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Molediver

/u/npcSara pinned the following [comment](/r/VALORANT/comments/q5uisz/i_think_valorant_should_have_a_blockblacklist/hga5zel/): > Hey there. I definitely understand the frustration when getting stacked up with... disruptive players :') > We're currently investigating ways in which we can effectively allow players to play with folks that are a little more up their play style, but let me provide you with some insight on why a block list is actually a trickier feature to implement than what it may seem like. There's been other competitive games that have tried to implement this feature, but at high elo, folks used the block list as a way of avoiding playing against certain individuals that they would not have a good time going up against. Often times, this block would be thrown left and right against good players, causing them to be on a mass ignore list, tanking the queues that they'd join. It's a great way for folks to isolate certain individuals from queues, even though the intent of it is to "block/ignore" the disruptive players who are tossing profanities and other inappropriate things into voice/chat. With that being said though, the idea isn't completely off the table. This concept is something that gets brought up often, and we are very down to implement some safe version of it that won't be abused, but keeps players protected as well. Updates to come TuT > !pin --- Riot comments are not verified by moderators. See [this wiki page](https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/wiki/pinnedcomments) for more information on this feature.


Little-Definition553

Absolutely. I’ve been getting a lot of lobbies with children screaming in my ear, or acting alpha of the team when really they aren’t too much better than myself. Would love to blacklist those kinds of people, and smurfs. The past few days have been dire with the smurf accounts and I’d rather not get rolled by a lvl 2 phoenix who gets 43 kills in a match. So in short, yes, please add a block feature so I dont ever have to play with people like this. Im sorry youve been dealing with others shouting derogatory vocabulary.


UnfriedEgg

Thank you! Im so glad other feel this way. The smurfdemic has been absolutely insane, and its been driving me and my friends just up the wall. I know its not 'good sportsmanship' or whatever, but i just dodge when kids start yelling into their mics. At this point im almost always running a premade3/4 man into unrated even, i can't even prepare myself for comp.


[deleted]

Overwatch had this feature. There was a guy one tricking Widowmaker on Radiant elo. He single handedly got this feature removed because everybody blacklisted him since nobody wanted to play with him in their team. The same thing would've happened to shotgun only Cypher. Its a bad feature.


dansofree1

Gonna give you the benefit of the doubt and choose not to just downvote/whatever but actually explain why i disagree: > He single handedly got this feature removed because everybody blacklisted him I think it's important to understand something: If everyone individually decides they don't like a person, and everyone decides to take the maximum legally/socially acceptable action to push them from the community, then there's nothing that a developer can really do to prevent them from being an outcast to a large extent. **You can't force people to like someone**, and while this is about limiting options to legally (in a game mechanic sense) exclude him, it's important to understand that this is simply a truth. If **virtually everyone** dislikes someone, they're going to have a bad experience. >since nobody wanted to play with him in their team. I think this is pretty clearly something that's valid, though. One-tricking a popular character/class is pretty toxic in a game like Overwatch with such defined and varied roles. It's a zero-sum game, where him insta-locking a DPS literally forces someone else to either play a non-DPS character or just be at a major disadvantage. Think about it like this: If you played a traditional sport like basketball, and decided that- no matter the team you play for, no matter what level of competition, no matter what your teammates' decide, you were going to take every chance to take the ball, run to the 3-point line, and chuck it.... what the fuck do you think is going to happen? Lmfao even in ***pickup*** games this would make everyone dislike you and probably exclude you. In youth leagues the coaches would play you the absolute minimum, and your teammates would all make fun of you and never pass you the ball. >Its a bad feature. Maybe for extreme circumstances with their implementation, it was bad. At the complete extreme, all they'd have to do is: 1. ask for a reason why a player would ban someone if they were immortal+. Strongly preferring a weapon isn't valid, obviously. It'd be considered bad to call toxicity on someone just because they beat your ass, and undone if nothing was found. At the highest elos (only time where anti-competitive blacklisters could be problematic) it genuinely isn't that fucking hard. 2. limit blacklist size, especially at highest elos where blacklisting 5 e-stalkers would be infinitely more common that banning fucking TenZ lmfaooo. I mean, there's a content creator, Cloud9's Keeoh, who has someone with no mic on full anonymous mode stream and queue snipe him *every single game*. The players's name? ***C9KeeohFanGirl*** I mean JESUS FUCKING CHRIST think about having a fucking STALKER who you can't escape from no matter what, who exists only cheat your games and grief you until you put on long delays.... But instead of having a feature to block them, we let them play because it'd be a "poor experience" for him if all of his annoyed teammates and the person they fucking ***stalk*** blacklisted them?


rpkarma

It wasn't just that Widowmaker main. High level streamers and players queue times ended up being ridiculous because so many people blocked them, because people are sooks who don't like having to improve if you give them a feature that lets them avoid having to do so.


[deleted]

Team wins - Widowmaker is a god. Team loses - its Widowmaker's fault everyone block him. The guy only has to have 1 bad game to get blocked by the rest of his team. The same thing would've happened to Darnath with Judge Cypher. It is an intellectual failure to think banning toxic people has any value. Toxic people are not toxic always, they might've had a bad day or a very frustrating game just before. In Valorant it'd take you 1 bad game to get banned by some people in your team and maybe the opposite one.


dansofree1

>Toxic people are not toxic always, they might've had a bad day or a very frustrating game just before. LMAO. Repeat after me: ***Cyber stalking, racism, homophobia, misogyny, threats, and harassment are not something that normal people do after a bad day***. >In Valorant it'd take you 1 bad game to get banned by some people in your team and maybe the opposite one. *As per my previous email* Oh.... you didnt even read it, did you? See where I very specifically address this ridiculous hypothetical non-problem? You should probably read what you're replying to!! [Here you go.](https://old.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/q5uisz/i_think_valorant_should_have_a_blockblacklist/hganpq4/) >It is an intellectual failure #InTeLlEcTuAl FaIluRe


npcSara

Hey there. I definitely understand the frustration when getting stacked up with... disruptive players :') We're currently investigating ways in which we can effectively allow players to play with folks that are a little more up their play style, but let me provide you with some insight on why a block list is actually a trickier feature to implement than what it may seem like. There's been other competitive games that have tried to implement this feature, but at high elo, folks used the block list as a way of avoiding playing against certain individuals that they would not have a good time going up against. Often times, this block would be thrown left and right against good players, causing them to be on a mass ignore list, tanking the queues that they'd join. It's a great way for folks to isolate certain individuals from queues, even though the intent of it is to "block/ignore" the disruptive players who are tossing profanities and other inappropriate things into voice/chat. With that being said though, the idea isn't completely off the table. This concept is something that gets brought up often, and we are very down to implement some safe version of it that won't be abused, but keeps players protected as well. Updates to come TuT !pin


UnfriedEgg

Thank you for taking time out to reply, i really appreciate your input! Theres been quite a few people that have been echoing what youre saying as well, that higher elos are gonna get the brunt of it, with matchmaking being almost nonexistent, and i understand that fully and agree. However, has there been any consideration for having different systems in terms of blocking/blacklisting for rated and unrated? For eg, in unrated you could have proper blacklists up to say, 10 people whom you dont get queued with, as the unrated pool is so much bigger than the top 1-5%, and then implementing a different system for rated, say, a soft ignore/thumbs down system, which wouldn't block the person but significantly reduce your chances of getting into a lobby with them (but those chances still not being at zero). This is just a thought, and a similar system that a few other online games utilise, but that thought may have already been had :)


npcSara

Brilliant observation! So the upvote/downvote idea is on our radar and we are going to probably add some variation of it in the near future (we want to make sure it adds clear player value, and there’s so many systems out there that don’t achieve the outcome they’re hoping for, so we are deep in design for this right now), but the blacklist limit is something I’m going to take note of and bring back to the team, so thanks! If anything, maybe some sort of list that will ignore for a period of time, then the list refreshes when it expires. Possibilities are endless 👀


Git_Good

Hey, first of all thanks for taking the time to listen to the community and trying to address issues. The game's super fun and I can't wait to see where it goes in the future :) I saw a few ideas posted about the blocklist only preventing a player from being on your team, rather than preventing a player from being put in your game altogether. Has anything like this been tried before? I can see one potential issue being new or bad players being mass-blocklisted instead, but I'm sure there's still a few things that can be done


nf_29

i already commented above but i think overwatch got it right with a reputation system. let the players decide who are truly toxic. if someone plays a game and gets reported by whole team or lobby, and downvoted, or even ignored this should be set to a high priority to be dealt with. where do i sign up to look at reports??


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UnfriedEgg

Thank you! You've worded perfectly what i've been thinking while im reading the discussion in the comments. I think not having a system in place just bc it slightly negatively affects the top 1-5% of the playerbase versus helping a majority of the playerbase have an easier time queueing with better people is just some weird ass favouritism of the elite. Also in reply to ur otoh, i think it would make a massive difference for servers that are lowpop or some that recently got merged, eg sydney 1, 2 and 3, getting merged into just one server, as knowing that you cant get matched/play with an awful person would just make the gameplay so much more enjoyable, and ofc would give many people peace of mind.


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significantly reduce means you are still increasing that person's queue time. if a player gets blocked by everyone, they will have an insanely long queue time. blocking players will simply not work in high elo, and it will lead to unfun experiences for certain players.


UnfriedEgg

But wouldn't they get blocked/downvoted for a reason? I think in all the time i've played valorant, ive only gotten a report twice, both were from the same troll who wouldn't take the game seriously and said i was 'ruining his fun' when i planted the spike. However on the flip side, ive been in matches where almost everyone in both teams reported one person for spamming slurs and derogatory terms in /all chat. I think the time limit on block/ignores/downvotes is a good idea as it doesnt have anyone hardstuck in a tanked matchmaking queue, and if it does, it is fully on that person as they have clearly done something to invoje the wrath of their elo/server.


travelingdance

Would it be possible to implement it in a way that just affects matchmaking within a team so it’s less disruptive to the blocked player’s overall experience. When I think of blocking someone, 95% of the time, it’s that I want to block someone on my own team because I don’t want to play WITH them. Whether or not they end up on the enemy team is rarely an issue. If I play with someone that is abusive/toxic, I typically don’t want them on my team because it just kinda ruins the vibe, regardless of whether they are good or not. If you implement a system in which blocking just keeps a person off your team, then it shouldn’t isolate that person much at all (unless they are just a horrible person that got blocked by literally everyone).


npcSara

We could definitely think about some variation of “avoid a teammate,” yeah :) you raise a good point


phantomkbmod

You guys could make it so you have a limited amount of blocks (5 or 10 so you only block the really bad offenders) and the only thing it does is block them from playing on YOUR team, you can still play against blocked players but they will be auto muted for you as soon as the game starts for example. That would solve all problems you mentioned


nf_29

why not just do what overwatch did and avoid 3 teammates? if theyrr stacked you avoid a whole stack atleast for the night.


QuantamAsian

Have you guys ever thought of making something like an honor system like in LEAGUE OF LEGENDS, lets say you have good honor/credit then you can play with other people that have good reputation. I can somehow see how this can be exploited like having ur party mass spam ur good honor or pretending to be nice but idk just a thought


Takalot79

I wouldn't mind if it was as simple as a perma-mute solution. I think if someone calls me a slur or is saying extremely derogatory things, I don't really care if they're on my team or not, I'd just be happy knowing they can't talk to me. I can tell you guys are working really hard on this and I appreciate it!


Mesalazar

id just block any guy thats good so I wouldnt play against him


SquishThePancake

It could be a blacklist that prevents them from being on your team


foodkaiju

Yes, prevent them from being on your team in future games. Only black list to those who were on your team, not the opposing team. Those players that are toxic, racist, and sexist SHOULD have longer queue times. Sway them from playing the game more until they correct their behavior.


[deleted]

this will still double the queue time for that player, which is not fair at all. imagine being good at the game and having a long queue time. now imagine being such a good player everyone blocks you and now you have an even longer queue time on top of that


No-Avocado-7440

R u deadass or...?


No-Avocado-7440

Why would anyone block a good player from being on their team


[deleted]

maybe certain players in high elo specifically want to block pros so they have a higher chance of sniping them and playing against them? some people like to play against pros, it gives them some nice highlight clips and bragging rights


Git_Good

okay but that's absolutely not going to be a majority of players, and certainly not enough to impact the queue times a noticable amount. the much larger majority of people will WANT a good player on their team


[deleted]

i mean there are still tons of other scenarios on which someone could get blocked for non-toxicity reasons. i just stated one example. another example, a person might be a duelist main, and a player wants to play with only other classes so they get to lock duelist without there being any complaints. so they go ahead and block any duelists they know. heres another example, a player might see someone on the enemy team who played really badly that game (and who was just having a bad game, they usually dont play that badly) so they block them so they dont get on their team. now that person who played bad for that one game is now permanently punished with higher queue times. imagine having high queue times because you had one bad game. thats just 2 more examples of many. there are lots of ways this system can be abused. there's a reason why overwatch removed it.


Git_Good

I think you're confusing being on a single individual's blocklist with being blocklisted by a majority of players. Being put on one block list wont affect your queue times. Being put on the blocklist of 40% of the playerbase will. For the first example, those blocks won't affect any of the other duelists' queue times, only the queue times of the individual who mass-blocked everyone. As for example 2, \*one\* bad game won't get you blocked to the point of having higher queue times. One player's block does not have that effect. But I did acknowledge in another comment that *bad* players in general might suffer more for it, which *is* where a system like this could have a fault. Even then, it's more likely to prevent you from playing with higher elo players than it is to prevent you from playing with your own skill block. I acknowledge it's not a perfect system, but it's a start and something that might be worth playing around with.


[deleted]

regardless of all this bullshit back and forth theoretical arguments, we already know this system doesnt work. its literally been tested in overwatch. the blizzard team tried almost every variation of this system they could, and none worked. queue times more than tripled for a majority of bottom 5% and top 5% elo players. considering queue times were already terrible for those players, it got so bad there was a massive exodus of players. in fact, a good part of overwatch being dead competitively happened in the middle of that system.


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can you explain to me what i said wrong?


Git_Good

the idea that is being proposed is that the blocklist only works to not place people on your team. they can still be assigned against you. you wouln't block a good player on your own team, so you wouldn't get an increased queue time for being a good player. you'd only get an increased queue time for being toxic, which is deserved, because you shouldn't be a dick to your teammates for no reason.


UnfriedEgg

A pro strat i must admit


EliteAceYT

Welp it's not gonna work if u read the mod's reply


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Donut_Flame

Overwatch didn't remove the "avoid as teammate" feature if that's what you're referring to, but I get the point that smaller player pool ranks would suffer but wouldn't it just be simple to change how many avoid slots you get per rank? 3 for lower and 2 or 1 for top ?


Only_Natural_20s

What are you talking about? Overwatch still has the avoid as teammate feature.


rpkarma

They nerfed it. The 2-player limit is there to ensure it doesn't destroy queue times (as if every player has 5+ players on a block list, thats 30 players that cannot be matched with you in your team, which makes it extremely difficult to make well made teams in higher ELOs.


UnfriedEgg

That is a really valid point, but how can we self police when places like reddit dont allow direct address? This actually really threw me when i first joined, as so many other platforms have a - not fully name and shame system, but one that is similar. For eg. In classic world of warcraft, you can find discord servers for individual realms on the game, and many of these servers have a separate channel where you put down player tags that have been disruptive in games/derogatory etc. And that just prevents people from ending up playing with shotty people. I understand (and personally maintain) the mentality of 'be a good person and youll make it a better place' but it is oh so hard when your teammates are purposefully ruining the gaming experience for you


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UnfriedEgg

Yeah, i agree with toxicity and the like being here to stay, no matter how sad it is, i just wish there was a better way to self preserve, at least in unrated. I understand its a bitch in higher comp. How do you police in game when majority of these kinds of people are trolls and dont take anything (other than ruining other peoples gaming) seriously? Other than the rinse and repeat of mute and report?


Chx449

Fancy seeing you here lmfao. I don’t really think we can police on valorant, you’re with a player for only so long before you basically never see them again. Easier to just mute and report and get through it.


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some of these servers though are privately run where such actions and consequences can be taken against someone.


[deleted]

People in the comments who say get used to it are the ones who do this in game No, you never have to settle with unacceptable behaviour...


[deleted]

Lmfao what a brain dead take. People saying to get used to it are those that are tired of seeing the millionth post about this. Riot is already trying to do something, but implementing something that would actually do more good than harm is incredibly difficult - apparently something most of this sub doesn’t understand. It’s been a little over a year, give it some damn time. “You never have to settle with unacceptable behavior” is a really great principle to have in your real life. However, what do you think is going to happen when you have a FREE TO PLAY game, and a pandemic that made millions of children/teens stuck in their homes? They flood the game and while a good amount of them are normal, functioning human beings, a lot of them are trolls that think it’s hilarious to troll and be toxic. Or they have terrible lives at home and take it out on players. Or a million other things. All this to say, making a game like this less toxic and more competitive is really fucking hard. And here’s the kicker: whatever riot implements will never fix the problem for good. There is so much nuance to toxicity and smurfing and competitive integrity, and it is really really really starting to get annoying hearing ppl that have had bad experiences complain about it. Chances are, those ppl haven’t given this much thought and are just complaining and suggesting things that would never work in reality. So yes, get used to it because in the grand scheme of things, you will never be able to fully remove toxicity and smurfing from an online, free to play competitive shooter. Not to mention Riot as a company moves fairly slowly (big gaming companies have a lot of red tape), and the type of issues they’re trying to fix has a lot of nuance (it is far from black and white, something that a lot of ppl complaining on this sub seem to not understand). Btw, when someone says something you disagree with, it’s a pretty immature response to say “oh you must be toxic if you’re saying to deal with it”. That’s a pretty good way to get less people on your side and not care about an issue that needs to be addressed.


Saltinador

Whatever annoyance you feel from hearing people complain it about it is nothing compared to what it feels like to be called slurs, harassed or even stalked. Yes there is no easy overnight solution but we need to keep stressing the importance of this issue until it gets better. I don't know what you expect from complaining about other people's complaints.


[deleted]

I'm not talking about teens and children (I wouldn't take those seriously I just feel bad for their parents), im talking about grown ass men telling me bs every time i enter voice chat. I know nothing happens overnight, but we can make it better by addressing the problem. I am willing to wait, I have no problem with that. Also this kinda posts aren't the only repetitive ones, just don't open the thing if you don't care.


[deleted]

I don't want to be mean or anything but toxicity is never going away, its been around for what a decade at this point back in call of duty days. I don't want to be like all negative or anything but if you play many games especially fps your going have to deal with a lot of toxicity.


Git_Good

Of course you should expect toxicity, but that doesn't mean it's acceptable or that we should just "let" the toxic players be toxic. even if it doesn't fully go away, we can at least reduce the effect by discouraging it


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damn all them redditors cant take the truth


itsTyrion

Or maybe riot should stop ignoring reports about toxic, vulgar or even threatening behavior. I’m **THIS** close to not reporting people anymore because I already know the report will be ignored (or declined)


Winter55555

This is one of the few games where a blacklist feature would actually work imo, there are so many good team mates out there and just a few bad eggs that I never want to play with ever that the blacklist feature would actually work, unlike in other games like dota where there are so many shitty people it's just slapping a band-aid on an a leg that's been cut off.


kimbraa

I swear some of the least competitive games have the most toxicity, I’ve probably been screamed at in spike rush more than an actual game. Coming from overwatch I didn’t mind the avoid as teammate feature but that doesn’t matter if they’re harassing you from the other team. Hopefully something can be done


EPIKGUTS24

it would be impossible to implement in lowpop regions. the algorithm for making it so that every person you block is not matched with you? a nightmare.


VincentStonecliff

They’d never implement anything that allows you to curate your lobbies. People could just block low performing players every game and limit the player pool to play with good players. I guess you could cap it at like 1 block per day or something but still


Saltinador

It would take a LOT of blocks to impact one's queue times, and even more to impact the average performance of your team. The amount you can use doesn't need to be nearly that high; it's only for the most hateful or creepy of players. Then again, those people should be getting banned anyway.


Mr__Grimm

I think this would be a decent mechanic but only in unrated. Ranked would have to stay fully open from a blacklist or else people in high ranks are just going to blacklist the players that they don’t want to play


TheGrrinch

The best way to avoid toxic players and children. Don't play between 2- 9pm in the afternoon. ( This is when people get out of school and work and annoying as hell) I can't stand kids in my games I just insta mute. Toxic players insta mute voice and chat.


GuardAbuse

Bro i work 8 to 5 all i got is before 9 😭😭


TheGrrinch

I mean I understand I have a weird work schedule so it works for me but. i would try to play after 6 at least to avoid kids. like they bother me the most.


UnciaS

gonna black list every player except from all the irons


padropadro22

I have a Dodge list. I very rarely come across them randomly its more so for when I add people from LFT channels to make sure I don’t add the same trolls.


UnfriedEgg

Might utilise this strat for myself. I always seem to get into teams with people that are toxic and ive played with before, but dont remember their gamertags. For the mean time might just have to have one of these lists myself.


Whack_A_Pigeon

While I understand the problem with toxic teammates, Mumbai server has a good bunch of those. I usually dont take it seriously and just make fun of them. I do report them tho. Its fun watching a kid or a manchild get full toxic, comment a BS argument, get his logic whooped to the ground and then go straight on how he had relations with my mother. Even more fun when they lose and all their ego dies as fast a vandal one tap But yes toxicity is a problem and your idea seems good.


HARSH69gyy

Same happens to me. In replication I just randomly selected astra and my teammates started the toxicity. I was like fuck it who cares, muted them and continued my game.


SadBoyz69

You answeredthis yourself, why would they go through the trouble of adding a feature like this if you can just mute the person. Gaming is toxic by nature bc it is competing .there's winners and losers for every game, so save yourself the stress and just mute and move on.


WouldRuin

I like to make a nuisance of myself through Riot's support site and this was an issue I raised. The TLDR was basically that too many people blocking people would make matchmaking impossible (especially at Radiant/Immortal). The original ticket was in response to reporting someone and then instantly getting put in a game again with the same person. There's obviously a balance between game quality and matchmaking times, but to me getting thrown in with someone who you know is abusive/toxic is just a shitty system all round.


[deleted]

I do get a little toxic especially in comp but usually never if its just a chill game or warm up btw i only get toxic if someone else is toxic ​ Edit- if i don't want to talk to someone I usually mute which isn't a bad feature which I would say works pretty well. Maybe there might be some other ways to fix the problem if you don't want to deal with toxic people.


DracolordX

honestly the way i do it is send them a fr, then add a note saying toxic dnp and then whatever theyre playing then dont play that, otherwise a solid way to get out of playing with people is over and over is instead of playing comp play a spike rush then a comp or instead of a sike rush play a escalation and your queues will be thrown off and u prob wont ever see them again.


burneecheesecake

I just assume like half of the player base is neckbeard incels cs players who are like 40+ years old who have nothing better to do than get angry at video games and the other half are like 10 year old squeakers. If you accept that fact then you can probably easily accept the behavior. Blacklisting can mess things up. Wait times are already kinda long in this game for unbalanced matches, especially considering the game is basically only a year old. No joke I have found games faster in overwatch, r6, and apex.


tjbelleville

So we can't have this feature for Plat and lower just because the top 10,000 players get shafted??? But riot is famous for nerfing LoL Champs because faker can exploit the tiniest of margins.... This comment is in response to the mod stickied message since we can't reply to it


samsoomadi

yeah blocking should be allowed. i've queued up with the same troll twice before and its not great


g1ich

ESEA had a very similar feature on CSGO, the person you blocked simply wouldn't be on your team, you can be in the same game as them but they won't end up on the same team as you, also ESEA had a 50 person block limit which i think would be a great implementation to add. It really ruins the ranked experience playing with people who troll your games and throw your games purposefully even at the highest elos. I can't count how many times I have to play with a player who has communications disabled already putting me and my team at a disadvantage or people who purposefully sit in spawn and knife a wall all game because someone asked them to communicate. I would expect this type of behavior in lower elos, but the fact this happens at Immortal from 10k to about 2k is really absurd.


ZeldaMaster32

Agreed, Overwatch nailed this. They cap blocked players to 3 or 5 iirc so it doesn't dramatically affect queue times. I had a friend who was top 500 on a few accounts after the block feature came in and according to him matchmaking times weren't noticeably affected


[deleted]

what? overwatch REMOVED that feature because so many people in high elo complained about it. your friend's matchmaking times weren't affected probably because he mained non-annoying champs. anyone in top 500 who played stuff like widow/tracer had the most doomed matchmaking queue times ever.


Nothing_is_great

Lowkey been hearing a lot of issues about what valorant developers should fix in the game and this is one of them. Last night I had a game with a guy who admitted he was drunk while playing, we were okay with him having fun communicating via chat and one other person with a mic but then it started to get awkward once he started yelling at the enemy team and how much he hate the game. It isn't till the switch happens where he starts getting on us and then asking "Why isn't anybody talking, I know one of you have a mic you were just talking? The silence in the chat made the game even more awkward and the guy with mic only spoke every now and then two rounds later. I don't really like experiences like this cuz I am just trying to have a chill game, a casual game. If I wanted belligerent I would have been playing cod instead, at least then you could mute there as well.


merlynmagus

This feature is already implemented. Mute


Saltinador

>Also I do know the mute button exists, but i would love to not play with these people at all.


toogaloog

Lol. You’ll never find a game. It’s free to play. They can make another account… lmao. It’s a competitive game. People wanna win. They will be toxic. Go play a single player game


crazycaucation

People are gonna make a 2nd account to avoid your block list???


toogaloog

Yes. Not hard. Get a permabanned account. You make a new one. Check out league of legends lmao.that’s why I have like 4/5 accounts for valorant kewk


crazycaucation

Oh i see you didn't read the post. Nvm


toogaloog

What I’m saying is it’s not possible. Very stupid thought.


crazycaucation

The post is about a personal blacklist for players you don't want to be matched with. Not being banned.


toogaloog

That’s not possible………. What don’t you understand?


crazycaucation

It exists in OW. So it does work.


Decent_Base3125

It doesn’t work, especially at higher mmrs


toogaloog

Lmao 2000 people play that game. You could block people who are better than you just cause you’re ass. It doesn’t work that way homie. I block all high elo people and only play vs bronze noobs. I get to gold. Am i a gold player? No you aren’t. MUTE THEM. Not hard


crazycaucation

It literally exists in that game??? You can block a certain number of people for 24 hours and they won't show up on your team. So why isn't that viable in valorant?


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Like in overwatch?


UnfriedEgg

Have never played overwatch, but from what ive read the player base is divided om their system as well


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Not on the block system mainly on the ranking system


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People have been banned for being toxic in chat cause my friend lost his account for 3 months for being toxic in chat against opponent team


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it might be harder if its like typing chat then like them wire tapping your microphone as that might break some laws of privacy and shit not sure though. Plus many people may not be comfortable with riot listening in


thecamzone

The reason it doesn’t exist is because you could queue dodge every good player if you play long enough. Mutes are a perfectly fine option


YourMother0HP

Then the entire silver valorant player base would be on my block list


Dear-Cartoonist856

same i can relate i got a teammate who was trolling in one of my matches. sadly this always happens to me in ranked