If you’re anything like the average competitive CS2 player, seeing your rank go down, even when you’re highly skilled, is probably one of your worst nightmares. For that reason, many CS2 players are concerned about whether getting vote-kicked from a match will have the same effect. Here’s a complete explanation of exactly that.
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The Effect of Getting Kicked in CS2 on Your Rank
Unfortunately, we don’t have a definitive answer for this. That’s because Valve doesn’t have an official statement on this topic. So, there’s no way to give a 100% accurate answer unless Valve decides to address this. Fortunately, we aren’t left with simply blind speculation. We can make educated guesses based on what the CS2 community is experiencing.
According to what we have observed players talking about on online forums, it seems that the actual act of getting kicked from a ranked match doesn’t itself affect your rank. Your rank points are either added to or subtracted from your rank based on your in-game performance up to the point you got kicked.
So, essentially, if you were playing really well and had a bunch of kills, keeping you at the top of the leaderboard, and then you got kicked, you would gain rank points for that match. On the other hand, if your performance wasn’t that great and you stayed at the bottom frag position, your rank points would probably get subtracted.
However, keep in mind that these are, again, just guesses. We don’t know for sure if getting kicked will affect your rank. Since getting kicked is considered a negative thing because it generally happens to players who aren’t playing the game properly, there is a possibility that your rank gets negatively affected if you get kicked. But the only way to be 100% sure is if Valve addresses this.
Will I Derank If I Get Kicked?
By now, you are probably worried that if you get kicked more often, you will start directing a lot. However, you probably don’t need to worry about that. The thing is, only players who purposely disrupt the gameplay of their teammates have a high chance of getting kicked more often. So if you don’t do that, you don’t have to worry.
Secondly, even if you got unlucky and started getting kicked more often than usual while trying to solo-queue, you won’t suddenly start de-ranking. That’s because the main thing that determines your skill level is how well you play in the game. The effect of getting kicked likely won’t outweigh the effect of playing well as a CS2 player.
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Conclusion
In conclusion, if you generally avoid disrupting the gameplay experience of others, leading to getting kicked less frequently, you probably don’t have to worry about your rank getting affected if you get kicked once or twice. Even if it happens more often, the effect it would have on your rank won’t outweigh the effect your skill will have on it.
