Ryan Scott, a lead designer on Valorant, recently did a Q&A session on-stream and spoke openly about the state of ranked. Or more specifically, Scott explained why he wasn’t able to talk about the current state of Valorant’s ranked mode. That reason is that “the guy” at Riot responsible for the ranked mode’s design has officially left the company. RELATED: Valorant and League of Legends Crossover Skins Being Considered...
Valve, the company responsible for smash-hit games like Portal, Half-Life, and the highly anticipated new Alyx game, has had several reports of hate groups actively using their servers but many of the claims have to be put through a rigorous vetting process. In the past, Valve has been fairly passive about their controversial content, including a game on their list of games promoting school shooting called Active Shooter. Only recently has the Steam owner been more active, and in 2018, Valve quietly started deleting profiles that were associated with hate groups after it was widely reported in Vice and other publications about racist, homophobic, and other hateful rhetoric....
But Sheriff John Mina said that even if police had detained Armando Caballero after their initial interview, it “wouldn’t have prevented anything” because he had “already left [Miya] dead.” Marcano’s body was identified by police at Tymber Skan apartments in Orlando eight days after she went missing. The young woman was supposed to travel to visit family in south Florida on September 24 but never boarded the plane. Her mother called the police the same evening, around 9:23 p....
Intisar Chowdhury, 18, says the much-awaited report that looked at whether people from BAME backgrounds were being disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, failed to set out any recommendations on how to save BAME lives or any solutions. The terms of reference for the report stated that it would look at “recommendations for action”, however they were not included in the report. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said equalities minister Kemi Badenoch was working on a response which he hopes will “get to the bottom” of why BAME people are at higher risk and to “find ways of closing that gap”....
Joe Pastrana, the defensive coordinator of the Vallejo High School, was shot in the hip while breaking up a fight as the school day was ending at around 3:40 p.m., the Vallejo Times-Herald reported. The suspect was in a black Audi and sped off after the shooting. The shooter is not a student, Vallejo High athletic director and head baseball coach Josh Ramos told the newspaper. Head football coach Mike Wilson said Pastrana is in a stable condition at a local hospital, the Times-Herald reported....
RELATED: Valorant: 10 Tips For Playing As Agent Phoenix Viper is one of the controllers in Valorant. Let’s take a look at some tips for using Viper to ensure you’re getting the most out of playing as her: 10 POISON CLOUD One of Viper’s abilities is her Poison Cloud. Like a lot of different characters in Valorant, this acts as some easy visual cover to make use of, but at the end of the day, functions in a unique way, as does everybody else’s....
As expected, Koskinas’ tweet met with claims from banned players saying that they hadn’t done anything to deserve it. These kinds of comments would usually see skepticism, but Vanguard has kicked people for inconsequential things. Koskinas remains adamant, however, that these bans happened because of cheating — nothing less. RELATED: Valorant Anti-Cheat Blocking Key Drivers Gets Hotfixed Precisely what Vanguard takes into account before it bans someone remains a mystery, but it’s clear that it follows a strict system....
Twelve teams have qualified for the EMEA Stage 3 Playoffs from their individual regional Challengers Qualifier. Only the top four teams in the Valorant Champions Tour EMEA Stage 3 Playoffs will secure their spot in next month’s VCT Masters Berlin. All participating teams will receive circuit points in their final standing in the EMEA Stage 3 Playoffs. 5 teams to follow at the Valorant Champions Tour EMEA Stage 3 Playoffs The top 12 teams of the EMEA region will face each other in the Valorant Champions Tour EMEA Stage 3 Playoffs....
Developers have frequently introduced some of the finest weapon skins from Elderflame to the Protocol 781-A skin bundle. From premium skins to battlepass ones, players get a wide range of weapon skins at various prices. One can buy these weapon skins from the store with VPs, and later upgrade them to other variants or higher levels as per their choice, with Radianite Points (RP). Recently, a Reddit user with the username u/tyscott1122 made a post on January 28, asking for a skin inventory feature to set up different skins for attackers and defenders sites, similar to CS: GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)....
In a recently released Riot Games developer diary, Valorant Design Director Joe Ziegler described an issue the team ran into. Once Valorant became playable, too many developers were spending too much time playing the game. Ziegler describes having to have one of their “evil” senior producers impose a rule on playtime during work hours because development was noticeably slowing down. RELATED: Valorant’s Next Agent Leaks As exciting as it was for the Valorant development team to be enthralled by their own multiplayer shooter, the goal was still to get Valorant in the hands of players as soon as possible....
The leak comes from Reddit user Mang0eLeaks, who claims to have datamined Valorant version 1.03 to acquire this information. They share some map filenames discovered in the game that include the term “FFA,” which of course likely stands for Free For All. The game mode is only set up for a single map according to this datamine, that map being Ascent. But, obviously, more maps could be added down the line....
The Valorant Conquerors Championship ended as Global Esports defeated Velocity Gaming in the Grand Finals 3-2 in a best-of-five series. With this win, Global Esports qualified for the APAC Last Chance Qualifier, the qualifying event of the Valorant Champions Tour 2021. Velocity Gaming needs to satisfy itself with $8000 in prize money for finishing second in the tournament. However, with Global Esports securing a spot in the APAC Last Chance Qualifier, the Indian Valorant community is unhappy with Riot Games providing just one slot for the South Asian region....
Since the release of Icebox in Valorant, there have been lots of controversies around it. Riot Games had tried to experiment with a new map-design concept. Many players claimed it was too complicated and had too many angles to focus on, and needed changes. Most players tend to dodge it and favor getting the penalty instead. To combat this, the Valorant developers have brought in massive physical changes into the map, which might change the game totally....
Elden Ring was officially verified for the Steam Deck when it officially launched on PC on February 25. That means it passed all of Valve’s tests, which includes performance metrics as well as support for controllers and legible text. However, Elden Ring suffered some significant performance issues at launch on PC, and on the Steam Deck, these issues were particularly egregious. Given the popularity of Elden Ring, Valve stepped in to ensure the game was running smoothly on the handheld....
Valve plans to officially unveil Dota 2 at The International Dota 2 Championships on August 17th as part of Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, with the winning team going home with one million dollars ($US). Professional Dota players from around the world will be competing and the games will be broadcast live in four languages, giving everyone a look how it plays from around the world. Dota 2 had teased us with character art for only a few of the heroes including Lina Inverse, Morphling and Bloodseeker....
Valve’s Steam Deck has the upper hand in many departments over its primary competitor, the Nintendo Switch. If you’re waiting for the Switch Pro, this is as close as you can get for now. Here, we’ll go through all the things we like about the all-new Steam Deck. 1. AMD RDNA 2 and Zen 2 Power the Steam Deck The most impressive part about the Steam Deck is the hardware it packs under the hood....
We now know that TB and ulcers are infectious conditions, caused by specific microbes and treatable with antimicrobial drugs. Yet we’re still laboring to explain most of our leading scourges–cancer, heart disease, mental illness, Alzheimer’s–with long lists of risk factors. In a compelling new book titled “Plague Time” (282 pages. Free Press. $25), Amherst College biologist Paul Ewald argues that we’re missing an obvious lesson here. Roughly translated: It’s the germs, stupid....
The tournament saw some of the top teams in the world face off against each other to earn the chance to qualify for the main First Strike event that’s all set to be held in December. Filled with upsets and 200IQ gameplay, the NA NSG First Strike Valorant qualifiers saw some of the best teams in the region fall and gave rise to the new champions in Cloud9 Blue....
The recent Valorant patch 2.06 update shows that the developers are willing to make drastic changes to keep the game as healthy as possible on both a professional and casual level. Both Viper and Yoru saw massive buffs coming their way in the latest Valorant update. As they were the more underwhelming Agents in the roster, the upgrades that they received this time around were much needed. In their latest State of the Agents blog, the Riot devs opened up about their plans for Agent updates in the future....
The official Valorant patch 2.00 will be coming out in a couple of days, bringing Episode 2 along with it. A preview shows a lot of the upcomingchanges coming to Brimstone, Omen, and the Classic. The Brimstone buffs were a long time coming, as the once-popular agent hardly sees the light of day in both pro play and standard matchmaking. Riot did previously hint at a Brimstone buff, and with the pre-patch preview, Valorant players will be able to get a better idea of the type of changes coming to his kit....
