.

I agree 100% that we're aloud to question teammates even though we don't go into matches with pre-made squads, but I will definitely say this: if you're playing without a mic then more fool you, and if you are playing with a mic and you're using it to chew out your teammates or question every single thing they do (especially with that tone in your voice - you know the one, we've all used it) then that's worse than not having one to begin with. Mic up. Be polite and constructive. Give teammates the lattitude to make their own mistakes while offering them alternatives. That's the best you can do. And you might just find the instances of apparent insanity go down quite a little bit. It's worked that way for me.

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  • DesertDust91's avatar
    DesertDust91
    4 years ago

    I saw many threads and people are rather against using microphone, with which i disagree. I was too, but some day i started using it and the difference is huge. Also it allows to ease the pressure a lot - if you have an idea where to go, what to do, you can say it, and its up to them to listen to you - if they didn't - well, you did what you could.

    I often play Crypto and cannot imagine using it without a mic - i always say how many squads are nearby, when i'm going to use EMP, where to move next and so on. Those are my best games.🙂

    One cannot expect, that people will understand and follow you, if you will use only pings.Although it is quite disappointing, when you meet duo, which speaks in foreign language and in a manner, that you really cannot understand them. Or people, which are completely silent, but if someone knocks them down, they blew up with rage. Oh well. Maybe if they would use the mic earlier, they would not end up knocked down, eh?😕

  • reconzero's avatar
    reconzero
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    @DesertDust91Yup, mics are a strange thing. I often don't use mine because either it's too late at night and I don't want to keep other people awake, or because I'm just in an anti-social mood. But when I do use it: 95% of those matches have way better outcomes. The other 5% are some of the worst interactions I've ever had with a fellow human being. On the whole most people would say that 95% good vs. 5% bad is some pretty strong encouragement to mic up, but sadly that 5% makes me put the mic away and not get out again for weeks at a stretch. Shame on them for being unable to control their temper, and shame on me for not having a thicker skin, especially since I'm always right, they're always wrong, and I'm plenty old enough to know that I shouldn't let it bother me.

  • Cheese9Man's avatar
    Cheese9Man
    4 years ago
    @DesertDust91 I don’t want to generalize a group of players but I much prefer using a mic when my random is a Japanese player. In tokyo servers you literally have uncountable number of languages spoken. Japanese players usually just say “Hello, hope we do well together” at the start and “Naisu (nice)” when you kill someone and simple instructions. Let’s just say I didn’t enjoy the mic experience when I played in the USA servers.

    I never initiate to talk to randoms first even though I can speak 4 languages.

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