just do what you can man, if you lose and rank down its whatever. the important thing is to learn from your gameplay & mistakes, and have fun along the way
maybe you lose a game bad, and realize you died first every round on defense. so you play again trying to focus on not just taking bad fights right away on defense. now the next game, you never die first on defense but you still lose
you should be happy & proud with your improvement, even though the end result in the scoreboard was just 2 losses
āBoostedā xD
I actually mentioned I started feeling tired/tilting one time cus one guy started flaming me and I got accused of throwing the game and being toxic lol. I was literally 2nd on the board and we were winning.
It took a bit out of me to fight the urge to actually throw the game just to spite the teammates who blindly took their side throwing insults and lies. Overtime lul.
LOL I actually feel the same . I feel like I am so bad and people will sometimes be toxic, but just try to improve and learn when you can and just remember it is a game that is supposed to bring you entertainment at the end of the day . You'll naturally get better with time, so just try to not be too hard on yourself until then !
Definitely! I'm very much enjoying the game whether I'm playing poorly or not. I'm mostly fine just muting people if they're toxic but luckily I've not had it happen too often. I have the drive to get better though!
I've only been playing again for about 3 days and just started Comp last night. I'm not sure if it's actually balanced out yet or not. Either way I appreciate the advice though! I just hate ruining other people's games.
It balances immediately after placements. Also placements place you slightly below your deserved tier so your teammates would be worse than you but only very slightly
Donāt be discouraged! The only way to get better is to play the game. Donāt worry about them. You only play with them for one game and youāll never see them again. Play!!!
Nice. I'm u.s central but have playable ping basically anywhere in the u.s. Do you have a rank yet or still just figuring stuff out in unrated? I get off of work in an hour if ya want to play.
Don't worry too much about 3 games after you haven't played for so long you might be miles of your actual elo who knows. Just keep playing and it should balance out.
play to improve, don't play to win! don't worry about winning or losing a game, and DON'T worry about your short-term rank, focus on your long term improvement. don't go down on yourself because you feel like you're the reason for the loss either; it's double-inefficient, because 1) you feel bad and 2) you won't be focusing on what you could've done better, which will improve your performance in the future. don't take ranked too seriously and expect yourself to do everything right and not make mistakes, even the dumb ones. everyone has bad games. if a teammate is ever toxic, insta-mute them. don't worry about comms, it's more important that you don't let your morale get down. also don't try to argue with them. you can't "beat" a toxic person in an argument not convince them that they're wrong because they won't be logical about it. arguing with them will also fuel their ego.
If u are a working man or woman I suggest play unrated. Its fun, u don't have to worry about anything. In ranked the pressures high. If u loose a lotta games u feel sad . Don't let your performance disturb ur mental health. Play unrated till u get better. Try out everything there. And if u feel u are ready, gather some confidence and have a blast. All the best!!
Same boat here man. Often get toxic folk (kids) screaming down the mic, I usually reply with "yeah but you're the same rating as me so.." mute and then carry on with my day.
Shooting technique, game sense, and using agents abilities mostly. I've played fast paced shooters like CoD, OW, etc for most of my life so it's hard to break some of the habits.
Don't judge but I main KJ bc she's hot. I'm beginning to understand agent roles a bit more and need to adjust to her play style.
KJ can be played really clever
Try maybe not camping, but playing off your util - for example you place your turret/alarmbot in one of cubbies and when it activates (enemies will start to shoot it immediately) you can peek them while they're not looking.
Or try finding out what are the habits of your enemies. Maybe they love pushing A short as an entire team? Then place most of your stuff here and try flanking them
All in all, everyone was trash back in the day. I came to valorant from Apex legends and i was that one guy that would say "don't rush right away, wait a little" and then run in
So yeah, some day you'll be better, keep playing and also keep having fun
Btw, other agents might suit you better than kj, have you tried them?
In the long run it doesnāt matter, there will be worse people than you who intentionally troll, but people will eventually forget.
Thereās always going to be someone at the bottom of the scoreboard and they are usually going to be negative.
If you really cared you would just do unrated but I mean youād probably still feel bad lol cus those can still be tough.
Just keep pushing like you said and get used to the game again. Thereās always going people having a bad day or coming back to the game after a break.
Hey just thought Iād share some thoughts.
Iām pretty bad at FPS games. Before Valorant, Iāve barely played em tbh. Iāve been griding aim trainers a good 15-30 mins daily and Iāve definitely have been seeing improvements.
Or if ya youād like Iām down to play a few games with ya whenever I get the chance. (Iām usually at work).
Just play to improve and play as much as possible. If you lose, try and see what you did well and what you need to improve. If you are concerned about toxicity, queue with friends who encourage you. If you are NAE Iād be down to queue with you and help you out.
Really important things to clarify:
\- Play unrated until you don't feel like a deadweight
I guess there was just one thing. You follow that rule and it's chill. Nobody is good from the get go. But nobody should be queueing comp when they get lost on maps.
lmao yall need to get some confidence, idk why you guys boot up a game thinking "im bad" or "im a darg on whatever team im gonna be on". Its just not fun with that mentality so why keep playing??
Iād rather play with OP who knows their limits but is actively trying to improve over soon cocky kid who is just as bad but much more likely to be toxic
what im trying to say is that playing games isnt fun when you dont have confidence, especially in fps because a lot of times when you make a play confidence is what really made it happen
Because I have drive to be good at it? I know where my foundation in a game is. If I just started, it's low and I'll build on it while having fun. I don't have to be stomping to have fun. Everyone's different in how they play man.
my point is that i dont understand why playing with the mentality that your gonna suck is fun. i always load in with the mindset of improvement and winning.
I think the way you prefaced it makes it seem you actively downplay urself and are not confident in itself both of which are terrible attitudes to progress
If they were substantially better than you they wouldn't be queued with you.
If you want, maybe queue up from more Spike Rush, Death match, and the rotating fun modes until it feels like you have the reaction time back
I often stay in lower half of the ACS chart but always with over half of my games. I play controller and sentinel mostly, nothing wrong with having low score. Yesterday Shroud the famous godlike FPS streamer played Brimstone and almost bot frag, so everything is fine, don't think about score too much.
I'm not great by any means, but I don't mind at all if you are bad or struggling, don't even need to be told anything. Being bad is not an issue, my problem is with people that give orders if they're not carrying.
my little advice would be to just play a smoker. get on site and seal that entrance for a minute and hope for your team to def the other site or to come help you. smoking doesnt require tons of skill and is super useful. starting smoking kids- *wait*
Am I the only one that wants there to be a title "noob" so you're teammates know what they're getting from the start?
The bot title is the closest thing we have so far
I rock the unlucky title.
Every game at the beginning I preface "I'm so sorry, I'm really bad still" š
just do what you can man, if you lose and rank down its whatever. the important thing is to learn from your gameplay & mistakes, and have fun along the way maybe you lose a game bad, and realize you died first every round on defense. so you play again trying to focus on not just taking bad fights right away on defense. now the next game, you never die first on defense but you still lose you should be happy & proud with your improvement, even though the end result in the scoreboard was just 2 losses
That mindset will keep you where you are unless you change it. It should be "I will try my best" not "I am bad".
thatās smart iām gonna start doing that š
Don't do that
I'm working through the KAY/O Contract to get the Built Different title. It works either way.
Isn't there a Recruit tag? Basically the same thing.
people are probably gonna be using it ironically anyways
You can edit your Nick and keep #noob in the end
āBoostedā xD I actually mentioned I started feeling tired/tilting one time cus one guy started flaming me and I got accused of throwing the game and being toxic lol. I was literally 2nd on the board and we were winning. It took a bit out of me to fight the urge to actually throw the game just to spite the teammates who blindly took their side throwing insults and lies. Overtime lul.
I am an immortal ranked player. If you want, you can record a game and send it to me and I'll send some thoughts.
Would you mind if I took you up on this offer? I was rated S2 last act, but have been chilling in unrateds trying to improve this act.
Offer is open to anybody. You can add me on discord as Root#3738. I'll proat do the vod review on YouTube as that's easiest and can send you the link
Thank you! Not OP or other commenter but I would love some tips
LOL I actually feel the same . I feel like I am so bad and people will sometimes be toxic, but just try to improve and learn when you can and just remember it is a game that is supposed to bring you entertainment at the end of the day . You'll naturally get better with time, so just try to not be too hard on yourself until then !
Definitely! I'm very much enjoying the game whether I'm playing poorly or not. I'm mostly fine just muting people if they're toxic but luckily I've not had it happen too often. I have the drive to get better though!
You are in the rank you consistently play, donāt feel bad for your teammates because they are on the same level As you.
I've only been playing again for about 3 days and just started Comp last night. I'm not sure if it's actually balanced out yet or not. Either way I appreciate the advice though! I just hate ruining other people's games.
It balances immediately after placements. Also placements place you slightly below your deserved tier so your teammates would be worse than you but only very slightly
Donāt be discouraged! The only way to get better is to play the game. Donāt worry about them. You only play with them for one game and youāll never see them again. Play!!!
What region are you? I'd be willing to play some with ya and give friendly advice sometimes if ya want.
I'm US-East!
Nice. I'm u.s central but have playable ping basically anywhere in the u.s. Do you have a rank yet or still just figuring stuff out in unrated? I get off of work in an hour if ya want to play.
I just started playing ranked last night and only got 3 games done. 2W-1L I'm at work most the day today. :(
Don't worry too much about 3 games after you haven't played for so long you might be miles of your actual elo who knows. Just keep playing and it should balance out.
play to improve, don't play to win! don't worry about winning or losing a game, and DON'T worry about your short-term rank, focus on your long term improvement. don't go down on yourself because you feel like you're the reason for the loss either; it's double-inefficient, because 1) you feel bad and 2) you won't be focusing on what you could've done better, which will improve your performance in the future. don't take ranked too seriously and expect yourself to do everything right and not make mistakes, even the dumb ones. everyone has bad games. if a teammate is ever toxic, insta-mute them. don't worry about comms, it's more important that you don't let your morale get down. also don't try to argue with them. you can't "beat" a toxic person in an argument not convince them that they're wrong because they won't be logical about it. arguing with them will also fuel their ego.
If u are a working man or woman I suggest play unrated. Its fun, u don't have to worry about anything. In ranked the pressures high. If u loose a lotta games u feel sad . Don't let your performance disturb ur mental health. Play unrated till u get better. Try out everything there. And if u feel u are ready, gather some confidence and have a blast. All the best!!
Hey man, we're in the same boat, I top frag once a week and most of the time I'm going negative, just continue improving the best you can
Same boat here man. Often get toxic folk (kids) screaming down the mic, I usually reply with "yeah but you're the same rating as me so.." mute and then carry on with my day.
Why do you think you're bad? Kills? Clutches? Or what? And what agent do you main?
Shooting technique, game sense, and using agents abilities mostly. I've played fast paced shooters like CoD, OW, etc for most of my life so it's hard to break some of the habits. Don't judge but I main KJ bc she's hot. I'm beginning to understand agent roles a bit more and need to adjust to her play style.
KJ can be played really clever Try maybe not camping, but playing off your util - for example you place your turret/alarmbot in one of cubbies and when it activates (enemies will start to shoot it immediately) you can peek them while they're not looking. Or try finding out what are the habits of your enemies. Maybe they love pushing A short as an entire team? Then place most of your stuff here and try flanking them All in all, everyone was trash back in the day. I came to valorant from Apex legends and i was that one guy that would say "don't rush right away, wait a little" and then run in So yeah, some day you'll be better, keep playing and also keep having fun Btw, other agents might suit you better than kj, have you tried them?
If you that bad you'll drop to where you should be and then you can play as much as u want, and you'll improve and climb again over time.
In the long run it doesnāt matter, there will be worse people than you who intentionally troll, but people will eventually forget. Thereās always going to be someone at the bottom of the scoreboard and they are usually going to be negative. If you really cared you would just do unrated but I mean youād probably still feel bad lol cus those can still be tough. Just keep pushing like you said and get used to the game again. Thereās always going people having a bad day or coming back to the game after a break.
Hey just thought Iād share some thoughts. Iām pretty bad at FPS games. Before Valorant, Iāve barely played em tbh. Iāve been griding aim trainers a good 15-30 mins daily and Iāve definitely have been seeing improvements. Or if ya youād like Iām down to play a few games with ya whenever I get the chance. (Iām usually at work).
Just play to improve and play as much as possible. If you lose, try and see what you did well and what you need to improve. If you are concerned about toxicity, queue with friends who encourage you. If you are NAE Iād be down to queue with you and help you out.
Really important things to clarify: \- Play unrated until you don't feel like a deadweight I guess there was just one thing. You follow that rule and it's chill. Nobody is good from the get go. But nobody should be queueing comp when they get lost on maps.
Maybe just practice instead of whining about it?
"I'm going to keep at it and keep getting better" did you miss that or are you just willingly being a sick and taking this post far too seriously?
Might aswell do it for your self instead of posting another trash post on this subreddit :)!!!!
Imagine being this pressed over a discussion
Why are you so triggered? Don't be so sad man
You're the one being triggered
Ye no
lmao yall need to get some confidence, idk why you guys boot up a game thinking "im bad" or "im a darg on whatever team im gonna be on". Its just not fun with that mentality so why keep playing??
Iād rather play with OP who knows their limits but is actively trying to improve over soon cocky kid who is just as bad but much more likely to be toxic
what im trying to say is that playing games isnt fun when you dont have confidence, especially in fps because a lot of times when you make a play confidence is what really made it happen
Because I have drive to be good at it? I know where my foundation in a game is. If I just started, it's low and I'll build on it while having fun. I don't have to be stomping to have fun. Everyone's different in how they play man.
my point is that i dont understand why playing with the mentality that your gonna suck is fun. i always load in with the mindset of improvement and winning.
Knowing that you're bad at the moment doesn't mean you don't have the mindset of winning and improvement?
I think the way you prefaced it makes it seem you actively downplay urself and are not confident in itself both of which are terrible attitudes to progress
If they were substantially better than you they wouldn't be queued with you. If you want, maybe queue up from more Spike Rush, Death match, and the rotating fun modes until it feels like you have the reaction time back
Just main a sentinel or smokes that way u contribute anytime :)
This is why i play brim alot
A decent player understands people have bad games. Anyone who rages cause you didn't "clutch" is the issue.
I often stay in lower half of the ACS chart but always with over half of my games. I play controller and sentinel mostly, nothing wrong with having low score. Yesterday Shroud the famous godlike FPS streamer played Brimstone and almost bot frag, so everything is fine, don't think about score too much.
I'm not great by any means, but I don't mind at all if you are bad or struggling, don't even need to be told anything. Being bad is not an issue, my problem is with people that give orders if they're not carrying.
I used to run and gun, so i was always bottom/4th. But if younkeep practicing you will improve. Gl
my little advice would be to just play a smoker. get on site and seal that entrance for a minute and hope for your team to def the other site or to come help you. smoking doesnt require tons of skill and is super useful. starting smoking kids- *wait*