This is my reasoning as well. I hear some young squeaker kid and I just don't even chat and they stop talking. Nothing against some of the younger player base but I just don't want to hear you squeak when I whiff a ball LOL
Honestly, I feel like people are generally less toxic with voice chat. Unless you don't have a mic then they'll say it whatever. The moment most kids hear an adult voice they buffer a little bit. They want to be cool to the older gamers. Not always but I had a number of games where my tm8 was being a shithead and as soon as I plugged in the mic and start talking, they changed up their tune.
imo the games being so short is the issue, switching to a new team of people every 5 minutes is alot of new social interactions is a short time frame which can be alot for anxious people.
Tried. Most of time no one on it. Otherwise ive met child calling mama, angry italian retard screaming like he was possesed, and someone breathing into mic. I dont need it xd
Well let me tell you a story, it was about 1 in the morning for me at the time and I was updating some of my games on steam. I was bored so I played RL and I knew I’d have bad ping so I played casual. Well I got in a game and the game had already been going on for about 30 seconds. I thought nothing of it and jumped right in, unfortunately my wifi had other ideas. I was trying to play with a constant 200 ping, I was flying all around the field and unable to hit the ball. About 15 seconds into playing my tm8 speaks up and complains that rocket league gives him another bronze. We get scored on I type that I have high ping and it’s not my fault (yes I know it is my fault but he doesn’t need to know that). Be then let’s put a slurry of racist slurs calling me every name in the book and calling me broke. He said lots of stuff and it was just astonishing how angry he was. I said “why do you have to bring race into this” he replied “why do snowflakes like you have to suck every n*****’s d***” at which point I stopped playing and let the other team score. So that’s why VC is stupid and shouldn’t be a part of the game.
Once you use a headset, even if you disable your mic, you’ll never go back. The surround sound you get is a game changer and you’ll play games differently based on audio cues. You can hear people coming up from behind trying to demo you. You can hear your teammates driving on your left or right so you know where they are. It’s way better. Highly recommend headsets for almost any game.
Tbh it distracts me from the actual game. I prefer to think about what's going on, opps positioning etc., not having to think about what to say or what my teammate just said. As well as I can't be talking shit the whole gaming session while my gf watches movies or something as we're mostly in the same room.
I use it. But I've heard that it's too loud for the recipient. I just wish there was a way to test it out like in party chat to put the settings right. I've met some funny people through it. They'll even be shocked when I reply to them.
In my case I'm from Brazil and I play on São Paulo server, which is LATAM. Problem is, most Latam players I played with are not Brazilian, and my Spanish is almost non existent.
I personally just don’t like to talk, I think I may have some sort of social anxiety. But I think that it’s mainly the toxicity that drives people away from it. The kids get on there and make it a fortnite fanatic.
Game freezes for 3-10 sec when someone uses voice chat for the first time in a match. With about half of these freezes ending in a game crash and half of those in a PC crash. In other games with VC it either doesn't affect me at all or gives a small hiccup only.
People here say kids but literally it’s a once every 10 game encounter for me. So essentially we’re dealing with a bunch of redditors who think dealing with a voice com issue once ever half dozen games is a complete deal breaker lol typical sads.
I don't because people (mainly kids) try to dominate the tactics too much. They call absolutely everything they are doing and everything they want me to do.
I cba talking to people in real life, why would I do it on a game where it’s easy to get talked to like shit because you whiffed a pass or whatever, yeh I’m good, this game is toxic enough as it is
If you wann be in voice with people either get friends or join a rl discord server there you will be able to usually get good team mates you can get along with who are also into improvement
I'am not playing rocket league for the social interaction + I play worse when I talk + most of the people are 3-4 years younger than me. It's a great idea from Epic to bring back VC tho, most of the people using it are enjoying it. It's just not for me
I hate my voice and im sure many other people are the same. also most people are used to using quick chat. im sure competitively it would be an advantage.
Kids...
I don't want to deal with people.
Right? I do that all day at work. I play rocket league to relax and stress the fuck out, not to deal with people!
I just like to solely listen to music while I play
disable audio, put on spotify playlist.
Ooh this is a great idea.
This^
The last thing I need is some child telling me how much I suck and that I'm trash.
They’re in the same rank as you, so they’re just a same same but different type of trash if you think about it.
I'm Plat so my default response to the you're trash comment is bruh you're also Plat. We're all trash here
Anxiety lol
ong, i feel 10x more worse when i do a mistake with voice chat on. You can feel the disappointment in your tm8's voice lmao
The fact it’s broken for a large portion of the community. It never lets me join the call and I know this is a problem for many others.
This is my reasoning as well. I hear some young squeaker kid and I just don't even chat and they stop talking. Nothing against some of the younger player base but I just don't want to hear you squeak when I whiff a ball LOL
I just got it back
I don't think voice chat currently works, and its not due back until next season at the earliest.
Honestly, I feel like people are generally less toxic with voice chat. Unless you don't have a mic then they'll say it whatever. The moment most kids hear an adult voice they buffer a little bit. They want to be cool to the older gamers. Not always but I had a number of games where my tm8 was being a shithead and as soon as I plugged in the mic and start talking, they changed up their tune.
I’m OOTL I guess. Did they get rid of it again? It was great at the end of last season.
I’ve met some cool people over VC but I’ve also met my fair share of toxic individuals. I report and mute them. Then continue to enjoy the game
imo the games being so short is the issue, switching to a new team of people every 5 minutes is alot of new social interactions is a short time frame which can be alot for anxious people.
Some people are cool but dealing with stupid kids or assholes makes it not worth it
For me it was because some hopeful on the other end was trying to start their career in rap directly in my ear every other game.
Tried. Most of time no one on it. Otherwise ive met child calling mama, angry italian retard screaming like he was possesed, and someone breathing into mic. I dont need it xd
So to summize, toxicity
That about sums it up. Could only be 10% toxic people on there, but I'd rather not go on VC at all rather than chance running in them. Not worth it.
I'm socially awkward, and talking to randos makes me uncomfortable. I do support the VC option especially if you're playing with friends.
Same
I don't want to listen to people. I don't want to talk to people. I just want to play a video game.
I don’t because I have a 5 year old that watches, and I worry what’ll come out of those speakers…
Toxic game = Toxic voice chat
Well let me tell you a story, it was about 1 in the morning for me at the time and I was updating some of my games on steam. I was bored so I played RL and I knew I’d have bad ping so I played casual. Well I got in a game and the game had already been going on for about 30 seconds. I thought nothing of it and jumped right in, unfortunately my wifi had other ideas. I was trying to play with a constant 200 ping, I was flying all around the field and unable to hit the ball. About 15 seconds into playing my tm8 speaks up and complains that rocket league gives him another bronze. We get scored on I type that I have high ping and it’s not my fault (yes I know it is my fault but he doesn’t need to know that). Be then let’s put a slurry of racist slurs calling me every name in the book and calling me broke. He said lots of stuff and it was just astonishing how angry he was. I said “why do you have to bring race into this” he replied “why do snowflakes like you have to suck every n*****’s d***” at which point I stopped playing and let the other team score. So that’s why VC is stupid and shouldn’t be a part of the game.
Dont want to buy a mic :l
Once you use a headset, even if you disable your mic, you’ll never go back. The surround sound you get is a game changer and you’ll play games differently based on audio cues. You can hear people coming up from behind trying to demo you. You can hear your teammates driving on your left or right so you know where they are. It’s way better. Highly recommend headsets for almost any game.
For one, it doesn’t seem to work reliably on Linux. Others sometimes make lots of keyboard noise or have annoying music in the background.
Tbh it distracts me from the actual game. I prefer to think about what's going on, opps positioning etc., not having to think about what to say or what my teammate just said. As well as I can't be talking shit the whole gaming session while my gf watches movies or something as we're mostly in the same room.
I don't want to talk to anyone. Why would i?
Cuz I'm not a dude and also I get enough toxic text chat about flying a rainbow flag... The community is ridiculous.
I thought these incel kids would actually be less toxic when they know they play with a female.
It's a great decision to include it.
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probably because they don't want to hard comm in ranked. plus social anxieties and things like that. also a lot of people are like 7
I disabled text chat years ago because of the toxicity.
I had about 6 out of 6 great interactions with people on the mic and hope it comes back ASAP.
I use it. But I've heard that it's too loud for the recipient. I just wish there was a way to test it out like in party chat to put the settings right. I've met some funny people through it. They'll even be shocked when I reply to them.
I used it about 3 times when I first started playing. Terriable quality mic, screaming kids, and racial slurs was about all I heard.
I don’t want to talk to people usually
Dont need to talk to play rocket league. Just be observant to what's going on. It can be helpful for sure. It's not necessary.
All of my voice chat experiences were excellent.
I have beats headphones and I guess they don’t work on ps4
Kids, distorted music, people yelling at each other
I use voice chat to try and be the hype man and make it more exciting, try n keep the vibes up for the teammates
In my case I'm from Brazil and I play on São Paulo server, which is LATAM. Problem is, most Latam players I played with are not Brazilian, and my Spanish is almost non existent.
I personally just don’t like to talk, I think I may have some sort of social anxiety. But I think that it’s mainly the toxicity that drives people away from it. The kids get on there and make it a fortnite fanatic.
Talking in game is more trouble than it’s worth.
Introduces input lag
Game freezes for 3-10 sec when someone uses voice chat for the first time in a match. With about half of these freezes ending in a game crash and half of those in a PC crash. In other games with VC it either doesn't affect me at all or gives a small hiccup only.
People here say kids but literally it’s a once every 10 game encounter for me. So essentially we’re dealing with a bunch of redditors who think dealing with a voice com issue once ever half dozen games is a complete deal breaker lol typical sads.
I don't because people (mainly kids) try to dominate the tactics too much. They call absolutely everything they are doing and everything they want me to do.
I cba talking to people in real life, why would I do it on a game where it’s easy to get talked to like shit because you whiffed a pass or whatever, yeh I’m good, this game is toxic enough as it is
If you wann be in voice with people either get friends or join a rl discord server there you will be able to usually get good team mates you can get along with who are also into improvement
It’s a good thing but not in Europe. Playing with Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, British, Norwegian…. When you speak French is literally useless
I thought most European countries taught English by now.
I'am not playing rocket league for the social interaction + I play worse when I talk + most of the people are 3-4 years younger than me. It's a great idea from Epic to bring back VC tho, most of the people using it are enjoying it. It's just not for me
I don't mind voice chat.
I hate my voice and im sure many other people are the same. also most people are used to using quick chat. im sure competitively it would be an advantage.
I’m just a introvert and I got mad anxiety