Valorant: Professional team has to give up because a 23-year-old is too engrossed in a new online game

In the shooter Valorant, the team “Ghost CommandoS” had to forfeit a match because they were unable to field a full team. A 23-year-old player from Taiwan was so busy with the new gacha game “Honkai Star Rail” (PC, Mobile, coming soon to PS4/PS5) that he couldn’t manage to install the Valorant client in time. Other players seem to understand this, and the 23-year-old is somewhat proud of himself.

What kind of match was it?

• On May 2nd, a Valorant match between S2 Esports and Ghost Commandos was scheduled in an Asian tournament; the pick and ban phase had already taken place, but since one team wasn’t complete, they forfeited the game without a fight.

This team forfeited: The team Ghost Commandos is having a hard time in the VCL Taiwan/Hong Kong Split anyway: They have played 6 matches and haven’t won a single one. They were only able to win 1 out of 14 maps played.

Currently, the team is in 8th place out of 8 and has received $500 in prize money.

Player failed to install tournament client in time

What happened to the player? In a Japanese news article about the incident, it was noted that the match was scheduled for 7 PM, but even after an hour it had not yet started. It is stipulated that all players must be in a lobby 30 minutes before the start.

The eSports journalist Selugi then clarified: One of the players was so busy playing Honkai Star Rail that he didn’t manage to install the Valorant client in time.

Why do you need to install a client specifically? In Valorant tournaments, it is required to install the tournament client with all enabled skins. Since a new map was added to the pool of playable maps, a reinstallation was necessary.

When news sites reported that the match had to be forfeited because one of the players got lost in Honkai Star Rail, the 23-year-old Taiwanese Keynes proudly tweeted, “That’s about me.”

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“Too busy with his waifus”

How is this being discussed? The news is actually making headlines worldwide and is being commented on Twitter:

• Especially the player’s dedication to his waifus is being praised.
• Players say it’s totally understandable to skip Valorant for Honkai.
• The player must have been too busy “simping” for a virtual waifu.

That an eSports athlete secretly loves another game and neglects his job for it is something known from League of Legends:

LoL imposes $1000 fine on G2 Esports for a pro playing WoW Classic