Maybe they are afraid of cases like in one of the recent CS events, where people around the mics were yelling inappropriate things, and it got into a broadcast.

Format matters here.
8-teams Masters event with Swiss stage first vs 16-teams Chamions event with group stage.
Big difference.

exactly
but also depends on the match
any studio match feels less exciting by default

ye, I hope they will find solutions for it and make it feel better for viewers

As one who played in StarLadder events (in Kyiv and in China), I would choose at least some kind of arena \ stage matches, instead of matches with no crowd for most of the tournament.

Also, back then, I was pretty close to people in StarLadder, and I know the struggles behind making and event that lasts many days or multiple weeks.
You just can't get a lot of people watching everything. Viewers get exhausted even if you start big with banger matches. You still have to know how to have hype days and regular days and live with that.

Out of my experience as a competitor, having a "little crowd" stage matches is always a lot better than a studio format. Because it's the best you have in esports, and playing from a "studio" is almost like playing from a bootcamp.

idk, maybe I'm just used to focus on the game and it's not annoying to me

yep

Honestly, I doubt there are many places in the world where you can get a packed arena for group stage matches, especially not on Saturday or Sunday. Maybe only China, but I also doubt it to be honest. I think it would be up to the match.
Even in Seoul last year, there was kinda similar situation for the first day of the tournament. And they had local teams playing in.
This year in Paris, the only French representative is PRX Alex :)
No French clubs, which also has its effect.

Rio 2022 had many games where there was very little crowd, especially in matches where no Brazil\LATAM players played.
Wasn't the Shanghai Major a very anticipated event by many?
It's like IEM's in Australia got plenty people because it's rare thing over there (with stage matches only for playoffs btw).

What do you think makes it a terribly organized event?

At least we did not have tech pauses, and it started on time :)

It's a group stage match, having it on stage with at least a little crowd is a big W for a tournament like this.
Rather than having group stage matches in a studio format like other esports have, where most or half teams do not experience international stage matches at all.
Also, it's almost impossible to get a huge crowd and hype for a regular group stage match of 16 16-team tournament.
People naturally won't show up unless it's a high-stakes match.

Stop comparing it to other VALORANT events where huge crowd gathers for the latest stages of competition.
It's just stupid, please chill your emotions, and don't do that.

Enjoy matches of different regional teams battling against each other, isn't it the most interesting about the event?

Agree, 3rd split is a good decision for sure.

Thank you. Tyloo times were fun and a good experience for both me and the players. Sad it did not work out in the end the way it could, but we had some cool runs :)

Thank you, I'm happy with my FENNEL guys and something interesting might happen this autumn so hopefully things gonna be great 😉

Thank you

Thank you.
Obviously the trio from RIDDLE and other players from ZETA AC. All of them are just starting and already have some very decent experience.
In Challengers Absol was a beast for Murash. Nobita from SG had such a great season. Hands from FAV is so good and it's sad they did not qualify for this year's challengers, I think they are a very decent team. RC's Brian is very good as well, as far as I understand it was one of his first serious teams and he came out of their AC. Muto was very good for the RC also. Tenzou from SZ is very good as well. RIA has great potential, he helped us a lot last year and I hope he'll get his chance.

When we had an AC in FENNEL in the past, we had some players with good potential. BinBin is probably the guy I remember the most. SG's AC had some good prospects as well.
I'm sure there are a lot more and I'm missing someone.

As a EU guy who has worked in JP for more than 2 years, I can assure you that everything is just starting for the JP scene.
There are a lot of talent which gets more and more experience and understanding of the 5x5 tactical FPS like VALORANT.
Not having a solid CS scene hurts them obviously, so the teamplay experience in many different aspects is just building.
Most of the things that set the level in VALORANT came from the CS experience and you need time to develop this in Japan.
Things take time and we already see that year's competition level is rising. I think that the JP scene will be very solid in the upcoming years.

Thank you.
Doing my best to make our game better and make our players believe we still have a chance to achieve our goal.

I would love to still have Derialy with us if it was possible, but the roster change happened due to his mental health issues. Daichi needed a break and some time, so the change had to be made.
TENNN was the best option we had and he's a great player, but we had to focus on his adaptation instead of rising and sustaining the quality of our game.
We suffered as a team from this process and trying to get our game back. There is some progress in some matches, but it still was not enough to have wins. TENNN is doing his best and it's not easy to adapt to a new team and compete in our situation. We are working hard to get better, but it's not as easy as it might look.

Japan Challengers is very competitive currently and each game is very close so nothing gets easy. Especially for us, when after the Split 1 each team probably wants to win against us even more than against others.
We still have a chance in the last match of the Main stage and we'll do our best to win it.

Sanction them for what, how do you think?

It's a complicated topic that is full of propaganda built on the hate of one nation for another which is horrible.
IDK the US stands on it. But I assume they stand against Hamas who works together with Iran and Russia building an axis of evil in a modern world.
Btw, Ukraine supports the two-state solution and condemns the attacks on Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

I agree with you on some points.
That's why I wrote that it's important to learn things and understand what you stand for if you are for the good.
I even feel a little bad for those russian kids who are raised and taught in that horrible culture. But in a modern world, there are plenty of ways to learn things and only a person himself is responsible for the values he cherishes. Especially if you travel, see the world, can talk to people from other countries and cultures.

Actually not.
US international policies and Russia's are very different.
Many things the US did were not good at all, but the reason for it was to protect the good values of our world. The way they did things, was not that good though. They made tons of mistakes.
But when Russian aggression happened in multiple places for many decades, it was not for the good things at all. It was always to make things worse for people and get political control, creating destabilization.
Also, they support a lot of destabilization movements in many countries just to make things worse for people and gain a macropolitical advantage.
Pure evil.

LOL it was not "nothing wrong"
He supported the aggressor, the one who kills, murders, and rapes people of the girl's nation he was talking with.
Of course, it made her react.

No wonder your people do not understand it, as you are far from the values of normal people who understand that it's not OK to attack another country just because you think you can.
And this is what an idiotic "out of politics" position can do to a person. Maybe Braveaf is a nice guy, IDK, but his views on things were a result of the culture around him which made him think that really evil things are normal. That's why you gotta educate yourself and think critically, learn things around you and history especially. It will help you stay out of trouble, especially in the modern world.

This "out of politics" position is made to fool and manipulate people. While politics is everywhere you want it or not, and it's something that influences your life.
Be clever and support good things, respect other nations, and don't be scared to speak about evil things. This is how you fight on the good side, not the other one. Evil only rises in silence and ignorance.

write "why Elon is a fraud" in youtube search and you'll have this or another similar video :)

That's right, Elon is a fraud.
F him.
https://youtu.be/LMKegenanxk?si=2fNY2ZwG3CEO36n5

Good for VALORANT, but F this liar.
https://youtu.be/LMKegenanxk?si=RFwS9dGQnUcAOPLU

Some cool Japanese hip-hop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MztyPzWy5j4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP2WeQyETiA

Its smart to keep them in the upcoming EU reshuffle as Club's actives for possible transfers.
At least I would do that if I were on their place.
Cloud is a valuable active for sure.

The majority of the Ukrainian esport scene leaders asked Riot to move Ukraine to Eastern Europe.
As two big countries in CIS region started a full-scale war against Ukraine.

NAVI had some players from both of them and it's a matter of time to get rid of them. Ofc they understand that the players are not responsible for it. But relations between UA-RU-BLR are very complex currently. It would be silly for them to sign new RU players for sure.

Idk, maybe knowing his market value and upcoming reshuffle in EU scene. It's smart to have him as Club's active for possible transfers.

I'm sure there will be no Russian players added to a roster.
Not trying to talk about politics here, but don't you follow the news?

I have nothing against any of particular players, especially knowing how nice m3c players are. But come on, you have to understand the context.

The only exception might be, if they will sign a full FPX squad in case FPX will not get a partner slot.

Nice game.
Gratz "unrightzz" with a finals MVP.

Excited to see this match.
Javelin (#9 Radiant EU) should be popping off

GG, Karasuno looked strong today 💪🏻

Its the rise of Ukrainian Valorant :)

Thank you guys, it's very important to have coverage for our games as it helps to develop #ValorantUA community.
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should be a great match!

Thank you guys, it's very important to have coverage for our games as it helps to develop #ValorantUA community.
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