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Valorant: Evil Geniuses spoil Jinggg's swan song with Champions title

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<p>North American team Evil Geniuses took their maiden Valorant Champions title after toppling Southeast Asian squad Paper Rex, as its superstar Wang &quot;Jinggg&quot; Jing Jie made his swan song. </p><p>EG took Split (13-10), Bind (13-5), and Lotus (13-10), while Paper Rex drew Ascent (13-11.) </p><p>Jinggg had a team-high 237 ACS (average combat score) according to Rib.gg, followed by Ilya &quot;something&quot; Petrov who had a 210 ACS. </p><p>&quot;We finish 2nd in VCT champions 2023. Thank you everyone for the support I guess that’s it for me,&quot; Jinggg said on X (formerly Twitter). </p><p>Evil Geniuses are the second Valorant Champions title-holders from the Americas, after LOUD took the title in 2022. LOUD placed 3rd in this year&#x27;s competition. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/04/19/22/valorant-paper-rex-all-praises-for-ph-teams">Valorant: Paper Rex says PH teams &#x27;extremely competitive&#x27;, awaits Team Secret&#x27;s return</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/25/22/valorant-paper-rex-overwhelms-team-secret-in-apac-el-clasico">Valorant: Team Secret sinks to APAC Challengers L. bracket in loss to rivals Paper Rex</a></li></ul><p>Paper Rex&#x27;s coach confirmed in a Round Up Gamers report that Jinggg would sit out VCT&#x27;s 2024 circuit. Jinggg, one of Paper Rex&#x27;s integral cogs, will be doing mandatory military service, which is compulsory for all Singaporean males aged 18 and above. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/24/23/valorant-champions-lcq-scrapped-2-vct-masters-planned-for-2024">Valorant: Last chance qualifiers scrapped, 2 VCT Masters planned for VCT 2024</a></li></ul><p>Paper Rex is the lone Southeast Asian organization that competed in the tournament, held in Los Angeles, California from August 6 to 26. </p><p>The lone Pacific region team with Pinoys, Team Secret, bowed out to ZETA Division in what was supposed to be the team&#x27;s last ride to the world stage in the last chance qualifiers Grand Finals held in Seoul. </p><div><strong>Fanfare at the Valorant Champions tour </strong></div><p>The event, held in Kia Theatre, was met with much fanfare, as X and Tesla owner Elon Musk and Ben Affleck were reported attendees. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Yo <a href="https://twitter.com/BenAffleck?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BenAffleck</a> is here now can’t believe it Batman !!! <a href="https://t.co/HfIb0UIipG">pic.twitter.com/HfIb0UIipG</a></p>— FaZe babybay (@KING_BABYBAY) <a href="https://twitter.com/KING_BABYBAY/status/1695555367890280471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2023</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Musk was reportedly booed in the broadcast, with the crowd clamoring for the return of Twitter. He has not commented on this, as of writing. </p><p>Meanwhile, Valorant also unveiled its new map, Sunset, said to be inspired by the streets of Los Angeles, ahead of the finals. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kmfok5MtWkI?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

North American team Evil Geniuses took their maiden Valorant Champions title after toppling Southeast Asian squad Paper Rex. 