Global Voice Chat Mute On XBox Live?


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So as the title says, I am wondering if there is a way to Mute all players on XBox Live?

Even better, is there is a way to mute everyone other than who is on my friends list?

I am trying to avoid having to manually mute what at times winds up being the entire lobby in MW2 games, so was just wondering if there was an easy way to enable this so I can still play those modes in MW2 that do not support Party Chat. I know I am going to miss out on hearing those certain people who may actually be okay and being a team player, etc., however I would rather take that chance and have an easy way to not deal with the morons that tend to populate this one game in particular.

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AJ just asked me the same, it's in Privacy Settings ( Can also be changed on Xbox.com ) "Text & Speech" set that to friends only. Now everyone else will be muted until they are on your friends list.

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AJ just asked me the same, it's in Privacy Settings ( Can also be changed on Xbox.com ) "Text & Speech" set that to friends only. Now everyone else will be muted until they are on your friends list.

I did not know of this hidden gem. Thanks!

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I did not know of this hidden gem. Thanks!

It's only a hidden gem if it actually works. :laugh:

Can anyone test this in game to see if it does auto-mute the rest of the (as DL put it) "morons"?

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AJ just asked me the same, it's in Privacy Settings ( Can also be changed on Xbox.com ) "Text & Speech" set that to friends only. Now everyone else will be muted until they are on your friends list.

Yeah AJ told me, well did not tell me you told him, but I did really think that it only applied to messages which is why I started a thread about it. Nice if that is really all it takes.

I tested it, but I have no friends :(

Well you have me, but I am currently working. (N)

Doubt it, since he's playing with a few friends, he'd like to hear what they are saying.

Bingo.

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Yep sweet, right from XBox Live.

Voice and Text

Decide who you communicate with using voice and text on Xbox LIVE.

Voice and text communications on Xbox LIVE include chat, messages, and game invites. If you block voice and text, you will still receive system messages and friend requests.

@ Larry, was working on telling you Sethos told me, but got side-tracked if it was going to actually work or not.

Yep no biggie. Now people who might be wondering about this and Googling it have a quick, easy way to find out.

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But now how are you going to keep up with what rap songs are hottest among the 12-16 yr old white male demographic if they can't sing them for you while you wait for a game to start?

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It's working, just tested it - Microphone icons still shows up but it's completely silent :)

(Y) Nice. Thanks again. I just changed it through Live and it says could take upwards of 4 hours for the change to be reflected on your console, so will just double check if and when I sign on later.

But now how are you going to keep up with what rap songs are hottest among the 12-16 yr old white male demographic if they can't sing them for you while you wait for a game to start?

Yep. Exactly. ;)

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It's working, just tested it - Microphone icons still shows up but it's completely silent :)

That right there is a beautiful thing...I was just about getting sick of Ground War - Domination/TDM.

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Changed my mic to friends only a few minutes past midnight on November 10th! I can understand the reasoning behind eliminating party chat in games like S&D but TDM?

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Changed my mic to friends only a few minutes past midnight on November 10th! I can understand the reasoning behind eliminating party chat in games like S&D but TDM?

It's very easy for a bunch of friends to work together and create an impenetrable defence in TDM, so easy to shift a TDM match to your advantage by having the entire team camp out the right spots and set up a proper perimeter.

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It's very easy for a bunch of friends to work together and create an impenetrable defence in TDM, so easy to shift a TDM match to your advantage by having the entire team camp out the right spots and set up a proper perimeter.

And why would party chat have anything to do with that? You can speak at all times in TDM anyway, and it's respawn. The only mode that party chat should be disabled is S&D, where there is no respawn.

Yeah, the friends only mic thing is nice, but you probably won't make any new friends so you gotta be happy with the ones you've got!

Oooh thanks for this!!!

Now if only we can stop people abusing the Javelin in MW2 i will be happy :angry:

Patch is on the way!

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And why would party chat have anything to do with that? You can speak at all times in TDM anyway, and it's respawn. The only mode that party chat should be disabled is S&D, where there is no respawn.

... You are right, no idea what I was thinking writing that :laugh: it doesn't make sense.

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