TL;DR - Please Add:
- settings checkbox - turn off opponent-chat in matchmade games
- settings checkbox - turn off allied chat in matchmade games
- settings checkbox - do not auto-join General chat on login
- additional “mute” speaker icon for each opponent (currently only on allies)
- startup chatlog message warning who has chat disabled (so people don’t think others are rude when they are self-muted)
- (optional) let me pick from a list of polite opener/closer lines to autosend to perpetuate the gg culture (gg/ggwp/gl/etc)
Why?
With the introduction of free-to-play, SC2 chats are becoming a toxic sesspool of racism and insults and childlike behavior. I’m a 49 year old WC2/SC/WoW/LoL/SC2 player… I love SC2, I purchased every expansion, I’ve purchased skins. I don’t need to see this toxic stuff, ever. It is making me want to go play different games that don’t have this, and if I don’t play SC2, I can’t spend money on it. It’s making me want to post on the forums instead of playing. It’s going to ruin what’s left of the dream to monetize SC2.
In >50% of games, my opponent says something rude or obnoxious or distracting, so I block them. In team games, I often block my teammate for the same reason. Maybe they are being rude to the enemy, or maybe they are being rude to me. However, I don’t need them on my blocklist forever filling it up, I just need them muted for the game.
Personally, I would prefer to just turn off opponent chat forever… and General chat too. It’s needless toxic junk. If it was me, I would remove General chat entirely, encouraging people to use the clan/group chat instead. However, at least stop auto-re-joining me into General every time I launch the game, so I have to leave it every time. It makes me feel like you hate your players.
Please take a page out of the long-term wisdom of League of Legends, and give me a way to enjoy the game without having to put up with the obnoxious childlike rude chat. Please let me turn it off.
It’s tiny UI changes. Please.