thats an extreme and not too relavant because you cant pull a shelter up around your house like you can pull the window down

lol i like this guy^^^^

You should never feel guilty for chatting. That's one of the reasons why this feature is so needed: People shouldn't have to watch their steps so closely, just like the active players shouldn't have to put up with distractions (if indeed they don't like chatting while playing - which of course a lot of players actually do - myself included)

Adding a suppress chat feature would serve both purposes: Players get to choose whether or not to have a chat going on while playing - AND chatty people get to chat all they like without having to watch their step to avoid stepping on toes.

It's a pure win-win scenario - there are no losers here so no reason in the world not to have this feature.

While not being particularly relevant for this topic, it's in most cases a matter of players who want to make a statement about not acknowledging the rank or stat systems for various reasons and/or simply want their stats anonymous.

Personally, I never understood why they have to play ranked games and constantly reset instead of simply playing friendlies, but that's just me.

Edited at 22:13 Wed 11/06/08 (BST)

I have been in 2 finals where people have started trying to put me off just because they want the other person to win. stuff like counting down whenever i pot a ball or saying stuff like "you have to be an idiot to miss this shot" etc etc. its very hard to ignore everyone, especially in a speed tournament with a 10 second shot clock.
I agree with allornothing, give us an ignore chat option so we can just play our games in peace ( especially finals ). Or alternatively have the mods when available watching the finals so that if anybody starts with this form of cheating then they can be dealt with.