PopularTwitchstreamer Imane “Pokimane” Anys accidentally flamed herValorantteammate while her mic was on. She’s been solo queuing onValorantrecently, and many of her viewers have been cheering her on as she tries to get past theDiamond rank.InValorant’s 6.11 patch update, many players reported that they were experiencing a “hot mic” bug, which would toggle their in-game mics without them knowing. By default,Valorant’s team voice chatis set to push-to-talk (PTT) and bound to the V key. But because of the bug, players need to press the key again to turn their mics off. This has resulted in hilarious and unfortunate interactions among players who didn’t mean to have their teammates hear their comments or conversations.RELATED:Some Valorant Players Are Allegedly Being Paid to Throw Games With StreamersThe latest victim ofValorant’s hot mic bug was Pokimane during her stream yesterday. In a clip shared by Twitter user hailewhy, the streamer, who was dead and spectating her teammates at this point, was speaking to her chat about the ally Jett’s “bad entry.” She later realized that her mic was on the entire time, and everyone on her team heard her criticisms. The streamer quickly apologized for what happened and left the match out of embarrassment.
In the replies, manyValorantfans found the incident hilarious, but also empathized with Pokimane as they experienced the same bug in their games. Pokimane also said in a tweet that she’s praying for “no more hot mic bug” in her futureValorantgames. Meanwhile, other players wondered when Riot Games would fix this bug as it’s proving to be humiliating for those affected by it. As of writing, theValorantdeveloper has not addressed the issue or the steps it’s taking to fix it.
Pokimane had been playingValorant, either solo or with friends, since it came out in 2020. Although some players previously believed that sheboosted herValorantrankafter reaching Immortal, she was able to prove them wrong with her focused gameplay. Likewise, herValorantstreams have brought joy to her viewers as she gets to show off interesting plays, and sometimes interact with funny teammates.
Valoranthas had various bizarre bugs in the past. One example was agame-breaking Astra bug, where players couldn’t get out of Astral Form. Meanwhile, certain glitches, likeValorantglitches going through walls, made for some funny clips on social media. Fortunately, Riot Games was able to fix them, so the hot mic bug might be resolved sometime soon.
