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The most significant handicap I see: Playing without a mic
The amount of people playing ranked with no mic is borderline astounding. Sometimes I will solo queue in Diamond lobbies and it’s very common to see people playing without a mic. This almost always r...
I do not use a mic. Like many others. But I do not think that's even the issue. The thing is, many people just do not even bother to use the ping system. I can't tell you how many times I lost fights because I assumed my teammate was beside me (I was busy looking at an area for enemies incoming) only to realize he was like 150 meters away once I was downed. Like come on, what happened? You were next to me like 15 seconds prior!
They did not even bother to tell me "look, I go over there" beforehand, with the ping system. I certainly would have followed them.
I also have a big TV, so that doesn't help either. I can't keep my eyes everywhere on the screen at once.
