KRU is buying both Ghoul33 AND Saadhak
LOUD refuses to pay their players more than minimum wage

i really want Lukxo to leave that fuckass org

wait why did YOU get kicked from XLG? what was the controversy? did he call the ccp gay?

To kill itself

according to rumours, they are kicking robbieBk, Leader and Virtyy
mediocre move, but you know WHY they are doing this?

They want to hire MWZERA AND KOY
FUCKING MEMEWZERA

KOY! THE FURIA COACH THAT WENT 0-5, AND ONLY WON A MATCH WHEN OLD MAN XAND JOINED THE TEAM
WHAT THE FUCK LOUD??
FUCKING ADVERSO WOULD BE A BETTER PICK, COM, STELLAR. BOOSTIO WOULD DO A BETTER JOB.

FUCKING SOURCE: https://x.com/VCTatualizado/status/1966847526641815841?t=dIzAr6UnAL-cBszzqUREsQ&s=08

thx grandbuddy

this shit fire gang?

celebrate for a beloved her has returned

isnt the current system harder then what i described? also this is basically the 2022 system with a few tweaks

thats the thing, they wouldnt be moving, today, because they need to be ther for more than 6 months, teams need a "living visa".
in this system, the teams would simply be there for the tournament, then back. it would be a visiting visa/ tournament visa
also, the org wouldnt have to care about buying a house for a player or accomodating his family/pets
they would just stay at a hostel,hotel,motel,bnb, whatever.

i did not understood what you wrote big dawg

i do want to answer something, in this scenario G2 would probably be partnered
the idea would be to partner the orgs that bring in viewership and community engagement, not necessarily the better orgs

please, it cant be this easy to fix it, i must be missing something

Who TF is bigger than PRX? isnt PRX on par with other top orgs?

the writing is a bit clunky, but thx for endorsing me

i really wish someone could make a better format then me, it makes me kind of frustrated that i could think of this in a day, but RIOT seems incapable of fixing franchising, like, im a man of average intelligence, how am i more reasonable than the sumn of all parts of a global enterprise?

Sacy Magic

thanks cameraman

So, how about this.
Each league has 6 partenered teams, these are teams that cant be relegated and that receive riot's financial incentives.
The remaining 6-10 slots are teams that "ascend" not by ascension, but by Challengers placement.
Rather than ascending on the END of the year, they ascend at the START.

The calendar would be roughly in this order
Challengers Group Phase > Kickoff (Only the partnered teams) > Challengers Playoffs > Masters 1 (Only top 2 of kickoff)
First Split (Now with the best 2-3 teams from LATAM, BR, NA) > Challengers (Overlaps with first split and masters, offdays) > Masters 2 (Top 3 teams of each region) > Challengers LCQ (the worst rated ascended teams play the winners of the 3 challengers) > Second Split LCQ (*Swiss stage, playoffs, with the challengers Lcq top 3) > CHAMPIONS

This would give tier 2 orgs more reasons to entry the sport. the financials wouldnt change because now the "Ascensions budget" goes to Challengers LCQ
Riot wouldnt spend so much on partnered teams, but would still get the viewership of more beloved orgs
There would be less visa issues since now those upcoming orgs arent "working in LA" just there for a tournament
In regards to Classic Skins, the partnered org skins would be available at the start of the year, while t2 pistol skins would be released around Masters 2 either before, during or after.
The t2 cards would be simpler, just like this year's, and since the pistols are all just recolors of each other it wouldnt be that long to make.

Regarding the chance that a t2 team only ascends on the second opportunity, that being the Challengers LCQ, i would say that they would only get pistols skins IF they not only go to Champions, but finish high, im not sure between them needing to WIN, or just place top 4, but i can see it happening as a "comemorative reward"

confusion

Anyone else noticed the vlr dates for matches are messed up?
like, its saying that tomorrow there will be only NRG x DRX? i thought it was 2 games per day?

EDIT: yay, they fixed it, legit was driving me mad

woow, peepo you still alive? i missed you man

nope, BR orgs ruined themselves first, Sato, Ghoul, Blowzin, Spike, Phc, Siduzord (igl btw), none of them got a proposal from Furia and Loud

dont know about NA, but they are Saving BR talent

thats the infuriating part, he has a disadvantage, which means he needs to go ALL IN, and he ALWAYS GOES ALL IN IN CERTIFIED GOOD TALENT
his scouting is insane, before oxy went to C9 he already was trying to buy him

Could actually be a Goated move if Verno stays (apparently he is becoming fRod's pupil)
he could co-op the duelist/flex role with artzin, since it also allow for more comp flexibility, plus they already comm in english

My only gripe is getting rid of Okeanos
but considering the new team will play a mix of portuguese+Spanish, i feel like its understandable, plus its not like okeanos is screwed, he could easily fit on EG, C9, Sen, Kru, Furia (lol), and even Mibr

Brazilian Orgs deserve this L
South American orgs have a problem with the exchange rate sure, they cant afford known great t1 players, problem is those fucks refuse to field proper rookies
If you cant hire Great T1 Players, MAKE THEM, LOUD didnt buy Sato, Ghoul, Phc, GuhRvn, Basic, Spike, None of the rookie talent of t2, only lukxo, and they did it only because he "wasnt that hyped" (no buyout, most eyes were on duelists and flexes), which explain very openly how much of a cheapskate org they are.
Furia did make an Academy, but they didnt try to actually make a team with upcoming talent and just put a bunch of washed up players that were already rotting in t2/t3
Mibr also has an ABYSMAL academy team, their only saving grace is Frod, and now, Sacy. Mibr right now is the last mediocrely decent org we have.

i prefer Spike, Ghoul, Blow, and any other BR talent to go to LEV and other NA orgs. because they will actually develop into proper players, get the proper recognition, and give brazil pride.

Okeanos
Virtyy
RobbieBk
Lukxo
Pancada (if he stops being a bitch)

What if
Split 1 Artzin
Toronto Verno
Kickoff Aspas
Split 2 Cortezia
Split 1 Xenom

Do they still have a winning chance if these players have similar performances to these times?

I didn't watch enough of the APAC/China games to be sure
But I have been told RRQ and BLG are really good

Please Asia fans enlighten me
Does MiBr stand any chance? Or was the game over before it started?

To clarify
Kingg and Sato are NOT getting dropped

Com, Okeanos and Tex are on chopping block.
Although not confirmed.

The rumored substitutes are Ghoul/Spike/Blowzin
Ghoul and Blow are on the Lev academy team, and according to viewers they are INSANELY good

hope they dont ascend

FPX!!!

damn

forgot about old gambit dammit

Fns mentioned this on his stream and i thought it would be cool to expand on it.

if there was a "showmatch" tournament with the OG greatest teams, which teams do you want on there?
important thing to remember, you cant share players

The obvious answers would be
Greatest Loud (Sacy/Aspas/Saadhak/Less/Pancada)
Lucky EG (Com/Jawgemo/Demon1/Ethan/Boostio)
Golden Optic (Yay/Fns/Crashies/Marved/Victor)
King Fnatic (Boaster/Chronicle/Alfajer/Derke/Leo)

Who else would you bring?

All fúria needs is to kick Urango and bootcamp until they are crippled, then they will be a decent mid table team

Not even my flare jinx stopped them so probably NRG
Although C9 would be cool since they haven't made an international in 4 years

consistency is key, mibr was consistent (and lucky), accept it

nrg sucked at the start of the year
c9 choked as usual
100t was mid
Lev was abysmal

the only other team that couldve deserved to go over mibr would be KRU but unlike mibr, they werent consistent enough to qualify and lost the first match of playoffs

why is it that mibr cant be rewarded for kickoff, split 1 and a masters qualification, but all those other teams should when they only got good now?
recency bias? only the current best team gets to go? fuck the rest of the year?
mibr got the points, they played the game, they got in, im not gonna say it was well played but they made it
the other teams didnt.
it would be a pretty bad example to set for teams to just say that only the split 2 good teams can qualify because then what would be the point really?
wouldnt then the most cost efficient method to just become split 2 merchants, sign a budget team at the start of the year then just buy up?
i mean according to your logic masters only matters if you win it, so why even bother if you arent sure? just wait to see whos good and buy them later

my problem is that leo basically quietly retired but you vlr fucks wont shut up about him lmao

if they get 3rd or 4th?

or do they need to specifically make grand finals?

I Didnt mention cs

obviously the br*tish fuck disagrees

every fucking time someone complains about how there isnt enough games on the season, how shit the splits are, or how empty the schedule is
There is always some bum ass pro saying shit like "but muh vacation" "think of the burnout" "my mental, my mental".

Shut the fuck up, almost every other esports has a packed schedule and they actually know what they are doing.
Bunch of wusses

Bring back full round robins AND MAKE IT TWO, Split one is a full round robin with all 12 teams, split two is the same.
"But the money, ppl wont watch the games" the casual viewer DOES NOT care about other regions, and riot literally already has a room in their building dedicated to teams facing each other
stop fucking renting out venues, half of the people in there are player friends and familt + staff, you arent making your investment back dipshit
atleast with more games you can get money from sponsorships and viewership

if they win fnatic is out of the playoffs

illiterate?

so elite got dropped? pyroll isnt subbing or anything? wow bold

i was rooting for KC cuz suygetsu & saadhak and ive just realized if they win fnatic is out of the playoffs lmao
they probably will still go to champs due to points
but that would be really funny

hot take, i think Sentinels will win champions
they have talent, mental resilienc and flexibility for it

who is pyroll?

could fix it a lil bit, after leaf comes back to G2

LEGIT
trent is missing
valyn is missing
jawgemo is missing