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A casual player, not a pro

I am not Radiant. I do not coach anyone. I have been playing Valorant since December 2020, a few months after it launched, and I have never played more than about ten hours a month. This site is not written by someone who makes a living from competitive play. It is written by someone who plays it, quite simply, with the same curiosity as on day one.

Yassine Bouajani
About the author
Yassine Bouajani
Founder and editor of ilovevalorant.com

A casual Valorant player since December 2020, coming from MOBAs (Heroes of the Storm, League of Legends), I share here what actually helps me play and improve, without claiming to be a pro. A geek at heart, with a digital-focused professional background, I put those skills to use mainly for this site: writing it better, building it better, growing it better.

The moment it clicked

Before Valorant, my playground was MOBAs: Heroes of the Storm, League of Legends. A completely different logic: macro, lanes, team drafts spread across one long match.

I discovered Valorant out of curiosity, and it completely blew me away. A different game world, a different feel: the precision of the gunplay, the tension of a round where you only get one life, reading the game tactically in real time rather than following a power curve over 40 minutes. Nothing like what I knew, and that is exactly what hooked me.

How the site was born

I did not wait long before launching a site to share this passion, first under another name. Then, in 2022, I renamed it ilovevalorant.com, so that the name would say directly what it is: a site made out of passion, not out of calculation.

2026: the redesign

Five years later, the site needed a real clean-up. Being comfortable with AI, I was able to automate part of the technical and repetitive work, which let me refocus on what I really enjoy: the content. Writing, testing the tools, understanding what actually helps a player, rather than spending my time on maintenance.

That is also why the site is opening up to English: the same wish to share, but with a wider community.

My philosophy

I do not claim to know everything about Valorant, I am not a pro player and I never will be. But I think that is also a strength: this site is designed for the normal player, the one who has a job, a life, and who does not have 6 hours a day to devote to the game. The tools, the guides, the explanations here are written to be useful to that player, because that player is me.

If you have a question, a suggestion, or if you spot a mistake somewhere on the site, do not hesitate to contact me. This site lives thanks to its readers as much as thanks to me.