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LOUD beats OpTic to win the Valorant 2022 World Championship

In the Valorant Champions 2022 Grand Final in Istanbul, LOUD defeated OpTic Gaming. Their 3-1 victory over their fiercest opponents has guaranteed their position in Esports history as the VCT World Champions for the 2022 season.

valorentOn Sunday, the Brazilian esports team LOUD upset North America’s OpTic Gaming in the final event of the 2022 Valorant Champions Tour in front of millions of viewers, earning LOUD’s first international triumph. The grand final was a 3-1 brawl at the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul, with many maps going into overtime. LOUD players were visibly ecstatic as they stepped up from their workstations, ripping off their headsets and in-ear headphones.

“I have no words for it, it’s just so great,” Matias “saadhak” Delipetro remarked on being cheered on by supporters in the arena. “It’s unbelievable.”

“Valorant” is a 5-v-5 first-person shooter in which squads fight to win 13 rounds as quickly as possible. The game has amassed a sizable fan base. Riot Games, the game’s creator, stated in April that “Valorant” had reached 15 million monthly users. “Valorant” is one of the most viewed games on Twitch. The title’s release around the start of the pandemic certainly helped to its popularity. The video game industry observed a significant increase in audience interest and participation as people stayed indoors more.

Aside from the $1 million prize pool, teams will also receive a portion of revenues from an in-game skin package published at the commencement of the Champions tournament. Riot Games stated on Saturday that the package has earned more than $16 million, with sales continuing through September 21. This preliminary amount, divided across 16 organizations, increases each team’s take-home pay by $1 million. Following the Champions tournament in 2021, participating teams received $500,000 as part of a similar aesthetic promotion.

On the first map, both teams clashed fiercely. OpTic had an early lead, but LOUD’s aspas made some spectacular plays, allowing his team to rally and force overtime. There, LOUD defeated OpTic to grab a 1-0 lead in the series.

Despite narrowly losing the previous map, OpTic players were not discouraged. They responded with a dominating performance on the second map. OpTic won 10 rounds in the first half, making it simpler for them to seal the map. On the second map, they won 13-6 to tie the series.

The third map grew to be the longest in the series. Because both teams refused to surrender, they won the same amount of rounds in both parts of the map. The teams swapped rounds back-and-forth, forcing overtime on many occasions. Ultimately, LOUD won the third map to take a 2-1 lead in the match.

LOUD Players:

  • Erick “aspas” Santos
  • Felipe “Less” Basso
  • Bryan “pANcada” Luna
  • Matias “saadhak” Delipetro
  • Gustavo “Sacy” Rossi

OpTic Players:

  • Pujan “FNS” Mehta
  • Victor “Victor” Wong
  • Austin “crashies” Roberts
  • Jaccob “yay” Whiteaker
  • Jimmy “Marved” Nguyen

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