This is speaking as a player who never or rarely speaks in Valorant. Part of the reason for me is being shy and also avoiding awkward banter (I stutter and cringe at myself alot). I also never played a game that really required comms like this coming from league, however recently in a game on split, I decided to communicate and literally began IGL strategizing because no one on our team would say a word.

After bringing the game to OT and having self conversations and comms by myself, I realized no one really cares how you sound, if you mess up a sentence, etc, they just want live information they can work with.

It sounds dumb but I had a huge dopamine boost giving out good call outs and my team listening. It felt like I truly immersed myself into the game and it was ridiculously fun.

I did lose the game but I left with confidence and learning how to comm properly. (Yes it was comp)