Mythia Batford Signs Off From Valorant Practice Stream Without a Win

INDEPENDENT — Mythia Batford, an independent virtual streamer, closed a Monday Valorant stream without a win, signing off with a piece of advice for viewers: if you are feeling down, don’t play the game.

She opened the stream by calling the night a “practice arc” or “training arc,” saying the work was meant to help get onto a roster someday. Batford said the plan was to play for the usual hour and a half, and the stream ran 114 minutes. Batford queued alone in the game’s competitive mode, answering chat between rounds.

“The message for today is: if you’re feeling down, don’t play Valorant.” — Mythia Batford, signing off

Chat cheered through the evening’s better moments. After one late-round finish, viewers wrote “GG” and tagged the stream “#MitiJagoBanget” (roughly, Miti is really good), and a near-ace later drew a message saying she was one kill short of it.

Asked why she plays alone, Batford said that on stream she prefers solo queue, because playing with other people shifts the focus to the interaction with them and away from the viewers. Batford said the aim on stream is to entertain chat, and that off stream teaming up is fine.

The later matches went against her. Near the end she said no win had come that day, and chat counted a three-game losing streak, joking about a “red carpet,” a nod to the red of lost matches and to the stream title. Batford thanked everyone for coming and signed off with her advice about playing Valorant when feeling down.