TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A basic office mouse is only $10, just saying!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A basic office mouse is only $10, just saying!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dot Esports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-28T21:53:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-28T21:53:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg?resize=768,512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Scott Robertson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@counterscottGO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DotEsports\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scott Robertson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Scott Robertson\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9ae8908fc06b5bf4a70685c4f377f689\"},\"headline\":\"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-28T21:53:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-28T21:53:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash\"},\"wordCount\":340,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Valorant\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash\",\"name\":\"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-28T21:53:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-28T21:53:20+00:00\",\"description\":\"A basic office mouse is only $10, just saying!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1366,\"caption\":\"Photo by Tina Jo via Riot Games\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Dot Esports\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9ae8908fc06b5bf4a70685c4f377f689\",\"name\":\"Scott Robertson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d5c7ac849ef47bf8299de2223405827c\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/26121439\/Scott-Robertson_.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/26121439\/Scott-Robertson_.png\",\"caption\":\"Scott Robertson\"},\"description\":\"VALORANT lead staff writer, also covering CS:GO, FPS games, other titles, and the wider esports industry. Watching and writing esports since 2014. Previously wrote for Dexerto, Upcomer, Splyce, and somehow MySpace. Jack of all games, master of none.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/counterscottGO\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/scott-robertson\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash","description":"A basic office mouse is only $10, just saying!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash","og_description":"A basic office mouse is only $10, just saying!","og_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash","og_site_name":"Dot Esports","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","article_published_time":"2023-11-28T21:53:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-28T21:53:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg?resize=768,512","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Scott Robertson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@counterscottGO","twitter_site":"@DotEsports","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Scott Robertson","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash"},"author":{"name":"Scott Robertson","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9ae8908fc06b5bf4a70685c4f377f689"},"headline":"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash","datePublished":"2023-11-28T21:53:18+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-28T21:53:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash"},"wordCount":340,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg","articleSection":["Valorant"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash","name":"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg","datePublished":"2023-11-28T21:53:18+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-28T21:53:20+00:00","description":"A basic office mouse is only $10, just saying!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg","width":2048,"height":1366,"caption":"Photo by Tina Jo via Riot Games"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","name":"Dot Esports","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization","name":"Dot Esports","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Dot Esports"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9ae8908fc06b5bf4a70685c4f377f689","name":"Scott Robertson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d5c7ac849ef47bf8299de2223405827c","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/26121439\/Scott-Robertson_.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/26121439\/Scott-Robertson_.png","caption":"Scott Robertson"},"description":"VALORANT lead staff writer, also covering CS:GO, FPS games, other titles, and the wider esports industry. Watching and writing esports since 2014. Previously wrote for Dexerto, Upcomer, Splyce, and somehow MySpace. Jack of all games, master of none.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/counterscottGO"],"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/scott-robertson"}]}},"raw_content":"Following a mixed-at-best reaction to launching a pre-order campaign for a $196 mouse without a final design, Sentinels' VALORANT superstar TenZ issued an apology today and has temporarily frozen any future pre-orders. In a lengthy post, TenZ acknowledged that \"making a mouse from scratch and releasing pre-orders before the mouse is even finished... was super ambitious.\" He says looking back, it \"was a stretch to attempt to sell a mouse that had no finalized shape, specs, or weight.\" In his apology post, TenZ also attempted to set the record straight that the mouse project was not \"a quick cash grab,\" citing his well-known passion for gaming peripherals, mice in particular. TenZ said the mouse is still being developed and that updates will be available to \"people who actually care,\" but also froze any future pre-orders. Those that have already pre-ordered will also be sent an email that gives them a choice between fully refunding the purchase or keeping it. TenZ's apology also contained \"a super early prototype\" of what the mouse's shape will look like, posted above. The project, dubbed TenZ Secret Mouse, originally went live on the store page of TenZ's website on Nov. 27, with 20,000 presale units available at a price of \u20ac179, or roughly $196. While the mouse's store page listed a number of confirmed features, it also noted that that the ambidextrous shape was a \"work-in progress\" with more design updates set to be revealed \"soon\" on TenZ's Discord channel. The listing also gave a shipping ETA of Summer 2024. The long wait time and the non-finalized details combined with the rather high price point didn't sit well with a number of fans. However, just looking at the replies of TenZ's apology post, it appears that there's no shortage of fans willing to spend on his dream mouse, especially now that they've seen the prototype image.","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/928"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1047167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1047235,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047167\/revisions\/1047235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1047167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1047167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1047167"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=1047167"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=1047167"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=1047167"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1047167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A basic office mouse is only $10, just saying!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A basic office mouse is only $10, just saying!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dot Esports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-28T21:53:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-28T21:53:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg?resize=768,512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Scott Robertson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@counterscottGO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DotEsports\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scott Robertson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Scott Robertson\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9ae8908fc06b5bf4a70685c4f377f689\"},\"headline\":\"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-28T21:53:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-28T21:53:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash\"},\"wordCount\":340,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Valorant\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash\",\"name\":\"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-28T21:53:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-28T21:53:20+00:00\",\"description\":\"A basic office mouse is only $10, just saying!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1366,\"caption\":\"Photo by Tina Jo via Riot Games\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Dot Esports\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9ae8908fc06b5bf4a70685c4f377f689\",\"name\":\"Scott Robertson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d5c7ac849ef47bf8299de2223405827c\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/26121439\/Scott-Robertson_.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/26121439\/Scott-Robertson_.png\",\"caption\":\"Scott Robertson\"},\"description\":\"VALORANT lead staff writer, also covering CS:GO, FPS games, other titles, and the wider esports industry. Watching and writing esports since 2014. Previously wrote for Dexerto, Upcomer, Splyce, and somehow MySpace. Jack of all games, master of none.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/counterscottGO\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/scott-robertson\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash","description":"A basic office mouse is only $10, just saying!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash","og_description":"A basic office mouse is only $10, just saying!","og_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash","og_site_name":"Dot Esports","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","article_published_time":"2023-11-28T21:53:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-28T21:53:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg?resize=768,512","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Scott Robertson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@counterscottGO","twitter_site":"@DotEsports","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Scott Robertson","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash"},"author":{"name":"Scott Robertson","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9ae8908fc06b5bf4a70685c4f377f689"},"headline":"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash","datePublished":"2023-11-28T21:53:18+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-28T21:53:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash"},"wordCount":340,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg","articleSection":["Valorant"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash","name":"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg","datePublished":"2023-11-28T21:53:18+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-28T21:53:20+00:00","description":"A basic office mouse is only $10, just saying!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg","width":2048,"height":1366,"caption":"Photo by Tina Jo via Riot Games"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/valorant\/news\/tenz-apologizes-for-selling-200-mouse-without-final-design-freezes-pre-orders-in-wake-of-backlash#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TenZ apologizes for selling $200 mouse without final design, freezes pre-orders in wake of backlash"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","name":"Dot Esports","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization","name":"Dot Esports","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Dot Esports"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9ae8908fc06b5bf4a70685c4f377f689","name":"Scott Robertson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d5c7ac849ef47bf8299de2223405827c","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/26121439\/Scott-Robertson_.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/26121439\/Scott-Robertson_.png","caption":"Scott Robertson"},"description":"VALORANT lead staff writer, also covering CS:GO, FPS games, other titles, and the wider esports industry. Watching and writing esports since 2014. Previously wrote for Dexerto, Upcomer, Splyce, and somehow MySpace. Jack of all games, master of none.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/counterscottGO"],"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/scott-robertson"}]}},"raw_content":"Following a mixed-at-best reaction to launching a pre-order campaign for a $196 mouse without a final design, Sentinels' VALORANT superstar TenZ issued an apology today and has temporarily frozen any future pre-orders. In a lengthy post, TenZ acknowledged that \"making a mouse from scratch and releasing pre-orders before the mouse is even finished... was super ambitious.\" He says looking back, it \"was a stretch to attempt to sell a mouse that had no finalized shape, specs, or weight.\" In his apology post, TenZ also attempted to set the record straight that the mouse project was not \"a quick cash grab,\" citing his well-known passion for gaming peripherals, mice in particular. TenZ said the mouse is still being developed and that updates will be available to \"people who actually care,\" but also froze any future pre-orders. Those that have already pre-ordered will also be sent an email that gives them a choice between fully refunding the purchase or keeping it. TenZ's apology also contained \"a super early prototype\" of what the mouse's shape will look like, posted above. The project, dubbed TenZ Secret Mouse, originally went live on the store page of TenZ's website on Nov. 27, with 20,000 presale units available at a price of \u20ac179, or roughly $196. While the mouse's store page listed a number of confirmed features, it also noted that that the ambidextrous shape was a \"work-in progress\" with more design updates set to be revealed \"soon\" on TenZ's Discord channel. The listing also gave a shipping ETA of Summer 2024. The long wait time and the non-finalized details combined with the rather high price point didn't sit well with a number of fans. However, just looking at the replies of TenZ's apology post, it appears that there's no shortage of fans willing to spend on his dream mouse, especially now that they've seen the prototype image.","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tenz-week-3-vct-americas.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/928"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1047167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1047235,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047167\/revisions\/1047235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1047167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1047167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1047167"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=1047167"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=1047167"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=1047167"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1047167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Rokurou

“Super early prototype” of TenZ’s mouse. Image via @TenZOfficial on Twitter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>

In his apology post, TenZ also attempted to set the record straight that the mouse project was not “a quick cash grab,” citing his well-known passion for gaming peripherals, mice in particular. TenZ said the mouse is still being developed and that updates will be available to “people who actually care,” but also froze any future pre-orders. Those that have already pre-ordered will also be sent an email that gives them a choice between fully refunding the purchase or keeping it. TenZ’s apology also contained “a super early prototype” of what the mouse’s shape will look like, posted above.<\/p>

The project, dubbed TenZ Secret Mouse, originally went live on the store page of TenZ’s website on Nov. 27, with 20,000 presale units available at a price of \u20ac179, or roughly $196. While the mouse’s store page listed a number of confirmed features, it also noted that that the ambidextrous shape was a “work-in progress” with more design updates set to be revealed “soon” on TenZ’s Discord channel. The listing also gave a shipping ETA of Summer 2024.<\/p>

The long wait time and the non-finalized details combined with the rather high price point didn’t sit well with a number of fans. However, just looking at the replies of TenZ’s apology post, it appears that there’s no shortage of fans willing to spend on his dream mouse, especially now that they’ve seen the prototype image.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A basic office mouse is only $10, just saying!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":928,"featured_media":844578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":true,"_is_affiliated":false,"dotesports_deal_href":"","dotesports_featured_video":"","_notify_users":2,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2023-11-28T21:53:38Z","apple_news_api_id":"616bc6b5-6316-4e5e-9194-de4609865d4b","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2023-11-28T21:53:38Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AYWvGtWMWTl6RlN5GCYZdSw","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44104],"tags":[],"invoiceable_action":[46995],"internal-label":[46550],"article_type":[44125],"coauthors":[{"id":928,"display_name":"Scott Robertson","user_login":"scott robertson","user_nicename":"scott-robertson"}],"class_list":["post-1047167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-valorant","internal-label-esports","article_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n