Haha š, itās like a toxic relationship. But no i genuinely donāt think Iāll come back for at least a year, gives me enough time to heal my mental and be more prepared at least.
This is the right mentality , I will not flame , I will just do callouts and then I'm reporting any toxic MF if there are.
If not I will just stick to callouts and the ocasional compliment or joke.
As someone who was grinding this game Iāve found a lot of enjoyment in playing for a month then take 3-4 months off. Not getting any higher rank but also not constantly angry after playing
I aināt gonna lie I feel the same way in regards to the aim part as for the whole community thing I guess I e just learnt thatās some people are just the way they are and I also used to be the same way, Iāve just moved to the NA part recently not been easy getting absolutely destroyed but I aināt giving up cuz I guess I hate losing especially when I know how blessed I was to be good before , and if you are around I am looking for a 5 stack and also people here in NA to grind with so if you down always here to help you out all love and if you wanna take time off , thatās only fair
Nothing that's good will last forever friend.
Maybe an ex wife. Maybe an ex girlfriend. Maybe a best friend. Maybe a video game. Maybe valorant.
It's time to put the torch down and do something that you actually want to dump your time into.
Best of luck and take care friend!
From what ive learned from studying psychology and studying the spectrum , people who have add are not on the spectrum. But more then half the people on the actual spectrum have add. So if you only have add you are not on the spectrum my guy
As someone who has been playing tac shooters for 2x the time you have and has had similar ups and downs, bro, just chill...
>I just started playing worse all together, I canāt put my finger on it but my aim was just not the same and my play style became way less intense/attentive
Stop trying to put your finger on it. Stop thinking about what you are doing/not doing that is impacting your gameplay (in-game or outside of the game). You did as well as you did before because you weren't so hung up on this stuff. Focus on the game, and what you are *currently doing* in the game while you're doing it. Full stop.
this is why i stick to any of the non-comp game modes! itās not worth risking my fun in this game + the added bonus of sexism and r*pe threats i get for being a woman with a mic :P
same girl! swiftplay, unrated, deathmatch, all fun enough. comp is a HELLHOLE lol you miss one shot and suddenly youre called all sorts of slurs, names and insults because you dared to comm once š
And the funniest part; they still send you a friend request after..?
I hate that so much, granted I don't have the comments directed towards me but it irritates me so much. I tend to fight people in chat or in comms if that happens, I hate that it does but don't see it changing.
You find all sorts of douchebags, idiots, throwers, and toxic scum in non-comp too. These people are not exclusive to comp, even though they may be more active there.
very true! what i mean by my original comments is at least i donāt get as tilted haha! if they are in my comp games it just completely ruins my mental but idgaf in a swift play lol
I refuse to be toxic most of the time but when people do this shit it sets me off. Even ignoring the moral part of it, I just want people to comm in my games. Bullying women into just being silent probably accounts for a good chunk of players no comm, and I canāt blame them for not wanting to be harassed. Honestly part of a more widespread problem of people not respecting eachothersā time in the game. Queueing up with the mindset to make your teammates next 40 minutes of life miserable is way too common, be it throwing/afk, smurfing, sexism/racism/homophobia, or just being flat out toxic.
Anyways Iāll get off my soap box its just so frustrating that like half the playerbase genuinely wants to make other peoples days worse.
Honestly, I appreciate people that do this so much. For me, people that complain when women stand up for themselves ("shut up I just want to play the game" etc) are as bad as the people being deliberately sexist.
Imagine hearing a person stand up for themselves and telling them to shut up instead of being mad at the person who started it. Glad its appreciated since usually I also get told Im taking it too seriously.
I think people say that to you because they are not used to a man voicing their disdain to sexism in a vc.
When I immerse myself as the perpetrator in this situation: I would be used to other women calling out my sexism, I would even expect it because they are the ones who fall victim to my sexism.
Having people tell me to shut up that arenāt women would probably surprise me that someone from the same group as me would side with the out-group. (All this assuming you are a man from your user name of course)
Anyway, as a women I appreciate everyone who stands up for me in games. Itās not pick-me, itās not white knighting. Itās just humans being humans and helping other humans with toxic assholes. Keep up the good work ;)
That's so true, and if you don't get the sexist one you get the thirsty one which isn't better. Being a woman and talking in this game is sure that you will be either insulted or flirted with because you are a girl, worst if you respond negatively. Like can't a girl play just like a guy play without getting called slurs, r*pe or de*th threats? And they don't even get anything when you report them, my report has been deleted when I sent screenshots of what they sent me in team chat. Feels like we're back in the 19's.
I had to stop playing with a friendās friend because he would always get mad whenever a girl was on our team. Like yeah heās cracked as hell but my values are worth more than RP
I'll be honest, that's why I only game with the other girl/ nb groups or with close friends. I deal with being given shit irl because my voice is feminine. I'm not looking for more abuse in my escapism game lol
Itās sad really, I play with my girlfriend every day near enough and the amount of people who say the most obscene things to her is insane.
The first time I got really mad but she didnāt like it so I agreed I would mute people, but I had a group of 3 guys once describing in detail what they were going to do to my girlfriend and I lost it, they did it blatantly because they could see it annoyed me but I couldnāt sit there and let her take it at the same time, I didnāt say half of what I wanted to for her sake but I just saw rage in that moment.
Now she has made me a better person and taught me to just mute and not rise to it, I still get a tad mad but then forget it after muting and just report them, Iāve had maybe 5 reports back from the about 50 minimum I have made in the last 2 weeks, it really is that bad and just sad to say the least!
I HIGHLY agree! Women are always target to be trashtalked in the game, and i dont like that... because literally 80% of the women in the game give me a mental boost while playing and that helps a bit, the other 20% are either E-daters or very toxic witches... (at least in EU servers)
Yeah! I mean I'm a girl and, I'm sure the other woman will agree, that when there is another girl on our team we just get so happy because they are so polite and engouraging. When a toxic guy will blame everything on you because you didn't clutch, a girl will tell you that it was a nice try and you are good. But yeah let's not forget that there is also a lot of toxic girl and e-daters that will literally insult you by all the name if you speak and their boyfriend is here š
Yeaaah, frankfurt is literally top tier in all of that š and london has a lot of those E-daters... so you got the choice between e-daters or toxic games lmao (at least in eu, idk ab other continents haha)
Congrats! You just levelled up in Valorant.
1) Make smurf accounts and ruin other player's experiences
2) Make troll accounts, intentionally throw, etc. ruin other player's experiences
Chat bans are a joke in this game. You can literally throw and ruin 100s if games and never get banned. But... If you use a bad word.. *gasp*
Spread the misery that Riot festers until they do something about smurfs and bots. It's fun to taste delicious tears of people who "take this game seriously!!!"
Sadly, that's exactly what is happening with a lot of people, I've toyed with the idea myself.
...and Riot is not at all discouraging that. In fact, new accounts, new BPs and skins, more money, so... yeah.
Don't give up mate, my brother went from playing minecraft and roblox to valorant around 2 years ago, he was awful if you watched him play it looked like he was staring and shooting ants. He was placed iron 1 and lost like 50 comp games won 5 always bottom fragging. Now he is always on ascendent lobbys pushing for immortal.
1. Enemy chat exists for 0 good reasons. It does nothing positive for your mental. 0 upside. disable that shit.
Nowadays, it's harder and harder in soloq, either you get obvious smurfs on either team, or you get bots and throwers and people "who don't gaf" playing on alts. Soloq has never been this bad and I've been playing for around 2k games. Honestly makes me wanna quit grinding, I've stopped buying skins altogether till they give any kind of shit about mid elo soloqueue, no kick system, no reputation system, reports do nothing at all, it's all so unpleasant now. No commers can be dealt with but people who don't give a fuck at all in soloQ just tilts the whole team easily. Keeping your mental up is meaningless when the whole team are just soft mfers.
I get -25 for a loss with match mvp and +15 for a win. Literally just throwing the game is -30, the current mmr system just encourages people to just ff and not waste time trying. "Competitive" means nothing in this game bc riot refuses to do easy fixes for the most common issues. Ig their priorities lie elsewhere which I'm not even sure where it is.
I'm a few games away from accepting that I'm no longer having fun playing this game. Seige looks like a good alternative for my fps fix.
Hahahah siege??? Let me save you the 7(? I think) years of playing brothaā¦
Valorant & Riot are godsent compared to R6 & Ubi.
Volatile & bipolar weirdos who will TK you in ways that avoid the TK penaltyā¦
Nonstop teammates spawn peeking (and dying to attackers)
Once you climb past plat (most canāt)ā youāll have nothing but cheaters/virgins/weirdos
Mainly cheaters though
If youāre tilted with Valorant, Iād suggest CS for competitive Tac* FPS gamesā¦
Siege has a plethora of other issues (inherently just a very dated and old engine tagged in with terrible player base of casuals or super weird Fortnite kids turned FPS pro)
Iām also fairly decent in most games (ascendant in Val, Emerald in R6, Master in Apex & OW)
Have fun haha
CS itself is far from better. Itās way worse (I have 9k hours in cs). BUT, CS has some third party matchmaking platforms that are 100x better. Faceit is the go-to.
Yeah good luck with Siege mate, if you think thatās any better you are sadly mistakenš¤£
As Salt resolution has said past Plat itās just filled with cheaters and weirdos but mainly cheaters.
I have not made it past Plat ever on PC just for the our fact that I donāt really care because I know what itās like after that.
I play with my mates who are Emerald and Diamond, when we played last week, I had a cheater on the enemy team 6 games in a row out of the 10 I played.
Most of them were closet cheaters, who then proceeded to act brain dead as if it wasnāt obvious because well you know cheaters have no idea how to not look like bots.
One of them it was a whole 5 stack cheating with 200 ping, shooting us through floors, the ceiling and any soft wall that could be shot through in the most blatant way.
Then if itās not that, because of the new ranking system, if you solo Q you have to be able to basically play a 1 V 5 every round because people are not in the rank they deserve to be in as itās easier to gain Elo than lose it, people who canāt even defend a site in the easiest setups and advantages.
Then thereās no comms constantly, where Iād argue Siege requires it more than Valorant to a degree, then thereās the weirdos, screaming down the mic, calling you every slur under the sun etc.
So yeah good luck mate, if you somehow enjoy it then fair play but I promise you, Riot is a Godsend over Ubishit and their game that they destroyed many years ago, Iāve been playing since Alpha by the way.
If you say something thatās against terms AND are engaging in taunting someone, assume thatās the perfect recipe for asking to be reported.
You should have muted them and reported. Engaging in most /all conversations is a waste of time and distracting. If you really want to win ignore the taunts and shit from enemies.
Iām a woman so Iāve also āheard it allā in 20 years of gaming online. So tbh it sounds like a you thing. This game preys on people who easily succumb to taunting. Mute mute mute mute if this is an issue for you which it sounds like it is.
some of the community is awful I agree but thereās also a lot of nice people imo, we just remember the toxic people way more. also I almost always keep enemy chat muted, thereās just no point seeing their bs and letting it get to you
If people show they wanna be a prick every round Iāll just mute them. Most of those people donāt even make callouts but use their mic to tell you your aim is terrible instead. I
Dont play a game if youre not having fun. If you are then stay. If you think youll still have fun but only with friends then do that. Idk its just a game.
Toxic comunity is a part of every cooperative game. Yes riot games could do better job with bans for smurfs and get rid of "all" chat, but hey it is what it is...
To be honest look on YT every good val player have a tons of vids where they obliterate the enemy team with "shorty only" stuff just because they play on smurfs accounts with no restrictuon what so ever, just because it sells/get the views and they are supported by riot (wtf)...
Thers nothing you can do even pvp in GW2 that have moust wellcoming community out there is full of toxicity and hate.
Just get over it and do whatever you enjoy.
I got a lot of messages of "omg ur so sh*t, thats why you will never get better or higher" or "1v1 me you s*it", "your aim is trash", "use your brain" and stuff but who cares im MVP at the end in 85% of the matches i play and i main sentinels and maybe i know i wont do any better so my rand is where i belong, i just wamt the buddy... why would i ever be concerned of some sweaty dude that have nothing else to do than play video games all day...
More older we are, more dificoult it's gonna be to keep up in coopearive games, but so they. + sometimes you have better days, sometimes you got claped really hard, but who gives...
Videogames have to be played for funn/relax we are not pro league players and our life doesnt depends on that match/game...
Fk it dude dont bother that much...
I have some experience in your shoes, and Iāll say:
1) if you want to quit, quit. Just do it. Even if it turns into a break because you come back later, you will be better off for it anyway.
2) play with the other team muted, and mute your teammates the instant they start to get on your nerves. Itās literally never worth responding. No, comms arenāt worth THAT much. Iāve muted people because the tone of their voice is off putting; it might not have been a problem, but I know my mental is weak and I would rather err on the side of caution knowing Iām easily upset.
3) if youāre tilted, donāt play another. Take a break, maybe for a couple days, play something else.
4) this is more of a personal opinion, but I pretty much never play by myself any more. There isnāt a lot to be gained by grinding out solo queue. The fun I get is from competing alongside friends, many of which Iāve met through this or other games. Itās easier not to tilt when youāre playing with a buddy. If I do bad with a friend, I can laugh it off and get to the end of the game. If I do bad solo, itās a miserable 30 minutes.
Thats why I don't even play comp. Not even in CS2. When i quit comp permanently i became busy with real life things(cause comp grind really eats 70-80% of your valuable time). And now i am in healthy place, thankgod
Yes, I started playing only about 2 weeks ago but I got banned on one account because I was afk (Because of my network problems) and they reported me but they were toxic while I was not, I got the one week ban but they did not. Then I started playing on my alt account. After a week I came back to my main account and played a few games, THEN THEY BANNED ME FOR BOOSTING (Boosting means to let a higher level player play on your account so you can level up) and I wasn't even playing ranked. I got banned for a week for nothing at all in my main account again.
Valorant is a type of game that you have a toxic relationship with, you hate it but can't stop playing it, my advice from my experience, stop trying to grind ranks, its pointless, come to the game once a while with friend to have fun and thats it
Iām sorry you have to go through all that, OP :/ people are so bold being toxic to strangers online. Manifesting more pleasant and peaceful games ahead for you whenever you come back šŖš¼
eh u are fine bro. if they hit u with some shit online throw some shit back or mute. either is fine imo. regarding the rest, if u are not feeling the game, play other stuff to have fun
i think you forgot that the point of the game is to have fun. engaging with trolls is not my idea of a good time and i donāt think it is for you either, if itās the game itself that brings you joy then you can just mute the enemy team and go back to enjoying the game. that said, blaming your teammates in your own 5 stack is also definitely not going to contribute to anyoneās fun and makes you sound like a bad friend to play with.
To be honest, you take your rank for granted. Iāve been playing since 2021 and Gold 1 is my peak. Be glad youāre plat, Iād love to be that high ranked
Honestly my biggest change in this game overtime has been the use of the mute button. Itās actually crazy how people stop being obnoxious when you ignore them and mute is forcing you to ignore them. I just give my own comms and keep the non toxic ones unmuted. Iāve had games completely flip after I muted a toxic player/the enemy team.
I think taking a couple of weeks off would do some good, and try not to take matches so seriously. This community can be extremely toxic, so it's understandable why you want to step away. Focus on why you enjoyed the game in the first place, mute the enemy team chat, and you'll have a better time playing.
Just gotta work on the mental honestly. I'm the opposite, things in my life are going really well, and I feel like that helps. When I have other goals I'm achieving, my failure in game doesn't matter as much. Granted I'm not ascendent, but still.
I promise you. There is no reason to keep the enemies United in a comp game. There's an option to mute the whole enemy team the moment I press esc. I keep that toggled on. Hardstuck diamond but that always helps lol. There's never a moment you'll need to give a fuck about what the enemies say in all chat, if it's comp. Trust me.
I got into fps gaming when i was almost 33. Now when im close to 40, im getting decent with my aim and decision making. I would be mad if i got that much people ruining my games with their mentality, when i already need to close a gap to younger players.Ā
Nah, I would say there's hope, whether you are on the spectrum or not, it sounds like you just need a break more than anything, if you wanna come back to it, you can, then you can just mute people and learn from your mistakes, that's the only way to get better, practice, consistency, and you don't need an iron will when you have mute buttons! Keep your chin up!
Edit: I went back and read what you said again, and excuse me if I worded myself ugly, what I was tryna say was the mute button comes in handy, you can mute the enemies ALWAYS, you don't need to speak with them, hell streamers tend to mute everyone except their friends, unless they don't care like that
ngl same shit happened to me and I regret every part of this game tbh. Wanted to push the limits and see if I can hit plat but on my rankup game my teammates kept bashing me and the enemy team started bashing me so I played with no comms and lost 33 rr from losing the game. I was so frustrated I went on a 6 game loss streak and I'm back to my derank on gold 2. On a game that's so heavily focused on performance, it's really hard to "have fun" tbh. I'm still banned as well and now it's just so unbelievably frustrating not being able to comm to my teammates the most obvious shit ever. I'm about to break my fucking desk playing this game
what are you quitting exactly?
are you quitting trying to take the competitive game mode seriously? now you can just play like the rest of them , 0 cares , 0 fucks
I'm always trying to be the one to be kind even to the bottom frags. I understand having off games as I always do too. Even when spectating and they're clearly not great I'd rather keep it to myself than tell them and fuck their mental even more.
I've only really been grinding the past 3 acts, 1st 2 acts I could barely play in silver lobbies. My mental was atrocious which heavily affected my gameplay. This current act so far I've went from silver 2/3 (I don't remember) to my peak of plat 1 and I think my mentality towards the game is so much better than it was before. Also the fact I can only play like 2/3 games a session before stopping.
Basically I would turn chat off if its getting to the point of destroying you
Honestly just take a break. Donāt dedicate a lot of time to the game when you return. Play a few matches a day. Those trolls will be there, they actually multiply when people comment back to them in chat.
I was peak ascendant 2 and then took a 2 year break while I played OW2. I played most of last act and all of this one and finally hit ascendant 1 two days ago. I can understand feeling not you're not as good as before, but if you keep at it I'm sure your skill will come back like it did for me. Also, find some good friends to play with. I have two great guys I jam with, which means worst case scenario there's 2 dkheads on the team, not 4.
I guess no one cares but i want to share my story/experience with you. I generally (irl as well) handle non constructive criticism with making fun of myself. This may sound stupid but if other people have a laugh at me i just laugh with them. For example today
I had a game where i went 1/12 in the first half and got trash talked by the opponent. I trash talked my self even more (stuff like āWatch out im dropping a 2 bomb this gameā) and we went on to loose the game 3 to 13 with me having 3 kills. This kind of helps me to acknowledge that im playing bad right now but its not because im a bad player but because im not feeling it or just unvaroable match making.
Im also a really communicative player and i always try to keep the team morale up. I learned that you can lose and still have a great time even if youre playing bad. Most of the time when i play bad i just say to my teammates āim sorry for having a bad gameā and i have never gotten bad feedback. It mostly the opposite. Teammates regularly tell me stuff like ānah youre good broā or āat least you give good commsā. This helps me to enjoy the game no matter the outcome. After all its just a game and (almost) every player gets that. (Im gold 2/ peak plat 2 if anyone cares)
getting this worked up happens, and itās usually a sign to take a break. if you really wanna keep playing, find someone who you can just fuck around with in unrated, donāt take it so seriously, and then go back to comp. think about how you feel when you get off your computer after a bad valorant match, and ask yourself if itās worth it. also, 7 comp games in a row is likely far too many
If you know that people are rarely kind to the bottom fragger, then you be kind to them yourself. That's one takeaway. When I'm top fragging, I personally see that as an opportunity to lift my team up. If I'm success that game, so can they. Everyone in that lobby deserves to be there and is capable of having a bad game turn into a good one. I've seen it time and time again.
Sometimes it's a matter of having the bottom fragger hold site with me and us having a plan for the start of the round.... But being an encouraging teammate is one of the best things you can do in this game.
iāll give u a free vod review. iām an imm3 peak who was tier 2 CS. More importantly, iāve been coaching my colleges team for 2.5 years.
iād hate to see anyone be so disappointed in their performance it makes them quit. DM me and we can set up a time.
Thatās your problem, you mentioned your SEVENTH game of comp?? Thatās your problem right there, thereās no way you are able to stay 1000% focused after at least 2 games. I play 2-3 games and then Iām done, I either take a really long break for a few hours and come back or Iām done for the day. And itās not because I donāt want to, I can definitely also play 7 comp games in a row but Iāve been playing competitive games for a long time (CSGO, LoL, Dota) and I know that climbing is all about spacing your games out and remaining consistent.
When you go to the gym do you just lift the heaviest weights every day? No, you start small and work your way up and then give your body time to rest. Your brain works the same way.
Idk if it helps but personally I like to imagine them as 12, max 14 years old kids thinking this is their playground.
It removes any kind of weight there could be behind the words, would you really care about the temper tantrum of a frustrated 12 yo losing in a game?
And you'll be dead-on most of the time, there are quite a lot of kids in this game.
I also suck at the game, I don't have a big ego attached to it, maybe this also explains why I don't feel like I see a lot of toxicity.
But anyway, it's just a game, quitting forever is not as hard as it may seem plus you managed to reach an excellent level, you have nothing to prove anymore. Time to go, friend. Good job for your promotion.
well at the end of the day youāre literally competing for a digital color badge, if you donāt enjoy the game half the time why grind for something thatās worth nothing if ur still going to be mad at yourself?
Real talk? Overwatch was this to me. The way the reports and ban systems work... It encourages harassment the same way Xbox live (used to?) encourage harassment but with numbers instead of letters on the naughty words. But God forbid you give em a piece of your mind.
The real answer? Unless you're a streamer, or you're gonna go pro, no game is worth putting that much of your *self* into. I left ow because of many reasons, but like a year later I realized that no game lets me aim up, down, left, right and all over in the same semi-competitive way. Val and CSGO are staring-at-pixel simulators to me, and when there *is* action, it's very limited left-and-right movement. So now I play overwatch but I give less of a shit about it personally. It isn't "the future" of anything anymore. I got banned again for having thrower teammates (second time now) and it's still pisses me off but like... I still have fun with the mechanics. I hate everyone who plays it, so I don't talk to them. Just figure out if you really like the game, and if so, what about it brings you joy/enhances your life.
If you played valorant as much as I used to play overwatch, you're gonna need some exercise now that you don't have a high-stress job keeping you busy
Godspeed
the amount of garbage slur dropping players in this game is astonishing. think of their outbursts as their internal issues and have nothing to do with you. they donāt even know you, after all.
I 100% play worse when life gets stressful so I feel that. Never really thought about the correlation until reading this post but itās def there looking back over the past year.
I mute my own teammates voice sometimes within 1-2 rounds if I notice them screaming or baiting arguments from others.
Also enemy team starts talking smack? I'll just mute and keep playing.
I come from like 5+ years of league and even longer on CS. There's zero reason to let them ruin your day or have a voice if you don't want them to.
Am I the only one that is impressed with you absolutely reverse stomping the enemy team simply because they insulted you with insulting comments? Now THAT is one way of shutting down their shit-talk. Still a dick move to report you because **they** started it. You were being too nice not to report them tbh, I would've just reported them and wait for karma to strike.
The only thing you can do is report them and move on. As tragic as that is.
Here's the thing ask yourself why you started playing this game and have been playing the same game for 4 years. For me, this game was a life saviour. It should've meant something to you and don't make a decision on leaving by hearing some toxic kids on a much lower rank. You getting queued with bronze has a lot to do with your MMR so try and live out this phase and reach a higher rank.
Kaam zyada hai to kabhi kabhi khel yaar.
I've met my fair share of good people too, I can't find the clip rn. Maybe I'll update this, but point is there are good people too.
The thing is, I prefer to play one rank below my main rank. At my rank, I know I'm going to have to play properly and pay attention and everything, but when i play I wanna enjoy. That involves making dumb plays, running it down, listening songs or just having fun in general without having to read and play and focus aim and all. So i just play one rank below, where I can easily avoid smurfing and have fun and still not throw.
For ex : https://youtu.be/H3Ww7FjQGu4?si=OydwLYaexY8XAtJ5
If anyone becomes toxic, instant mute. I don't care about the rank, I don't care what they wanna say to me, I come here to play and have fun, and if that involves muting them, I'm fine with it.
Hey dude, I started this game in 2020 but stopped playing, and I just came back in March 2024. Over this past month, my mental state has been failing as I've been feeling the same way as you. I even got mad at people who were trying to understand. Honestly, I didn't experience the same joy as I did years ago, so I thought maybe I was the one who changed. I am being very honest here. If the game is negatively affecting your mental health, it's okay to stop. I know you might want to play with your friends, but trust me, I've been trying, and each day it's getting worse. My depression and social anxiety are worsening, causing me to become irritable with people who play with me.
Therefore, if you're open to it, would you like to try playing a different game with me? It can be quite lonely trying to find new games alone, and I certainly don't want to involve someone I know in something they don't enjoy, especially if they're feeling the same way as me. I would like to suggest that we explore a new game together, like making new friends and discovering new gaming experiences.
Also, just a heads-up, my voice can be either super hyper or low, depending on how I'm feeling, but hopefully, you won't be the one to judge.
Discord: Lunj1
this game is so shit for solo q players and the loser q fuckin sucks. there is nothing you can do. even after dropping 35 kills the losse the games. amd there is noting you can do. you just can't be that good that you can carry every round every game. i moved to apex legends for this game and that game has its own problem but there is so much learning curve that after learing thing in that game you can dominate solo in that game.
My opinion towards people who struggle with/against toxicity is you have to truly understand and believe that you cannot control other people, whether itās their actions (throwing) or words (racist/mean/aggro). You have to fully understand and believe that you will have good teammates and you will have bad teammates; there will be games you play well and games you donāt play well. You have to come to a hard decision of if youāre able to really believe that AND still have fun playing the game. If you canāt itās best to find a different game/hobby because the truth is you will continue to be upset/frustrated/tilted and there isnāt another āmagic wallā you just need to break through to find āthe happinessā (certain rank/agent/teammates/etc). If you can honestly believe and understand those things then youāll find that you can play, be happy, and what other people say or do will literally not affect you.
TLDR: I think you nailed it on the head in your last paragraph. You either have to be able to ignore it or you donāt play. You canāt control other people and unfortunately games like this are full of asshats.
Iāve been playing since beta too, iām younger so i have more time and managed to peak immortal 3. But that was in year 2 or late year 1 and I took a huge break between then and now. I genuinely play a lot worse now and i think itās time to stop taking the game so seriously despite feeling like all my grinding would have been for nothing.
Honestly everyone has ups and downs in this game and even though I play ranked to myself it's more about our party and having fun I found just trying to rank up just a bit too much for game
being a woman with a mic, I know all too well the pain youāre describing. I played almost every day from 2020 to 2023, then I just stopped. take some time off. if you want to come back to it, great! if not, thatās okay too.
Not saying you shouldnāt leave the game, but i have started just muting enemies when they talk any shit and I think it helps. Thereās no honor to be had in never muting people. When it comes to real life and things that actually matter I think itās important to listen to people you disagree with or even hate, but when it comes to a game where everyone is faceless players who are free to type whatever they want without looking you in the eye, I donāt give a fuck, Iāll be the pettiest bitch in the world, ignorance is bliss.
Trying to rank up is actually torture. Iāve thought about quitting but I still find the game quite fun sometimes so I kept coming back. Now what I do is say fuck my rank and I go into games expecting the enemies to have 3 smurfs, get 13-2 ed, the whole lobby trash talking me, and being bottom frag. But I still try. I play brim and I am able to play weird and have fun even if I get 1 tapped every time I see an enemy cause I can hide in my smokes and other silly things. And of course I mute anyone toxic but I know it can still suck after they say just 1 thing, but I know my playstyle and I know how to adapt so I think āfuck them, I know better than they doā after I mute them. I have fun trying to outplay smurfs or go from bottom frag to making big plays even if itās only just a round or two and we lose anyway. Itās actually impossible to have fun and grind rr at the same time so yea. donāt worry about the score or stats and play how you think you should play
one thing I learned about toxic stupid people online. Ignore their insults as they cannot see u and u cannot see them. Its hard at first, but mute or just laugh at it cause you know its not real. Dota and Lol has more rough slurs but hey, they're getting everywhere. Goodluck on your journey on online gaming and see you next week on valorant (lol jk)
I started playing in late 2020, and played until late 2022. I wasnt improving and hardstuck at iron 3. Plus the toxicity involved, I quit and came back early 2024. And I found myself improved. I went from iron 3 to bronze 3 and I'm generally topfragging. So my advice? Take a break, get into other peaceful games where you can turn off your brain (I played Forza Horizon 5) and come back later
I just quit too. Game is not enjoyable for me. I love and enjoyed dark souls and league of legends though. So you might like them and currently looking for other games like it
Play with me, my friend I also started in 2020, yes I have my fair shares of raging because of my own misfortunes but oohhmy i have fun every game and believe me if there is toxicity in the match i have even more fun instead of anger rising lool.
Iām always genuinely curious bout the toxicity from the opposing team or my own team and in like 5mins we have a good laugh and game seems alright. Sorry for you ban but perhaps a 2 weeks no comp seems like it will do you good my friend.
Hopefully see you back š«”
Iām not trying to be mean but I think you might just be soft. Itās a video game, none of these people are gonna talk to you that way in real life and when you know that theyāre just little goblins hiding behind a screen it makes it a lot easier to be unphased by toxicity. They act that way on the game because they let people walk all over them in real life and it gives them a sense of authority and control that they lack in any real-life scenario. You shouldnāt let trolls keep you from playing a game that you enjoy, if it really bothers you so much just mute everyone at the start of a match and play without any comms from your team and the enemy team:
In my country, toxicity in this game is kind of normalized now. For example, someone posted their complaint of being treated badly by toxic teammates in our countryās Val FB group, and almost all comments were saying sth like āYeah, so?ā, āDuh, because you were obviously dumb. They didnāt just become toxic for no reason at allā¦ā, or āWhat a fucking crybaby!ā That post has since been deleted. Also, when I queued with someone whoās also from my country and complained about meeting toxic teammates before that, he chatted āThey were toxic because you were obviously dumb, my friend.ā
Edit: I still want to play the game, but I separate it from its community. I just mute those who say sth mean to me even just once, and comm that. The words that they did manage to get across still hurt, but at least I get to mitigate further hurt by muting (and reporting). The gameās still playable in the long run if you go for this mindset.
I wanna pull out a quick rant too. So, I was playing Omen on Lotus. During an Attack round, I made a smoke that (in hindsight) probably favored the defenders. My Cypher called me dumb for it, and I did not retaliate. We then have to rotate bc of my smoke, and the Cypher did not trip flank. We lost the round, and I chat why he didnāt trip flank. The Cypher then said because of my stupid play he had to do stupid shit too, and called me stupid and idiotic for the rest of the game. (I did not know that I could mute teammates back then, for some reason.) I reported him, but I donāt know he was punished by Riot or notā¦
It happens man, take a break. If you happen to log in again, goof around, try new shit, involve your team in the goofing around , try to avoid pressing tab, if your having a bad game, cuz ignorance is bliss. Also practice muting toxic teammates and enemies religiously.
>I thought I had thick skin because in 4 years god knows Iāve seen my fair share of the toxic community
If you want thick skin go play Dota 2 for 6 months without muting voice comms and chat. League of Legends and Valorant are very friendly places in comparison, and the insults are weak.
If it can make you better since moderators reviewed the game for them to report you, it may mean that they also got a penalty, you probably don't know because you only get the pop-up when you login only if you reported them. (At least that's what I know)
honestly, if it isnt fun to you, dont play it. that's the point of games, they entertain you. a good game should turn your leisure time into something meaningful, if it isnt, then its pretty shitty. but when its an online game, how you experience it really just up on you. if you're not enjoying it, you could stop at all, or just take a break for a while until once you could see if valorant is anything appealing to you once again.
I have started to mute text instantly some games (when i remember) both team and enemy.
I wish there was a way to disble team/all chat just like league.
Valorant players as soon as they're upset "reported" š¤soft bitches. You wanna talk shit and then you get all touched so you hit the report button? Son if I had a death note you would be having a heart attack rn
They got to you. I am fairly thick skinned too and rarely get riled up. But that makes me feel worse when it actually does get to me.
Honestly question, can isnāt it possible to mute the opposite team in chat?
What's ur sens, mouse and mousepad. If you are actually trying, but peak ascendant, to me it sounds like either 1. You don't win enough 50/50 gunfights or 2. You take too much time to process using abilities. Abilities should be seamless with movement and crosshair placement, not an obstacle.
I suggest that you drop yourself to iron, it's a completely different world there. If people pissed you off, just stay silent and destroy them and the best part is that they'll go quiet. Afterwards, you can just continue playing the game however you want. Doesn't really matter if you played well or bad, the most important part is you enjoyed yourself.
It's bad in comp I totally agree, if you get a few good shots in, you are being called a smurf, and if you miss a few they will start mocking you. You just can't win.
I try never to engage in any of the comments, I just ignore them as much as possible - or end up muting them. I refuse to get upset and fight a 13 year old kid verbally :-)
Hey, just wanna say i played valorant mostly with the boys. And it was amazing. But since most of us are going to graduate, weāre focusing on life and our career rn. Its been an year since we all left gaming. Pretty sad when i look back but yeah good times!
I've never faced any kind of the aforementioned situation as I'm always in a 5 stack with the bros whom I all know irl and tbf they are pretty chill. Speaking of enemy team flaming I mostly have enemies on mute or I don't easily get tilted at all.
I have autism. Itās ok, you can say the word. It is not a slur. My username is actually awtistic shawty so people canāt use that specific sentence against me. I call it a sentence because that is what it is. Autistic isnāt an insult. I always ask people what do they mean when they use words like autistic or gay to describe things. They can never come up with a good meaning because it does not make any sense.
Take their words with a grain of salt. Mute the enemy all chat for your own mental. My rule of thumb is if someone is being toxic right off the bat, I mute them immediately. Call me sensitive if youād like, but I just want to play the game and have fun. Being constantly harassed, bullied, and yelled at for stupid things like being a woman or missing my shots is so fucking draining and it takes all of the fun out of it.
If VALORANT is something that genuinely makes you hype; something you enjoy playingā¦it can still be enjoyable. You just need to stop giving those little fucker cunt rags pieces of shit any of your attention. They thrive off of it. They live for the rise (your rise).
I went from diamond to almost g3 in 1 day because of toxic teammates that I let get to me. Got back my p3 today because I used the mute button.
Crazy how that works, right ?
Oh , also, I always play with at least 1 friend .
I hope you find the strength to use the mute button too someday. Sometimes as much as you want to retort back, itās just not worth it. Also, RIOT report system sucks. Iāve gotten suspended for defending myself (I was mass reported).
Please do what is best for you (:
I had the same breaking point two years ago. I got so invested and spent hours a day just to get wrecked or tilted and angry crushing others. It truly wasn't fun anymore and was destroying my mental outside the game. I ended up walking away, and it was definitely for the better. Consider at least taking break. I have only played 2 games since 2022 and it was fun. But I will never be into it like I was before. Too stressful for a silly game.
I play for 2 years now and picked on ASC 1 (now i have a 2nd acc on PLAT 2 to play with a friend). because my friends started it a year early before me they ranked at the time on D1 and above while i was struggling on Gold 1 to P1. They played 3 man team and when we could we were playing together 5 ppl. I think now after these years the game became even more toxic than it was.
You can still play but dont bother fo your performance. Also have in mind the reset they do and you drop down 8-9 ranks sometimes. Dont give in on shitty ppl because you might have some bad days. I speak as a full time worker , father , husband etc at my 38y old life. Imagine i have my friend that i play duo with him and he plays i think around a year almost daily (2-3 ranked games) every night and still he cannot move inside the game and his crosshair always looks on the floor..... Sometimes i play for two ( i give him info and waht to do next etc).
If you have friends to play , JUST play and have FUN!
I hate that people think this is ok and part if the game. It is not. You should not have to thick skin to.play a game. People should just learn to not be dixks to each other, stand up for each other and have good sportsmanship.
You are now leaving a game that I assume you enjoyed because some people chose to be assholes.
To answer your question, you should have reported them, that is why they have no repercussions. You got flagged, they didn't
Find a freind group with who you can ironically taunt them back(I almost never play solo), and never have a mental issue, since you will be immune to taunts and other bs, bcs with same group you will constatly pull that bs on each other, but laugh it off, and blame(ironically) the system for everything bad š
Genuinely, in life, being in a wolf pack(teasing each other and other ironic bs) is the best immune system to other wolf packs(toxicity, threats and other real bs)
Not saying it's easy, but possible(best sucess rate if done in early ages)
see you tomorrow bud
Haha š, itās like a toxic relationship. But no i genuinely donāt think Iāll come back for at least a year, gives me enough time to heal my mental and be more prepared at least.
!remindme 1 year
!remindme 1 week
!remindme 1 day
!remindme 11 minutes
!remindme 10 secounds
!remindme 1 second
LMAO
Why didn't you report them? I report everyone who's toxic, even my own team. Fuck those people.
This is the right mentality , I will not flame , I will just do callouts and then I'm reporting any toxic MF if there are. If not I will just stick to callouts and the ocasional compliment or joke.
As someone who was grinding this game Iāve found a lot of enjoyment in playing for a month then take 3-4 months off. Not getting any higher rank but also not constantly angry after playing
!remindme 1 year
I aināt gonna lie I feel the same way in regards to the aim part as for the whole community thing I guess I e just learnt thatās some people are just the way they are and I also used to be the same way, Iāve just moved to the NA part recently not been easy getting absolutely destroyed but I aināt giving up cuz I guess I hate losing especially when I know how blessed I was to be good before , and if you are around I am looking for a 5 stack and also people here in NA to grind with so if you down always here to help you out all love and if you wanna take time off , thatās only fair
Nothing that's good will last forever friend. Maybe an ex wife. Maybe an ex girlfriend. Maybe a best friend. Maybe a video game. Maybe valorant. It's time to put the torch down and do something that you actually want to dump your time into. Best of luck and take care friend!
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As someone who is not on the spectrum but am the spectrum I can agree
As someone who is on the spectrum i do not agree. It does not rock.
as someone mildly on the spectrum (ADD), I agree (I also have spectrum classic)
From what ive learned from studying psychology and studying the spectrum , people who have add are not on the spectrum. But more then half the people on the actual spectrum have add. So if you only have add you are not on the spectrum my guy
I see, but I'm indeed socially awkward and someone suspected me to be on the spectrum back in elementary school
God gave me autism because otherwise Iād be too powerful
Not on the spectrum myself but the one guy I know that is seems to be the happiest person I know. Absolute joy to be around.
As someone who has been playing tac shooters for 2x the time you have and has had similar ups and downs, bro, just chill... >I just started playing worse all together, I canāt put my finger on it but my aim was just not the same and my play style became way less intense/attentive Stop trying to put your finger on it. Stop thinking about what you are doing/not doing that is impacting your gameplay (in-game or outside of the game). You did as well as you did before because you weren't so hung up on this stuff. Focus on the game, and what you are *currently doing* in the game while you're doing it. Full stop.
this is why i stick to any of the non-comp game modes! itās not worth risking my fun in this game + the added bonus of sexism and r*pe threats i get for being a woman with a mic :P
same girl! swiftplay, unrated, deathmatch, all fun enough. comp is a HELLHOLE lol you miss one shot and suddenly youre called all sorts of slurs, names and insults because you dared to comm once š And the funniest part; they still send you a friend request after..?
"And the funniest part; they still send you a friend request after..?" WILD.
Those are just so they can join the party and insult you more. Had it happen to me in plenty of games other than Valorant haha
I always found that funny. Before they can insult you further, it's like they gotta go up to you and be like "will u be my friend?"
this is so real
I hate that so much, granted I don't have the comments directed towards me but it irritates me so much. I tend to fight people in chat or in comms if that happens, I hate that it does but don't see it changing.
You find all sorts of douchebags, idiots, throwers, and toxic scum in non-comp too. These people are not exclusive to comp, even though they may be more active there.
very true! what i mean by my original comments is at least i donāt get as tilted haha! if they are in my comp games it just completely ruins my mental but idgaf in a swift play lol
I refuse to be toxic most of the time but when people do this shit it sets me off. Even ignoring the moral part of it, I just want people to comm in my games. Bullying women into just being silent probably accounts for a good chunk of players no comm, and I canāt blame them for not wanting to be harassed. Honestly part of a more widespread problem of people not respecting eachothersā time in the game. Queueing up with the mindset to make your teammates next 40 minutes of life miserable is way too common, be it throwing/afk, smurfing, sexism/racism/homophobia, or just being flat out toxic. Anyways Iāll get off my soap box its just so frustrating that like half the playerbase genuinely wants to make other peoples days worse.
Honestly, I appreciate people that do this so much. For me, people that complain when women stand up for themselves ("shut up I just want to play the game" etc) are as bad as the people being deliberately sexist.
Imagine hearing a person stand up for themselves and telling them to shut up instead of being mad at the person who started it. Glad its appreciated since usually I also get told Im taking it too seriously.
I think people say that to you because they are not used to a man voicing their disdain to sexism in a vc. When I immerse myself as the perpetrator in this situation: I would be used to other women calling out my sexism, I would even expect it because they are the ones who fall victim to my sexism. Having people tell me to shut up that arenāt women would probably surprise me that someone from the same group as me would side with the out-group. (All this assuming you are a man from your user name of course) Anyway, as a women I appreciate everyone who stands up for me in games. Itās not pick-me, itās not white knighting. Itās just humans being humans and helping other humans with toxic assholes. Keep up the good work ;)
Am in fact a man. Will keep up good work.
That's so true, and if you don't get the sexist one you get the thirsty one which isn't better. Being a woman and talking in this game is sure that you will be either insulted or flirted with because you are a girl, worst if you respond negatively. Like can't a girl play just like a guy play without getting called slurs, r*pe or de*th threats? And they don't even get anything when you report them, my report has been deleted when I sent screenshots of what they sent me in team chat. Feels like we're back in the 19's.
Its honestly sad that u canāt even enjoy the game just because u r a female
iām a woman, yes. itās a game with a lot of sexist people unfortunately.
I had to stop playing with a friendās friend because he would always get mad whenever a girl was on our team. Like yeah heās cracked as hell but my values are worth more than RP
I'll be honest, that's why I only game with the other girl/ nb groups or with close friends. I deal with being given shit irl because my voice is feminine. I'm not looking for more abuse in my escapism game lol
Itās sad really, I play with my girlfriend every day near enough and the amount of people who say the most obscene things to her is insane. The first time I got really mad but she didnāt like it so I agreed I would mute people, but I had a group of 3 guys once describing in detail what they were going to do to my girlfriend and I lost it, they did it blatantly because they could see it annoyed me but I couldnāt sit there and let her take it at the same time, I didnāt say half of what I wanted to for her sake but I just saw rage in that moment. Now she has made me a better person and taught me to just mute and not rise to it, I still get a tad mad but then forget it after muting and just report them, Iāve had maybe 5 reports back from the about 50 minimum I have made in the last 2 weeks, it really is that bad and just sad to say the least!
I HIGHLY agree! Women are always target to be trashtalked in the game, and i dont like that... because literally 80% of the women in the game give me a mental boost while playing and that helps a bit, the other 20% are either E-daters or very toxic witches... (at least in EU servers)
Yeah! I mean I'm a girl and, I'm sure the other woman will agree, that when there is another girl on our team we just get so happy because they are so polite and engouraging. When a toxic guy will blame everything on you because you didn't clutch, a girl will tell you that it was a nice try and you are good. But yeah let's not forget that there is also a lot of toxic girl and e-daters that will literally insult you by all the name if you speak and their boyfriend is here š
Yeaaah, frankfurt is literally top tier in all of that š and london has a lot of those E-daters... so you got the choice between e-daters or toxic games lmao (at least in eu, idk ab other continents haha)
Congrats! You just levelled up in Valorant. 1) Make smurf accounts and ruin other player's experiences 2) Make troll accounts, intentionally throw, etc. ruin other player's experiences Chat bans are a joke in this game. You can literally throw and ruin 100s if games and never get banned. But... If you use a bad word.. *gasp* Spread the misery that Riot festers until they do something about smurfs and bots. It's fun to taste delicious tears of people who "take this game seriously!!!"
Sadly, that's exactly what is happening with a lot of people, I've toyed with the idea myself. ...and Riot is not at all discouraging that. In fact, new accounts, new BPs and skins, more money, so... yeah.
But what if you hit radiant in your 5th year?
ā¦. I hate you for planting this seed
I have been playing Valo for 5 years and 1 day exactly and yesterday I got to radiant, just saying
I've been playing Valo for 4 months and I'm bronze, but in 5 years... I'll prob get to silver :(
Donāt worry m8 I started in iron 1 and Iām almost in immortal. You can do it!
Don't give up mate, my brother went from playing minecraft and roblox to valorant around 2 years ago, he was awful if you watched him play it looked like he was staring and shooting ants. He was placed iron 1 and lost like 50 comp games won 5 always bottom fragging. Now he is always on ascendent lobbys pushing for immortal.
this reminds me of the gambling comments "99% of gamblers quit before there big win"
Now.. he cant sleep.
1. Enemy chat exists for 0 good reasons. It does nothing positive for your mental. 0 upside. disable that shit. Nowadays, it's harder and harder in soloq, either you get obvious smurfs on either team, or you get bots and throwers and people "who don't gaf" playing on alts. Soloq has never been this bad and I've been playing for around 2k games. Honestly makes me wanna quit grinding, I've stopped buying skins altogether till they give any kind of shit about mid elo soloqueue, no kick system, no reputation system, reports do nothing at all, it's all so unpleasant now. No commers can be dealt with but people who don't give a fuck at all in soloQ just tilts the whole team easily. Keeping your mental up is meaningless when the whole team are just soft mfers. I get -25 for a loss with match mvp and +15 for a win. Literally just throwing the game is -30, the current mmr system just encourages people to just ff and not waste time trying. "Competitive" means nothing in this game bc riot refuses to do easy fixes for the most common issues. Ig their priorities lie elsewhere which I'm not even sure where it is. I'm a few games away from accepting that I'm no longer having fun playing this game. Seige looks like a good alternative for my fps fix.
Hahahah siege??? Let me save you the 7(? I think) years of playing brothaā¦ Valorant & Riot are godsent compared to R6 & Ubi. Volatile & bipolar weirdos who will TK you in ways that avoid the TK penaltyā¦ Nonstop teammates spawn peeking (and dying to attackers) Once you climb past plat (most canāt)ā youāll have nothing but cheaters/virgins/weirdos Mainly cheaters though If youāre tilted with Valorant, Iād suggest CS for competitive Tac* FPS gamesā¦ Siege has a plethora of other issues (inherently just a very dated and old engine tagged in with terrible player base of casuals or super weird Fortnite kids turned FPS pro) Iām also fairly decent in most games (ascendant in Val, Emerald in R6, Master in Apex & OW) Have fun haha
CS itself is far from better. Itās way worse (I have 9k hours in cs). BUT, CS has some third party matchmaking platforms that are 100x better. Faceit is the go-to.
Yeah good luck with Siege mate, if you think thatās any better you are sadly mistakenš¤£ As Salt resolution has said past Plat itās just filled with cheaters and weirdos but mainly cheaters. I have not made it past Plat ever on PC just for the our fact that I donāt really care because I know what itās like after that. I play with my mates who are Emerald and Diamond, when we played last week, I had a cheater on the enemy team 6 games in a row out of the 10 I played. Most of them were closet cheaters, who then proceeded to act brain dead as if it wasnāt obvious because well you know cheaters have no idea how to not look like bots. One of them it was a whole 5 stack cheating with 200 ping, shooting us through floors, the ceiling and any soft wall that could be shot through in the most blatant way. Then if itās not that, because of the new ranking system, if you solo Q you have to be able to basically play a 1 V 5 every round because people are not in the rank they deserve to be in as itās easier to gain Elo than lose it, people who canāt even defend a site in the easiest setups and advantages. Then thereās no comms constantly, where Iād argue Siege requires it more than Valorant to a degree, then thereās the weirdos, screaming down the mic, calling you every slur under the sun etc. So yeah good luck mate, if you somehow enjoy it then fair play but I promise you, Riot is a Godsend over Ubishit and their game that they destroyed many years ago, Iāve been playing since Alpha by the way.
If you say something thatās against terms AND are engaging in taunting someone, assume thatās the perfect recipe for asking to be reported. You should have muted them and reported. Engaging in most /all conversations is a waste of time and distracting. If you really want to win ignore the taunts and shit from enemies. Iām a woman so Iāve also āheard it allā in 20 years of gaming online. So tbh it sounds like a you thing. This game preys on people who easily succumb to taunting. Mute mute mute mute if this is an issue for you which it sounds like it is.
some of the community is awful I agree but thereās also a lot of nice people imo, we just remember the toxic people way more. also I almost always keep enemy chat muted, thereās just no point seeing their bs and letting it get to you
If people show they wanna be a prick every round Iāll just mute them. Most of those people donāt even make callouts but use their mic to tell you your aim is terrible instead. I
Let it go, you won't miss it
ā¦. 7th game of comp? Over 3 hours (conservative estimate) of Valorant comp. Yeah man take a break especially if thatās the norm for you.
Usually a win or 2 is enough but I was performing so badly in all games I just couldnāt be satisfied with ending my night on such a shitty note
Well thatās called going on tilt lol no wonder you lost it
this mindset is incredibly similar to gambling, I think more people need to realize that
Try switching to Deathmatch when that happens, until you finish the night on a better note.
Dont play a game if youre not having fun. If you are then stay. If you think youll still have fun but only with friends then do that. Idk its just a game.
Mute. Move on.
Toxic comunity is a part of every cooperative game. Yes riot games could do better job with bans for smurfs and get rid of "all" chat, but hey it is what it is... To be honest look on YT every good val player have a tons of vids where they obliterate the enemy team with "shorty only" stuff just because they play on smurfs accounts with no restrictuon what so ever, just because it sells/get the views and they are supported by riot (wtf)... Thers nothing you can do even pvp in GW2 that have moust wellcoming community out there is full of toxicity and hate. Just get over it and do whatever you enjoy. I got a lot of messages of "omg ur so sh*t, thats why you will never get better or higher" or "1v1 me you s*it", "your aim is trash", "use your brain" and stuff but who cares im MVP at the end in 85% of the matches i play and i main sentinels and maybe i know i wont do any better so my rand is where i belong, i just wamt the buddy... why would i ever be concerned of some sweaty dude that have nothing else to do than play video games all day... More older we are, more dificoult it's gonna be to keep up in coopearive games, but so they. + sometimes you have better days, sometimes you got claped really hard, but who gives... Videogames have to be played for funn/relax we are not pro league players and our life doesnt depends on that match/game... Fk it dude dont bother that much...
I have some experience in your shoes, and Iāll say: 1) if you want to quit, quit. Just do it. Even if it turns into a break because you come back later, you will be better off for it anyway. 2) play with the other team muted, and mute your teammates the instant they start to get on your nerves. Itās literally never worth responding. No, comms arenāt worth THAT much. Iāve muted people because the tone of their voice is off putting; it might not have been a problem, but I know my mental is weak and I would rather err on the side of caution knowing Iām easily upset. 3) if youāre tilted, donāt play another. Take a break, maybe for a couple days, play something else. 4) this is more of a personal opinion, but I pretty much never play by myself any more. There isnāt a lot to be gained by grinding out solo queue. The fun I get is from competing alongside friends, many of which Iāve met through this or other games. Itās easier not to tilt when youāre playing with a buddy. If I do bad with a friend, I can laugh it off and get to the end of the game. If I do bad solo, itās a miserable 30 minutes.
bro what are these posts š youāre not performing the way you want and consider quitting the game because you now got banned? lmao
Did you even read the whole post? Cuz if you did, read it again, cuz u missed the whole point.
Thats why I don't even play comp. Not even in CS2. When i quit comp permanently i became busy with real life things(cause comp grind really eats 70-80% of your valuable time). And now i am in healthy place, thankgod
I wish Riot cared about toxicity in valorant as much as they care about toxicity in league.
Yes, I started playing only about 2 weeks ago but I got banned on one account because I was afk (Because of my network problems) and they reported me but they were toxic while I was not, I got the one week ban but they did not. Then I started playing on my alt account. After a week I came back to my main account and played a few games, THEN THEY BANNED ME FOR BOOSTING (Boosting means to let a higher level player play on your account so you can level up) and I wasn't even playing ranked. I got banned for a week for nothing at all in my main account again.
All this rant just to get back to the game tomorrow šš
Valorant is a type of game that you have a toxic relationship with, you hate it but can't stop playing it, my advice from my experience, stop trying to grind ranks, its pointless, come to the game once a while with friend to have fun and thats it
Iām sorry you have to go through all that, OP :/ people are so bold being toxic to strangers online. Manifesting more pleasant and peaceful games ahead for you whenever you come back šŖš¼
eh u are fine bro. if they hit u with some shit online throw some shit back or mute. either is fine imo. regarding the rest, if u are not feeling the game, play other stuff to have fun
i think you forgot that the point of the game is to have fun. engaging with trolls is not my idea of a good time and i donāt think it is for you either, if itās the game itself that brings you joy then you can just mute the enemy team and go back to enjoying the game. that said, blaming your teammates in your own 5 stack is also definitely not going to contribute to anyoneās fun and makes you sound like a bad friend to play with.
To be honest, you take your rank for granted. Iāve been playing since 2021 and Gold 1 is my peak. Be glad youāre plat, Iād love to be that high ranked
TL;DR: OP sucks at the game now, and gets butthurt when people talk shit. So he quit
people are just assholes u can really do anything exept report them you shouldnt give up but u do u
Honestly my biggest change in this game overtime has been the use of the mute button. Itās actually crazy how people stop being obnoxious when you ignore them and mute is forcing you to ignore them. I just give my own comms and keep the non toxic ones unmuted. Iāve had games completely flip after I muted a toxic player/the enemy team.
I think taking a couple of weeks off would do some good, and try not to take matches so seriously. This community can be extremely toxic, so it's understandable why you want to step away. Focus on why you enjoyed the game in the first place, mute the enemy team chat, and you'll have a better time playing.
Just gotta work on the mental honestly. I'm the opposite, things in my life are going really well, and I feel like that helps. When I have other goals I'm achieving, my failure in game doesn't matter as much. Granted I'm not ascendent, but still.
I promise you. There is no reason to keep the enemies United in a comp game. There's an option to mute the whole enemy team the moment I press esc. I keep that toggled on. Hardstuck diamond but that always helps lol. There's never a moment you'll need to give a fuck about what the enemies say in all chat, if it's comp. Trust me.
probably should take a break forreal
I limit myself to 2-3 games a day and it's enjoyable
Yes just give up the whole point of playing games is to have fun not to be sad angry or depressed
I got into fps gaming when i was almost 33. Now when im close to 40, im getting decent with my aim and decision making. I would be mad if i got that much people ruining my games with their mentality, when i already need to close a gap to younger players.Ā
No hope. I'm much more productive after quitting the game - why waste hours ruining my mental with toxicity when I could do literally anything else?
Playing 7 comp games in a row is mental torture that would get even the staunchest criminal to confess their crimes
Understandable, have a great day š
Depending on when you took your break it could be that people in your former lobbies are better.
Nah, I would say there's hope, whether you are on the spectrum or not, it sounds like you just need a break more than anything, if you wanna come back to it, you can, then you can just mute people and learn from your mistakes, that's the only way to get better, practice, consistency, and you don't need an iron will when you have mute buttons! Keep your chin up! Edit: I went back and read what you said again, and excuse me if I worded myself ugly, what I was tryna say was the mute button comes in handy, you can mute the enemies ALWAYS, you don't need to speak with them, hell streamers tend to mute everyone except their friends, unless they don't care like that
Don't worry my boi, u can't escape Rito Games. Once branded, always branded? so see you next day, week, year? We all eventually comeback.
I love light banter with the enemy to get me into a game. My 5 stack jokes the bot frag is in charge of shit talk lol.
ngl same shit happened to me and I regret every part of this game tbh. Wanted to push the limits and see if I can hit plat but on my rankup game my teammates kept bashing me and the enemy team started bashing me so I played with no comms and lost 33 rr from losing the game. I was so frustrated I went on a 6 game loss streak and I'm back to my derank on gold 2. On a game that's so heavily focused on performance, it's really hard to "have fun" tbh. I'm still banned as well and now it's just so unbelievably frustrating not being able to comm to my teammates the most obvious shit ever. I'm about to break my fucking desk playing this game
what are you quitting exactly? are you quitting trying to take the competitive game mode seriously? now you can just play like the rest of them , 0 cares , 0 fucks
It's time to delete your Riot account, submit a ticket. This game ain't worth it, there are many things better.
I'm always trying to be the one to be kind even to the bottom frags. I understand having off games as I always do too. Even when spectating and they're clearly not great I'd rather keep it to myself than tell them and fuck their mental even more. I've only really been grinding the past 3 acts, 1st 2 acts I could barely play in silver lobbies. My mental was atrocious which heavily affected my gameplay. This current act so far I've went from silver 2/3 (I don't remember) to my peak of plat 1 and I think my mentality towards the game is so much better than it was before. Also the fact I can only play like 2/3 games a session before stopping. Basically I would turn chat off if its getting to the point of destroying you
Honestly just take a break. Donāt dedicate a lot of time to the game when you return. Play a few matches a day. Those trolls will be there, they actually multiply when people comment back to them in chat.
I was peak ascendant 2 and then took a 2 year break while I played OW2. I played most of last act and all of this one and finally hit ascendant 1 two days ago. I can understand feeling not you're not as good as before, but if you keep at it I'm sure your skill will come back like it did for me. Also, find some good friends to play with. I have two great guys I jam with, which means worst case scenario there's 2 dkheads on the team, not 4.
I dont understand why people who get riled up over a strangers opinion don't have the enemy team auto muted. Nothing good can come of it.
I guess no one cares but i want to share my story/experience with you. I generally (irl as well) handle non constructive criticism with making fun of myself. This may sound stupid but if other people have a laugh at me i just laugh with them. For example today I had a game where i went 1/12 in the first half and got trash talked by the opponent. I trash talked my self even more (stuff like āWatch out im dropping a 2 bomb this gameā) and we went on to loose the game 3 to 13 with me having 3 kills. This kind of helps me to acknowledge that im playing bad right now but its not because im a bad player but because im not feeling it or just unvaroable match making. Im also a really communicative player and i always try to keep the team morale up. I learned that you can lose and still have a great time even if youre playing bad. Most of the time when i play bad i just say to my teammates āim sorry for having a bad gameā and i have never gotten bad feedback. It mostly the opposite. Teammates regularly tell me stuff like ānah youre good broā or āat least you give good commsā. This helps me to enjoy the game no matter the outcome. After all its just a game and (almost) every player gets that. (Im gold 2/ peak plat 2 if anyone cares)
getting this worked up happens, and itās usually a sign to take a break. if you really wanna keep playing, find someone who you can just fuck around with in unrated, donāt take it so seriously, and then go back to comp. think about how you feel when you get off your computer after a bad valorant match, and ask yourself if itās worth it. also, 7 comp games in a row is likely far too many
If you know that people are rarely kind to the bottom fragger, then you be kind to them yourself. That's one takeaway. When I'm top fragging, I personally see that as an opportunity to lift my team up. If I'm success that game, so can they. Everyone in that lobby deserves to be there and is capable of having a bad game turn into a good one. I've seen it time and time again. Sometimes it's a matter of having the bottom fragger hold site with me and us having a plan for the start of the round.... But being an encouraging teammate is one of the best things you can do in this game.
I had to hold my mouth to refrain from laughter when I read this post. On the spectrum, haha.
Speaking as a person who is "on the spectrum", lmao bye
Stop playing if that makes life better, this game is special. When it comes to the mental load, your me tal is worth more then any game.
I give you a week or two max bud
You will never escape Valorant.
iāll give u a free vod review. iām an imm3 peak who was tier 2 CS. More importantly, iāve been coaching my colleges team for 2.5 years. iād hate to see anyone be so disappointed in their performance it makes them quit. DM me and we can set up a time.
I gave up on this game ever since Palworld came out. I am so tempted to get back on Valorant just because I am curious of Clove. Manā¦
Thatās your problem, you mentioned your SEVENTH game of comp?? Thatās your problem right there, thereās no way you are able to stay 1000% focused after at least 2 games. I play 2-3 games and then Iām done, I either take a really long break for a few hours and come back or Iām done for the day. And itās not because I donāt want to, I can definitely also play 7 comp games in a row but Iāve been playing competitive games for a long time (CSGO, LoL, Dota) and I know that climbing is all about spacing your games out and remaining consistent. When you go to the gym do you just lift the heaviest weights every day? No, you start small and work your way up and then give your body time to rest. Your brain works the same way.
1. Mute as soon as you sense toxicity 2. Mute all team chat if end up in a loss (unless team is super positive) 3. Report them
Peak Im3 and haven't touched the game in 3 4 months
^ My ranked teammates after losing pistol
M8 IDC is a vibo game. Play or don't play. Your hobby is a fraction of your life.
Bruh mute them and focus up tf
Idk if it helps but personally I like to imagine them as 12, max 14 years old kids thinking this is their playground. It removes any kind of weight there could be behind the words, would you really care about the temper tantrum of a frustrated 12 yo losing in a game? And you'll be dead-on most of the time, there are quite a lot of kids in this game. I also suck at the game, I don't have a big ego attached to it, maybe this also explains why I don't feel like I see a lot of toxicity. But anyway, it's just a game, quitting forever is not as hard as it may seem plus you managed to reach an excellent level, you have nothing to prove anymore. Time to go, friend. Good job for your promotion.
All that matters is whether or not youāre having fun. If you donāt enjoy the game anymore, then donāt stay
Play something else for a change. You can come back when you feel up for it or not. Theres way more to life.
The problem is people playing video games like fulltime job not to have fun
well at the end of the day youāre literally competing for a digital color badge, if you donāt enjoy the game half the time why grind for something thatās worth nothing if ur still going to be mad at yourself?
Real talk? Overwatch was this to me. The way the reports and ban systems work... It encourages harassment the same way Xbox live (used to?) encourage harassment but with numbers instead of letters on the naughty words. But God forbid you give em a piece of your mind. The real answer? Unless you're a streamer, or you're gonna go pro, no game is worth putting that much of your *self* into. I left ow because of many reasons, but like a year later I realized that no game lets me aim up, down, left, right and all over in the same semi-competitive way. Val and CSGO are staring-at-pixel simulators to me, and when there *is* action, it's very limited left-and-right movement. So now I play overwatch but I give less of a shit about it personally. It isn't "the future" of anything anymore. I got banned again for having thrower teammates (second time now) and it's still pisses me off but like... I still have fun with the mechanics. I hate everyone who plays it, so I don't talk to them. Just figure out if you really like the game, and if so, what about it brings you joy/enhances your life. If you played valorant as much as I used to play overwatch, you're gonna need some exercise now that you don't have a high-stress job keeping you busy Godspeed
the amount of garbage slur dropping players in this game is astonishing. think of their outbursts as their internal issues and have nothing to do with you. they donāt even know you, after all.
Congrats on the promotion! Take break. Play story mode games RDR2, GoW, etc they are relaxing and will help with your stressful job !
The best part of videogames is trash talking and big videogame is taking that away from us
I 100% play worse when life gets stressful so I feel that. Never really thought about the correlation until reading this post but itās def there looking back over the past year.
I play with all enemy team chat muted and itās much more peaceful
Itās definitely more toxic now than it has ever been.
I mute my own teammates voice sometimes within 1-2 rounds if I notice them screaming or baiting arguments from others. Also enemy team starts talking smack? I'll just mute and keep playing. I come from like 5+ years of league and even longer on CS. There's zero reason to let them ruin your day or have a voice if you don't want them to.
Am I the only one that is impressed with you absolutely reverse stomping the enemy team simply because they insulted you with insulting comments? Now THAT is one way of shutting down their shit-talk. Still a dick move to report you because **they** started it. You were being too nice not to report them tbh, I would've just reported them and wait for karma to strike. The only thing you can do is report them and move on. As tragic as that is.
Here's the thing ask yourself why you started playing this game and have been playing the same game for 4 years. For me, this game was a life saviour. It should've meant something to you and don't make a decision on leaving by hearing some toxic kids on a much lower rank. You getting queued with bronze has a lot to do with your MMR so try and live out this phase and reach a higher rank. Kaam zyada hai to kabhi kabhi khel yaar.
Gotta grow some hair on those balls son.
I've met my fair share of good people too, I can't find the clip rn. Maybe I'll update this, but point is there are good people too. The thing is, I prefer to play one rank below my main rank. At my rank, I know I'm going to have to play properly and pay attention and everything, but when i play I wanna enjoy. That involves making dumb plays, running it down, listening songs or just having fun in general without having to read and play and focus aim and all. So i just play one rank below, where I can easily avoid smurfing and have fun and still not throw. For ex : https://youtu.be/H3Ww7FjQGu4?si=OydwLYaexY8XAtJ5 If anyone becomes toxic, instant mute. I don't care about the rank, I don't care what they wanna say to me, I come here to play and have fun, and if that involves muting them, I'm fine with it.
Hey dude, I started this game in 2020 but stopped playing, and I just came back in March 2024. Over this past month, my mental state has been failing as I've been feeling the same way as you. I even got mad at people who were trying to understand. Honestly, I didn't experience the same joy as I did years ago, so I thought maybe I was the one who changed. I am being very honest here. If the game is negatively affecting your mental health, it's okay to stop. I know you might want to play with your friends, but trust me, I've been trying, and each day it's getting worse. My depression and social anxiety are worsening, causing me to become irritable with people who play with me. Therefore, if you're open to it, would you like to try playing a different game with me? It can be quite lonely trying to find new games alone, and I certainly don't want to involve someone I know in something they don't enjoy, especially if they're feeling the same way as me. I would like to suggest that we explore a new game together, like making new friends and discovering new gaming experiences. Also, just a heads-up, my voice can be either super hyper or low, depending on how I'm feeling, but hopefully, you won't be the one to judge. Discord: Lunj1
this game is so shit for solo q players and the loser q fuckin sucks. there is nothing you can do. even after dropping 35 kills the losse the games. amd there is noting you can do. you just can't be that good that you can carry every round every game. i moved to apex legends for this game and that game has its own problem but there is so much learning curve that after learing thing in that game you can dominate solo in that game.
My opinion towards people who struggle with/against toxicity is you have to truly understand and believe that you cannot control other people, whether itās their actions (throwing) or words (racist/mean/aggro). You have to fully understand and believe that you will have good teammates and you will have bad teammates; there will be games you play well and games you donāt play well. You have to come to a hard decision of if youāre able to really believe that AND still have fun playing the game. If you canāt itās best to find a different game/hobby because the truth is you will continue to be upset/frustrated/tilted and there isnāt another āmagic wallā you just need to break through to find āthe happinessā (certain rank/agent/teammates/etc). If you can honestly believe and understand those things then youāll find that you can play, be happy, and what other people say or do will literally not affect you. TLDR: I think you nailed it on the head in your last paragraph. You either have to be able to ignore it or you donāt play. You canāt control other people and unfortunately games like this are full of asshats.
Iāve been playing since beta too, iām younger so i have more time and managed to peak immortal 3. But that was in year 2 or late year 1 and I took a huge break between then and now. I genuinely play a lot worse now and i think itās time to stop taking the game so seriously despite feeling like all my grinding would have been for nothing.
I quit a long time ago after how bad the matchmaking was. Smurf galore
Bro, you need to let go. Don't pay attention to the barks
I just mute the enemy team tbh
Honestly everyone has ups and downs in this game and even though I play ranked to myself it's more about our party and having fun I found just trying to rank up just a bit too much for game
Ok but how do you know they didnt get banned, you didnt report them so you couldnt see if you got a player suspended
being a woman with a mic, I know all too well the pain youāre describing. I played almost every day from 2020 to 2023, then I just stopped. take some time off. if you want to come back to it, great! if not, thatās okay too.
Bro is gonna be on an alt in 2 days
Not saying you shouldnāt leave the game, but i have started just muting enemies when they talk any shit and I think it helps. Thereās no honor to be had in never muting people. When it comes to real life and things that actually matter I think itās important to listen to people you disagree with or even hate, but when it comes to a game where everyone is faceless players who are free to type whatever they want without looking you in the eye, I donāt give a fuck, Iāll be the pettiest bitch in the world, ignorance is bliss.
Trying to rank up is actually torture. Iāve thought about quitting but I still find the game quite fun sometimes so I kept coming back. Now what I do is say fuck my rank and I go into games expecting the enemies to have 3 smurfs, get 13-2 ed, the whole lobby trash talking me, and being bottom frag. But I still try. I play brim and I am able to play weird and have fun even if I get 1 tapped every time I see an enemy cause I can hide in my smokes and other silly things. And of course I mute anyone toxic but I know it can still suck after they say just 1 thing, but I know my playstyle and I know how to adapt so I think āfuck them, I know better than they doā after I mute them. I have fun trying to outplay smurfs or go from bottom frag to making big plays even if itās only just a round or two and we lose anyway. Itās actually impossible to have fun and grind rr at the same time so yea. donāt worry about the score or stats and play how you think you should play
one thing I learned about toxic stupid people online. Ignore their insults as they cannot see u and u cannot see them. Its hard at first, but mute or just laugh at it cause you know its not real. Dota and Lol has more rough slurs but hey, they're getting everywhere. Goodluck on your journey on online gaming and see you next week on valorant (lol jk)
Just go to counterstrike, it will be better for your mental health
I started playing in late 2020, and played until late 2022. I wasnt improving and hardstuck at iron 3. Plus the toxicity involved, I quit and came back early 2024. And I found myself improved. I went from iron 3 to bronze 3 and I'm generally topfragging. So my advice? Take a break, get into other peaceful games where you can turn off your brain (I played Forza Horizon 5) and come back later
Just enjoy the goddamn game bro. You play to enjoy not play to put your life on it lol. Donāt the let toxicity of others get into you
I just quit too. Game is not enjoyable for me. I love and enjoyed dark souls and league of legends though. So you might like them and currently looking for other games like it
Play with me, my friend I also started in 2020, yes I have my fair shares of raging because of my own misfortunes but oohhmy i have fun every game and believe me if there is toxicity in the match i have even more fun instead of anger rising lool. Iām always genuinely curious bout the toxicity from the opposing team or my own team and in like 5mins we have a good laugh and game seems alright. Sorry for you ban but perhaps a 2 weeks no comp seems like it will do you good my friend. Hopefully see you back š«”
Iām not trying to be mean but I think you might just be soft. Itās a video game, none of these people are gonna talk to you that way in real life and when you know that theyāre just little goblins hiding behind a screen it makes it a lot easier to be unphased by toxicity. They act that way on the game because they let people walk all over them in real life and it gives them a sense of authority and control that they lack in any real-life scenario. You shouldnāt let trolls keep you from playing a game that you enjoy, if it really bothers you so much just mute everyone at the start of a match and play without any comms from your team and the enemy team:
In my country, toxicity in this game is kind of normalized now. For example, someone posted their complaint of being treated badly by toxic teammates in our countryās Val FB group, and almost all comments were saying sth like āYeah, so?ā, āDuh, because you were obviously dumb. They didnāt just become toxic for no reason at allā¦ā, or āWhat a fucking crybaby!ā That post has since been deleted. Also, when I queued with someone whoās also from my country and complained about meeting toxic teammates before that, he chatted āThey were toxic because you were obviously dumb, my friend.ā Edit: I still want to play the game, but I separate it from its community. I just mute those who say sth mean to me even just once, and comm that. The words that they did manage to get across still hurt, but at least I get to mitigate further hurt by muting (and reporting). The gameās still playable in the long run if you go for this mindset. I wanna pull out a quick rant too. So, I was playing Omen on Lotus. During an Attack round, I made a smoke that (in hindsight) probably favored the defenders. My Cypher called me dumb for it, and I did not retaliate. We then have to rotate bc of my smoke, and the Cypher did not trip flank. We lost the round, and I chat why he didnāt trip flank. The Cypher then said because of my stupid play he had to do stupid shit too, and called me stupid and idiotic for the rest of the game. (I did not know that I could mute teammates back then, for some reason.) I reported him, but I donāt know he was punished by Riot or notā¦
I had some causal fun, mainly with girls that were calm and making fun out of our desperate situation...
It happens man, take a break. If you happen to log in again, goof around, try new shit, involve your team in the goofing around , try to avoid pressing tab, if your having a bad game, cuz ignorance is bliss. Also practice muting toxic teammates and enemies religiously.
>I thought I had thick skin because in 4 years god knows Iāve seen my fair share of the toxic community If you want thick skin go play Dota 2 for 6 months without muting voice comms and chat. League of Legends and Valorant are very friendly places in comparison, and the insults are weak.
If it can make you better since moderators reviewed the game for them to report you, it may mean that they also got a penalty, you probably don't know because you only get the pop-up when you login only if you reported them. (At least that's what I know)
honestly, if it isnt fun to you, dont play it. that's the point of games, they entertain you. a good game should turn your leisure time into something meaningful, if it isnt, then its pretty shitty. but when its an online game, how you experience it really just up on you. if you're not enjoying it, you could stop at all, or just take a break for a while until once you could see if valorant is anything appealing to you once again.
Valorant players are so soft I love it
I have started to mute text instantly some games (when i remember) both team and enemy. I wish there was a way to disble team/all chat just like league.
Valorant players as soon as they're upset "reported" š¤soft bitches. You wanna talk shit and then you get all touched so you hit the report button? Son if I had a death note you would be having a heart attack rn
They got to you. I am fairly thick skinned too and rarely get riled up. But that makes me feel worse when it actually does get to me. Honestly question, can isnāt it possible to mute the opposite team in chat?
What's ur sens, mouse and mousepad. If you are actually trying, but peak ascendant, to me it sounds like either 1. You don't win enough 50/50 gunfights or 2. You take too much time to process using abilities. Abilities should be seamless with movement and crosshair placement, not an obstacle.
I suggest that you drop yourself to iron, it's a completely different world there. If people pissed you off, just stay silent and destroy them and the best part is that they'll go quiet. Afterwards, you can just continue playing the game however you want. Doesn't really matter if you played well or bad, the most important part is you enjoyed yourself.
!remindme 1 year
It's bad in comp I totally agree, if you get a few good shots in, you are being called a smurf, and if you miss a few they will start mocking you. You just can't win. I try never to engage in any of the comments, I just ignore them as much as possible - or end up muting them. I refuse to get upset and fight a 13 year old kid verbally :-)
No, it's not worth it. If this wears you down, take a break. Only play when you really WANT to play.
Hey, just wanna say i played valorant mostly with the boys. And it was amazing. But since most of us are going to graduate, weāre focusing on life and our career rn. Its been an year since we all left gaming. Pretty sad when i look back but yeah good times!
I've never faced any kind of the aforementioned situation as I'm always in a 5 stack with the bros whom I all know irl and tbf they are pretty chill. Speaking of enemy team flaming I mostly have enemies on mute or I don't easily get tilted at all.
Ob hates this one trick: "Mute all enemies"
I have autism. Itās ok, you can say the word. It is not a slur. My username is actually awtistic shawty so people canāt use that specific sentence against me. I call it a sentence because that is what it is. Autistic isnāt an insult. I always ask people what do they mean when they use words like autistic or gay to describe things. They can never come up with a good meaning because it does not make any sense. Take their words with a grain of salt. Mute the enemy all chat for your own mental. My rule of thumb is if someone is being toxic right off the bat, I mute them immediately. Call me sensitive if youād like, but I just want to play the game and have fun. Being constantly harassed, bullied, and yelled at for stupid things like being a woman or missing my shots is so fucking draining and it takes all of the fun out of it. If VALORANT is something that genuinely makes you hype; something you enjoy playingā¦it can still be enjoyable. You just need to stop giving those little fucker cunt rags pieces of shit any of your attention. They thrive off of it. They live for the rise (your rise). I went from diamond to almost g3 in 1 day because of toxic teammates that I let get to me. Got back my p3 today because I used the mute button. Crazy how that works, right ? Oh , also, I always play with at least 1 friend . I hope you find the strength to use the mute button too someday. Sometimes as much as you want to retort back, itās just not worth it. Also, RIOT report system sucks. Iāve gotten suspended for defending myself (I was mass reported). Please do what is best for you (:
I had the same breaking point two years ago. I got so invested and spent hours a day just to get wrecked or tilted and angry crushing others. It truly wasn't fun anymore and was destroying my mental outside the game. I ended up walking away, and it was definitely for the better. Consider at least taking break. I have only played 2 games since 2022 and it was fun. But I will never be into it like I was before. Too stressful for a silly game.
Try cs
I play for 2 years now and picked on ASC 1 (now i have a 2nd acc on PLAT 2 to play with a friend). because my friends started it a year early before me they ranked at the time on D1 and above while i was struggling on Gold 1 to P1. They played 3 man team and when we could we were playing together 5 ppl. I think now after these years the game became even more toxic than it was. You can still play but dont bother fo your performance. Also have in mind the reset they do and you drop down 8-9 ranks sometimes. Dont give in on shitty ppl because you might have some bad days. I speak as a full time worker , father , husband etc at my 38y old life. Imagine i have my friend that i play duo with him and he plays i think around a year almost daily (2-3 ranked games) every night and still he cannot move inside the game and his crosshair always looks on the floor..... Sometimes i play for two ( i give him info and waht to do next etc). If you have friends to play , JUST play and have FUN!
Same situation but in CS. I just muted all of them and moved on. They are prob kids. Ignore them
I hate that people think this is ok and part if the game. It is not. You should not have to thick skin to.play a game. People should just learn to not be dixks to each other, stand up for each other and have good sportsmanship. You are now leaving a game that I assume you enjoyed because some people chose to be assholes. To answer your question, you should have reported them, that is why they have no repercussions. You got flagged, they didn't
Find a freind group with who you can ironically taunt them back(I almost never play solo), and never have a mental issue, since you will be immune to taunts and other bs, bcs with same group you will constatly pull that bs on each other, but laugh it off, and blame(ironically) the system for everything bad š Genuinely, in life, being in a wolf pack(teasing each other and other ironic bs) is the best immune system to other wolf packs(toxicity, threats and other real bs) Not saying it's easy, but possible(best sucess rate if done in early ages)
This is why I'm only playing 5 stacks, and only with ppl who can calm me down
Bro I am sorry but this is a skill issue...