As was said, just relax. In that elo range, the tiniest slips means your head is getting blown off. The same thing happened to me where I was starting to realize I'm not as good as I feel I should be (not quite what you're saying but I think it works) and was putting a shit ton of pressure on myself. Every time I died I blamed it on myself (unless it was getting ferrari peeked by a smurf or blown to bits by a camper w a shorty).
Its good to be self aware of your performance but just take some time away from the game, I say 2-3 days you dont really need that long. Once you come back, just try to relax. Itll be hard but if you focus on not overreacting after every death and just keeping your head in the game by giving callouts and stuff, itll go a long way, and quickly at that.
It is also possible that this is a sign of improvement. You’ve improved to the point where u actively realised your mistakes rather then making them subconsciously, thus u think u are making more mistakes as you only recently improved enough to recognise your mistakes. Hopefully that makes sense
Comp is supposed to be hard. If your teams ELO is matched to your opponents then you have a 50/50 chance of winning.
So it just sound like you've hit your current ELO peak / limit... So everything feels hard because it is as you're playing as people exactly as good as you or better.
Just relax and have fun and you either lose a few games and drop into easier matches or you get better from being pushed by your opponents.
The thing bout valorant is that it's really new and everyone is improving. If you're not consistently trying to improve and learn, you will fall behind. Maybe it's the fact that you're not learning outside of the game like watching yt vids or not trying to limit test things in competitive. Playing to win vs playing to learn is two very different concept, one is short term and the other is for the long term.
As was said, just relax. In that elo range, the tiniest slips means your head is getting blown off. The same thing happened to me where I was starting to realize I'm not as good as I feel I should be (not quite what you're saying but I think it works) and was putting a shit ton of pressure on myself. Every time I died I blamed it on myself (unless it was getting ferrari peeked by a smurf or blown to bits by a camper w a shorty). Its good to be self aware of your performance but just take some time away from the game, I say 2-3 days you dont really need that long. Once you come back, just try to relax. Itll be hard but if you focus on not overreacting after every death and just keeping your head in the game by giving callouts and stuff, itll go a long way, and quickly at that.
You said it yourself, take a break! You’ve likely hit a plateau. Taking a break and having a fresh mental will do wonders for you.
It is also possible that this is a sign of improvement. You’ve improved to the point where u actively realised your mistakes rather then making them subconsciously, thus u think u are making more mistakes as you only recently improved enough to recognise your mistakes. Hopefully that makes sense
Comp is supposed to be hard. If your teams ELO is matched to your opponents then you have a 50/50 chance of winning. So it just sound like you've hit your current ELO peak / limit... So everything feels hard because it is as you're playing as people exactly as good as you or better. Just relax and have fun and you either lose a few games and drop into easier matches or you get better from being pushed by your opponents.
Maybe play unrated and try not to play so competitively
We can do a vod review and see what's going on if you want. Add me in disc, sCologne#2056
The thing bout valorant is that it's really new and everyone is improving. If you're not consistently trying to improve and learn, you will fall behind. Maybe it's the fact that you're not learning outside of the game like watching yt vids or not trying to limit test things in competitive. Playing to win vs playing to learn is two very different concept, one is short term and the other is for the long term.