Evil Geniuses Valorant player claims he got death threats after beating NRG

Evil Geniuses defeated NRG Esports 2-1 within the first spherical of the VCT Americas playoffs. On his stay stream after the match, Evil Geniuses Valorant participant Max ‘Demon1’ Mazanov stated he acquired a number of dying threats from NRG followers.

Evil Geniuses upset NRG Esports within the first spherical of the VCT Americas playoffs. EG took the sequence 2-1 after shedding to NRG 2-0 the week prior of their ultimate matchup of the common season.

EG is a crew stuffed with younger expertise that has not had a lot expertise in high-stakes worldwide occasions, whereas NRG is a fan-favorite squad with gamers which have gained main Valorant tournaments. The core three gamers of NRG, and their head coach, had been on the OpTic Gaming roster that appeared at each worldwide occasion and gained VCT Masters Reykjavík in 2022.

After the upset, NRG and EG’s coaches got into a spat on Twitter and it appears to be like just like the fallout from the match win didn’t finish there. In a stay stream after the sequence, Evil Geniuses’ primary Duelist player Demon1 revealed that he additionally needed to take care of some web hate primarily based on the match consequence.

Evil Geniuses Valorant participant allegedly acquired dying threats

“I’m not going to lie, I opened my Twitter DM’s and I had so many dying threats and like hate messages for no motive. Like, what? I didn’t assume NRG followers had been like that however like lowkey f*** the NRG followers. What the f*** is improper with them,” he said.

The 20-year-old participant is new to tier-one competitors as Evil Geniuses signed Demon1 from relative obscurity earlier than he entered its beginning rotation in VCT Americas. Not like the veterans on NRG and EG, Demon1 has doubtless not skilled the vitriol from an opposing facet’s fan base after defeating their favourite crew.

Following their win towards NRG, Evil Geniuses will face off towards one other Valorant powerhouse in Cloud9 on Might 24 within the higher bracket of the VCT Americas playoff.