The VALORANT esports group was left a bit shocked when star participant Jordan ‘Zellsis‘ Montemurro left Sentinels late final week.
On the time, Zellsis merely put that he was grateful for his time at Sentinels, ‘the comfortable instances, the unhappy instances, the offended instances,’ however he has since opened up a bit extra about his choice to go away the organisation after two impactful seasons.
Zellsis Blames Hateful Messages From Sentinels Followers For Leaving the Crew
Whereas Zellsis’ farewell tweet was fairly optimistic, sharing on X that he was ‘glad all of it occurred’ even when it didn’t finish how everybody hoped, he has since opened up about one of many regarding causes he left the group.
On stream, Zellsis defined that a part of his choice to go away was the Sentinels fanbase.
“I don’t know if I can strictly say the Sentinels fanbase, however the public total, “he added. “As a result of I don’t care for those who guys make enjoyable of my seems to be, make enjoyable of how I play… I don’t care about any of that.
“However during the last month or so, not solely me however my household as nicely has gotten messages from folks on-line. And that was an enormous issue for why I left Sentinels.”
In response to Zellsis, he was getting sick of the hate he received on-line — together with loss of life threats — which additionally began to be despatched to his household as nicely. Whereas he anticipated it in response to some political tweets he had shared, Zellsis felt that it had gone past trolling and crossed his line.
“I felt me being off Sentinels would cease a few of that,” he concluded.
Zellsis instructed his followers that the harassment and hateful messages weren’t the one causes he left Sentinels, but it surely had undoubtedly performed an enormous half. On Reddit, the VALORANT group responded with rising concern for the way some esports fanbases behave, noting totally different instances that Zellsis acquired quite a lot of hate from Sentinels’ followers.
