After Giants Valorant qualified for Champs, one of its players criticized Cloud9 and its Valorant coach. Giants earned a superior seed heading into the Valorant Champions tournament by sweeping NAVI in the grand final of the VCT EMEA LCQ. The Spanish company breezed through the competition and qualified for the event by cruising to victories over Karmine Corp and KOI, each time by a score of 2-0.
The team’s record of consecutive victories was maintained in the championship game, and they will now attempt to demonstrate their prowess on an international level. During the VCT EMEA Playoffs in May, the Giants were just one series win away from qualifying for VCT Masters Tokyo and Valorant Champions. However, they were eliminated by NAVI in the first lower-bracket match.
Giants IGL Emir “rhyme” Muminovic lashed out at Cloud9 and its Valorant coach Matthew “mCe” Elmore the morning after his team defeated KOI before they faced NAVI on stage. He did this before taking the step to meet NAVI. Rhyme shared a screenshot with a cruel caption and a remark I sent in the Twitch chat. This caused the Valorant community to become agitated.
After Cloud9’s coach was eliminated from championship contention, the IGL for Giants retaliated
mCe’s comment can be seen in the screenshot: “Kind of annoying Fnatic is winning the event and getting another free spot for EMEA, can’t wait to see Giants come to get owned,” As a result of Fnatic’s victory in the VCT Masters, their league received an additional berth at the Valorant Champions. This made it possible for VCT EMEA to send five teams to the world tournament.
“You still would not have qualified for mCe even if EG had won against Fnatic. In the tweet, he wished his followers “enjoy watching from the crowd.” At this time, the post has received over 6,000 likes and has been cited in over 100 tweets.
As a result of me and Cloud9’s elimination from the VCT Americas LCQ by Leviatán in the lower bracket final, they will not be competing in the Valorant Champions tournament. It is difficult to determine whether mCe’s response to Ryhme’s remark was intended as sarcasm at the player or as respect for a fellow competitor. mCe responded to Ryhme’s post by raising a glass to him. On August 6, the Giants and the other qualified teams will get their runs underway in the Valorant Champions tournament.
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