Unpopular Opinion
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So you mean team and cooperative FPSs and MMORPGs. This needs to be said. There's a whole layer of games that have competitive regimes with 1-player 'teams' or even based around that with a little-to-no ability to get a benefit from talking. Fightings, racings, strategies, shooters with a deathmatch, chess lol. Without specifying it this opinion is just incorrect.
It's not that unpopular when you get into higher ranks where you take on a challenge with a long-going group of players. In the lower ranks with randoms it's probably harder to find a game where everyone's connected, and also more agression and toxicity found in the chat. I liked playing support\tank roles in low level Overwatch (and DD had long queues anyway) without communication specifically because I had a joy of reading other people and the stakes were pretty low, but risking something more is weird.
I miss playing medic in TF2 back when the game was big for similar reason. Was always fun to watch the flow of battle and pop your Uber on the right player to help a push you saw coming. Didn't need a mic or chat, just vibes. Even when I was in chat with people it usually was taking about Ulduar or a new metal band, not the game.
In my queuing experience it is unpopular sadly