Curious to know what the overall thoughts are of Diamond + ranks by Valorant community/streamers?
Hello everyone,
So for context here, I am a Diamond 2 player in Valorant, and an Emerald 2 player in League of Legends. I play both games quite a bit as I am a firm believer that Riot Games has the best multiplayer games on the market at this moment in terms of polish, enjoyability, and very high replay value compared to a vast majority of other Multiplayer games I have played.
With that being said though, I have always wondered; what are people's overall thoughts on Diamond rank by both the community and big streamers?
For comparison, Diamond rank and Emerald rank in League of Legends have more or less the exact same ranked distribution. Diamond in Valorant is top 16%, and Emerald in League is also top 16%.
Because of this, I would consider my rank in these games to be above average. Not anything insane, but still relatively decent and better than your average joe.
However, atleast in League, most streamers and community members see Emerald rank as being kinda shit. Emerald rank is not really given much respect, and often Emerald is what I would say the most picked on Rank in the game, since it serves as this akward middle point between the transition from low elo to high elo.
But in Valorant, idk I feel like Diamond isnt really seen in the same light? Maybe the word "Diamond" just has more prestige associated with it than something like Emerald would? I would say from what I have seen, Gold rank is the rank that is picked on the most in Valorant respectively. Diamond I almost never seen negative things discussed about it, even though in League an Emerald player is the equivalent, but Emerald has a much worse reputation in that game.
If anyone can shed some additional light on why this might be the case, why Diamond rank seemingly gets more respect from the community and streamers, and if there may be some additional details or context that I am missing that could explain the difference in viewpoint for each community.
Also, the ranked distribution stats I got it from Esports Tale. That is the only website I know that has Riot Games ranked distribution that is currently available, so it was what I had to use.