Valve Guy Says British Gamers Need to Speak Up

[GotMurf]

I'd say that's a very ignorant statement from Mr. Chet Faliszek. It's not like we (as a nation) are completely silent.
However, I must be honest when I say I rarely use in-game chat because of multiple reasons, one of them being the incredibly annoying voice of underage kids screaming for ammo or telling us every time they get killed. Which, yaknow, we couldn't have ever figured out, I mean it's not like the HUD tells you these things ;D

However, first post, woo.

 

[Dudemeister]

I'd probably talk more if people didn't start asking if I know the queen every time I speak. However, I am more likely to talk if there are more British people in the game, or Europeans really. Well as long as there aren't any 12 year old Americans!

 

[Lord George]

I find lots of my fellow countrymen speak, though its usually more to the point and game related rather then just generally commenting on things and chatting as I find with yanks, still theres exceptions on both sides.

I myself talk occasionally, but get mistaken for a cockney despite having a Kent accent, very strange.

 

[sirdanrhodes]

*Doesn't talk, is British*.

 

[cikame]

I think it's more that british people don't want to talk to strangers, in a game like left 4 dead, you play with your friends, no one else.

I can't imagine joining a co-op game with a stranger, i've never even looked to see if you can do it in left 4 dead, borderlands, gears of war, anything.

Can't remember the last time i joined a ranked match in anything, probably cod4.

 

[Ammadessi]

Replace "go drink some tea" with "get back in the kitchen where you belong" and maybe Valve would understand why female gamers aren't big on using mics either.

 

[Ham Blitz]

Man, that realism mode acutally sound very fun. I think once I understand the new zombies in that game I will play the realism mode.

 

[nonW00t]

Well it's a fine line, it'n'it? When there's a bunch of kiddies playing, they never shut up! Big difference between constructive helpful talk and youthful annoyance blabber. LOL

 

[ZombieGenesis]

Replace "go drink some tea" with "get back in the kitchen where you belong" and maybe Valve would understand why female gamers aren't big on using mics either.

I think this deserves an honourable mention. I hadn't thought of that.

 

[JugglerPanda]

A lot of Americans online have a habit of being stupid while talking. I'd be silent too if I was British :<

So apparently Internet microphone dumbassery only applies to Americans? Are we absolutely sure about this? Cause if you are I can introduce you to some recordings of a few foul-mouthed Aussies during games of TF2 I've played.

Yes I admit a lot of my countrymen are idiots especially behind the anonymity shield of the Internet, but personally I like vocal communication no matter what accent is applied to it...as long as I can hear what you're saying that is.

A lot of Americans =/= Only Americans.

 

[orangebandguy]

I always use my mic, maybe he can't hear us from all those pings away.

 

[Valiance]

I only talk when it is necessary, and I am an American.

Yet I only play PC games, but Vent/Mumble are plenty handy when it comes to pick-up games and scrims.

 

[TheBarefootBandit]

You want to here me talk then here. "When's the next episode of half life coming?!"

 

[Sparrow]

Yeah. No thanks.

I've had enough of obnoxious Americans blabbing off at me, and I'm generally not too enthusiastic about talking to some ten year old kid with an anger problem, or some weird fourty year old who keeps inviting me to private chat.

It's why the mic stays off.

 

[Laughing Man]

We do speak but unlike the Americans he heaps large praise on we usually keep the chat to relevant information, were as your average American will happily sit there and talk complete bollocks about anything and everything except the game you're playing.

 

[Ammadessi]

Replace "go drink some tea" with "get back in the kitchen where you belong" and maybe Valve would understand why female gamers aren't big on using mics either.

I think this deserves an honourable mention. I hadn't thought of that.

It's either that or "are you hot? Are you single?" Christ, I just want to shoot somebody in the head, not hook up.

 

[Amnestic]

Replace "go drink some tea" with "get back in the kitchen where you belong" and maybe Valve would understand why female gamers aren't big on using mics either.

I think this deserves an honourable mention. I hadn't thought of that.

It's either that or "are you hot? Are you single?" Christ, I just want to shoot somebody in the head, not hook up.

Depending on which culture you're from, those could be close to the same thing. I've seen the way Zoey looks at Bill

 

[wildpeaks]

I definitely prefer someone that speaks scarse (or not at all) but reacts quickly & automatically to a fellow survivor being pinned down than some chatty know-it-all kid that is completely oblivious to his comrades being smoked a meter in front of him.

It's a zombie horde, not twitter followers !

 

[ZombieGenesis]

Replace "go drink some tea" with "get back in the kitchen where you belong" and maybe Valve would understand why female gamers aren't big on using mics either.

I think this deserves an honourable mention. I hadn't thought of that.

It's either that or "are you hot? Are you single?" Christ, I just want to shoot somebody in the head, not hook up.

I've heard, my girlfriend is big on Gears of War 2 (she's a manlier gamer than I).
Pointing out they're flirting with burly virtual men is usually good for a laugh.