YouTube streamer Rachel “Vakyrae” Hofstetter participated in a Twitch Rivals tournament centered around NetEase Games’ latest development, Marvel Rivals. The streamer played alongside some of her long-time associates, including OTV-affiliated BaboAbe and PeterPark. Their team also featured Sleepy, a streamer who professionally played Overwatch, a game that resembles Marvel Rivals.
The opposing team, however, reportedly featured 4 (out of six) players equal to or above the Grandmaster rank, including streamer “Necros,” who peaked at One-Above-All, the game’s highest rank, and is currently Grandmaster II. Additionally, Valkyrae’s long-time streaming associate and friend, Sykkuno, who peaked at Grandmaster III, played against her on Necros’ team.
Regarding the tournament’s structure, which, according to bogur47, a Twitch Rivals participant part of the opposing team, was changed to accommodate 4 Grandmaster and above-ranked players per comp “just a week before the tournament,”
This structure change visibly upset Valkyrae, who, on stream, called out Twitch’s staff for planning “garbage,” mainly because the matches were unfair:
“I waited 5 years to play in a Twitch Rival just for this sh*t to happen, this is insane! Like who planned this garbage!?”
For context, Valkyrae is currently Platinum III rank in Marvel Rivals, and not one of her other teammates was Grandmaster level.
“I don’t understand how this happened”: Valkyrae plans to contact Twitch staff regarding the Marvel Rivals team composition incident
Sleepy pointed out that Necros’ team featured a professional “on every role” after a losing game. Valkyrae then expressed a wish to connect with someone from Twitch’s official staff and share a piece of her mind:
“I’m going to throw up, like, which Twitch staff member do I need to talk to? I don’t understand how this happened… Whose rat-a*s idea was this?… I need to see the logic.”
For context, in the six-game series the two teams played against each other, Rachel’s team won once. bogur47 on X spoke about the unfair balance between the teams and gave some insight into why this system does not work well in the streaming world:
“Its just a bunch of Eternity sweats (like us) with over 300 hours stomping on streamers who are just there for fun.”
In addition, he suggested a conceptual change to the Twitch Rivals structure:
“Twitch rivals [in my honest opinion] should be about content creators learning the game, competing & having fun. How are they supposed to do any of that if every game is a stomp?”
In other news, Valkyrae reveals her return to Twitch after five years of streaming exclusively on YouTube.
Edited by Ripunjay Gaba
Valkyrae, one of the most popular gamers on Twitch, has taken to social media to express her frustration with Twitch Rivals over their last-minute rule changes for the Marvel Rivals tournament. In a scathing post, Valkyrae slammed the organizers for their lack of transparency and communication, stating that the changes put her and other competitors at a disadvantage.
The tournament, which was supposed to be a friendly competition between streamers playing Marvel’s Avengers game, suddenly had new rules introduced just hours before the event. Valkyrae criticized Twitch Rivals for not giving the players enough time to prepare and adjust to the changes, stating that it was unfair to alter the rules at such short notice.
Many fans have rallied behind Valkyrae, expressing their support for her and calling out Twitch Rivals for their mishandling of the tournament. Some have even called for a boycott of future Twitch Rivals events until the organizers improve their communication and planning.
It remains to be seen how Twitch Rivals will respond to the backlash from Valkyrae and the community, but one thing is clear: the gaming community expects better from one of the biggest esports events on Twitch.
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