League of Legends: Ping Muting Now Available on PBE

Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping.

That's what we're sometimes all too familiar with on our screens when playing League of Legends. Earlier in May, Riot NaKyle said, "We shipped some code for ping muting to PBE. We'll be turning it on for testing on PBE in the next few days, and hope to have it live around the world within just a couple patches. This is a new button we're adding to the tab menu. It'll axe standard, smart, and HUD pings from the player you ping mute."

The day has come. Ping muting is now available for you to try out on the PBE. Here are the changes according to Surrender at 20:

Two new muting options available:

• /Pingmute or /muteping- This will mute ping, smart ping, and UI pings from the player.
• /fullmute or /mutefull - mutes both text and pings from the player.

You can mute pings by either using the UI icon on the scoreboard (right beside the existing mute button) or by typing the /muteping & /pingmute or /fullmute & /mutefull into chat. Typing the command again or clicking the button will of course undo the mute.

As you can see above, there are two ways to do it. You can simply click on the icon next to the player's name on the scoreboard or you can type in one of the commands as seen above.

According to Riot NaKyle, the existing mute button won't be touched and you'll still have that as an option. "The mute button that's already in the game is not moving or changing at all. It mutes chat, and extracurricular animations and emotes. The idea is to give everyone granular mute controls."

As we all know, muting someone in chat doesn't stop them from seeing your chats. You just can't see theirs (which is the whole purpose behind muting). Muting pings will work in the exact same way. They'll still see your pings but you won't be able to see their pings.

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