Jaccob ‘yay’ Whiteaker took to social media after Bleed’s elimination from VCT Masters Madrid in the Pacific Kickogg tournament to explain their sudden departure from the competition.
The Bleed Esports Valorant roster was a hot topic this off-season as the newly promoted Singaporean organization made a splash by signing North American superstar yay. The Valorant superstar had fallen on hard times in North America and saidhe wanted to escape the “drama” of the region.
Yay explains VCT Masters elimination, blames himself
After his team’s second loss in the lower bracket to GE, yay took to social media to call out harsh fans and explain why they lost.
The star told people to blame him and also revealed that he was struggling with his vision during the match against Global Esports.
man you guys are brutalnot sure what happened that last series. ive never had my vision start becoming blurry during a game. there were people on my screen sometimes and I didnt even react. and the worst part is I have no idea what caused itI know some of you are mad but…
“Not sure what happened that last series. I’ve never had my vision start becoming blurry during a game. there were people on my screen sometimes and I didn’t even react. and the worst part is I have no idea what caused it,” yay said onTwitter/X.
The player has not claimed to have vision or health issues when competing in the past. Yay was noticeably worse in Bleed’s match against Global Esports. For example, he only logged 6 kills on Viper in their elimination game that went 24 rounds, which could be explained by a sudden vision impairment.
Yay will now have time to recover, and potentially diagnose, his vision issue as Bleed’s elimination means they won’t play another official match until April.
Declan McLaughlin was a Gaming & Esports Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in Valorant and League of Legends. He has bylines at Upcomer and Inven Global.
