{"id":26806,"date":"2022-01-12T03:57:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T03:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/riot-shuts-down-valorant-custom-lobbies-and-shooting-range-due-to-matchmaking-issues"},"modified":"2024-07-19T08:55:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:55:37","slug":"riot-shuts-down-valorant-custom-lobbies-and-shooting-range-due-to-matchmaking-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/riot-shuts-down-valorant-custom-lobbies-and-shooting-range-due-to-matchmaking-issues","title":{"rendered":"Riot shuts down Valorant custom lobbies and shooting range due to matchmaking issues"},"content":{"rendered":"
Riot Games has taken the odd decision to shut down practice mode and custom games from Valorant amid issues impacting matchmaking queues to start Episode 4.<\/p>\n
With the launch of a new Episode combined with massive weapon and map changes on top of the release of a new Agent<\/a>, Neon, the game seem poised to receive a healthy influx of players jumping into unrated, ranked, and all the other multiplayer modes the game offers.<\/p>\n It seems that users are sticking to refining their aim in order to start Episode 4 Act 1 with the right foot, making things slower for those queuing up straight into matches.<\/p>\n Via social media, the Valorant devs mentioned that they were disabling custom games as well as the shooting range to aid with issues affecting matchmaking queues.<\/p>\n Now, don’t confuse custom games with lobbies, as they are still accessible at the moment of writing. In fact, the Riot server status website<\/a> only lists practice mode and shooting range as the two disabled modes.<\/p>\n There are so many of you in the Shooting Range and custom games that it’s actually negatively impacting matchmaking queues. <\/p>\n We’re going to temporarily disable those two modes (for NA\/BR\/LATAM regions) to help clear some room.<\/p>\n — VALORANT (@PlayVALORANT) January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \nRiot shuts down practice and shooting range<\/h2>\n
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