What Happens if You Leave a Competitive Match in Valorant?
If you’re new to Valorant or playing competitively for the first time, you might be wondering what the consequences are if you leave a competitive match early. In this article, we’ll cover everything you need to know about the outcomes of quitting a competitive match in Riot Games’ popular tactical shooter.
Quitting a Competitive Match
Valoran players can’t casually dip out of a competitive match anymore, as the game takes quit penalty into account. Quit penalties serve as a deterrent for players leaving a match without a legitimate reason.
**Types of Quit Penalties**
The quit penalty is more severe in competitive matches as opposed to casual games. In ranked competitive matches, there are three categories of penalties:
- Initial Exit Fee: 50 ranking points deduction (RP)
- This penalty applies after a player leaves the match without warning and is the most common.
- Warning: 50% loss of RP
- In extreme cases, players may receive a second, harsher penalty, especially for consecutive quits.
- Temporary Queue Restriction: Up to a week’s ban from playing competitively
- This severe punishment occurs when a player abandons multiple matches without sufficient cause.
**Escaped the Quit Penalty – Temporarily**
Fortunately, there’s a limited situation where a player can avoid the quit penalty altogether:
- Crashed/Disconnected: If the server becomes unplayable or disconnects you due to no fault of your own, the game handles this situation automatically. As soon as the issue resolves and the game restarts, your opponent score, experience, and any awarded matches will be restored.
Retroactive Penalties and Other Factors
In case the quitting player’s game information syncs with the game master data before the match starts and any opponents have progressed during this time, the opponent players receive a Bonus Opponent Score. Conversely, a delayed syncing can cause penalty cancellation or reduction in a particular situation.
**Exceptional Circumstances: Avoiding Penalties with Solid Reasons**
Valorant’s design accounts for unique situations where quitting the game can be justified. The devs introduced an Invalid Host Mismatch solution and added an Escape Deathcam feature to address players encountering certain scenarios. These innovations enhance overall player satisfaction, particularly by respecting players’ time and sanity while battling online opponents.
**Frequently Asked Questions: Quits and Penalties Explained**
Still wondering about the quit penalties, leaving the match, or exceptions in competitive matches? Here are the frequently asked questions addressed:
FAQ 1. Why did I lose experience, but not the same ranking points?
Your team loses experience, but only their Riot Level XP, as the ranking system calculates only rank points. Keep practicing; it’s the RP loss that matters!
FAQ 2. Are there any reasons or benefits that warrant leaving a competitive match early?
There’s no explicit, permanent or ranked-competitive exemption based solely on a player’s preference; in exceptional cases, where unavoidable in-game issues cause delays (e.g., prolonged hardware troubles), the game masters should assess and handle specific incident on a case-by-case basis.
FAQ 3. How do server connections contribute to quit penalties? Crashes, disconnections? No signal?
While they cannot excuse quitting directly (exception being the "crashed disconnected" scenario), an erratic game performance can make games unrewarding for playing under those conditions. Improves infrastructure, and overall **Valo- Experience Enhancement, (V.E.E.)
FAQ 4. When could players get a temporary restriction: In-Game Restrict-Competitive matches within timeframes?
Upon abandonment for the third time or upon having consecutive quits for, Valorant’s in the in-game restrictions within up. 3 days, your VLT- 1 match up Competitive. 1 Week within you will be placed – *- 0 up!