Gearheads of War

So lately I don't get much time to play due to working at Microsoft During the Day, and Teaching during the nights and weekends. But when I do play I like to play public matches. It's not that I want to rank up to show that I am that good to everyone else... I want to rank up because it gives me a tangible way of tracking my own personal progress and improvement at gears 2. I also can't do voice chat right now due to some items I am testing. So private matches tend to not be as fun for me since gearheads like to sit for 20-30 minutes at times and chat, which is normally awesome, but since I cannot chat outside of sending voice messages, just gets frustrating for me. So here is what I am looking for..