A coach from Valorant is known for slamming the table when his team plays poorly. This has now become a meme. Now the coach has even caused a technical pause, and viewers suspect he slammed the table again.
Who is it about? The Valorant coach Alexandre “Alecks” Sallé from the team Paper Rex regularly slams the table literally. The Frenchman is now known among fans for his emotional style, and his outbursts have become a meme that even has its own X account.
During the finals of the “Pacific Stage 1,” the coach caused a technical incident that required the game to be paused. Even without video evidence, fans are clear: he slammed the table again, and this time he destroyed Riot’s equipment.
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Multiple staff members must repair the setup
What kind of incident was there? During the finals in Seoul, the game was paused due to technical problems. However, the issues did not affect any of the players but rather coach “Alecks.”
When the camera pans to the coach’s table, he is not visible. Instead, several Riot staff members can be seen crawling under his table, trying to fix the problems.
After a while, the coach also reappears; he was also under the desk. The problem was quickly resolved; likely, only a cable was loose and had fallen out of the PC, but the fans have long found their culprit.
You can see the incident here:
What does the community believe? The community believes that the coach once again slammed the table and thus triggered the technical problem.
Riot also shared a compilation of the emotional moments of coach Alecks on their X account.
On Reddit, the commentator p4p3rth1n writes: “You can’t make this up.”
The user The_Nap writes on Reddit: “He finally did it.”
LoanPresidentSalmon sees on Reddit a new level of emotions from coach Alecks: “Kicking a PC to force a technical pause has evolved to the next level after simply smashing the desk.”
How did the game end? The final game in which Paper Rex played against Gen.G was carried out in a best-of-5 format. The game was extremely close, and the technical pause gave both teams the opportunity to discuss their strategies.
The two teams had a “neck-and-neck” race, but in the end, Paper Rex was able to win with coach Alecks.
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