Just curious. I for one didn't knew shit about HLTV or anything and wasn't on Valorant Reddit. Just saw Shaz pull up Vlr few days before Masters 2 Reykjavik (2021) on his stream to discuss about some Sentinels shit and checked it out :)
i used to use liquipedia for all the tournament info and then last year during masters 2 i saw shroud use this website in one of his watch parties and from that point onwards i started using vlr. i have been using vlr since last year but i created this account during champions
i wanted to go to valorantesports.com so I typed valorant esports in google and accidentally clicked on the vlr.gg link. Been in love with the site ever since
a while ago some of the old writers on thespike.gg (Germancius) issued a ultimatum where they said they wouldn't cover Masters Reykjavik unless they were paid. M1nac got a lot of shit (he deserved it all) and I decided to move because people in vlr get paid and there was more community here
Damn.... that's fucked up....why would anyone even wanna write for a site if they won't get paidππ....what was the dude thinking he was providing "exposure" to the writers XD
used Liquipedia to find out all info about tournaments and stuff for like a year but saw people on streams using Vlr instead and it looked more interactive and had a better interface so i made an account