VALORANT Ranked Down: Why Was Competitive Disabled?
VALORANT's competitive queue was temporarily disabled after patch 4.05 caused a voice chat bug and a Raze issue, but both were fixed the next day.
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In brief
AI summaryVALORANT's competitive mode was temporarily disabled due to a voice chat bug after patch 4.05.
Developers announced they were disabling Competitive queues while working on a fix.
The issues, including a bug involving Raze, were resolved the next day and competitive play returned.
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As you know, ranked games make up a major part of VALORANT. Since they're at the center of the game, players have been wondering why the ongoing competitive mode has been disabled lately.
Is VALORANT ranked down? When will ranked/competitive be back? When will VALORANT be back? 2022
Is VALORANT Ranked Down?
VALORANT's developers began running into some issues in the game after the release of the latest patch, patch notes 4.05. A bug occurred that caused serious voice chat issues in the game; this voice chat bug can be seen in the top-left corner of the menu screen when trying to enter a competitive lobby. This is a significant issue in particular because being able to hear team chat server-wide makes competitive play difficult. On top of that, another bug involving the agent Raze also stood out. Because of this, VALORANT's developers made a post about the issue, saying: "These bugs turned out to be trickier than we thought. So until we get a fix out, hopefully by tomorrow, we're calling for Competitive queues to be disabled."
When Will VALORANT Competitive/Ranked Be Back? 2022
"Raze is back. Spike Defuse sound is back. Competitive is back."
Having said they planned to fix the issue by the next day, VALORANT's developers kept their word and made another post announcing that the issue in the game had been resolved. In their post, the team, saying: "Raze is back. Spike Defuse sound is back. Competitive is back," made it clear that there were no more issues with competitive, that the queue disable bug had been fixed, and that VALORANT was back up. So now we know the issue has been resolved...
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Is VALORANT Ranked Down?
VALORANT's developers began running into some issues in the game after the release of the latest patch, patch notes 4.05. A bug occurred that caused serious voice chat issues in the game; this voice chat bug can be seen in the top-left corner of the menu screen when trying to enter a competitive lobby. This is a significant issue in particular because being able to hear team chat server-wide makes competitive play difficult. On top of that, another bug involving the agent Raze also stood out. Because of this, VALORANT's developers made a post about the issue, saying: "These bugs turned out to be trickier than we thought. So until we get a fix out, hopefully by tomorrow, we're calling for…
Go to sectionWhen Will VALORANT Competitive/Ranked Be Back? 2022
Having said they planned to fix the issue by the next day, VALORANT's developers kept their word and made another post announcing that the issue in the game had been resolved. In their post, the team, saying: "Raze is back. Spike Defuse sound is back. Competitive is back," made it clear that there were no more issues with competitive, that the queue disable bug had been fixed, and that VALORANT was back up. So now we know the issue has been resolved...
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