Here we go: DNSTY has just gotten to the Grand Finals in the EMEA Valorant scene. Pretty big, isn’t it? But oh, the meltdown in the comment section! The official Valorant EMEA esports Instagram account put out a very cute celebratory tweet of DNSTY going to the Bo5 finals starting tomorrow at 17:00 CEST, and instead of celebrations, the comment section saw an outbreak of chaos.
Let’s take that one from the beginning. A so-called rising team in Valorant competitive scene, DNSTYgg, secured their place in the Grand Finals; having won the so-called semis with one series away from walking away with the whole prize. All matches are planned to be interpolated into a best-of-five tomorrow, which is always far more hard and strategic. This is a big achievement for any team and usually calls for something congratulatory-wishing for them and some excitement.
But noooo. The community reaction was downright antithesis to that. MissyMetalFN straight-up said, “Valorant esports be so dogshit the only way I know about them is because of drama LMAO”. And honestly, that minus sets the trend for the entire thread. There’s less talk about gameplay and way more about behind-the-scene mess everybody hates.
Rage seems to be firmly directed at the tournament organizers themselves, VCT EMEA. Several comments in Spanish call them “a fucking scourge of a company” and “the scum of esports”. Another comment took it further with “mafia”, which, well, is pretty intense. The feeling is that they are incapable of pointing the competitive future of teams in the right direction. This is not just random hate; it feels like some real history making players hot under the collar.
Actually, the drama appears to be correlated with past incidents concerning other teams, specifically KOI and the Ascension tournaments. There’s a back and forth among users like fiorimortiPSI and Rojitas710 about what actually went down in 2024 and in relation to the Spanish representatives at Ascension. There’s a comment that states: “Never ask a Spanish fan what happened at every single Ascension 🤣. Spanish representative did not win a single match in Ascension yet.” So it insinuates some regional fury is boiling over, and somehow DNSTY’s success is getting caught up in that.
Even that already celebratory comment of “Spanish never die” from KOIDuroAlfredo seems to lean into the us-against-them narrative that’s taken over the discussion. It’s crazy that a thread about the achievement of a team in competition has somehow become an outlet for much vaster problems in the EMEA Valorant scene.
Then came the random trolling, where rat emojis or GIFs of people flipping tables were lurking there. This showed that a good chunk of this community is exploiting this moment to channel their unhappiness toward the league administration as opposed to the match itself. Dokttar even asked if the loser loses his spot, which feeds into the bigger discussion of relegation or franchise debates of which we may not be entirely aware.
So, what’s the main takeaway? DNSTY are playing great Valorant, and CN deserves props for making the finals; however, the state of the EMEA esports community is… well, Bob. When the main thing people associate with your competitive league is drama, there’s a problem. This sort of drama overshadows the gameplay and the achievements of the players who sweat through for it.
One hopes that once the Grand Finals kick off, all focus shall return toward the game, as this is what really matters in the end. So, tune in tomorrow to see if DNSTY can finally seal the deal and do yourself a favor by staying far away from the comment section. The level of play is about to be insane, and the conversations surrounding it are disgustingly messy–a time to be alive in Valorant esports, honestly.
