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    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 07:08 AM PDT

    Pop Flash Tournament

    Valorant Esports Gamepedia | vlr.gg | thespike.gg | Juked.gg


    Today's Matches

    Match PST EST CET KST
    TSM vs. Dignitas 9 AM 12 PM 18:00 01:00
    Gen.G vs. C9 12:30 PM 3:30 PM 21:30 04:30
    Sentinels vs. Envy 3:30 PM 6:30 PM 00:30 07:30
    Immortals vs. T1 7:00 PM 10:00 PM 04:00 11:00

    GROUPS

    Group A Group B
    TSM Sentinels
    Cloud9 Immortals
    Gen.G T1
    Dignitas Envy
    • Cross out means knocked out

    • All matches are Best of 3


    Streams


    On-Air Team

    Host
    Erik "DoA" Lonnquist
    Commentators
    Christine "Potter" Chi
    Alex "Mauisnake" Ellenberg
    Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
    Rivington "Rivington" Bruce Bisland III
    Alexander "LeX" Deily
    Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez
    Chris "Puckett" Puckett
    Observers
    David "prius" Kuntz
    Mark "boq" Wilson

    Format Group Stage

    • Dual tournament (Format GSL)

    • Matches are best of three

    • Winner of Upper Bracket and Winner of Losers' advance to playoffs


    Format Playoffs

    • 4 Teams Double Elimination Bracket

    • Winner Bracket are best of three

    • Loser Bracket are best of three

    • Grand Final is best of five


    • Prize Pool

    • 1st $25,000

    • 2nd $12,500

    • 3rd $7,500

    • 4th $5,000


    VoDs

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    In plat solo queue I had a teammate who was deaf

    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 11:44 AM PDT

    The first few seconds after we all picked our agents the omen said "hello everyone! :) I am a deaf player so please use pings and typing to communicate with me".

    Now I felt really bad because I expected this guy to get flamed by the other randoms, however everyone in the entire game was very helpful pinging and typing to support this omen. The omen ended up top fragging and we did a 13-0 which I had never done before.

    Not much point in this story but I just wanted to tell it so we'd have examples of the valorant community coming together and not being toxic but being supportive.

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    I edited some valorant themed transitions - what do you think?

    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 03:24 AM PDT

    30 + Hours of work, i hope you like it i did my very best

    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:34 AM PDT

    My boyfriend and his Valorant buddies wanted to see some of the agents a little cuter so i present you: little agents!

    https://imgur.com/wWFOuSc

    submitted by /u/aquinoelisa
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    i wasn't expecting to do something like this (6 kills ace)

    Posted: 25 Aug 2020 08:52 PM PDT

    The agent contracts are a bit boring

    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:26 AM PDT

    not ranting btw, just a suggestion
    The title says it, it's boring and you only get a pistol weapon for the last tier. The tiers are grindy and you only get 10 rewards which is kinda lame honestly. Give it 10 more tiers, make it less grindy and give awesome rewards such as a custom kill symbol or agent finishers (Phoenix finisher: people turn into dust, Sage finisher: covers the enemy in crystal and destroys it, etc) or just nice weapon skins for last tier.

    submitted by /u/ItMayBeKees
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    The Problem with Valorant's Report System

    Posted: 25 Aug 2020 04:09 PM PDT

    A while ago I received a 72-hour chat restriction on my main account even though I hardly used voice or text chat. I was baffled. I had only used voice or text chat for call outs for strategy and nothing else, so what did I do to receive a chat restriction? I contacted Valorant support, and as many others have, I got the scripted response saying I was restricted from voice and text communications due to "disruptive behavior" and that they could not provide any details on why the restriction was put in place.

    So, I decided to do an experiment. I would make a brand-new Riot and Valorant account and see if I could get a chat ban restriction when I had never used any form of communication. I would not use text chat, voice chat, the ping system, the communication wheel, or even request for weapons. Basically, anything that could be considered communication would be avoided. I decided that I would have to borderline "sabotage" games in order to gain reports to see if a chat restriction was possible without communication. Starting with the 20 unrated games and then moving to competitive, I would only use pistols and not really try in any way. In almost every game at least one person would call me out and say they were reporting me and usually told everyone in the game to report me as well. I played the 20 unrated games and the 5 placement games and got placed in Iron 1. After 2 games in Iron 1, I received a chat restriction for 72 hours even with no communication used at all.

    So, I had discovered that chat restrictions are possible even without communicating at all, but this left with more questions. Why was I chat restricted, but not restricted or banned from playing competitive or Valorant in general? Is a 72-hour chat restriction just the default punishment for all offenses or had I simply been falsely reported for abusive communication so many times that I received the chat ban? Is it even possible to be restricted or banned from playing competitive or Valorant for sabotaging games?

    I decided that I would continue to sabotage games to answer these questions. I wanted to be banned from playing, so I decided to be more egregious in my sabotage. This time, I would purposely use damaging abilities (I played phoenix normally) on my teammates and only use the knife as a weapon for every game. I played 5 games a day (15 games total) during the 72-hour chat ban and was told I was being reported multiple times by multiple people each game. However, I was never restricted or banned from playing competitive or Valorant in any way. After my chat ban was over, I decided to continue to sabotage and was only able to play 10 games in this manner before I received another 72-hour chat ban. At this point, I figured my experiment to be done since I had learned more than enough.

    I learned that:

    1. You CAN get a chat ban without communicating AT ALL. I have seen people on the subreddit claim you HAVE to be toxic or disruptive in communication to get a chat ban but that is simply not true.
    2. The default punishment for most reports seems to be the 72-hour chat restriction. Now, I could not ask people what they reported me for, but it would seem most likely that I was reported for sabotage. This to me is quite absurd. I WANTED to be banned from competitive or Valorant for what I did. I SHOULD HAVE been banned from competitive or Valorant for what I did. But I wasn't and I could get right back on at this very moment and sabotage even more games if I wanted. A chat ban is not going to stop a thrower from throwing.
    3. The report system seems to be almost completely automated based on the amount of reports you get. This should be almost obvious as I was chat banned even without communicating and was chat banned for sabotage. Had any human seen what I was doing, this wouldn't be the outcome.

    Now, this is quite the problem because it can be easily abused. There have been many games that I have been in where someone on the other team says in all chat "Report *insert name here* for saying the n word in voice/team chat" or to report their bottom frag for throwing. I almost always see at least one person, if not multiple people, say "reported" afterwards even when they have no evidence to report the individual. This can be even more problematic when you are playing with a toxic duo, three man, or four man, as they can easily lie to the other team to convince them to report you. I mean, multiple people on your team are saying you are doing something wrong so you must be, right? If you are playing with a toxic four man and they convince the whole other team to report you, that's 9 reports right there for something you didn't even do. I am not saying you will be banned for just 9 reports, but false reports are common and can add up, especially in a game with a community as toxic as Valorant.

    TL;DR It is possible to get chat banned without communicating in any way. Purposely sabotaging games does not get you a competitive ban, but rather gets you a 72-hour chat restriction. The report system seems to be almost completely automated and has the potential to be easily abused.

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    [PSA] Don't play an entry-fragger if you are not willing to entry frag.

    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:40 AM PDT

    We have all seen it...the insta lock duelists that are afraid to make proper trades and put themselves in harm's way to get the ball rolling. They use their flash, but don't follow it in, rather, they watch the rest of us go in to set up the trade and they hide safely around the corner then bitch when it suddenly becomes a 5v2 and they just full bought. They use the boombot and grenades with no follow. The controllers use their smokes and they just sit there waiting for someone to do something. Please don't be that guy. Sure, you may die...part of the game and, sometimes, necessary.

    If you play an aggressive agent, you need to play aggressively.

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    We were winning against a team and their bottom frag bamboozled us by faking a Riot message to make us surrender

    Posted: 25 Aug 2020 02:36 PM PDT

    We were winning against a team and their bottom frag bamboozled us by faking a Riot message to make us surrender

    My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. We were in a competitive match and we were winning 7-5. Their bottom fragger (Cypher) faked a message in all chat that said "due to recent reports, this match will not count towards your MMR and surrendering will not affect it."

    All i have to say is, i hate life.

    this was the message

    submitted by /u/spa45rky
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    Who is HentaiWeaboo6969?

    Posted: 25 Aug 2020 10:58 PM PDT

    I noticed that he is almost always the top fragger in his matches with the pros like hiko and shroud. He plays exceptionally well. Can anyone tell me who he is or what his Twitch account is?

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    1v3 Clutch Ace with 2 noscopes and 1 180 flick!

    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 12:27 PM PDT

    Sheriff 145 HS

    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 01:29 PM PDT

    Get them outta here I wanna one tap that instalock jett main straight back to the lobby c u later brah

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    did a short edit yesterday with a few clips I got. Constructive criticism is welcome!

    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:29 AM PDT

    I made a montage of aggressive plays on Omen and Brimstone that I pulled off in Immortal rank. What do you guys think?

    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 05:42 AM PDT

    Raze's boom bot can roll

    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:56 AM PDT

    https://cdn.medal.tv/6625730/1080p-30933717.mp4
    I don't know if this impacts the detection system on the boom bot but it corrects itself after it hits a wall. I don't know how it happened but they It could be used for a raze montage or something .

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    Can we customize keybinds for abilities per agent?

    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 07:16 AM PDT

    I want to have all the flash abilities bound to the same key for each character, have the smokes bound to the same key, etc.

    Just have it as an advanced option in the settings.

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    Good news for South-west European and North African players! Madrid servers just went live!

    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:19 AM PDT

    How I Create a Valorant Fan Cinematic

    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 03:57 AM PDT

    How I Create a Valorant Fan Cinematic

    Hello! In this article, I would like to tell you how I create a fan-made 3D video for Valorant from scratch.

    https://preview.redd.it/6w0me30mxbj51.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=e227dcd4509b6f909659a5d4b8d748fa4bdbfd9c

    I won't be lying if I say that shooters are my favorite genre of computer games. Just three months ago, I learned about the release of a game like Valorant and immediately wanted to play it. The game immediately hooked me with its visual component, many agents with their own unique abilities, as well as the shooting mechanics very similar to the CS: GO game. I was especially pleased with the funny phrases of the agents before the start of the battle. And for three months now I regularly go there in the evening after work and have a good time. By the way, my favorite agents are Raze with her grenades and imba ult.

    I work in the field of video, mostly I just shoot and edit videos. However, I recently discovered such an exciting and creative field as 3D animation and started learning right away. Learning is hard, so I decided to combine business with pleasure and train my skills by creating a video based on my favorite game Valorant.

    Next, I will describe the steps that I go through when creating a video.

    Preparation phase

    I wanted to make a video for fans like me, so first of all I decided to ask the players and find out their opinion. In the communities of the game on various social networks, I wrote to the players and asked about what attracts them the most to the game and what chips they like. It should be noted that the opinion of the majority of the respondents was similar. Many were very friendly and wished me success in my endeavors. I would like to share with you some of the survey results:

    1. Most players like the quality and variety of weapon skins;
    2. The presence of many characters with their own characteristics and with various abilities;
    3. Game colors and effects.

    Thanks to the survey of the players, an understanding of what exactly needs to be shown in the video formed in my head. By the way, the results did not surprise me at all, since my opinion was the same.

    Then I started creating the concept of the video, thinking about future scenes and looking for inspiration.

    Create a rough animation

    After the full picture appeared in my head, I began to create rough versions of scenes using primitive 3D objects, as well as using 3D models from the game.

    The first step was to create the initial scene environment and arrange the objects in the frame. I will give an example of one of the video scenes:

    https://preview.redd.it/0o9yo77iybj51.png?width=1919&format=png&auto=webp&s=35b0ca9828949088fd4c5f1f021cca3404840b09

    https://preview.redd.it/jh66pofjybj51.png?width=1917&format=png&auto=webp&s=775c746fedd132548d7c46806168fe3d943191df

    After creating the environment, I proceeded to animate the camera and objects in the frame. An example of the resulting animation of the same frame:

    https://i.redd.it/l9do8vplybj51.gif

    Thus, rough versions of all scenes of the future video were created. In the next steps, I will fill the scenes with objects, texture, adjust lighting and decorate the video in every possible way and bring it into a decent look. In the meantime, I would like to show a few more examples of the created animation:

    https://i.redd.it/zv70gbznybj51.gif

    https://i.redd.it/ighicsroybj51.gif

    https://i.redd.it/0l0o1thpybj51.gif

    https://i.redd.it/me49hf4qybj51.gif

    I will study and work on the videos further, and I will definitely share the results of the work done with you. I hope you were interested! See you later!

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    after drawing Sage, I decided to record drawing Omen. this is how it turned out:

    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 01:12 PM PDT

    There is a gap on Ascent, A Bombsite

    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 04:23 AM PDT

    Hey guys, just wanted to share this:

    https://streamable.com/cr5y49

    There is a gap on A Site near Wine where you can throw Killjoys nanoswarm though it.

    Sovas shockdart also goes through, easy to pull off with after plant

    I have tested it with raze grenade and the other killjoy abilities, but it didnt work.

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    Best sova arrow

    Posted: 25 Aug 2020 05:58 PM PDT

    I think i found the best arrow for b side t spawn. I don't know if someone already found this but i haven't seen it anywhere.

    https://reddit.com/link/igp32w/video/203hpqnew8j51/player

    submitted by /u/leoldl_11
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    Valorant MM system at its best,

    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 11:28 AM PDT

    I cant play MM if I am silver 3 and my party member is iron 1.. even in 5 man lobby fine with that system.
    Then while I search for game , why there is iron 1 player in my team.
    Either there should be relevent rank player that are accepted in criteria.. or there MM can be played with any rank difference if you are playing 5 man lobby...

    Special request for RIOT fix this... unuseful high rank difference not playable or stop getting high difference medal while playing MM...

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    Got a Marshall ace. Probably should have died but if it works it works

    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 02:12 PM PDT

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