Bleed Esports Valorant head coach Nikola ‘LEGIJA’ Ninić revealed what went improper with the VCT Pacific staff in 2024 and what saved Jaccob ‘yay’ Whiteaker from returning to his OpTic Gaming kind.
In an interview with Duncan ‘Thorin’ Shields, the previous Counter-Strike coach laid out how inner points and the strain of being a star participant brought about yay to have a horrible 2024 VCT season.
LEGIJA, the architect behind Bleed’s ascension to VCT Pacific, stated yay had points with the staff’s in-game chief, Ngô ‘crazyguy’ Công Anh, nearly instantly. The coach defined that he couldn’t bench yay over his beef with crazyguy due to how a lot cash Bleed spent to signal the beginning participant.
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“[Yay] tried to resolve the issue that he had with crazyguy. It didn’t work out, crazyguy was not likely cooperative I’d say, and I believe that was a giant downside,” LEGIJA stated.
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The German coach additionally stated yay’s “psychological” was holding him again from enjoying his finest because the participant would dominate scrims, however overthink every thing throughout stage matches.
“The second he will get on the stage, the strain hits him so arduous that he loses himself fully,” LEGIJA.
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Yay additionally didn’t do himself any favors exterior of stage matches to assist alleviate the strain to carry out, because the coach claimed the North American participant would go on social media and hunt down posts about himself.
The previous OpTic Gaming star would additionally try to research upcoming opponents’ earlier matches, which might additionally trigger him to overthink what the enemy was doing through the recreation. This usually brought about him to make calls and performs throughout pivotal rounds that the staff didn’t apply.
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“This man is overthinking every thing, each f**king bullsh*t,” the coach stated.
Relating to in-game criticisms, LEGIJA stated yay was an amazing fragger however lacked the aggressive tendencies to play Duelist at a excessive degree.
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The North American participant has had a tough time in skilled Valorant after an unimaginable two-year run with Envy/OpTic Gaming that noticed him make a number of main tournaments, and win a Masters trophy.
In 2023, yay solely received one match on the skilled degree throughout his time with Cloud9 and Disguised. The Masters Reykjavík 2022 winner matched that win whole in 2024 with Bleed. Yay is now a restricted free agent and might be on the transfer to a brand new staff once more for the 2025 VCT season.
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