If you’ve been playing VALORANT for a while, you’ve probably heard the phrase “9-3 curse” in at least one of your games. Or maybe even during a Champions match. So what is it? Why do people talk about it? And is it real? Let’s find out.

I've dropped from G2 to S2 in the space of about 1 week. I've been on a terrible run of games. My last 15 games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 11 losses. The wins are 13-10 and 13-11 and along with the 2 draws I'm lucky that I don't have 15 los...