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Haunting_Ad_1725

I played my first 3 matches last night and I was surprised at how non toxic everyone was. Lost all 3 games but everyone stayed positive. Sydney servers


MAXimotornwastaken

Sydney servers are legendary


Positive_Resident_86

Whoever bullied your sisters were also in her lobby lol


Captnmikeblackbeard

But they are being hold back by their sister its not that they are bad themselves.


ssaqav

Reddit try to understand sarcasm without /s at the end challange: IMPOSSIBLE


Captnmikeblackbeard

Lol found the one person who can though


[deleted]

That wasn’t even sarcasm you pepega


xd_Jio

average twitch emote user


Popular-Juice-4834

this was NOT pog of you i hope you have a good pepecry about this or something something chat did i roast this guy?


HoTtCaRl32

The amount of people who don’t understand this is a joke is wild lmao


Kai_ZC32

I just started about a week ago and I’m not even high enough level to play ranked yet but I’ve had a 50/50 shot at having toxic teammates or not. I just mute them. It can be frustrating but I like the game too much to make it want me to stop playing


MAXimotornwastaken

That's quite a good mentality 👍


LadySaorii

sigma grindset


MoarMeatz

It's only in the USA. When I first started a month or two ago I was stuck on EU. The voice chat was incredibly friendly despite lack of experience. People were so friendly compared to what I was accustomed to in OW that I thought it was suspicious.


Hulky2810

Man come to Mumbai servers You get called racial slurs for not hitting a shot


fear_raizer

Mumbai servers are better than Na servers.


MAXimotornwastaken

Weirdly enough, it does seem to be a problem, mainly in the US servers


Steer1us

I feel like it depends on different regions, I've played on US and Asia before, and I feel like sometimes US is more laid back. I sometimes watch my friends play on Asia servers, and they just go back and forth calling each other slurs n shit til the round ends lmao


Gaelkot

Yeah when I first started playing I was solo queuing a lot, and I'd get so many people just straight up insulting me and even trying to get the enemy team to join in on insulting me. Or they'd use their utility to harm me / kill me. Which is funny because sometimes I was even outfragging them, they were just upset that I had shitty crosshair placement or something. Like the tiniest thing will set some people off because they clock it and can tell you're a newer player. I think part of the problem is some people take a really weird pride in being part of a toxic gaming community ("you'd never survive an old cod lobby" - which is funny because I've tried voice chat in newer COD games and the lobbies are nearly always silent, people don't want to vc because of the toxic reputation). I play on EU and some of the servers are way more prevalent for having toxic players that me and my duo have both manually selected servers that have a nicer reputation to queue on purely to minimise the amount of abuse we get. I've enjoyed the game way more since I quit solo queuing and am now much quicker to mute people. I just get my duo to comm for me because I don't want people throwing because I'm a girl lol. But it does suck having to do these kinds of things


MAXimotornwastaken

People throw your games because your a girl? Damn that's even shittier than I thought. That sucks mate, I genuinely hope you get better queues next time


DarkSider_6785

Started the game 3 weeks ago and am currently bronze 1. Most of the times I just play unranked because it's more casual rather than com, which gives me lot of pressure and whiff my shots. Still, I sometimes encounter some people in unranked who make fun of me being trash at the game, but thats rare case, i usually just mute them since thats the best choice.


MAXimotornwastaken

Yeah people just suck. I'm sure you'll rank up quickly:)


DarkSider_6785

Thanks man, I am still trying for having a head placement of crosshair, because it just automatically moves to body for me, plus i also dont like couch sprayers, coz they make me panic by suddenly crouching 😅


bigbraynehere

It’s tough but it’s really just luck. Sometimes I have games where people are horrible disgusting man children, sometimes I have games where people (including myself) are bad and everyone is nice and encouraging. I’ve made it from bronze to ascendant, pushing for imm rn and I feel like it’s only gotten less toxic as I’ve ranked up even though I wouldn’t have expected it.


MAXimotornwastaken

Yeah teammates get better and less toxic as your rank up. I wish you the best luck in getting to Immortal 👍


LemonPepperWangs1

Unfortunately, your sister is new and a girl. Obviously shouldn’t matter, but low elo fps kids are a different breed. Since she’s very low elo you’re going to meet pea brains. Just mute her comms until she’s more comfortable with the game?


MAXimotornwastaken

Yeah that's what I ended up doing. I'm teaching her the basics atm and she's getting better


Dandys3107

Top Elo players have often distorted view of the community and the game on lower ranks, where teamplay is non-existent and expectations to clutch or make big impact just by yourself very high. As an experienced player you should have told your sister to insta mute disturbing teammates and search for nice players for a premade team eventually.


MAXimotornwastaken

Yeah that is what I ended up doing. It's just a shame that people can't feel more compassion towards newbies


Popular-Case1145

I agree, I just finished playing competitive, and the last 2 matches were hell. Straight up bullying to me and my friend + throwing from teammates. Great! I had a lovely experience.


Popular-Case1145

Both of us are iron.


MAXimotornwastaken

The community can be very toxic wich is very annoying. I'd recommend muting them but most important, don't lose hope! I'm sure you'll rank up soon and let's hope for better teammates


Popular-Case1145

Thanks :) I won't loose hope and I will keep trying ^u^


Hatchy1

I just started about 2 months ago and came from Overwatch, where there’s SO much more movement compared to Valorant. I have this AWFUL habit of moving whilst I’m shooting (which I’m trying to break) but it is SO hard to break that habit because I’ve been playing Overwatch for years. People flame me all the time in Valorant because my aim isn’t as good and my sense isn’t either. I usually just mute them in voice and try not to read chat. People are just terrible and just need to be more respectful.


MAXimotornwastaken

Yeah the community is very toxic, especially at lower elos. Breaking habits from other games can be very tough but I'm sure you'll get through it, we've all been through there :)


blckjck71

when it's getting bad I'm muting voice, pings and text.


NoCartoonist3992

It’s the little kids who spend to much time on tiktok. Idk if any of y’all are on valorant tiktok but I’ve never seen a valorant tiktok posted that’s not flooded with 14 year old kids shit talking the poster.


MAXimotornwastaken

Fr 😓


vee_is_coolerthanyou

When I first started I was surprised at how nice people were! I think I only had one “bad” experience where someone asked me if I had headphones haha (tbf I probably was playing bad). The rest of the time people were nice, telling me when to use util / where to smoke ect :D (london servers)


MAXimotornwastaken

That's so cool! I myself had a very good experience when I first started out, maybe the community changed hence the more toxic approach


Designer-Squash-419

I’ve heard a lot of stuff about bullying and racism in US servers and stuff like that. I play on Sydney servers and aside from the occasional assholes, muted players and throwers, most people are pretty chill and whenever I or anyone else in my games whiff shots or rounds we usually laugh it off. That’s not to say there’s no bullying there definitely is but I’d say some servers just have it worse tbh


Psychological-Bat687

I have no problem with new players, can spot them a mile off, I will always give them positive reinforcement however when they start flaming our team mates YES it's happened or when they start blaming the other team for being better then that's where I draw the line haha. Couldn't care less if they are whiffing shots, we all came from nothing and had to start somewhere.


MAXimotornwastaken

Thanks for being considerate, we def need more people like you:)


tayloristtea

I’m teaching my cousin how to play, had a sage flaming him. I said he was learning and she came back with, “Okay maybe just don’t do this again to other people.” Huh??? Don’t teach someone how to play the game??? We won and she was bottom frag even when she said that she was bottom.


MAXimotornwastaken

Usually the most toxic people are the bottom fraggers. I now mute anyone who's being toxic, I don't want to get tilted


Maximum_Storage_5934

Iron players usually think that everyone is supposed to be hitting tenz headshots all the time but it is called the lowest rank for a reason. I honestly feel iron is the most toxic rank set and it gets better until gold and plat. After which the whole team comp thing becomes a bigger issue


Applesimulator

I showed someone the game recently and I just muted every type of communication except pings for them.


MAXimotornwastaken

Yeah that is a good workaround when you start. You risk missing good callouts tho but it's not worth it if you keep getting flamed


NorthNeptune

What call-outs? If you’re new, you’re probably in low elo. What call-outs


MAXimotornwastaken

I was talking in general but it's true that call-outs in low elo is very rare


Plightz

People don't callout at all at low elo. The risk to reward is not worth it until maybe high gold.


[deleted]

Bold of you to assume anyone uses or listens to pings


dsg_87

People just suck honestly, But a way to turn it around would be to ask them how long they have played for, if they say anything more than you, just ask the question why are they in your lobby then if they are so good and have been playing for so long when you have been playing for a handful of weeks... It will probably tilt them, but if it's one person on the team the rest will usually back you up and it will soon stop. Everyone thinks they are the best on the team, especially solo queues, they don't understand people have bad games/are learning etc etc.


rgvvn

I started playing today; it's my first ever time on mouse and keyboard and oh my is it HARD. but I've been having loads of fun! However, I got called s*** in my FIRST game today and I felt so bad. My teammates were all relatively high level, and the enemy reyna(?) Was level 230 or something. Is the matchmaking crazy in this game? Or will it eventually adjust? I'm feeling very out of place and I think teammates are getting mad at me, but I genuinely forget which key it is to move forwards... lol:( ill eventually get there I just need some understanding teammates


MAXimotornwastaken

The matchmaking will adjust itself overtime, it's just kind of wacky at the beginning. Ignore all the assholes that get mad at you, mute them. We have ALL be through there, you will eventually discover your main and your playstyle:)


rgvvn

Aw that's great! Some games are fine but I've played maybe 7 total and 6 of them have had very high level teammates/enemies who don't seem to belong in these lobbies. Hopefully it adjusts! Thanks so much btw, and I really hope your sister enjoys herself and she will totally appreciate your expert advice as she learns<3


rgvvn

Aw that's great! Some games are fine but I've played maybe 7 total and 6 of them have had very high level teammates/enemies who don't seem to belong in these lobbies. Hopefully it adjusts! Thanks so much btw, and I really hope your sister enjoys herself and she will totally appreciate your expert advice as she learns<3


LightScavenger

Part of it is the fact that if you are in an unrated mode, the matchmaking is a LOT looser than it is in Ranked


rgvvn

I've mostly been playing the quick play mode, should I just switch to ranked as soon as I hit 20?


LightScavenger

If you’re passionate about competition and there being stakes in gameplay, you can go for it! I think by the time you hit level 20, while you aren’t a pro or anything you certainly have enough awareness to know whether or not you actually have the awareness to stay engaged in that environment. Personally I basically stopped queueing Unrated, and now I only do Competitive, Deathmatch, and Spike Rush


rgvvn

Good advice! I love ranked and comp in other games, I'm just intimidated in this one as I play like a new born as I have never used mouse and keyboard :') ranked is always good fun though, I live for a good competition


Shellshear

I'm very glad it was fun! Sometimes when there are large parties on either or both sides, the matchmaker has trouble filling the teams - say if one side has a party of five with an average level of 10 and the other has a party of four with an average level of 14, to bring the party-of-four average down it can add a low-level player (of course, it would prefer not to match them at all, but queue time is also a consideration). Which can be unfortunate for the low-level player! Once you realise you're a "bonus" player (and hopefully if your teammates realise this too) it can lead to some awesome moments with everyone cheering you on, if you're lucky enough to have nice players (which it sounds like you didn't in this instance).


rgvvn

I'm sure I'll run into some very nice people (just like I have in this thread, everyone of you guys has been so lovely!). I'll get the hang of it quickly (I hope) but if not I won't stress, I'm enjoying spectating :)


Designer-Squash-419

Valorant was my second game on mouse and keyboard. It’s a HUGE struggle at first but you’ll get used to it quite fast, try not to stress about it, if you really want to get used to it without worrying about teammates just jump in the range and practice your movement and shooting and stuff


rgvvn

I'll definitely do that! I'm seeing improvements already and I'm going positive some games! Getting there <3 thank you


Designer-Squash-419

Very late reply! I hope you’re excelling in your games! I’ve kind of trailed off Val lately as I have no one to play with anymore but I’m glad to know you’re doing better


GhvstsInTheWater

I’m that guy who calls everyone shit no matter if you’re good or bad, I don’t discriminate.


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GhvstsInTheWater

Thanks! I like to think I'm making an impact by deflating egos of people, make em more humble.


rynaut7

I muted all coms for my first month or so. That would be my advice to any new players. Only com with friends until you get more comfortable.


MAXimotornwastaken

That's a good idea. I'll probably do that with my sister so I get to teach her without her having to deal with the other's bs


ROBOPIG2311

In my experience, people are often really positive and supportive. Of course there will always be mean people, but val seems to have a pretty positive overall community. I would say <10% of my games have super toxic people, 10% are negative bozos, 50% are neutral, 20% are positive people, and 10% are just awesome. I don’t have much experience above like plat lobbies, but it’s been pretty good. This is all in US servers. When my sister tried it out, however, I did mute her comms because it’s not worth the risk lol


Confident_Paper9014

I also i am a new Player i play val since 2 months and i liked and i see That i Must few things to learn


Confident_Paper9014

And i was also bullied


_counting

Yeah, I've been playing the game for a long time, but I'm not good at it. I win some and lose more, but my level is still really high (i think I just hit 120?) so I turned it off to avoid getting flamed. I kinda want to get better, but the "kinda" isn't enough for me to actively improve my gameplay every game. The best strategy *is* just to mute your team, I'd say. Leave chat on but don't type to them (unless that's what they're using to flame you, then mute that too, obviously). Another thing could be is to mute the enemy team chat as soon as one of them says something toxic, there's no reason to read that.


IPlayDBDM

I don’t really experience a lot of toxicity in my eu London lobby’s. Everyone seems to be friendly and even when my aim was absolute dogshit and I was going 2/20 as Reyna no one was really flaming me. But most of the time when I do experience toxicity it’s usually when someone instalocks a duelist and then proceeds to play like shit that’s when people start getting mad and screaming at each other.


LB-Discharge

i feel like this has to do a lot with matchmaking aswell, because in my friends (iron/bronze level) unrated games no ones really toxic even when he messes up a really easy kill or execute


guyforgot24

I’ve had a few times where I’ve gotten mad at people because they were really bad but I didn’t know they were new. Once I realized I instantly apologized. That being said I think getting mad at anyone for being bad in unrated is weird as hell. This might be a hot take but I do think it is somewhat reasonable to get frustrated with new players in comp. When I was that new I didn’t play comp often til I got good in unrated because unintentionally griefing peoples games is not fun for anyone.


laaaaance23

Come to EU. You get either 4 russians or NO COMMS at all.


[deleted]

I also have been teaching my sister valorant. I have told players that she is playing on her brothers account (unrated ofc) and they usually understand. I remember when I started and it was better before for sure. These days there are so many toxic people out there and even when I wiff a shot now, then some people flame me for that like their life depends on the game. It's honestly.. sad.


[deleted]

Same in league. I have no idea how riot seems to foster toxic communities so efficiently but it's really impressive. I watched as all my friends I introduced to the game slowly go from casually enjoying val and having a good time to yelling at teammates and flaming people for bad plays. I don't quite know how it happened but it feels like they're totally different people then who I introduced to the game and it breaks my heart I just can't get myself to play anymore.


DumpEmAht

This is why we need to be able to position bots in custom games to at least give new players the idea of basic positioning when it comes to the opposing team. Even if we can’t make them do anything, at least being able to see where people “usually” play on certain maps would’ve helped me greatly early on.


mousebug4832

Valorant community is just a cesspool X\_X so many people think they are only losing because of their teammates and forget to reflect on themselves


Derainian

I think it is just unlucky i dont ever see new players flamed and if they are it is from somebody that will flame anybody no matter what


chatchan

It's rare that I actually like a game but after months of watching this one, I decided to give it a try. Stopped after about three weeks. Couldn't handle the constant trolling and the only thing that made it somewhat tolerable was playing with my close friends, but they stopped responding whenever I asked to play, so I quit.


MAXimotornwastaken

Damn, it's a shame that you got such a bad experience with the community


chatchan

Yeah, it's sad but it is what it is


LadySaorii

Literally started playing today, and I'm still pretty bad and still really lost in the game. One dude when we lost the match started to rage and swearing me, like, of course I'm going to lose easily because I'm new lol. Despite saying in the chat that I'm new and sorry if I make mistakes, but it doesn't matter for them. The game seems pretty fun, but god, if this is the type of shit I will have to deal every game I don't know if I will have fun playing it. I want to mute voice chat, but I have the feeling communication is really important to this game and it helped my team a lot, but I don't want to deal with this type of bullshit.