香港六合彩官网资料 Esports student comes out on top

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Shayna "Killpopvixen" Smith, a member of the 香港六合彩官网资料 Esports Club, was on the winning team for a Valorant tournament in early October 2021.

Oct. 13, 2021

香港六合彩官网资料 Esports Club member Shayna 鈥淜illpopvixen鈥 Smith joined a group of other college students in an esports Valorant tournament this past weekend. In a collaboration between and , several Valorant professionals were recruited to draft teams from the college students who signed up to participate. 

鈥淚 was pretty nervous at the start, seeing all these high ranked professionals and I鈥檝e played so few ranked games. But I was determined to work with my new teammates and try my best,鈥 Smith said. Smith is a junior in the College of Business and Security Management. 

After several games and hundreds of matches, Smith鈥檚 team came out on top and won $3,000.

Valorant is a first-person shooter game with five-person teams using communications, tactics and teamwork to overcome the other team. The grand finals consisted of a best of three games.