Wild VALORANT theory claims it’s all inside KAY/O’s head
Do we all live in a simulation? Is life actually just the thoughts of a giant as we dance through its thoughts, being pulled on strings by the master puppeteer? I’ve definitely not had enough coffee to give that an actual thought, but in a similar fashion, a wild VALORANT theory is claiming that the game stems from this line of conspiracies.
That’s right, some outside-of-the-box VALORANT fans have now claimed that there is a wider meaning to the game’s lore and everything that we’re playing is actually one big test going on inside the head of KAY/O.
According to Redditor "murtiverse", VALORANT games are just a figure of imagination for KAY/O, who is using the data to prepare himself for a real attack.
Wild VALORANT theory suggests all games are played in KAY/O’s mind
Click to enlargeIn the reveal trailer for KAY/O, VALORANT’s artificial intelligence robot, Riot depicted the agent re-playing rounds inside his head to make the perfect counter for the oncoming Yoru, Cypher, and Sage.
"I like to think that every single match and every single round is just KAY/O simulating what would happen in upcoming real fights so they can be prepared just like how he did in his reveal trailer," said the poster.
They went on to say this could be why all of the agents respawn in every round, which will serve as calculations in KAY/O's mind to measure outcomes with different levels of resources.
"The real fight is only one round but he can simulate as many rounds as he wants. He is just evaluating different possibilities. 'What if they come to the B side?', 'What if they bring an operator?', 'How can we deal with the flanks?'," they added.
VALORANT fans mindblown by KAY/O simulation conspiracy
With the conspiracy doing the rounds on Reddit, many other fans have now enjoyed the head cannon and begun finding more evidence to support it.
"With the inclusion of the TDM also, there seems to be some sort of AI in the game world that could be "simulating" the rounds for everyone akin to what KAY/O does in the trailer," one fan agreed.
Another fan also backed this by saying different characters' voice lines support the theory. "Wow, I can't believe I haven't heard something like this before it makes a lot of sense too. also pretty funny to think about considering Phoenix's voice line about feeling like he's been there forever," they added.
Some fans did joke to say that they wished KAY/O would simulate games where they can actually win, or say that the real fight should come in a few years where Riot Games limit players to one life before the game deletes forever.
Either way though, it serves as quite the entertaining water-hole conversation starter and will have you scrambling next time you’re using the robot.