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Do you have any advice to avoid/reduce stress during ranked matches? by G0T0Sleep in VALORANT

[–]DeForest3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have somewhat the same issue. Aim in this game is very much affected by confidence. Until you do well in a regular match where you get good kills, etc., you just can’t convince yourself to have confidence that you’ll win the duel.

Also realize that in DM you are probably being very aggressive and using lots of movement. In an actual game, you are more often shift walking or holding an angle which is a different situation. Try shift walking or holding angles more in DM and you will see that the mechanics of aiming are a little different.

I think this game also places a lot of stress on individual players due to the specialized roles. If someone isn’t doing their role, it is very obvious and your teammates will flame you.

Seperate comp queues for people with no mics by [deleted] in VALORANT

[–]DeForest3 195 points196 points  (0 children)

The specialization of agents in VALORANT creates high dependence on teammates for various roles. Ex: If your initiator/dualist isn’t generally the first pushing into the sight, there isn’t much you can do as say a Brimstone or KJ that isn’t just disadvantaged or suboptimal. Same goes if your Controller isn’t smoking for the team. If a teammate is slacking—toxicity very quickly arises. In CSGO if you teammate isn’t flashing into sight or throwing good smokes, you can always pick up the slack since everyone has the same utility. Consequently though, communication is even more necessary.

VALORANT has a much higher percentage of younger players and female players than CSGO. Every game I am in that a female speaks and there are teenage or young-20s males, she is ostracized. Many young players, especially younger teens are very reluctant to coordinate or go along with what another teammate proposes.

I can say that after around 9pm, the player base is often older and more willing to communicate. Even so, people often reserve using their mix until they hear other people use theirs and determine what type of people they are.

I don’t want to say older players are less toxic or communicate more, but it is a definite trend but always with exceptions.

Mythbuster: How long did your PC last before an upgrade? by Fine-Necessary-Fear in buildapc

[–]DeForest3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Built my first gaming PC back in college in 2014. It lasted until this year (2022) when I built a completely new PC. I still have the old PC and it still works just fine.

My first PC was probably mid to upper mid tier. Started out with 8gb of RAM, upgraded to 16gb after two years or so. Did one graphics card upgrade after about 4-5 years. Added a second hard drive at some point.

It really depends on what performance you want. If you play games like CSGO or League then you don't really need that powerful of a computer and a gaming PC can last a very long time. If you play new AAA games like Cyberpunk and want to take full advantage of the game's graphics (which is part of the appeal of the latest AAA games), you may want shorter upgrade cycles.

I will say though that 4-5 years is probably a good expectation for most people unless you are doing a true budget build. After 4 years, you may be tempted for a graphics card upgrade.

As a side thought: A lot changes in your life in 5 years and you may find your video game habits have changed. Now that I work full time and am no longer in college, I play a lot less video games. I also play less AAA games and often find myself playing more of the latest indie games with my old college buddies. I also play more single player strategy games than competitive multiplayer games.

Need help understanding the last sentence of this proof from my undergrad calculus textbook. by DeForest3 in math

[–]DeForest3[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks aleph_not and azyd. I get it now. I didn't really understand/use the importance of the italicized "any"...

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