Valorant streamer tarik reveals insane viewership numbers after Sentinels vs. The Guard watch party following Shroud's return to professional play

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Former Counter-Strike professional Tarik Celik, or "tarik," has become one of the top Valorant streamers on Twitch. Pulling in thousands of viewers with his regular schedule, he truly hits staggering levels while co-hosting official Valorant streams, such as the ongoing North American Last Chance Qualifiers. Outperforming Riot's official channel by a mile, the streamer revealed the Twitch statistics of his stream from yesterday.

Shocking fans around the globe, Shroud joined the Sentinels Valorant roster ahead of the LCQ. With him returning to competitive play after years, more than two hundred thousand viewers tuned in to watch tarik's stream. As per the stats shared by the streamer, the eight-and-a-half-hour stream had an average viewership of 97,638, which is an 80K+ increase from his previous stream.

Shroud left the competitive stage in 2018 to pursue streaming as a full-time job. As a giant in the esporting world, Shroud has always been at the center of most FPS communities. His return, therefore, was one of the most anticipated events in the gaming world.

tarik, a former teammate of Shroud from his Cloud 9 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive days, naturally became a focal point and a good reason for fans and enthusiasts to tune in to watch the first match of the LCQ: Sentinels vs. The Guard. Spoiler alert: Sentinels lost the game, but that did not deter hundreds of thousands of viewers from applauding their beloved FPS god.

Based on the stats shared by tarik, the stream was a personal Twitch record for him, reaching a maximum concurrent viewership number of 205,196. This insane number, of course, is a result of the immense CS and Valorant history tarik shares with Shroud. The streamer took to Twitter to thank his audience