I am Ballatw, a Valorant analyst and color caster (formerly Fortnite). This is my blog!
I’ve been putting this off for way too long – writing about the VALORANT version of CLASH… which we are getting, and it’s called PREMIER. I have a lot of thoughts because I’ve played in many iterations of “organized competitive” within CS, Fortnite, SC2 and it’s always exciting no matter what flavor it takes. For … Read more What I hope VALORANT’s “PREMIER” Tournament Mode Gets Right
Why am I writing this? We have just come off a string of solos tournaments, including many major events. All of the Dreamhacks have been solos, including our last LAN of Dreamhack Anaheim… Season 2 ended with the FNCS invitational, and then went straight into FNCS Solos. A full season of solos. Now it’s not … Read more Why Solos Shouldn’t Be the Main/Major Competitive Mode
Formats in general have always stirred a lot of discussion, and unfortunately I feel like those discussions have not been very fruitful in general due to the quick and quippy form of discussion within the community. “Kill points bad!” “Benjyfishy format is the best” “I miss the old format!” Where nobody is expressing any form … Read more Formats and Tournament Structures