Quote Originally Posted by Impishwerth View Post
No, you're just bad at thinking of a reply.

If you politely ask for a timer and people say sure, great. If you instantly start a timer without consulting anyone, you have failed at communicating. That is how humans communicate. Someone talks, someone listens. Instantly starting a pull timer without asking anyone is not comparable to asking for a pull timer using the chat features.
This would be true if this wasn't a console game as well. Not everyone has access to a keyboard. So in those cases yes, starting the timer is asking.