Declan Mcloughlin
❘ Published: 2023-08-26T21:50:51
❘ Updated: 08/26/2023 at 22:27:02
Valorant Champions 2023 has seen a bevy of content creators and influencers, as well as some of the most influential people on the planet — Elon Musk and Ben Affleck — grace the venue as they mingle and bring visibility to the Riot Games tournament.
Valorant Champions is a who’s who of influencers and professional Valorant players as Riot Games brought them together to promote the event and engage with fans. Tarik “tarik” Celik from the Sentinels and some members of the OfflineTV team joined the event to co-stream and host fan meetups outside of the stadium.
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However, one person emerged at the event who surpasses all of these influencers in terms of social media following and political power: Elon Musk. The owner of
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Ben Affleck and his children also stopped by the tournament.
Elon Musk stops at the Valorant Champions 2023
Several people at the event took photos of the social media mogul and the Hollywood actor and posted them online. The first person to spot both Musk and Affleck at the event was Valorant pro Andrej “babybay” Francisty. Musk appeared to be answering questions in a promotional space for the Riot Games title.
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Affleck was spotted doing the same thing, buying goods for his flock of children.
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Others have since photographed Musk walking through the forum with a child, believed to be one of his children.
“WHY IS ELON MUSK IN CHAMPS,” said one social media user.
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Another user captured a video of Musk trying to get to his seat to watch Evil Geniuses and Paper Rex play for the Valorant Champions trophy.
X’s headquarters are located in San Francisco, California, just hours from Inglewood Stadium.
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The company formerly known as Twitter has worked with Riot Games in the past, collaborating with the company on the League of Legends World Championship and the launch of Arcane. It’s not yet known if the two have worked together since Musk took over.
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