Due to what the English broadcast desk described as "client issues," the game—a fiercely competitive match between two of the league's top teams—was postponed for close to an hour.
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Technical difficulties have affected the stage in Seoul for the opening game of VCT Pacific’s super week, where each team plays twice as many games as usual. The top VALORANT teams in Asia compete in the Pacific League, where ten teams are vying for playoff spots as the regular season comes to an end. Unfortunately, this evening’s match between Korea’s Gen.G and Singapore’s Paper Rex was anything but routine.
Due to what the English broadcast desk described as “client issues,” the game—a fiercely competitive match between two of the league’s top teams—was postponed for close to an hour. If you need more information about One VCT league that has significant technical problems, then read carefully, and don’t forget to share it with your friends.
The teams finally entered the stage closer to 6:45 p.m. KST, after the original start time of 6 p.m. KST. However, viewers would soon pick up on a number of additional technical difficulties with the in-game lobby.
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The well-known observer UI, which provides additional information allowing viewers to quickly process the fast-paced game, was entirely absent for the duration of the first map. Instead, the broadcast resembled the user interface (UI) that any player would encounter in a VALORANT game that was competitive. This made the match more difficult to follow and caused a general sense of disconnection.
Even the standard face cams, which let viewers at home see players’ faces as they compete on stage, were absent. The only time the broadcast user interface appeared to be operating properly was when a replay was broadcast in between rounds.
The league prioritized letting the players continue with their match over additional technical pauses to fix the UI, according to the English casters who addressed the situation. A new name that appeared to be on the side of PRX was also immediately noticed by the audience. Their star player Jingg was not present in the lobby; instead, a player going by the name of “VCTKRextra002” took his place.
Soon after, the broadcasters clarified that Jingg was actually playing, he was just using a different account because of earlier technical difficulties. Twitch chat was lively with witty remarks about PRX’s newest player, as was to be expected, especially given that Jingg was getting into it with Raze.
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