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The VCT LOCK//IN trophy gained by Fnatic was broken because the workforce returned dwelling from the Valorant occasion in São Paulo, it has been revealed. It was a deliberate act, in line with gamers and employees.
Fnatic star Nikita ‘Derke’ Sirmitev wrote on Twitter that the trophy was broken whereas the luggage was being transferred, including that “somebody” purposefully took the silverware out of its case and “broke it”.
Colin ‘CoJo’ Johnson, Fnatic’s Crew Director, confirmed on Reddit that the trophy “was positively dropped/smashed” in transit. “Submitting a declare and chatting with Riot,” CoJo stated. “Hopefully, [we] can discover a solution to both repair it or get a brand new one.”
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In pictures shared by Derke and teammate Timofey ‘Chronicle’ Khromov, it’s seen that the VCT brand, painted in inexperienced as a tribute to the occasion’s internet hosting nation, Brazil, is broken. A few of the items that comprise the emblem seem to have been damaged off.
British Airways, which operated the flight, responded to Chronicle’s tweet and requested for extra data to look into the matter.
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Fnatic gained VCT LOCK//IN on March 4 after beating LOUD in a tense five-map grand closing. The title was a very long time coming for Fnatic’s workforce, which had been to the ultimate of VCT 2021 Stage 2 Masters Reykjavík.
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As Twitter customers (and Fnatic itself) started to invest {that a} LOUD fan was accountable for damaging the trophy, Derke performed down the incident.
“Don’t take it too critically and ship hate to Brazilians or LOUD followers,” the Finnish duelist said. “We met loads of them they usually had been at all times good and asking for photos. There are at all times a few idiots in each nation however that doesn’t imply everybody is identical. It might occur to anybody.”