Posted by Steve
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 7:14 PM
Why, oh why must this be a thing? We spend 8 months, meticulously climbing in rank, just to be shut back to the pits of this game. I mean the fact that I’m a Gold1 playing against Plat2 players while in silver lobbies is so stupid to me. And the funny part? I don’t even have it as bad as a lot of other people!
References
- https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/10qmtaf/ranked_reset_is_torture/
- https://reddit.com/10qmtaf
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