The impact of individual streamers in the community casting of major eSports tournaments only seems to grow. Amidst the humongous success of the Valorant Champions Tour 2023, a popular Sentinel player has emerged as the leading face for the Valorant league. The latest analytics made surprising revelations on the community casting streams.
The former CS: Go pro-Tarik has been making the headlines ever since he joined the Sentinels roster. Moreover, after the American division turned out to be the highlight of the VCT 2023, the influence of individual streamers was broken-down through numbers. No surprises, Tarik outnumbered all other giant Valorant streamers in terms of watch hours and peak viewership. Now, in a recent interview, Tarik revealed his streams are even followed by the Valorant Lead producer.
Tarik dominates the Valorant community casting
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The celebrated streamer had joined the American eSports organization Sentinels almost a year back. The announcement itself came as a pleasant surprise for all the followers of the organization. The streamer had been absent from the competitive limelight since his last appearance for Evil Geniuses’ CS: GO. Tarik has expressed his desire to feature in a Valorant lineup. After making massive contributions to this year’s VCT, Tarik gave intriguing statements in an interview.
While briefing about his influence in the industry, Tarik mentioned Valorant lead producers keeping a tab on him. “They really care and obviously they see the benefit me and my community bring but they’ve been nothing but supportive in allowing me to do my thing”, he stated during the conversation.
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The decision seems to have worked wonders not just for Sentinels but for the Valorant League as a whole. According to the analytics Tarik earned a phenomenal watch hour count of 9.4 million hours. Also, the peak viewership he attained was as huge as 136 thousand. Tarik’s spent over 161 hours on VCT 2023 Americas broadcasts. Comparing these statistics to other elite names from the community makes it a massive achievement. The Valorant player has surpassed pros like Kanmet0, ibai, and wtcn. Thus, making him the current face of the Riot Games’ giant.
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With the success of VCT 2023, fans are desperately waiting for the unfolding of the next chapter in the competitive league. As the statistics suggest Valorant Champions Tour 2023: Masters Tokyo will be one of the grandest sporting tournaments in a while. It will be interesting to see the evolution of VCTs from the individual streamer following perspective in the coming years.
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