{"id":1492,"date":"2025-09-27T12:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T12:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:41:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:41:44","slug":"i-went-to-valorant-champions-and-realized-something-about-the-games-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/27\/i-went-to-valorant-champions-and-realized-something-about-the-games-future\/","title":{"rendered":"I went to Valorant Champions and realized something about the game's future"},"content":{"rendered":"
I, like many eSports nerds, dream about being able to watch my favorite players dominate the arena. I imagine being able to talk to other fans about the game, cheering together for my favorite players, and seeing the experts in action as they click heads off and rotate to C. So when Valorant Champions was announced to be in Paris this year, I knew I had to get there at any cost.<\/p>\n
Though Valorant mobile isn\u2019t out yet, I\u2019ve been playing the game for years, and got into the competitive side of it during Masters Madrid in 2024, when my glorious king Tenz lifted his second and – though we didn\u2019t know it yet – final trophy with what became my favorite team, Sentinels. Tenz retired at the ripe age of 23, but Sentinels are a likely squad to attend Champions Paris. Even without Tenz, I still support them with everything I have, including lots of sweat and tears.<\/p>\n