Chetan ‘Chet’ Singh, a former Valorant head coach for OpTic Gaming and NRG Esports, has introduced his plans to modify to Counter-Strike 2, after Riot introduced they’re suspending him from VCT till March 2025.
On October 15, Riot posted an announcement asserting the suspension, explaining the rationale as violating “Riot Video games World Esports Code of Conduct.”
Riot states that Singh broadcasted “VoDs whose entry was contingent on present standing as head coach of a VCT group. His entry to the content material was unauthorized, and its distribution on July 31, 2024, constituted a breach of proprietary data.”
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The ruling concludes, “He didn’t safe permission from Riot Video games, NRG, and the opposite groups concerned previous to broadcasting publicly inaccessible VoDs and communications to his private channels.”
The suspension is efficient instantly, and runs till March 3, 2025 – the tip of VCT Masters Bangkok.
The response to the announcement was usually certainly one of shock. TSM participant Subroza merely responded, “outrageous,” whereas 100 Thieves’ Asuna stated “wow…”
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Fellow coach Tanizhq replied to Riot’s ruling, “Appears a bit like a witchhunt ngl, he streamed a VOD of an official with comms, 6 months later when only one of the 5 gamers even stays. (Additionally NRG already made a comms video of it).”
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Chet broadcasts CS2 swap
Hours after the ruling was made public, Chet responded by confirming his ambition to return to Counter-Strike teaching.
“With current information I’m going to be exploring my choices in CS2, if any groups have an interest subsequent 12 months after the most important DMs are open,” he posted on X.
He beforehand coached CS:GO groups, together with NRG, Evil Geniuses and OpTic, earlier than switching to Valorant in 2020.
Nonetheless, he added that he might be open to Valorant teaching alternatives as soon as his suspension is lifted in March. Within the meantime, he’ll proceed to stream on Twitch.
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In different Valorant esports information, earlier in October, Riot took motion towards Bleed Esports, kicking them from VCT as a result of “persistent operational failures.”
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