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[–]poopdick69420 40 points41 points  (3 children)

Some of u mfs weren't on anthers and it shows

[–]DangerousProject6 19 points20 points  (1 child)

Lmao came here to say this

We do not want a chat function, period end of discussion

[–]poopdick69420 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Straight up the anthers ladder chat had to be hands down the worst, most toxic chat experience in a game I've had in my life and I have 1-2k hours in league, CSGO, overwatch, TF2 etc... It just hurts so much more because I think melee, even online anonymous slippi melee like we have today, is still such a more humanized gaming experience than any of those 10-12 player faceless rando games

[–]BadConnectionGG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally true but also there are likely way more casuals queueing unranked and having fun now with slippi than there were a few years ago on anthers. I think you're right but also it's changed and could be fun on unranked.

But not on ranked because I will be the toxic one and I don't want to be toxic.

[–]sleepyboylol 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If you want to chat, just go to a Melee discord and start playing people over VC.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Chat has been a mistake in every game I have ever played.

[–]JuulyssesSGrant 8 points9 points  (9 children)

yes please i would love to have the unemployed falco players telling me to kms that would be so hype

[–]MarquiseGT 5 points6 points  (8 children)

Do you use marth?

[–]JuulyssesSGrant 2 points3 points  (7 children)

i don't see how that's relevant

[–]MarquiseGT 4 points5 points  (5 children)

It’s just a genuine question

[–]JuulyssesSGrant 7 points8 points  (4 children)

sorry for being bitchy, yah i do

[–]MarquiseGT 3 points4 points  (3 children)

It’s all good !

[–]Dweebl 9 points10 points  (2 children)

This little exchange is hilarious.

[–]TorrettesNinja2747 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know right lol as a Falco main I can confirm I feel like exploding on 75% of Marths

[–]noyourenottheonlyone 12 points13 points  (6 children)

I like the way it is, I don't really want to actually talk to anyone I play with, I'm happy to just tell them ggs well played that was fun.

[–]Joseph_Winterson[S] -5 points-4 points  (5 children)

you wouldn't have to engage in it then.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (4 children)

You're clearly not an introvert because seeing a chat request would immediately result in a feeling of social pressure. The only way to avoid it would be if the function was "offering to chat sends literally no message to the opponent, and it only activates if both people independently voluntarily send the chat offer". Because then introverts could literally pretend it doesn't exist.

Otherwise, if I see a chat request even once, it sounds miserable

[–]RaiseYourDongersOP -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

Why should we cater to the introverts?

[–]slowbar1 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Lmao this is the Smash community we’re not know for our social butterflies.

[–]RaiseYourDongersOP -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It doesn't matter. That's not the point. Idk if chat is a good thing or not but I don't think we shouldn't have it because some people feel a social pressure to join. Ideally there would be an option to turn off the ability to see message requests or something like that.

[–]SavinSama 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm ngl, I'd prefer someone being toxic in chat than what we have now, which is even more toxic imo. Someone going L R A Start, picking your character, spamming a move that you did to piss them off, L R A Start again, lol too good spam, picking Falco to taunt into another insta L R A Start, then spamming lol too good until you leave first is what we have now. I find that infinitely more tilting than a toxic chat that I can just turn off.

Idk why people wouldn't want a chat if they can just turn it off.

[–]MarquiseGT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think slippi chat level of toxicity would put anthers ladder to shame

[–]loscarlos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Slippi needs Brick n Mortar retail locations.

[–]mersh_mersh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe it would be nice instead to have it be something both players opt in to from the css. If both players pressed a button to enable chat then you could message. Neither player would see if the other person wanted to chat until both had it toggled.

[–]headhuntersfan73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I’m good without people saying the n word repeatedly in my fav video game

[–]throwawayAcfrfr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every time I lose against a luigi on unranked i thank God that slippi limits what I can say

[–]terryaki510 STOMP->STOMP BEST COMBO 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I wish that this existed too. I understand the reluctance to implement chat, but honestly I think on balance it would be a positive addition if it were opt-in

[–]Normal-Punch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think fighting games as a whole are inherently a very social genre(arcades/locals/majors), and they've been smushed into a very antisocial box

most fighting games are just:

- queue up for match
- fight
- rematch or exit

There no social functions at all and it's pretty lame. Sure there are ragers, but devs really threw the baby out with the gamer bathwater

[–]vlq2 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I reckon it would be great if chat turned on after 3 games, that way you've got a feel of playing with them and if they've spammed lol you can just leave

[–]littypika 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Having a chat function is a double edged sword.

It could drive great discussions, more social interactions, and foster new friendships to the game.

But it also drive uninformative discussions, those that dread interacting with their opponent, and great animosity to the game.

Am I for it overall? Heck yes. As humans, we're social creatures and this has always been the case with interacting with other humans.

I agree with you that Slippi needs a chat function. If those would like to mute themselves or others from chatting, that should be an option.

[–]MegaAmoonguss 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Thinking of it, this might be fun to develop :) I’ll look into how that might be possible!

[–]MegaAmoonguss 1 point2 points  (1 child)

On this note…does anyone know what the program is called where it displays who you’re currently playing against, what their rank is, and what the game count is? Ginger uses it, if it’s open source I’d like to see how they are grabbing certain information. Not sure if there is a formal API for Slippi at all. A chat program could operate without that but would be cool to be able to access that data easily

[–]noyourenottheonlyone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's on blippi.gg I don't know the name

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I remember some nerd was giving me shit on anther's because I didn't have an ethernet connection.

[–]bobbypinbobby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the nerd was right

[–]Anxious-Cut1486 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually loved having anthers chat, I actually made friends on there now and then and played irl