when franchising comes along is vlr rankings gonna improve since there will be more games played. angd how many teams ins a leagu
tbh while valorant has potential and riot shows concern, the concern shown is on absolutely wrong parts of the game where they just go "hehe new skins and agents" while they still don't have LAN option other than in tournaments, demo system, and room for community engagement in maps, game modes, or even skins
18 teams, 16 partnered, 2 relegated/promoted to/from vct promotions or vlr regional leauges.
For instance, NA has 10 big orgs who must be in s-tier: faze, t1, tsm, 100t, nrg, eg, c9, complexity, v1, optic.
Brazil can provide 4 teams, SA 1 team.
The other 2 slots for promotion/relegation: guard, xset, luminosity etc.
For EU its hard coz idk which org will join valorante but 18 teams as well.
i understand it has benefits, but it can really stunt anything but Tier 1 from developing which is how some regions in league have turned out. I can see it working with really good planning, but there is so many ways to fuck it up down the line.
On top of that, it encourages some teams to coast by while getting a free paycheck for just being average or even below average and never having any ambitions of aiming higher. i hope it doesnt turn out badly but idk rito games