firstly, let's think about what yay has experienced in his valorant career:
- 2nd place in first international (highest rated in the tournament by a significant margin)
- grouped in champs (small sample size obviously, but still 5th highest rating in the tournament)
- won reykjavik (3rd highest rating in the tournament)
- 3rd in copenhagen (4th highest rating in the tournament)
- 2nd in champs (highest rated in the tournament)
then, after all of those incredible placements both as a team and individually, he is rightfully considered the best player in the world. he joins c9 with this reputation, and gets removed after 2 games even tho he clearly wasn't the problem, joins disguised, takes a significant hit in performance with the expectation he would drop 30 every game, joins bleed, has a similarly poor performance.
and yet, after all that, he's still going, and the reason i believe he will make a return is not only this mental resilience, but also his work ethic. in the interview with the bleed coach, he says that yay would do lots of work outside of the game on other teams and generally put in lots of effort. he's had his name smeared for both performance and individual reasons, and even now he's still looking to play next year. not many other players can deal with that sort of pressure, and that is why i think yay will make a return!
(sorry for yap, pretty much: yay has a great work ethic and super strong mental resilience)
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