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Valorant Block List Might be Coming

ValorantPhoto Courtesy of Riot GamesThe hottest topic of the week for Riot Games has been toxicity in their games. Riot recently announced an upcoming change they are testing to reduce toxicity - disabling all chat in League of Legends. While this has already proven to be a controversial decision, the team at Valorant is looking to make sure they address these same concerns without offending the player base.In a recent Reddit thread, a Valorant player brought up the idea of minimizing toxicity by implementing a block list feature to the

How to fix high ping in VALORANT

VALORANT isn’t without its issues—and high ping is one of them.   Ping in online video games refers to internet latency. It’s the time it takes for your connection to register a command via the server. In this case, the VALORANT servers.  An unreliable wireless connection, a large number of active users, and an abundance of background applications act as an obstruction between the connection and can, in some cases, cause your ping to spike. This issue was addressed by Dave Heironymus, VALORANT’s technical director, last year. “The biggest problem is

VALORANT North American LCQ is being played online

VALORANT players and staff gathered today in Los Angeles to play the North American Last Chance Qualifier, an event they thought was going to be a LAN tournament. But the matches are actually being played online on the same network, according to some players. Viewers were first made aware when 100 Thieves player Hiko tweeted that they were playing on online servers, and Ethan Arnold also made a statement about playing matches online but went into more depth about the impact online play had on their match. “Playing LAN using

100 Thieves survive early scare from Gen.G in NA VCT Last Chance Qualifier opener

100 Thieves’ opening map loss to Gen.G proved to be nothing more than a false alarm, as the top-seeded North American team at the Last Chance Qualifier comfortably won their next two maps to advance to the next round of the LCQ. On Breeze, 100T went with a comp that’s not typical to them: a double-duelist setup with Asuna on Reyna and Nitr0 on Jett, putting recently promoted b0i on Viper. They got off to a hot start on attack with some great entries from Nitr0, taking the first five

Valorant Patch 3.08: 5 Things We Want

ValorantCourtesy of Riot GamesValorant Patch 3.08 will be launching soon, and players are talking a lot about the changes they would like to see. Among these are some character changes as well as some gun changes that would help to make the game better. While no one knows exactly how big this new patch will be, players can hope to get their wishes granted by Riot Games. Here are five things players would like to see in Patch 3.08.Patch Notes 3.07 takes it easy with some quality of life updates

Valorant Patch 3.08 Release Date: When is it?

ValorantCourtesy of Riot GamesPlayers are now awaiting the release of the next Valorant Patch 3.08. Some of the content that may be coming with this patch, specifically changes to characters like Omen, is exciting much of the fanbase.The main question is when is Patch 3.08 set to arrive?RGX 11Z Pro Bundle hitting your shop tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/jc0afubSvz— VALORANT (@PlayVALORANT) October 5, 2021Valorant Patch 3.08 is expected to be release sometime within the next week, most likely Oct. 18. This patch will most likely be addressing bugs, but it is expected to

SuperMassive Blaze’s Russ pulls off ace against Guild Esports

SuperMassive Blaze’s Batuhan “russ” Malgaç secured an ace against Guild Esports in the VALORANT Champions Tour EMEA Last Chance Qualifier.  Eight teams are in the process of fighting for a spot in the VALORANT Champions tournament later this year in the VCT EMEA Last Chance Qualifer. SuperMassive Blaze faced Guild Esports yesterday in their first match of the event, which was a relatively close series.  [embedded content] SMB defeated Guild 13-8 on Breeze before going to Icebox. And the start of the second game made it look like SMB were

How to Fix Valorant Error 0xc0000005

ValorantImage courtesy of Riot GamesPlayers have been encountering the message "application was unable to start correctly" or the "0xc0000005" error. Here's how to fix it. With every patch usually comes a few errors that need stamping out, and Valorant is no exception. Many players logging into the game as of late may have encountered an error message saying that the game was "unable to start correctly" or, alternatively, error code "0xc0000005."Fortunately, it doesn't tend to be an unsolvable problem. Here's how to fix the "unable to start correctly" or the

VALORANT player programs new inventory manager

VALORANT fans are always thinking of new ways that the game’s user interface can be improved to give players a better look and more options that aren’t currently present within the game. One of the creators strongly behind this initiative is Colin Hartigan, who programmed his dream inventory manager to cycle through the different looks of weapons currently in VALORANT. In a demo clip, Colin showed how you can cycle through each weapon’s different levels and available color palettes to see how each weapon will look in-game. In the concept,

NA VCT Last Chance Qualifier: Scores, schedule, bracket

At the North American Last Chance Qualifier, one team will punch their ticket to Champions, while seven of the NA squads that played a major role in the first year of the VALORANT Champions Tour will get sent home. What was originally a 10-team bracket with single and double-elimination portions has now been reduced to an eight-team single-elimination bracket after both Oceanic teams were unable to attend. One team will come out on top and join fellow NA teams Sentinels and Team Envy at Champions in Berlin. Participating teams The