Valorant ranked accusations slammed by Riot dev

pcgamesn.com:

Valorant ranked remains one of the most divisive modes in Riot’s flagship FPS, with some arguing it functions perfectly, while others claim it is dominated by hackers and smurfs. Following a direct attack from one angry fan regarding the system’s design, Riot’s senior competitive designer, EvrMoar, has hit back at claims he is “completely and purposefully full of it.”

Valorant’s ranked queue either brings out the best in people, or the straight-up worst. Despite being one of the best FPS games, players often have to contend with grievers and toxicity, as well as smurfs.

The latter on that list have come under a lot of scrutiny from Riot, who implemented an all-new smurf detection system in Valorant patch 5.01. While it remains a North American exclusive for now, if successful the feature will likely be shipped worldwide.

Following a deep dive analysis into the Valorant’s ranked sphere by Twitch streamer Wendler, Riot has come under fire for not dealing with the smurf problem, with senior competitive designer EvrMoar apparently on the chopping block.

In response to Wendler’s findings, one sceptical fan writes “EvrMoar is completely and purposely full of it when it comes to the smurf accounts, which is his job – downplaying the game’s glaring issues.

“Anything that comes from Riot about smurfs should be taken with a million grains of salt because smurf accounts are a positive KPI from Riot’s perspective,” they continue. “Imagine the cliff sized drop in player accounts if they actually enforced some sort of authentication to where you couldn’t create infinite accounts at will.”

EvrMoar was quick to reply (buckle up, it’s a big one). “First, I really want to call out something that I think ‘humanizes’ the shadowy people (me