I have no idea how Valorant handles its AFK system in-game. However, I have had NUMEROUS experiences in which players would go AFK on the first round of a comp game, the game would say "Player has disconnected" and yet it still spawns them...

I'm a low level player (fluctuate between iron and bronze) so there's not a lot of communication in my games. I try to talk to my teammates but I'm not sure what I should be saying. My callouts are typically limited to things like "Two in...