The VALORANT esports neighborhood 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 blissful instances, the unhappy instances, the offended instances,’ however he has since opened up a bit extra about his determination to go away the organisation after two impactful seasons.
Zellsis Blames Hateful Messages From Sentinels Followers For Leaving the Group
Whereas Zellsis’ farewell tweet was fairly constructive, 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 crew.
On stream, Zellsis defined that a part of his determination to go away was the Sentinels fanbase.
“I don’t know if I can strictly say the Sentinels fanbase, however the public general, “he added. “As a result of I don’t care in the event you guys make enjoyable of my seems, make enjoyable of how I play… I don’t care about any of that.
“However over the past month or so, not solely me however my household as effectively has gotten messages from individuals on-line. And that was an enormous issue for why I left Sentinels.”
In line with Zellsis, he was getting sick of the hate he bought on-line — together with loss of life threats — which additionally began to be despatched to his household as effectively. 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 informed his followers that the harassment and hateful messages weren’t the one causes he left Sentinels, nevertheless it had positively performed an enormous half. On Reddit, the VALORANT neighborhood responded with rising concern for a way some esports fanbases behave, noting completely different instances that Zellsis acquired a number of hate from Sentinels’ followers.
