This spicy tweet from the Sentinels’ VALORANT squad hit a nerve with the public. What began as a joking talk about getting into the China VCT league turn into one fiery debate on in-region dominance, match-fixing, and suddenly an IPL comparison (WHY?). Here’s a quick rundown about the madness.
It all started when Sentinels tweeted, saying, _”just add us to the league at this point @VALesports_CN”_ along with the meme image. Obviously, it was meant to be funny, yet the replies to it? Let’s just say, they went way off. The official account of VALORANT Champions Tour CN shot back, _”Sentinels has entered the group chat :)”_—okay, that is funny. But then players and fans continued to pile on like Phoenix’s ult.
First came the regional supremacy stans. _@IDrinkTearsYum_ went in on the Sentinels, comparing them to RCB (Royal Challengers Bangalore for those not into cricket) for being _”too much hype with few achievements.”_ Ouch. The Sentinels’ defender, _@AaravTripath1_, then threw down the gauntlet: _”2 masters is called a few achievements? Put the fries in the bag buddy.”_ The clapback game was very strong, but the roar began, and then the thread turned into a full-on roast with one person even getting into match-fixing allegations (yes, yikes).
Then came logistics. _@retr0_ was stating the obvious: _”Would cost a lot of money for the orgs because they’d have to buy facilities in different regions and hire more employees.”_ Fair point, but then when has logic ever worked against a good esports banter? Others apparently favored the idea to rotate teams between regions—that sounds good until time-zone hell kicks in.
Then, from China’s rise, the real drama begins. Others claimed Chinese teams to be underrated, with _@sdwcombat_ pitching that _”the gap is a lot closer”_ between regions. The counter-arguments were that young Chinese teams would _”crumble under pressure”_ to veteran teams like Sentinels, said @_Gh0steyy. And to make this even more spicy, @israel_fue23149 made a low-key jab with _”EDG ain’t even in Masters rn😂.”_
And then…the random IPL reference came in. No one really knows why. _@Lafani_ just said _”bro thinks it’s the IPL”_ as if it was the sharp-witted thing to say. Things changed from mayhem to grossly unhinged and honestly? That’s peak gaming Twitter.
So, what was the consensus then? Well, the Sentinels were probably trolls, but in doing so, they proved two things: 1) VALORANT regional leagues are very real, and 2) fans can turn a punchline into a 200-reply thread faster than you can say “rotate.” Whether a wildcard team from NA would really be welcomed into the China league remains purely speculative for now—yet now, after this thread, we’re half-seriously rooting for it.
TL;DR: Sentinels joked around, China VCT account caught the vibes, internet went wild. Just another day.
