{"id":19706,"date":"2022-04-18T21:55:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T01:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=19706"},"modified":"2022-04-18T21:55:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T01:55:27","slug":"the-guard-star-denied-music-access-during-vct-masters-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/the-guard-star-denied-music-access-during-vct-masters-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guard star denied music access during VCT Masters loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Guard suffered a loss to Paper Rex on Saturday at VALORANT<\/a> Champions Tour 2022 Stage 1 Masters Reykjav\u00edk. The American-based team were swept by their Singapore counterparts, losing both maps.\u2028<\/p>\n

\u2028Coach Mathew “mCe” Elmore has ruled the loss as a result of the inability of the team’s rising star, Trent “trent” Cairns, to listen to music during the competition. While he has always been listening to music during his games prior to this time, he was prevented from doing so at the VCT Masters Reykjav\u00edk in Iceland. \u2028\u2028His go-to method of reducing edginess and retaining focus was apparently not allowed on LAN. <\/p>\n

With his ability to listen to music hampered, the 17-year old couldn’t perform at his best, thereby losing the game.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n

His coach – a.k.a. ‘the Guard-father’ – disclosed in an interview the difficulties the team have had to face adapting to LAN in Reykjavik, as compared to their boot camp in Texas. These differences he suggested would be addressed if the players learn to adapt to the “standard setups”.<\/p>\n

\u2028\u2028\u201cThe guys have got to get used to more standard setups,\u201d mCe suggested. <\/p>\n

\u201cTrent listens to music while he plays, and [he wasn\u2019t] allowed to listen to music here. It could be a nerves thing that helps him calm down, and these are things that we learned that were too late to try and switch.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Our young team has learned a lot from our first international LAN tournament.<\/p>\n

The #VCT<\/a> journey is not over – today simply marks the start of our preparation for Stage 2. We'll see you all there!#StandGuard<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/WXPxoirrHD<\/a><\/p>\n

— The Guard (@TheGuard) April 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n