Riot disables new VALORANT block function after gamers discover it nonetheless reveals these with a hidden ID

Many video games and software lately assist you to cover your username from different gamers. This may very well be for easy privateness or to stop stream sniping if you happen to’re a preferred streamer. Nicely, Riot Video games added a block function to VALORANT, however it unintentionally made stream sniping simpler.

The aim of the block function is so you may take away communication with different gamers. It does not keep away from them throughout matchmaking, however it stops them from receiving message, buddy requests, and listening to their voice chat.

Its an ideal software to should keep away from harassment. Besides when you’ve got your Riot ID hidden whereas taking part in VALORANT, if somebody blocks you, it reveals you precisely who they’re. That has led Riot Video games to disable the function till they’ll determine a repair.

The flexibility to dam a participant from speaking with you in VALORANT got here with patch 9.06. However as you will see within the video beneath by Lothar, it has been discovered that this function can truly assist stream snipers.

Because it solely removes communication availability and does not truly forestall you from taking part in a recreation with the blocked particular person, there is not actually something you may. As they’ll see the ID of who they block even when it has been hidden in-game.

Say you block TenZ, however his in-game identify is hidden and simply reveals the Agent he’s taking part in. Nicely, the block function in VALORANT permits you to see who’s in your block checklist. And it will present that it’s TenZ. From there, you would see if he’s streaming and use his stream to snipe him.

Now, the function is disabled per Riot Video games. After all, not everyone seems to be out to stream snipe, however it has some streamers rattled. They’ll tell us when the function is turned again on, so sit tight till then.