Dear Valorant community, as the title states, I'd like to thank you for joining me in playing such a good game. All the recent and prior to the recent updates have been a blast! After they introduced Fracture (known as one of the best maps in the game) I exploded with joy. Not only is it so fun, they also decided to remove an *absolutely* evil map called Split AND add such a great new map called Pearl (which looks a lot like Portugal and is very fun to play).

I've been playing since the Twitch beta and, while the inicial agents were fun to play with, the new ones are just genial. In fact, I believe whoever invented Chamber and his very balanced ultimate (I love the fact that it hits like an Operator, reloads like a Marshall AND stops any pesky pushes if you hit one shot, as a slow spawns in the ground) should get a raise.

Fade, the new addition, is also really cool. The way that her dogs (mouths?) get faster when they see you is just really tense and, if they hit you, you turn blind! Fade is truly a one man (woman) army, as the rest of her abilities turn her into a Swiss pocket knife of sorts.

Skye herself is also amazing. The ability to flash right after throwing the extremely cute bird creates an amazing element of surprise, keeping the enemies on their toes and licking the map walls. Although not a fairly recent addition, one could truly say that Skye is a solid pick for the team.

My favourite Strategy is to play for lineups. While I myself am not very proficient with Viper, I do main Brimstone and may install TikTok in the near future to learn some crazy Incendiaries. After planting, I run to the other side of the map and tell my team through voice chat to hide in the walls and, if necessary, to sacrifice their bodies to make as much time as possible for the lineup to stop them until the Spike explodes. This strategy has led to me being able to learn even MORE lineups while I wait for my team to ~~carry~~ hold the site long enough.

At last but not least, my favourite weapon is the Judge. It does not matter if they are 4 pushing me or just one; I will kill them all with one shot at close range. In fact, it does not matter if they try to avoid any close corners, for I am able to kill them (sometimes even with one shot) at medium range! This weapon is truly a gift and really fun and challeging to play ~~against~~.

One could consider this to be an appreciation letter from me, a long time Valorant player currently sitting in Ascendant I (33 rr as of writing this), so thank you Valorant community and may we have a great time together for the years to come.

With much love,

- Rafael (菜月 昴 #9999)

PS: English is not my first language, so I apologize for any existing mistakes.