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4th Gen Voice Chat

Do you prefer to keep Voice Chat on or off usually?

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  • Poll closed .

Waker of Chaos

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    I've seen some people request that Voice Chat be turned off when trading or battling.

    Why is Voice Chat so bad? I think it's a great function. You can talk to someone far away without jacking up your phone bill with it. It's also very useful when trading, for last minute negotiations and such.

    For this thread, not only would I like an explanation of why Voice Chat is so bad, but I'd also like those who post why they prefer Voice Chat to be on or off, so that this doesn't become a "yay or nay" thread.
     

    Darkblade

    The Ultimate Espeon Fanatic
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    I keep it off. The feature was a great idea in theory. It doesn't work that well, you can barely understand the person on the other end, and it greatly affects the speed, something like 10 times slower
     
    Ichikool

    Ichikool

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    Don't you need to buy something for that? I think you do, and if I had it, I'd probably use it.
     
    Ichikool

    Ichikool

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    Oh. I didn't know that. For some reason, I thought you needed a headset or something. [seen in pics...]
    Maybe I'll try them.
     

    dtex9002

    Once-Retired Trainer
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    I agree with previous posters; sometimes a wifi battle can be ruined by the immaturity of the person on the other side. Voice chat, IMO, is best utilized between people who already know one another (i.e. regular battlers, traders), ensuring neither party becomes subject to whining or complaining.
     

    Super Duder

    Super Badass
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    It all depends on the type of person or the type of trading/battling we doing
    If i know the dude, ill probably talk to him.
    and if we're trading with complicating stuff, then ill talk to them.

    Other then that, its normally off.
    Its kind of hard to understand what they're saying.
    :[
     

    Kime-Ko

    Little Monster Trainer
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    I like it on because you can talk to other people and discuss trades and stuff.
     

    NatzHaks

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    Voice chat

    I like it on.its kinda cool ta talk to some1 youve never herd from!
     

    SHP133

    is the Original Gator Hater
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    i like the feature. it's cool to talk to people you see on the forums. slows down battles though. now for trades it works wonders(last minute negotiations and whatnot)
     

    ~Swish~

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    I usually have it turned off, though I used it the first few times I got Diamond, but I am generally a shy person and probably wouldn't know what to say anyway.
     

    MegaMushroom07

    Animal Crossing Most-Wanted
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    I keep it off since people whine when I KO their Pokes. Curse them.

    I'm very suprised that stupid parents of kid gamers aren't complaining about the feature, saying that it contributes to Paedophilia, or something.
     

    ~Swish~

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    MegaMushroom07 said:
    I keep it off since people whine when I KO their Pokes. Curse them.

    I'm very suprised that stupid parents of kid gamers aren't complaining about the feature, saying that it contributes to Paedophilia, or something.
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    Agreed. Just about a week ago on our national news channel (BBC, Im from the UK) was voicing parents displeasure about the PS3 and Xbox voice feature on their online games, eg Gears of War, and about the verbal abuse some kids hear.

    I think it might be slightly different though with Diamond/Pearl, maybe because we have to add 'so and so's' friend code before speaking to them. At least you have some sort of idea what they are like I guess. I'm 19 so my parents aren't really too bothered, they know I'm sensible. But yeah with the amount of young children on this forum alone, you can imagine them hurling abuse at each other via voice chat. 'My pokemon owns yours' and such.
     

    ~Swish~

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    Yeah, I remember watching it and my parents (who say I play a lot of games as it is, which I do, but hey =P) were like, hey doesn't your little white thing let you talk to people? Shows their lack of gaming knowledge calling my DS a little white thing xD
     

    MegaMushroom07

    Animal Crossing Most-Wanted
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    Ha, my Mum does exactly the same thing. My Dad, on the other hand, it highly unspecific. He entitles all forms of gaming as 'Tapping'.

    XD.
     

    ~Swish~

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    Haha completely clueless eh? =P

    But like I said, I guess the reason why Diamond/Pearls voicechat function hasn't been pick up on is because you have to the add the person before you speak to them, while the console games are more of a random occurance meeting people etc I think.
     
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