The previous Sentinels star, Hunter ‘SicK’ Mims, has been noticed in a Valorant foyer months after his departure from the sport amid psychological well being points.
Since early 2023, SicK has been coping with psychological well being points, with erratic behaviors on social media and his Twitch channel. These led to a number of arrests, as soon as on March 4, 2023, and one other on Could 9, 2024.
SicK apologized for his habits later in June 2023, deleting his tweets and offensive feedback and in search of assist from his Sentinels teammates.
In January 2024, SicK was rushed to the hospital after posting a farewell message on X (previously Twitter), after which he apologized for his actions and mentioned he could be taking a break from social media.
Roughly 5 months after his final replace, SicK has reemerged in Valorant, being noticed enjoying within the NA Radiant foyer as soon as once more.
Throughout a Demon1 stream the place he was queueing up with Boostio, the pair observed that certainly one of their teammates, a Viper, had a VCT Masters gun buddy.
This confused the pair as not a variety of gamers have it and so they didn’t acknowledge the Viper — as you need to win a Masters event to get it and there may be solely a choose few gamers proper now which have it.
They ultimately requested the Viper themselves, whom each Demon1 and Boostio immediately acknowledged as SicK.
The previous Valorant professional did ultimately verify it was him, with Boostio joking he thought he was “tripping balls” when he noticed the gun buddy on a participant he didn’t acknowledge.
Demon1 nor Boostio additional questioned SicK on his return to Valorant after he departed from the sport, with all the workforce enjoying as regular. Nevertheless, Demon1’s chat was full of viewers exhibiting help for him.
SicK has but to verify publicly if he’s planning on a return to the professional scene or streaming.