I had same issue about text flying by, I squelch channel 1 and 6 when I get in, that way I only see friendly text (channel 2) and squad text. I do miss out on seeing who is racking up the kills though. I use a microsoft strategic commander for most game funcitons, so i have a macro that enters the /.squelch 1 and /.squelch 6 commands. You can unsquelch when you want with /.unsquelch 1 or /.unsquelch 6..btw, these commands are covered in the help files, just hit help on the left, and you will find them.
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