Tsumugi Kokage Sets Out for 10 Straight Valorant Wins, Hits a Losing Streak Instead

VSPO — Tsumugi Kokage of VSPO went into Sunday’s Valorant stream aiming to win 10 ranked matches in a row, a target she had already cut down from 15. More than seven and a half hours later she signed off after a run of losses, telling viewers she had lost a lot and was done for the day.

“Today’s goal is 10 straight wins,” she said as she queued up, calling it a compromise and adding that she had been too greedy the day before in asking for 15. The first match ended in a loss, and after a deathmatch she joked that she would retire from Valorant if the next game went badly too. Later she celebrated winning a match’s opening round, which she called her first in three years.

“Why can I lose in a row but I can’t win in a row?” — Tsumugi Kokage, back from a break after her fourth straight loss

The streak went the wrong way later in the stream. She counted four straight defeats, and after a short break she asked, “Why can I lose in a row but I can’t win in a row?” Between rounds she said her aim was not the problem; she said she was not reading where opponents would come from. She won a match late in the stream, then lost the final one and ended the broadcast.

The stream opened with about an hour of talk over breakfast, including a home blood-pressure check. She said the previous day’s high reading had been the game’s fault. Chat logged 3,607 messages and 11 Super Chats. When she announced the goal, one viewer called it “a modest 10-win streak,” and a win late in the stream drew “Victory, yay!”

Near the end she said she knew some viewers might want to see other games, but that now was the time she most wanted to push in Valorant. Before logging off, she said a 15-game win streak the next day would still keep her hopes alive.