**Context:** I often find myself opting for default mute when solo queuing in competitive games. The disadvantages simply outweigh the advantages (although I compensate by utilizing pings and in-game callouts). Unfortunately, being a woman...

I placed silver 3 and have a 13-6 ratio right now, in gold 3, and all the games I've lost, I've had mic blowing, toxic, insta-lock duelists that refuse to play the game and give up after a few rounds. And mind you these are all people in go...