Valorant Stories

I was playing competitive on Ascent, and a boy called out in the middle of the game, “Oh no! I forgot to buy a gun!” During the next round I saw a character at the edge of the cliff by attacker spawn looking down in the abyss … and throwing their weapons down into it. And they kept saying, “Oh no! I lost my gun!”

There was that one time we were rushing site and one of the guys on our team shouted out, “For Narniiiiaaa!” And started blasting away. I enjoyed that one, because think of how much we were helping Narnia after all.

One time we were defending B on Ascent (that’s the one with the sloppy mud down below) and a big gunfight turned into a smokefest and no one could see where anyone was. One attacker was left and two defenders headed to A. I decided to stay at B because I was Killjoy (a sentinal) and also because I’m lazy. So I waited for the other guys to head to A and while I was waiting I saw out of the corner of my eye the last attacker hiding in the boxes. She was just hiding there and not planting. I got her, but … it was a nice trick. She had us running all over the map.

One time four defenders had retaken the A site on Ascent. Our Reyna managed to sneak in and defeat each one -one at a time. Shortly after the last one, Reyna ran out of boiler to catwalk. At the edge of catwalk was a orange skinned vandal. She switched out her gun and jumped off the edge of the catwalk as the black void extended out toward her as they both went through the air. She landed safely on the ground with her new gun and round victory.

We were getting pummeled in Haven as attackers -down by five or so points. The surrender box came up. I rejected the surrender, and our team was beside themselves with frustration and rage. One person dropped. I was third highest (or third lowest) fragger. I told the team about a recent time we had come back and won with only four players and that we were going to win the match. They were skeptical and still not happy. The other team may have started getting sloppy because they thought they had it in the bag, but gradually I started getting more picks until I was MVP and started to carry (something that was unheard of for me at the time). We ended up winning the match and everyone was enthusiastic. Sometimes I think people lower their standards to the point where they don’t even understand what they can achieve any more. I got assigned with them an hour later and they asked, “Hey! Is that the Killjoy from the legendary match where we rejected the surrendar, lost a guy, and went on to win?!”

One time our entire team was defeated except for Omen while defending a site. Four attackers were on the site, and Omen moved quickly from person to person picking them off. In my mind I pictured someone from Diamond or someone with ‘hypernatural’ power, supremely confident knowing where everyone was. After he finished defusing the spike, I heard a girl’s voice say, “I was so scared.” She certainly didn’t play like a scared person, and I wouldn’t have guessed Omen was a little girl!

We were playing Haven as attackers, and one of our guys took down three people on the other team. I affirmed, “Phoenix! You’re a monster!” Another player on the team said, “I’m second highest fragger. How is it I’m not a monster?” And I said, “Okay, you’re both monsters.” I did this for a couple games, but one time I heard back a sad voice say, “I’m just a little kid. I’m not a monster.” Oops.

Thanks to cottonbro and samuel wolfl for the pics.