Why did Shroud join Sentinels’ Valorant roster? Streamer’s comeback to esports explored

sportskeeda.com:

Michael "Shroud" made a sensational return to professional esports after the official Twitter account of Sentinels announced earlier today that the 28-year-old former PUBG player would be joining their official Valorant roster. Interestingly, he has been away from competitive esports for a long time now. His return, however, has raised a lot of eyebrows to the extent that fans have been questioning the veracity of the news itself.

This is Shroud's first competitive esports appearance after a hiatus of almost five years. His last stint at Cloud9 ended in 2017 before he retired as a CS: Go pro in April 2018.

Shroud has definitely sent shock waves across the gaming community after he was revealed to have made a comeback from retirement to participate in competitive esports gaming. The captioned tweet, which announced his addition to the roster, reads:

The Canadian streamer can be seen donning Sentinel's famous red kit while sipping from a mug. In rather Shroud-like fashion, he delivered a short, but impactful statement:

Apparently, Sentinels needed a fifth player to complete their roster for their competitive Valorant matches after one of their players, Hunter "SicK", left the team due to personal reasons. The American esports organization are hoping that Michael can help them in North America's Last Chance Qualifier 2022 to be held in August.

Following the announcement, the streamer took to Twitch to confirm that his move to the organization was indeed real and that he would also be joining the rest of the team in a boot camp shortly by stating:

However, fans weren't the only group who refused to believe his return. Members of Sentinels themselves had reservations upon hearing from the streamer that he was interested in joining