1 Game from Promo to Ascendant Lost? What happened Riot?

Posted by Steve

Friday, May 19, 2023 5:05 PM

For those curious, here is my Tracker:

カウントレッス#YTLST

Context:

So I have already been demoted to Diamond 1 very soon after being 1 game from Ascendant 1, and it is happening again. I was 98 games into this act, from 28th April to 19th May. Currently on 102.

On the 98th game, that was my promo from Diamond-3 to Ascendant-1, yet I am already at D3 0RR. Someone please tell me what is happening because my lobbies are currently so screwed up, and it is really tilting me to the point of wanting to quit the game.

Game 1:

  • The game went as normal, blessed with a team that knew how to play. However, not even 4 rounds in, our Jett goes afk. Leaving us in a 4v5 the whole game. Like what the hell.

Game 2:

  • Allies are REFUSING to play as a team, and are just running it down by giving enemy kill after kill. This tilts me and causes me to play bad. Because I already lost a game due to an AFK after promo, so at this point my curse is activating.

Game 3:

  • Enemy team are acting as if they are a 5 stack. Also not to mention the enemy Chamber was either wall-hacking or was a Radiant smurf, unsure of which because his playstyle was neither of the two.
  • The enemy team were also just playing Hide and Seek on Fracture. They would make noise A, 1 rotates, and then they make noise B, 1 rotates back. They did this several times over and it just confused us where they was going to hit. If we pushed them, the Chamber knew we were there, and killed us on the spot. Without information by the way. His crosshair was pinpoint on us all game.
  • Here is the Chamber's Valorant Tracker ---> hacker#2734

Game 4:

  • Jett and Raze on my team troll. They refuse to acknowledge any game-plans and just ran it down. Had to mute them because they were just becoming annoying and personally didn't want to deal with it. At this point I AFK'd the last round 2-12, because we had no money and they will win regardless because it was technically 3v5.

Game 5:

  • After a few hours later, where I was unable to sleep because of Insomnia. Always fun. I tried playing again. And for the first time in 102 games, this team were playing as if it was Premiere. On Bind they utilised the teleports with every fibre of their power, and always played correctly. Me on the other hand, HAD TO KEEP REMINDING MY TEAM TO STOP OVER ROTATING like DOZEN times. The enemy Raze was able to take space on B over and over again, because my team simply couldn't comprehend the information overload of just... holding... the... site. So yeah, we lost that too :D
  • The enemy team also never pushed the site I was on, which was extremely frustrating, as it meant I was the last or second last one alive. Which is never fun. I also used all my utility to aid my team defending site, and they lost it every time.

Someone please explain to me why exactly I go from winning 5 games in a row, to losing 6 games in a row drastically. And not to mention have the unfortunate circumstances that happened within my team. I am not saying it is entirely my team's fault, but I have no control over my team going AFK, or my teammates trolling, or the enemy team having a Radiant Smurf or possible wall hacks. It just simply isn't controllable. I would get 1-2 kills per round, if within my control, but we still end up losing.

References

  • https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/13ln7g6/1_game_from_promo_to_ascendant_lost_what_happened/
  • https://reddit.com/13ln7g6

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