I've been tracking some stats from my games in @PlayVALORANT. The game is really fun when the teams are evenly matched, but it turns out that's only 30% of the time. The other 70% of time it's uneven and usually terrible. If you're interested, some stats follow...
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First, know that I'm talking about competitive play. Teams are matched based on rank and should be roughly even. They are not usually. I define an evenly matched game as both teams win at least 10 rounds. Less than that, it's an uneven match.
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I tracked my last 30 competitive games, of those, only 9 were evenly matched, of which I won 5 and lost 4. But the interesting thing is that it has been near 50/50 the entire time I tracked it. Insight: when the teams are evenly matched, they are pretty even. Super fun!
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The uneven games were 21 out of 30 matches. That's a lot of matches to slog through with one team dominating the other. And it doesn't matter if I won or lost, either it was brutal losing or boring winning. Out of 21 uneven games, I won 9 and lost 12.

Apr 24, 2023 · 8:22 AM UTC

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So my experience is that Valorant mostly put me in uneven matches where the other team was much better than my own. A full 40% of all my games were where I lost to an overpowered team. 30% of all my games were where I won against an underpowered team.
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If Valorant could find a way to match the teams more evenly, or reduce the impact that one or two good players can have on a match, I think the game would be a lot more enjoyable. If I stop playing, it'll be because I no longer want to play 21 unfun games to play the 9 funs ones.
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