Valorant dev shuts down Shroud\u2019s \u2018Losers Queue\u2019 theory A Valorant dev has shut down Michael \u2018shroud\u2018 Grzesiek\u2019s theory regarding Riot Games purposely having a \u201cLosers Queue\u201d which tries to keep players on the game. The idea of a \u201closers queue\u201d isn\u2019t exactly a new concept. With the goal of keeping you hooked for as long as possible, some players believe you\u2019re purposely placed into a lobby with others that have also lost their previous matches to give you better odds of winning. While there\u2019s no proof of such thing existing, it can certainly sometimes feel like it. If you\u2019re a gamer who keeps chasing the win all night, it may feel as if the lobbies are getting easier with each soul-crushing defeat. However, a Riot Games dev has confirmed to the community that the idea of a \u201closers queue\u201d in Valorant is simply just a myth after shroud discussed the theory on stream. Valorant dev shuts down \u2018Losers Queue\u2019 claims During a recent broadcast, shroud caught wind of the losers queue theory through his chat. While he was reluctant to believe at first, the 28-year-old streamer came round to the idea. \u201cThat makes a lot of sense actually,\u201d shroud said, before asking his teammates if they\u2019d lost their previous game. Further supporting the idea, they all did, leaving shroud absolutely puzzled as he did as well. However, according to Valorant\u2019s Senior Competitive Designer Jon \u2018EvrMoar\u2019 Walker, losers queue isn\u2019t actually a thing. \u201cGame analytics, for every game I\u2019ve worked on, has shown \u2018losing matches consecutively is one of the main reasons players quit\u2019; because of this reason, there is no \u2018Losers Queue\u2019 in Valorant,\u201d the dev said. Ranked Fact Friday! \u2014 EvrMoar (@RiotEvrMoar) July 22, 2022 I saw a video featuring @Shroud, and I wanted to talk about it! Game analytics, for every game I’ve worked on, has shown “”losing matches consecutively is one of the main reasons players quit””; because of this reason, there is no “”Losers Queue”” in VALORANT. He continued in a thread: \u201cThe rumor is that we are trying to get you addicted, to get you to play more. I personally do not think this is good for the game, but it also does not meet our goals of just wanting to make a great game,\u201d EvrMoar explained. \u201cIt would be in our best interest to actually make sure you win a game after starting to lose streak, which is why you see mobile games put you into bot matches if you lose a ton. I don\u2019t have an answer as to why it might feel like \u2018Losers Queue\u201d\u2018 is real sorry. \u201cTo finish this out, we do not manipulate queue. It\u2019s very straightforward and just tries to find two teams that provide a 50:50 chance of either team winning and pitting them against each other. Research shows fair matchmaking keeps players, not unfair manipulated matchmaking.\u201d While many are still unconvinced, we\u2019ve heard it from the source themselves. We may never know why it feels like losers queue exists, but rest assured its all just a myth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Valorant dev shuts down Shroud\u2019s \u2018Losers Queue\u2019 theory A Valorant dev has shut down Michael \u2018shroud\u2018 Grzesiek\u2019s theory regarding Riot Games purposely having a \u201cLosers Queue\u201d which tries to keep players on the game. The idea of a \u201closers queue\u201d isn\u2019t exactly a new concept. With the goal of keeping you hooked for as long […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}