Originally Posted by Memento-Mori

. . . That being said, I always try to make mic-less people in my squads comfortable and contributors to the goal of teamplay. In fact, I think we played together a couple of days ago. I thought you did extremly well.

And you were right on here Mori.

Whenever I am SL (which seems to be about every game now), I do my very best to make sure that those without mics are just as welcome as those that I am able to chat it up with. And, it seems like more and more mic-less people are squading up with me as well. I make a greater effort to watch the squad text chat when I know that my mic-less squad members are at least attempting to communicate with me. I go out of my way to verbally recognize information passed on by these players when I see it. Sometimes that means that I might get killed a few more times than normal, or that I might be a tad late with relaying an order. But, that is okay, because the communication that these players provide is just as crucial as the people with mics. Plus, it only makes them feel that much more included when you laugh at their joke, or acknowledge that there is an enemy squad around the corner about to blow you to kingdom come. And, most of all, it encourages teamwork by all players in your squad.

So, all that rambling to say this. To my fellow SL's out there. Do your very best to watch your squad chat and to verbally communicate back to your mic-less squad members. Of course, with the fast pace of the in-game messages, you will not always catch everything. But, when you do your best to include those mic-less people, the team play in your squad is all the better.

That is the TG way.

</rant>