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I'm Australian, but work on VALOURANT at Riot HQ in Los Angeles, and this post has got me all kinds of confused... And homesick... 🇦🇺
Where in Aus, if you don't mind me asking?
I was working in Sydney before I moved here to work at Riot
How long til we get the beta mate pls?
Soon mate, soon. We appreciate you hangin' in there!
hey, the more hours you watch do you have a higher chance of getting a drop ? i heard 1: that you only need 2 hours watchtime to be eligible for a drop and more hours watched gives you a higher chance and 2: that you have to be watching actively for a chance to get a key no matter how much you’ve already watched? I’d love to know as i have 36 hours watchtime now
So: 1) Yes, once you've watched at least 2 hours you're now in the pool of eligible viewers. You get a higher chance the more you've watched, but there are diminishing returns, i.e. your 37th hour doesn't increase your chances anywhere near as much as your 3rd hour (the relative increase in your total hours is much lower). 2) You do not have to be actively watching. Once you've watched at least 2 hours, every time we give out access we just take the pool of all eligible viewers and randomly choose people (weighted by total view hours), regardless of if they're currently viewing. Please look after yourself and make sure you eat! ;)
Good luck to you, I hope you get access soon! We're actively working to try and increase our server capacity, but we also need to ramp at a responsible pace so that we're testing load as we go.
Fair. Ever work for Riot in Sydney (on league or anything else), or did you move specifically for Valorant?
I never worked at Riot Sydney, though I did start at Riot around when Sydney opened. I worked on League for 5 years before moving to VALORANT almost 2 years ago. It's been a mile a minute since coming to VALORANT and it's a super exciting time 😀
That's awesome! What department?
Engineering ☺️
Hey Im from Germany and I received a drop in my twitch acc and got the confirmation to be in the beta via email from riot. But if I login to my riot account it says I’m not in the beta yet and I should link my twitch acc and watch streams to get a drop. ?!?!
I'd recommend opening a Player Support ticket, they can check out the details of your account