Question about tournament chat

[DougBrennan]

I normally play with all chat off, as I find most of it annoying and/or inane. I'm a little older than most, so "nh", "ty", and "ru kddng me" do not strike me as communicating. This does not mean I wouldn't be happy to say hi to 2+2ers during breaks, and I often turn observer chat on for a bit at that time.

In reviewing my hand histories for last night's tourney I was able to see some of the chat I avoided, and this re-inforced my beliefs. Why do railbirds believe anyone on earth is interested in what they think about a hand?

I did read one comment that I shouldn't be playing with my chat off when the tourney was heads-up. My thoughts are this: I had no intention of making a deal, the thrill of winning is, for me, worth finishing 2nd sometimes, though to this stage I've been very fortunate in my heads-up results. So what purpose would having my chat on serve? I'm certainly not going to be doing any typing while playing h/u for a tourney win.

Do any of you think I should be playing with chat on? And why?

Doug

Note: I made a (for me) not too long post with some hands from last night's Rumble at the Rebuy, but it got lost when I hit continue to review. It wasn't all that interesting anyway, a few suckouts by me were the notable highlights.
If anyone has any questions or comments if they happened to see any of it, feel free to PM me or post, and I'll answer as well as memory allows.