Shroud is currently one of the most renowned faces in the world of live game streaming.
On April Fool’s Day, as a joke, Shroud announced that he is going pro in VALORANT. It shocked everyone in the FPS community. While it was pretty clear that he was actually joking, apparently, that tweet has more truth to it than one might think.
In his latest YouTube video published on his second channel, Shroudy Rowdy, he explained that he wants to compete but can’t compete in VALORANT. The main reason behind his choice not to be a pro in VALORANT is that he wants some free time to avoid burnout. Contrary to popular belief, streaming full-time while competing with a professional team simultaneously can be soul-consuming.
Shroud enjoys the streamer life too much
Besides that, he already lived that PRO/streamer lifestyle. He further explained that when he was a full-time CSGO pro for Cloud 9 and a streamer, he had no time for himself. And in the long run, it is just a recipe for creator burnout. Since he is already living the dream life of playing video games to earn money, he is reluctant to leave this life behind to compete in VALORANT.
However, the competitiveness in him wants to complete in VALOARNT. Therefore, he kind of has to restrain himself from playing VALORANT too competitively. To Shroud, VALORANT can’t be enjoyed casually cause of his affinity towards being competitive. This, along with the fact that there is no causal mode in VALORANT as of yet, to just sit back and relax.
Shroud might never go pro in any video game ever again. Even though if he really wanted, he could easily get offers from huge tier-1 organizations. He won’t compete in any pro-VALORANT LAN event any time soon. Since juggling both streaming and pro gaming can be similar to burning a candle at both ends at the same time, he will just stay chill and steam whatever games he wants at the moment.