Unpopular Opinion

Eh, if you amend that to games where it matters in competitive, I'd agree mostly.

Though, being real, as long as they are willing to listen, and follow the instructions via voice, a mic isn't necessary. To the contrary, if you have a good organizer/leader, everyone else wasting time responding during a match makes a mic a drawback sometimes.

Yes, it does mean that if you don't have/use a microphone, and you aren't willing/able to do what you're told, you can fuck right off. You can't work as a team and make independent choices if you aren't going to communicate about them.

But this doesn't apply to every PvP game. There aren't a lot of truly competitive (as in the outcome matters, and the mode can't be effectively played as a group of individuals rather than as a team) games that it doesn't apply to, but they do exist.

I agree, but I think it would be better if they got their own queue, unknown to them. Game detects in the last 5 ranked matches you didn't use a mic at all? You get the no mic queue. Everyone who wants to be silent can play amongst themselves.

Well I don't agree. Does that mean I should uovote you?

Funny enough most have a mic they just don't talk. Personally if it matters that much you're joining the wrong matches. I've played loads of games where nobody spoke and we won most of the time. A good team will do fine with or without a mic

why not only join ones after you chat with someone to verify they are on a mic. I really don't know how these work. Can you leave if you find the person is not mic'd?

Here's an unpopular opinion: if you think your teammates not having voice chat are holding you back... You are the reason your team is losing.

Cancel me all you want, I don't even think you should be on this frickin darn game if you don't have a microphone

I don't think that would change much. You can have a thousand working microphones plugged into your computer but if you choose not to talk then it won't make a difference. Those who want to communicate with voice will make sure they have a mic, and those who don't want to won't speak.

Play any game how you want to play.

So you mean team and cooperative FPSs and MMORPGs. This needs to be said. There's a whole layer of games that have competitive regimes with 1-player 'teams' or even based around that with a little-to-no ability to get a benefit from talking. Fightings, racings, strategies, shooters with a deathmatch, chess lol. Without specifying it this opinion is just incorrect.

It's not that unpopular when you get into higher ranks where you take on a challenge with a long-going group of players. In the lower ranks with randoms it's probably harder to find a game where everyone's connected, and also more agression and toxicity found in the chat. I liked playing support\tank roles in low level Overwatch (and DD had long queues anyway) without communication specifically because I had a joy of reading other people and the stakes were pretty low, but risking something more is weird.

I don't care whether you have a mic or not.

All I ask is that if you're going to have a microphone, set it up so it doesn't continuously transmit the TV in the background. That's just rude.

How are competitions social by default? That’s a flawed argument.

In a perfect world, I completely agree with you. Unfortunately the majority of the online competitive games I have played voice chat consists of one dude giving helpful call outs while everyone else bitches and complains about why that dude sucks and their call outs suck. And even if it goes well it usually crumbles into a blame game by the halfway point. The only way I have ever been able to successfully grind a competitive game without losing my fucking mind is to just have friends to play with as we hang out in our own chat and mute the other teammates.

I truly understand where you are coming from. And that's exactly why I don't play competitive anymore.

But its less fun with a mic

I agree, that this is an unpopular opinion, however i don't agree with it.

Too many ppl are just annoying, when the mic is open. Too many ppl just cant use a mic for whatever reason.

Also sometimes it is affecting your team, sometimes it is affecting the other team, so "bringing down your entire team" will even out over time.

So people with speach or hearing issues should not be allowed to play a game? Parents who just got their kids to sleep?

Weird how this is an actual unpopular opinion, entirely fitting within this community, and it’s getting downvoted.

And what about a raid? You only stated your opinion regarding a PvP FPS game.