The situation is as follows: the individual who recently shared a controversial opinion on Twitter has shaken the entire VALORANT community. The tweet was very clear: “Unpopular opinion: VALORANT must restore Breeze.” The author even included the😶 emoji, as if they were completely aware of the turmoil they were about to unleash. And indeed, they did.
The reply is a flawless splitting of the community, it is like watching two teams arguing in the chat after a 13-0 defeat. While some call for the return of Breeze, others look at the suggestion as if it were the introduction of aimbots among the default features. This is the kind of feud.
Soon you read TRIGGERgotlost saying, “Definitely it was such a blast,” and MrPrime commenting, “I’ve been saying this for a long time,” as if they were just bursting with this opinion that they have kept for months and now just waiting to be agreed upon. Shadey even recalled his “90% winrate on It,” which is like, fine, but is that even possible? Meanwhile, yummyboo62 just screams “YES I LOVE BREEZE” in all caps since sometimes no reason is required for enthusiasm.
But there is a counter-argument coming, and it is, “No way!” Joxyjack stated that the map “should be wiped off” very plainly, which is indeed a strong remark. vindilad just stated, “Nah, stay unpopular,” as if telling Breeze to go back to the corner where it belongs. And then siclaropero goes crazy saying: “Put that opinion deep in you ass… Nobody wants that shit back,” which is indeed an extreme reaction, it seems someone really hates that map.
What is the most ridiculous part is that the opinions of the public are so split even on what is considered unpopular. TheKingtsabiox9 remarked, “That’s the popular opinion; the unpopular opinion is that they shouldn’t.” At the same time, Madiapop_ accepted, “whoa an actually unpopular opinion” to imply, they are surprised that somebody has finally said something which is not just like-baiting.
However, what is really awesome is that this Breeze controversy has become so big that it now ranks maps. blossom_dlc listed Breeze as the 3rd best map in their ranking, right after Icebox and Ascent. But OreWaDaichiDesu stated he “never gets the Breeze hate” and viewed it as “much better than Fracture or Abyss,” which got an instant agreement from Navire_X who was quite firm that “Fracture is the Worst Map in VALO I swear.” Thus, we already have an escalation of the debate from Breeze to encompassing a complete map tier list in the replies.
Some players are letting their imagination loose and making the most creative suggestions. IsNameros shared the concept of “all maps in the ranked pool but with a rainbow style pick system” where everyone picks what he likes, which sounds mad but could actually be better than the present system. Luc1dg went even more extreme, saying, “popular opinion: Valorant should remove the ranked map pool” totally, which would be pure madness yet at the same time, quite thrilling?
Then, there are conspiracy theorists such as _Unilicious_ who claims “Ive had dreams of Breeze coming back” and thinks “its gonna be worst” if it actually happens. Are we having prophetic dreams about map rotation problems in VALORANT? What reality are we living in?
However, the actual buzz comes from theorykiller who observed “just bringing back Breeze isn’t saving the game” and that “Riot needs to upgrade Vanguard because this mf is NOT detecting these cheaters.” Now the talk has moved from maps to anti-cheats and the overall game situation.
The ongoing discussion about Breeze is because it symbolizes not only different opinions but also the players’ individual preferences. While some players love the fact that the map is wide open with long sightlines, others find it not viable for most of the agents and styles to be played and criticize the map for that.
Wolfgun34105430 put forth a very good reasoning though, “Nope cause we want the old Breeze,” which makes one think whether it is really about the return of the Breeze or of the players that they liked before the specific changes that caused it to be taken out of rotation?
At the end of the day, this Twitter thread shows one thing: VALORANT players are very passionate about their maps no matter if you are the Breeze team or think it should be vaulted forever. And with Riot constantly doing changes and tweaks in the map pool, who knows-maybe someday we will see Breeze once more in the game.
PlayStation gamers might find this level of passion familiar, while Xbox fans have their own controversies to deal with.
