Shroud's Valorant esports debut makes a splash at VCT LCQ

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VCT 2022: North America Last Chance Qualifier Day 1 saw The Guard vs. Sentinels match held on July 4, and over 623.4K Peak Viewers watched it. In a new article, we'll tell you what caused such an excitement, and compare the statistics on this qualifier to the most popular Valorant tournaments.

In early July, former pro CS:GO player and one of the most popular streamers on Twitch, Michael 'shroud' Grzesiek, joined Sentinels' Valorant roster. This event caused a strong reaction from the community, as for several years shroud said that he was not going to return to esports. It should be noted that the streamer often played Valorant on his broadcasts, but has never been a professional in the discipline.

Sentinels was one of the most popular Valorant teams in North America before, but after shroud joined the team, the attention of the audience grew immensely. However, the team's debut match against The Guard ended in a 1-2 defeat, and now Sentinels are one step closer to elimination from the qualifiers.

As mentioned above, this match attracted over 623.4K Peak Viewers. It placed VCT 2022: North America Last Chance Qualifier in the Top 6 of the most popular Valorant esports tournaments ever, behind only Masters Series and Valorant Champions 2021.

It is interesting that tarik, another former professional CS:GO player, attracted the largest number of viewers during the live stream. His stream was watched by 196K Peak Viewers, a new record for the creator's channel. The official broadcast on the channel valorant reached 133.6K Peak Viewers (2nd place). Third by this metric is shroud, or rather his girlfriend bnans, who broadcast on the streamer's channel and drew 78.3K Peak Viewers.