they have to bump fists through the air, that‘s so cringe.
no joke probably covid
not bc big desks & more distance between players of the same team help at all, but when the first tournaments took place, everyone was still so used to keeping a distance and having the players super close to each other wouldve looked off to viewers and potentially been bad rep for riot organizers. They got into the habit for good optics and of course these big stage designs do look pretty cool so they stuck with it. i like the spacious design, anyway. and the air fist bumps did not seem odd at all in the early days of valorant lan due to pandemic time habits of not touching