I recently got into Valorant and have found the game to be incredibly toxic, with people scapegoating and screaming at or backseat gaming another player on their team. I just got out of a game where I was the target of this flame, and I had to mute chat because of it. This sucks because you miss out on information and callouts. I play Phoenix and I find that frequently when I'm not top frag (even if im not doing bad, say an even KD and middle of scoreboard) people will blame the loss on me saying i'm not clearing site enough or I should have a better KD than them because "I'm a fragger." This is generally true, fraggers tend to have higher KDs. But players have all different skill levels. As long as the fragger is entering site, clearing angles, and trying their best to make space for their team, they are doing their job to the best of their ability. Sometimes they might just have a bad game and lose a few gunfights, or sometimes they might die due to being peeked from multiple angles or any number of reasons. People can make good defensive plays and take out a fragger. My point is- there are many many factors at play in any game, and sometimes people's competence in playing their role or their contribution to the team may not be evident on the scoreboard. Even if someone isn't doing their job, blaming someone will only cause them to play much worse or to mute chat and miss out on info. It is important to keep in mind that people have bad games and sometimes the enemy team is just BETTER at gunfighting than you! And this is totally okay. As I said, there are so many factors at play and this is a team game. If you feel as if your fragger is losing gunfights or not clearing angles, try telling them "hey flash here and ill follow and trade you" or think of ways in which you can change things up so as to find a method to win the game. Many games my team has been down 0-7 but found our groove and a way to play that works and steamrolled for many rounds, because we stayed calm and didn't tear people and our team down with toxicity and blame. I know many reading this are not the problem, but I just have become very frustrated with this game and wanted to try to put some positivity out there, and hopefully someone who sees this will take it to heart. Even if someone is TERRIBLE and throwing the game- they can't magically double their skill level. Ask yourself if you could do something different- is your team buying and saving at the proper times? Are you pushing site together and using util? Could you try playing default or pushing slower? In a game with quick reaction time and quick thinking required, flaming someone will only get in their head and make them nervous and effect their ability to play. So be uplifting, and help your teammates who are struggling to succeed and be confident. I know this kind of post is probably frequent on this subreddit but I just wanted to put my thoughts out there and provide my perspective as someone who is new and trying to learn the game.