Player of Valorant opens up in Mumbai India server about in-game toxicity

Valorant gained immense popularity in the Indian sub-continent region from Day 1. Valorant players have been complaining about the blatant and vulgar toxicity plaguing the SA Mumbai server since launch. The users would have to give their few minutes to this article to know about the news regarding the game-play of Valorant. about in-game toxicity

However, toxicity has been prevalent and growing within the player base since then. Considering the tremendous response, Riot Games launched a Mumbai-based server for the SA region in October 2020. Unfortunately, name-calling, vulgar language, and insulting family members are all but common in every other match on the server. A certain portion of the Indian sub-continent player base has abandoned the Mumbai server, despite lower ping, just to avoid toxicity in-game. Be it ranked or unranked matches, toxicity is ruining every Valorant player’s experience.

Valorant Mumbai server SA

On launch, Valorant shot up to become one of the most played esports games in India. Valorant gained the interest of the Indian audience with the closed beta period. Many gamers utilized VPN’s to get closed beta keys of the NA region from Twitch drops. After its launch in June 2020, Indian fans stated requesting an Indian server. While Riot officially launched the Mumbai SA server on October 14th.

The low specs requirement and free-to-play model, along with an easy to pick up yet hard to master gameplay, was an instant hit within the community.

There were some latency issues, with players of certain ISPs getting far greater ping than expected. One other significant barrier is the language difference. The developers recently promised to incorporate a Ranked matchmaking ban for chat and voice banned players in future patches. Hopefully, Riot can reduce toxicity, and all players can enjoy Valorant together. India is a diverse country with over 20 official languages. Even though Hindi is the most common language, not everyone is comfortable speaking it.