If it's not screeching children it will be some extremely embarrassing adult man yelling at his teammates and calling you a f*g for not performing to his standards.

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    I don't think VOIP in online head to head games has ever worked out as the devs intended. In their minds teammates would be communicating strategy to one another but in reality, well, we all know how that turned out. I remember playing Counter Strike back when they first rolled out voice chat and it was a shitshow back then too.

    • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      I think in the early Xbox Live and Halo 2 days they specifically encouraged trash talking because of the Xbox's dorm room college bro image and userbase. There was proximity chat specifically so a killed enemy could hear you as you teabagged them