Before the new year, Upcomer gathered votes from the VALOARNT community around the world to decide who should win our community awards in 2021. With a large sample size and a variety of choices for fans, here are the winners of the Upcomer VALORANT Community Awards.
VALORANT Caster of the Year Award: Ulises “uLISES” Prieto
Congratulations to @ulisesprieto for winning the caster of the year in our 2021 #UpcomerAwards! 🏆
Stay tuned for the rest of our Community Awards, which will be released every half hour today until 5:00 p.m. ET. 👀
Congratulations! pic.twitter.com/0qHarDE0F2
– climbers (@ climbers) December 30, 2021
Ulises, one of the main characters on the Spanish-speaking LVP and VALORANT Champions Tour.uLISES“Prieto commented on Counter-Strike and VALORANT this year. He won the award ahead of Lauren “Pansy” Scott and Sean Gares with nearly 13,000 votes.
VALORANT Analyst of the Year Award: Lucas “HITBOX” G-Sabariegos
Our next award goes to @HITBOXKING for analyst of the year earnings in our 2021 #UpcomerAwards 🎉
Congratulations! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/SvvKm1S4ja
– climbers (@ climbers) December 30, 2021
Spanish streamer Lucas “HITBOXG-Sabariegos accepts the award as Analyst of the Year 2021. He previously trained Giants Gaming at VALORANT before moving to a streaming role for the company. HITBOX has convinced PlatChat and other streamers and broadcast analysts.
It received over 12,700 votes, about 33% of the total vote.
VALORANT Streamer of the Year Award: Ferit “wtcN” Karakaya
You all voted, we are just the messengers. 😉
Congratulations on 2021 #UpcomerAwards Streamer of the year, @feritkw! 🏆
Hold on for more. pic.twitter.com/XRbPjHG1Bk
– climbers (@ climbers) December 30, 2021
Turkish streamer and founder of BBL Esports Ferit “wtcN“Karakaya won the Streamer of the Year category by a wide margin, with 29% of the votes cast going to him.
The closest was Javier “vela” Velásquez with 18% of the vote. The English-speaking streamer with the most votes was Jonas “AverageJonas” Navarsete.
Social Media Team of the Year: KRÜ Esports
They brought the VALORANT community together with their creative memes, posts and engagement.
Congratulations to @KRUesports for winning the 2021 #UpcomerAwards Social Media Team of the Year! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/nHzi4SQJXN
– climbers (@ climbers) December 30, 2021
Chilean esports organization KRÜ Sport trapped social media team of the year over a crowded landscape with Sentinels and G2 esports.
The squad founded by Sergio Agüero got 30% of the vote. Sentinels and G2 Esports came in second and third in the polls, respectively.
Story of the year: KRÜ Esports Cinderella run at Champions
Our last Community Award win goes to @KRUesports for Story of the Year: KRÜ Esports Cinderella Run at Champions.
Congratulations! 🏆
Stay for our next set of #UpcomerAwards Tomorrow. 😉 pic.twitter.com/eCAnyUmScW
– climbers (@ climbers) December 30, 2021
KRÜ Esports take another one forgive as the best act of the year thanks to its deep run at VALORANT Champions. This time the organization won by the vast majority of the votes cast and received 55% of the vote.
The next two storylines, in which the rivalry between Sentinels and G2 at VCT Masters Berlin, Jared “zombs” Gitlin versus Brazil at Champions, and Tyson “TenZ” Ngo switched to Sentinels, were the next.
All-Pro VALORANT Team of the Year Award
You voted and we checked. ✅
Here is your All-Pro 2021 @ValorantEsports Squad:
Jett: @ cNedf0r
To bend: @Scream_
Regulator: @IRedgarI
Initiator: @chronicleEZ
Support: @nAts__ss pic.twitter.com/wXvW8fRo06– climbers (@ climbers) December 29, 2021
Upcomer also had a fan vote for the VALORANT All-Pro Team of the Year Award. Our experts checked the voices of the fans and created the current list:
- Jett: Mehmet Yağız “cNed” İpek
- Flex: Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom
- Controller: Igor “Redgar” Vlasov
- Initiator: Timofey “Chronicle” Khromov
- Support: Ayaz “nAts” Akhmetshin
