Like seriously, they knew nothing about the game going in, and I was able to explain the basics of what the goal of VALORANT was, and how each team was and it was fantastic.

I didn’t get into the depth of the games economy or what each character does ability-wise, but both my parents who aren’t computer savvy asked lots of questions and genuinely got into it when I told them I was cheering for “the red team” (100T).

I recently uprooted my life of leaving a full time job and a live-in girlfriend to move back home and reset, and the fact they took so much interest in something I was watching made me feel really good. None of my friends are into E-Sports, so the fact I got to talk to someone in my life about it - even the bare bones - was really fun. I told them that as well.

I just thought I would share here thinking maybe someone else could relate to my situation. I just love them so much for taking an interest in something that’s so far out of their realm, because I enjoy it. Especially since we were watching a ‘traditional’ sport prior to the finals, in NFL Sunday.