The official Valorant Champions Tour EMEA account has, in a very remarkable manner, unveiled the awards for the 2025 season. This was indeed a stunning year end gesture on their part. They extended their heartfelt congratulations to the victors and stated that they were looking forward to an ‘incredible year’ at #VCTEMEA. An accompanying photo, which is probably a cool infographic with the winners’ pictures, has very much sparked the whole community. Not in a bad manner, just… you see, the typical passionate and somewhat weird discussion that makes the esports scene so fun to watch follows.
Allow us to provide a quick explanation for Google bots and anyone else who is just waking up: The VCT EMEA 2025 season awards have been announced, and athletes from the leading squad Fnatic have received recognition in major categories. The outcome has caused a very rapid and wide split of the opinions among the Valorant community regarding some of the selections and the overall performance of the region.
Now that we have this cleared up, let’s take a look at the messy and human reaction. Because that’s the place where the true story always is.
The tweet radiates positivity and goodwill, but if you go through the responses, it seems like a different world to be. A beautiful, chaotic world. The center of attention? Fnatic, Fnatic, and more Fnatic. One user has certainly summed it up best: ‘it’s fnatic’s world and we’re just living in it.’ And they are correct. The team literally crushed the EMEA 2025 season with such power, and the awards appear to be a confirmation of that.
There will be prizes for such players as Boaster (most probably for IGL or Captain of the Year), RieNs, Alfajer, and the one person who is on everybody’s lips: kaajak. This guy must have had a fantastic year because the comments are filled with GOAT emojis and flames. ‘Kaajak my goat,’ ‘Kaajak is crazy,’ ‘Sheeessh kajaak 🔥’. The dude’s name is coming out more often than a Jett dash in a pistol round. It looks like he has taken the Rookie of the Year award, and the buzz is confirming that it was deservedly so. One participant even said he was the best entry player and the best rookie, which is quite a combo.
Nonetheless, as it is always the case with any awards list, there are bound to be ‘snubs’ and ‘huh?’ moments. And the Valorant community is all the time there to give the appropriate response. The first major concern regarding the awards? Ruxic receiving the Controller of the Year award. One user commented that the situation was basically, ‘fym ruxic controller of the year 😭😭 over keiko???’. This is a discussion that, no doubt, is taking place in Discord at this moment, and it is probably a heated one. People have their favorites, and they are not afraid to show it.
Right next to it, there is the bigger, more interesting take. Somebody posed a question which many outside EMEA might be asking: ‘Why is EMEA so mid lmao’. Ouch. That’s a direct attack on the region’s international success this year. It corresponds with another, more artistic comment that was… well, to tell the truth, a masterpiece. Someone wrote this entire Shakespearean piece about Fnatic being ‘unrival’d titans’ who swept through the year but missed a ‘foreign crown,’ implying that they might have been the kings at home but got less than a taza of the cup at the global finals. It was like reading an esports sonnet. ‘O triumph most HELLISHLY sublime!’ they wrapped it up. Brilliant.
The award for the most passionate argument is shared among the Player of the Year award. One user could hardly believe: ‘Alfa is not the player of the year ???????????????????’. This is about Alfajer, another star of Fnatic. The back-and-forth in the replies indicates that while kaajak was the best rookie, Alfajer might have been the overall best player in EMEA this season. It is a classic ‘pricing mixed superstar performance vs. explosive rookie impact’ debate. Another user popped in with the same view and stated that the title of best player should go to ‘alfa’.
And there is no denying that side talks pop up. A user sarcastically remarked that the list was ‘made by fnatic staff,’ which is always the classic comment when one team dominates the list. There was also a very strange discussion about whether a Viper main can be considered as a good candidate for a Sentinel award, because according to the rules, Viper is a Controller but often acts like a Sentinel? This is the really technical stuff that only the most committed fans know about, and gamers on platforms like PlayStation and Xbox love to dive into these details.
