Why does this happen?
Well - I’d wager that the reason why it happens is because the game couldn’t connect to the chat.
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Usually it’s some kind of simple connection issue and isn’t any sort of shadow chat ban.
Try relaunching the game client, usually that solves the issue for me.
I can chat maybe 1/10th of the lobbies I join…if that.
I recreate the room several times trying to get a clear day anyway so for this instance I recreated the room about 10 times and none of them had me able to chat in the lobby (in the game, if it gets started, the chat works fine).
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Odd, perhaps it could simply just be a connection issue?
This may actually be reportable as a bug if this is happening.
It could be a server trouble if it’s not a bug. Chat server is actually flakey as, it needs attention from devs as well as staff.
I figured everyone had this issue since no one ever says squat in the pre-game lobby - it really just me and everyone else is just anti-social?
Lobbies are usually empty as they merely join and spawn. Maybe they should make the lobby chat that the full chat is listed or the previous 10-15 lines so things are there for people when they join.
This though is definitely something to actually look at as a bug or a server problem. (Check your wifi)
I’ve had this issue forever, though there was an interesting twist last night…
It’s not wifi (since I don’t use wifi) and I think it’s something to do with me getting banned from chat (if it’s not everyone experiencing this).
Another weird thing that happened to me recently, when I went to type in the game chat it would display another name (a name of someone from the other team) instead of my name… but if I used the Radio commands (Air Alert) it would show my name…
The issue is when I say about wifi it’s about the possible loss of connection that can lead to that sort of issue.
And I even mention the server as being flakey aluring to the point about where those players get others names, and the way it’s commonly slow to connect.