Metal Desks Nearly Wrecked a Valorant Tournament as Wireless Mice Started Going Haywire

A major Valorant Champions tournament in Shanghai ran into a problem the organizers probably never expected to include in their technical checklist. Custom metal desks began interfering with wireless gaming mice.The interference was serious enough to cause technical pauses during matches. In one incident, FUT Esports player xeus was unable to fire properly, and his team lost the exchange.Players were eventually advised to switch to wired mice. It turned into a rare case where an expensive esports setup had to be rescued with the technological equivalent of plugging the cable back in.