At Valorant Champions Shanghai, organizers encountered a problem few tournament planners would expect to come from the furniture. Specific metal components used in the custom stage desks interfered with wireless mice, leading to repeated input problems and forced technical pauses during matches. Riot later traced the issue to conductivity and interference caused by the desk materials.Image unavailableOne of the most visible incidents involved FUT Esports player xeus during the team's match against 100 Thieves. His mouse failed to register properly at a critical moment, preventing him from firing as expected and contributing to a lost exchange. Riot later acknowledged that the affected round should have been rolled back, although the match result itself was left unchanged.The situation showed just how sensitive professional esports setups can be. Even a tiny input failure can decide a round when players operate at this level. Riot implemented a temporary fix, began rebuilding the desks with different materials, and asked players to use wired mice in the meantime.
