For those of you who are unaware of what is going on in the lower ranks, let me fill you in really quickly.

1. Smurfing.
2. Teammates leaving.
3. Teammates not knowing how to play the agent they choose.
4. Instalock duelists.
5. Raging/fighting.
6. Either FIRST STRIKE players, or FIRST DAY players.
7. People blocking/ using abilities on you.
8. No microphones/ any comms whatsoever.

You may ask why I don’t just simply report them and move on? Well, this is the kind of stuff that happens EVERY game. It doesn’t matter how many I queue with, the time of day, or anything.

And if I do report them? They don’t care. You have to remember, it’s not immortal 2 lobbies where they grinded hours for their rank. They can literally get back to iron-silver any time. They are simply there to troll, and that’s it.

At this point, I don’t even think of valorant as competitive anymore, it’s a total disaster in the lower ranks, and until they think of something that can be done, it always will be. I shouldn’t go down 3 for having 2 teammates who leave round 3. I shouldn’t demote for having a Jett on the opposite team go 30-6. Please share your thoughts on this, and how this can be prevented. I’m sorry VALORANT team, but this is what’s ruining the game for so many players right now.