Toxicity really hurts, please just dont say it to your teammates.

Posted by Steve

Thursday, March 11, 2021 5:48 AM

I remember seeing a post where someone said that letting off steam and complaining about your teammates was okay, but only when you aren't actually talking to them.

For my story, i just finished a 5-12 comeback and was super happy because that was literally the greatest game of my life. My teammates at first didn't care about the game and werent trying, but when it came to 5-12 and my team did a surrender vote, i said to myself, "No, we're going to finish this game no matter what, its only going to be one more round." And i voted no. We continued the game, I commed constantly and led my team, and we slowly kept on winning every round. When we won OT 14-12 I turned on my mic and congratulated my team, and they talked back saying the same. i could have went to bed right there and been satisfied.

Unfortunately, i decided to queue another rated and when i got it, my team seemed alright at first. We were on bind, and i talked to our raze to come B with me so he can entry on defenders. We lost, and i continually lost gunfights that i knew i should have won. As i was beating myself up for some lost rounds, our breach started telling me off, and the raze joined in too. It immediately got rougher and they called me names, calling me and saying what i should've done every time i lost a duel(i was bottomfragging as sova) and died. I wouldn't have been able to finish the game without crying if it wasn't for my team's jett and phoenix(thank you IKS Observer and splorps)

Please don't yell at your teammates, you can call them names and swear at them through the screen at no cost to yourself but it really hurts some people. Just dont turn on your mic, simple as that.

Edit: to the peeps telling me to get better, i already am good. I was really tired after my last win because i had to put a lot of focus into my teammates, but i thought that i might've been able to play another game.

References

  • https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/m1nmr9/toxicity_really_hurts_please_just_dont_say_it_to/
  • https://reddit.com/m1nmr9

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