Twice buff activated! Esports player wins Valorant championship after jiving to ‘Fancy’
He’s one in a million.
In esports, there exist different kinds of real-life player buffs —the bald buff, the wife buff, theanime buff, andthe K-pop buff.
Fnatic Boaster, aprofessional Valorant player, is known as amassive K-pop fanin the esports scene. He loves to move to popular tracks, often posting his dance covers on his Twitter account. Stanning his way to victory, the British player recently harnessed the power of K-pop in a major Valorant tournament.
Fnatic Boaster listens to Twice’s Fancy the night before his big match, becomes Valorant champion the next day
Jake “Boaster” Howlett prepared immensely to go against Brazilian team LOUD the night before theirVCT LOCK//IN grand finalseries on March 4 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. While reviewing replays of the two teams’ performance throughout the competition, Boaster listened to the ultimate K-pop hype song — Twice’s “Fancy”!
Boaster’s girlfriend, Valorant host Yinsu “Yinsu” Collins, sneakily recorded a video of him vibing to the girl group’s award-winning song. Like any other Once (Twice’s fandom name), the Valorant player couldn’t help but break into small dance movements during the song’s chorus.
Behind the scenes of how your IGL prepares for a big game featuring: TWICEI snuck a recording of him in the zone vod review and anti stratting the night before#VCTLOCKINFinals versus LOUDpic.twitter.com/IVh7p1Zli4
Come the big game day, Boaster continued to wield the K-pop buff by making an entrance that literally made fans utter “Oh my god.”
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After the fanfare, the best-of-five series started with Fnatic claiming the first two games. LOUD answered back by winning the following two maps to even out the series 2-2.
In the series’ final game, Fnatic found themselves in deep trouble after being down 3-11 on the decider map, Icebox. The EMEA team powered through the last moments of the match and pulled off a miracle by winning nine consecutive rounds to become VCT LOCK//IN Sao Paulo champions.
Fnatic brought home US$100,000 and has granted the EMEA region an additional slot atMasters 2023, set to take place from June 11 to June 25 in Tokyo, Japan.
“(Boaster) full-on danced with a full butt shake to ‘Feel Special’ after he won,” Yinsu added.
“Feel Special” is another one of Twice’s popular tracks, released a few months after “Fancy”.
Twice is JYP Entertainment’s girl groupcomprised ofNayeon,Jihyo, Jeongyeon,Chaeyoung, Dahyun, Mina, Sana, Momo, and Tzuyu. The group debuted in 2015 with their lead single “Like Ooh-Ahh”. With its killer visuals and exceptional talent, Twice has cemented itself asone of the best-selling girl groups with over 42 million sales worldwide.
Without a doubt, Boaster is the biggest Once in all of esports. Before flying to Brazil for the competition, he posted anacoustic cover of the group’s latest single, “Moonlight Sunrise”.
He once danced to Twice Nayeon’s “Pop!” duringValorant Champions 2022.
NAYEON’s VCT debut! ????@OfficialBoaster@FNATIC#ValorantChampions#Valorant#TWICE#NAYEONpic.twitter.com/N2YnQo8W5x
In a lightning-round interview, he also briefly showcased his dance moves with a cover of “The Feels.”
Yes, we convinced@OfficialBoasterto:???? Sing???? Dance???? ActWatch him let loose in the latest episode of On The Spot!pic.twitter.com/KO4vZrlG5k
Additionally, Fnatic Boaster is also a fan of BTS and ATEEZ.
Thank you for 200k followers! Sorry for the delay, I’ve just been very busy!????Also, I know#BTSare on a Hiatus but BoasterTS is playing in Champions soon so I’m going to ask for all your support! Hopefully we will win!#GetYourBoasteespic.twitter.com/genPYwlI36
Boaster is the in-game leader (IGL) of Fnatic’s Valorant squad. He was previously a pro player for Excel’s CS:GO and League of Legends teams.
Follow him on hisTwitter account (@OfficialBoaster)for more Twice song and dance covers.
If you’d like to see more esports players who are also a part of the fandom, here areseven pros who are secretly huge K-pop fans.
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