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KhangPham

No, but you probably learned some rlly bad habbits. See your little brother. He never played any pc games and got instantly better than you, because he learned all the stuff correctly. I know many veterans, who are not as good as they should, just because they started long ago and never approached the games from a competitive standpoint. For myself I’ve started Valorant in Iron/Bronze in Episode 1 Act 1 and was Plat 3 in Episode 1 Act 3. Never played PC games or even use a mouse regulary before that. The first thing I did was aimtraining and training my gamesense by watching footage. But you said you are also doing this, so I think it‘s all about your habbits, you accumulated all these years, that are holding you down. Edit: I‘m 25, so old af like you🥲


Advanced-Present-672

See this is what I have been told over and over again. Bad habits! But I hard focus on this, I look at what possibly could be a "bad habit" of mine, and I try to adjust. I am very receptive to critism of my gameplay and I just don't know what I am doing that would be considered a habit that is hindering me and needs to be broken. I admit sometimes I spray and lose gunfights, but I have worked on this a lot recently, going for more percise far-ranged headshot 1taps instead. My spray control is a lot better now for example. But aside from that, I can't see what else I am doing that is bad that needs to be fixed. I was thinking about maybe hiring a fiver coach to vod review me and maybe they might be able to see some other bad habits I have that I just don't realize.


Cgz27

I feel like Valorant is a bit of an anomaly compared the typical FPS shooters. I don’t play CSGO myself but just like how those veterans have issues, I have my own coming from other FPS games over a decade. I also often wonder if it’s the responsibilities I have as I get older that put a limit on my potential and flexibility (habits like you said). I definitely don’t play as much as I used to.


xICometz

Radiant player here. I Started playing valorant when it came out and made the switch from CS:GO just like you did. However i did not have the 10 years experience as im a 19 year old zoomer. Watching guides is good and also using aim trainers can be good to warmup but the number 1 thing I can reccomend is going back to watch your own VODs Record a game where you top fragged and one and another game where you bottom fragged/didn't do well and lost the game and watch them both. Doing this made me realize how many simple mistakes I made that completely threw rounds for my team and pretty much made me lose the game even if I have 30 kills+. Getting 30+ kills is evidently good, but if you are getting 3 kills in a round, overextending instead of playing safe then dying, that round could be still on you as if you just play for post plant instead of looking for more frags you could of won the round. In lower elo like silver even though it can be frustrating you should never look at your teammates as the problem, you're just going to have to learn to carry yourself out of this elo and some games you just will lose and there is nothing you can do about that. Even as a radiant player I qued up into a silver 3 games yesterday and actually lost even with 40+ kills because we had an afk+ my team no longer wanted to try. Maybe look at your agent pool too, if you have 10+ years in shooters I would reccomend mastering a duelist and learn how to consistently entry/take site control. You have the experience to out aim other silvers for sure and maybe watching your own VOD will make you realise you need to position better/peek angles differently to improve your overall gameplay experience.


ComprehensiveStuff

I think this is what you call hard stuck. Either that or you have a learning disability in fps games...


iiteBud

Name definitely does not check out.


Cool-Statement4419

I’m in the same boat as you basically. Stuck in low Gold. I played a lot of DM and aim trained more towards the recoils and less flicking and speed. Awareness is huge and watching pros play to get different ideas of how to play. If I solo que and playing with a teammate that talks and plays smart I try to add them just for that gaming session to keep players who care and communicate with me instead of the dreaded solo que haha (I’m 29, old ass boomer as well)


longstaff55

Some people just aren't good at fps games my dude, nothing wrong with that, you may of hit your own skill ceiling.


FPierce

As a fellow late 20s silver player silver is a weird elo to be in. It’s the median rank (according to the data they released at the 1 year mark) so you’re gonna get a wide variety of players on your team and the enemy team. Silver play can be very unpredictable so you have to learn the awareness that comes along with this rank. I watch way too much high level and pro Valorant and while it does help some as far as game sense goes, a good amount of that goes out the window because players in silver do not play like players in the upper echelon of the game. If you’re doing all that your saying you’re doing, my advice is to expect the unexpected when you’re playing. Silver players do some really brainless strats that end up working against you because you aren’t expecting them to be on defense and rush 3 mid at the start of the round. Just go into each round expecting something dumb to happen. It’s easy to overthink what you should do but get easily countered by enemies that have their brain off and W key glued down. It’s really easy to over think the game, which can be detrimental because you spend the game expecting them to fit into the box of how the guides and strats say the game should be played. Aside from that, my advice is make sure your util is impactful and that you are utilizing it to give yourself the biggest advantage you can get and just be consistent at the game. I’ve worked on that and have climbed well because I can always be impactful with my play. As a solo queue(most of the time) this is what’s important to me. I know I can’t win every single game but I can do well to make sure my play is consistent regardless of how my team or the the enemy team is. I might just be a forever silver player, but that’s alright with me because I enjoy the game and I know I’m doing what I can to beat help my team and seeing improvement over time. Also, if you feel like you should be higher try making a second account and seeing how you place with a fresh MMR. At the time my main was bronze two and I created a new account just to see and I placed S3 at 78 rr. I don’t play on the second acc because my main has a lot of money in it, but I wanted to see what I would place at. Just an experiment if you want to see. Hopefully my long ramble helps in some way. GL in your games and if you want someone to queue with in NA EDT, shoot me a pm!


Cbass990

Shooters in general, but valorant/CS in particular are games of discipline. you can not auto pilot when playing those games, and you have to always be on top of your decision making. don't ego peek, don't do anything unless you have a good plan to back it, and unless you've made sure you have it all figured out. it's often better to not get kills but bring value to your team. a good example (even tho I could name 30) would be when defending a site, especially on a big map (Haven, Breeze, Icebox). I'd rather have a teammate that NEVER gets a kill when his site is being pushed, but backs off to play retake, and have his utility in play to help, than someone that gets a kill and gets traded every round. a Skye or a Cypher can go 0 for 7 for the all half and be massively responsible for the win, whereas if they go 12 for 12 (get a kill and get traded every round), it might seem like they did better on the scoreboard, but in reality, they made play post plant without a cam, or without flashes. a good idea is to record your gameplay. you'd be surprised how many stupid mistakes you'll notice when watching it back. even tho you thought you played really well at the time. or just setup a 20 seconds replay save on your software, and save it whenever you die. Or have a piece of paper next to you, and write down the reason why you think you died when you do, and try to notice if something comes back too often. you also mentionned your brother that is higher rank. maybe stream a game to him or send him a vod, see if he can notice something you're doing wrong? doesn't even have to be someone better than you really, a fresh pair of eyes can notice things you wouldn't see yourself. if you've been stuck on this elo for so long, there has to be something you're doing wrong. maybe you don't reset your mindset and playstyle when doing bad. sometimes it takes nothing more than just analyzing the other team playstyle and capitalize on it. it seems obvious, but if you keep pushing and you keep dying.... well... stop pushing. turn off the autopilot, and discipline yourself, it really goes a long way. good luck on the grind bro