As I’ve said in past posts, I don’t like ranked! I play the game for enjoyment and pretty much spend all my time in unrated. A few weeks ago I met a Jett player who just complimented my passive aggressive playstyle on Cypher. I found out this player is 13 years old and he’s extremely new to the tac-FPS genre. Mainly playing Rocket league before Valorant. I asked him what rank he was and he admitted he just hit diamond and he was hoping to play more. He didn’t like playing ranked because he plays solo and everyone makes fun of him for picking duelists and being a squeaker. Little do they know this kid hits every shot and plays extremely smart.

A few days or a week later we’re just playing unrated and someone else locks in cypher before me. He’s really laid back and we’re just shooting the shit. I show him my favorite pistol round cypher set up and he was geeking about it for a few rounds talking about how he’s going to use it in ranked now. This kid also only solo queues. I asked for his rank and he also just hit diamond. This kid sounds a bit older, maybe 16. He asked our ages and this dude is also 13. As I’m dying because I suck im watching this cypher play. Dude is just ice cold with his aim and pressure around his utility.

I convince them to play ranked together because with their agent picks and their duo synergy they can probably make waves. Both of them just hit immortal and now they’re just 2 best buds. As someone literally twice their age I am just so happy to see this connection. I feel like this is the origin story to a future duo that will dominate the competitive scene in 3 years.