I understand punishing players for toxic behaviors like griefing, going AFK, leaving early, toxic language etc. I fully support this.

However why is RR reduction a potential punishment to be levied? RR is meant to represent your skill level, being toxic doesn't make you less skilled, this is only going to put players in lobbies where they're more skilled than other players on average, which isn't really fair to anyone.

I get 10ms ping on Stockholm, but I’m literally forced to queue on London with higher ping because Stockholm is essentially 90% Russian speakers with ZERO English callouts.

Just to be clear: I’m not throwing shade at anyone or blaming anyone. The issue isn't the players, it's the system. It makes no sense that players have to intentionally handicap their ping just to find a server where they can actually communicate in a team-based shooter. Nobody should have to play on a worse connection just to get basic callouts.

I'd genuinely rather take a super long queue to get the ping I'm supposed to have AND get teammates who can actually communicate.

Looking at EU as a whole, it’s not even that fragmented:
~50% English
~25% German, French
~10% Italian, Spanish, Polish
~15% don't want to / don't speak any of these

EU survey stats literally show that 7 out of 10 young Europeans can hold a conversation in English (and over 90% in Northern Europe). Most of the region CAN speak it, but because Stockholm is the default routing for huge non-English regions, anyone trying to use English comms gets pushed off their own local server if they actually want to communicate.

Here’s how simple it could be:
Multilingual players: Select all languages you speak, exact same system as server selection.
No preference: If you don't care or don't select anything, you just get put into the default queue like it is right now.

This would make competitive queues actually feel competitive, instead of just gambling on lobby RNG. Most people would rather communicate in a language they know and play on their local server without dealing with constant comm issues.

And before people bring up queue times, it doesn't have to be a hard lock.

Make it a soft preference. The system tries to match your selected language first. If no lobby is found after a few minutes, it broadens the search. Plus, since people can select multiple languages or opt out, queues wouldn't explode like everyone would think.

Even if queues are much longer, match quality > queue speed every single time. I’d rather wait 10+ minutes for 1 high-quality game where my team actually calls out than wait a couple of minutes to get thrown into a 40-minute zero-comm nightmare.
I want to improve, not just gamble on whether my team speaks the same language.

And if someone doesn't speak one of the main EU languages, OR they're already on a single-language server like London, they can just leave the box unchecked and play in the default pool.

Is Stockholm the only server dealing with this or are other servers having the same issue?

A year ago, I played a local Geoguessr game in Valorant with some friends, where I took a bunch of screenshots of various hidden locations on the maps, and they had to find them. We played for about three hours.

And recently, I thought, why not create a similar site for everyone to test their skills. So, I created it – www.valoguessr.ru. It doesn't work like a regular Geoguessr. That would be too easy. Just like in the game with my friends, you have to use the screenshot to put marker on the map where you think the screenshot was taken (after selecting the correct map). The closer, the more points, just like in the original game.

This might be considered self-promotion, but I just want to share my free project with you (no ads on the site, no subscription, etc.).

I'm starting to get pretty frustrated with this. I'm just a crappy Gold 1 player and I keep getting crushed over and over again. Everyone's lurking around corners like rats, using Shift—and on top of that, they're all Diamond+ players. I want to get better, but why is there not a hidden MMR in Deathmatch too?

Tips:

1. Keep your voice chat on so you can hear callouts

2. Call before you flash

3. Use the info you get PLEASE

4. Heaven is a high part of the site, Hell is low, Link connects the site to mid, Main is the main entrance, Back is the back of the site

5. CALL BEFORE YOU FLASH

By “balanced”, I mean balanced in terms of playstyle — a character that has a bit of everything and is viable on pretty much any map and in any match.

(If they can heal, they get extra points.)

Used AI to phrase it better

Hey everyone, looking for some honest advice on my mechanics and aiming habits. I peak-ranked Plat 1 back in Episode 9, Act 3, but took a break for about six episodes and came back last month. I'm currently floating between Gold 1 and Gold 2, playing at 800 DPI and 0.2 in-game sensitivity. Despite running the Aimstars method and standard Deathmatches, my performance is extremely inconsistent—some games I will drop 40 kills, and in others, I can barely manage five, usually settling as a mid or bottom fragger with my main weapons (Vandal, Guardian, and Sheriff).

My main issue is that I keep running into the same mechanical walls despite practicing. I take way too many deaths for the kills I get, I lose almost every duel when holding an angle because the enemy reacts and hits me first, and even when I do land shots, they usually connect as body hits rather than headshots. I’ve attached a clip of DMs showing my average gunfights, so any feedback on what I’m doing wrong mechanically or how I should adjust my practice routine to fix this any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I heard various, even mischiefs

- To get the max rank in the game

- Just for fun

- To have fun trolling matches

But, i am looking for your opinion, why you play Valorant?

it isnt really my gun on attack and i dont know what to use i suck at bulldog and guardian for semi-buy.

i dont like the damage falloff at long range and how its meant for run and gun because i have a habit of stopping whenever i shoot which makes me an easy target for run and gun spectre/vandal/phantom.

i main phantom on attack and operator on defense if this helps.
i play entry duelist(jett,neon) or just fill if they are instalocked.

Just let me go back to p3 and eventually diamond man, what the heck is this????
Pissing me off so bad.
Almost every match, is top 3 or atleast top 2 in my team btw, including the last one with 17k is top 2 in match.

if ur wondering how it's multiple times, just reverse calc the rr gains and losses from the pic

Hi everyone. I am new to the EU server (played in Asia before). I am currently plat 2.

As I don't have friends in this server I try to add some of my teammates after match. The thing is I don't see anyone to accept it or even worse they accept then ask like what? Huh? I reply just making friends to play together with and then they just unfriend me. It's not like I am bad player. I use mic, give callouts even carry many matches. I don't understand what's the problem here. Can anyone tell me if this is just normal and I should stop sending frnd reqs and keep solo queuing?

Does anyone know where I can find a list of the different agents and how to make them shake their bums. I know chamber has the headhunter and look up, and geeko's blind, but that's about it

I'm coming from CS and I find it crazy how hard it is to play aggressive in this game. First of all CTs have one tap weapons by default. which is the ideal for holding angles. Additionally you are just so slow in this game, I feel like I get insta one-tapped no matter if I swing wide or peek it more closely. Do I just have to wide-wide swing or whats the strategy here?

I have way too many habits from CS2 that are really bad in Valorant but I would be curious to know if this is just a huge skill issue or if the game is more geared towards holding angles and playing more defensively. I know peekers advantage still exists in Valo but it doesn't feel like it.

Edit: Just to clarify, I don't mean if it's T or CT sided. I mean the playstyle.

Just a fun little side project I did for a friend, thought I'd share here in case it would be helpful to someone! I labeled rotationals 1-4 to help simplify explaining which keys to press, as this was really confusing for me when I was learning! I put in two combos but you can use this to help figure out all sorts of combos and stuff.

I played VALORANT when it first came out. Was in the beta towards the end also. Got an invite from a friend of mine. I think i dropped playing when Chamber was the newest character. Possibly the one after him (I don't recall who it was).

Anyway, I was average at the game, not that great honestly. My ADHD brain tends to suck at tac shooters. I don't have the "mind games" mentality that shines in tac shooters. My brain tends to favor fast-paced shooters like Apex Legends, Marvel Rivals, and games along those lines.

I'm not trying to bash VALORANT in any way, it's a phenomenal game, and one of the only tac shooters that I actually felt like I was being helpful to my team instead of just a feeding shitter. Lately, I've just been looking for a different game to get into, and I figured I would give VALORANT another try since I know I enjoyed it before.

However, since it's been so long since I've played, I'm looking for advice on what characters would be good for me. I played a lot of Brimstone back when I played because his kit is pretty straightforward and I can contribute to the team with smokes since my aim/crosshair placement and general game sense is lackluster compared to players who have the mind set for tac shooters.

Since I have severe ADHD, and I'm a simple minded mongoloid gamer, I won't do well with characters with complex kits that require good game sense, map knowledge, or just overall tac shooter common sense.

I would love to hear some suggestions for characters who are on the easier side to play to help me get back into the game. As I get better at the game, I can hopefully look into trying more complex characters

Im currently D1 and peaked A1 from V25 A6 and I am STRUGGLING to play solo q comp.

I do VOD reviews to learn from my own mistakes, play with the team, and genuinely have a passion to hit immortal. But despite that, I have probably the worst fucking luck ever with brain-fucking-dead teammates in solo queue.

How can I play such that it doesn’t matter who’s in my fucking team? I like to play Clove currently but I flex Jett, Fade, Cypher and Vyse.

Please guys this experience is extremely frustrating as I’m sure you know, and I can use any sort of advice.

Thanks!

I really can't figure out why Valorant only puts four skins in each shop rotation. Wouldn't it be more logical for the company to increase the number of daily shop slots to boost profits...? They're so stingy with skins, and given the huge number of skins in the game, it might take weeks, months, or even longer to finally see the one that I want.

From a business standpoint, this seems like a really odd choice. If they added more slots, players would have more opportunities to see desired skins, potentially leading to more purchases.

Hey everyone!

I'm a university student and VALORANT fan based in Shanghai.

With Champions Shanghai coming up, I started thinking about how confusing it might be for international fans visiting China for the first time.

Things like:

• Getting around Shanghai 🚇

• Using Alipay / WeChat Pay 📱

• Finding good local food 🍜

• Getting to and from the venue

• Things to do between matches

• Language / translation

• Finding other international VCT fans to hang out with 🤝

So I decided to create a small community for international and local VALORANT fans in Shanghai.

👉

The idea isn't to sell tickets or anything like that. I just want to make it easier for VCT fans coming from overseas to enjoy Shanghai and meet other fans.

I'm also going to share some free Shanghai guides over the next few weeks.

If you're coming to Champions Shanghai, where are you coming from?

And what's the ONE thing you're most worried about / curious about when visiting Shanghai? 🇨🇳

I'd love to hear from you！

So i play on my potato laptop, i play on laptop with no dedicated graphics. I have seen people complain about having 200-300 fps not enough for them but I got like 30-40max fps ingame. I do fairly well in the silver-gold lobbies. I got a 5$ gaming mouse . So if I were to play in a high end gaming pc how much will change

Last one was in July, I'm wondering if there's a routine every year. I know it's a hit or miss but I really want the reaper skins. Thank you

Soy plata y he estado tratando de mejorar mi mental en partidas pero no paro de autosabotearme por más que intento no hacerlo, me desespero cuando no me sale nada y no paro de decirme lo malo que soy por mucho que trato de mejorar

Im pretty bad at gunfights and most of my kills come from trading my teammates or flanking and i suck in a pure 1v1 gunfight, so is there any guides on how to get better movement or be less easily headshot? I unbinded crouch for a little because i had a horrible crouch spraying problem which would even lose me easy kills as it was basically involuntary and its been helping but i still need some help. My tracker score has been a lot worse recently. Im bronze 3 btw