RIOT MOVED EU LCQ TO second channel

KEKW. hold this L. MAIN CHANNEL FOR THE BIG BOYS

:)))))))))), such disrespect to EMEA fans

LMFAO W

NA makes them more money unfortunately

Just further proof of Riot trying to actively sabotage EMEA but hardly having definite success :^)

actually 3rd channel.

scummy move

Enjoy watching tier3 Valorant instead of tier1

so much clout for the clout region just to get destroyed by the region with no clout internatinal lan :)

JESUS CHRIST what a sh1t company riot is

This was actually really scummy .

Just sad tbh EA lcq was playing Emea started didn't move to main chanel put it on second one. Na starts move Emea to second channel just sad. Hypocrisy

They shouldn't have done that

AdS [#12]

Just sad tbh EA lcq was playing Emea started didn't move to main chanel put it on second one. Na starts move Emea to second channel just sad. Hypocrisy

They are biased af towards certain regions if it already isn't obvious . Fuck riot

AdS [#12]

Just sad tbh EA lcq was playing Emea started didn't move to main chanel put it on second one. Na starts move Emea to second channel just sad. Hypocrisy

Dw they gotta build the underdog storyline for edg, the momentum is building

its for the money

Actually pretty fucked from Riot. Understandable for viewership, but not overall. EMEA has already been bit struggling with viewership and then they move 50k+ stream (I don't remember correctly) to 3rd channel that currently has less than 10k views. Also 2 known teams like G2 and TL. Final map of BO3, but its better to skip that for 1st map of BO5....

zan [#3]

LMFAO W

Enjoy watching t3 valorant gameplay on the main channel :D

On a more serious note, Riot probably did it to actually avoid contractual breaches. NA streams have in studio ad segments and sponsorships which probably contractually obligates them to run ads on main channels, while EMEA streams do not have in studio ad segments. If Riot dared to not put NA on main stream, then Riot would have been in breach of the contracts with their advertisement overlords.

Nevertheless, Riot should absolutely be dragged through mud for this bullshit, especially on social media. These "contractual breaches" would have amounted to rounding error on their spreadsheets in terms of financial penalties.

patuj [#17]

Actually pretty fucked from Riot. Understandable for viewership, but not overall. EMEA has already been bit struggling with viewership and then they move 50k+ stream (I don't remember correctly) to 3rd channel that currently has less than 10k views. Also 2 known teams like G2 and TL. Final map of BO3, but its better to skip that for 1st map of BO5....

Yep it was 60k viewers which is now down to 8k because obv no one is going to try to find another stream after getting booted

Dont care even BR channel has more viewers

patuj [#17]

Actually pretty fucked from Riot. Understandable for viewership, but not overall. EMEA has already been bit struggling with viewership and then they move 50k+ stream (I don't remember correctly) to 3rd channel that currently has less than 10k views. Also 2 known teams like G2 and TL. Final map of BO3, but its better to skip that for 1st map of BO5....

EMEA viewership actually not bad if you counted Spanish and Turks and all co-streams. MEC vs Liquid peaked almost 200k same numbers with G2 liquid I think

Bruh :skull:

APAC Fans be like: First time?

ChubbyChoob [#22]

EMEA viewership actually not bad if you counted Spanish and Turks and all co-streams. MEC vs Liquid peaked almost 200k same numbers with G2 liquid I think

Maybe I don't know about other languages, but you still want to have strong audience for main aka English stream. Riot wants to make franchising a big thing with only 3 leagues, but they don't even try to build up EMEA rn. NA doesn't even need main stream with watchparties.

NoTToKunG [#24]

APAC Fans be like: First time?

Yeah it happens to us all the time . Everyone else realizing how biased RIOT is to certain regions/subregions .

i just dont understand why they would when 90% of NA viewership is on watch parties

patuj [#25]

Maybe I don't know about other languages, but you still want to have strong audience for main aka English stream. Riot wants to make franchising a big thing with only 3 leagues, but they don't even try to build up EMEA rn. NA doesn't even need main stream with watchparties.

English channels (main stream on Twich and Youtube) of M3c vs Liquid peaked over 100k (over 70k on Twitch and 30k on Youtube). And thing is EMEA don't rely on co-stream, their audiences tune it to main channels (Spanish, English main channels). I really thing EMEA will grow stronger in long-term and much more organically. EMEA popular teams are strong unlike clouted NA teams (SEN, TSM)

patuj [#25]

Maybe I don't know about other languages, but you still want to have strong audience for main aka English stream. Riot wants to make franchising a big thing with only 3 leagues, but they don't even try to build up EMEA rn. NA doesn't even need main stream with watchparties.

LVPes2
ru_VALORANT
valleague_fr
valorantleague_dach
valorantleague_tr
valorantesports3

All of the above are streaming G2 vs. Liquid right now.

Glycoroldas [#19]

On a more serious note, Riot probably did it to actually avoid contractual breaches. NA streams have in studio ad segments and sponsorships which probably contractually obligates them to run ads on main channels, while EMEA streams do not have in studio ad segments. If Riot dared to not put NA on main stream, then Riot would have been in breach of the contracts with their advertisement overlords.

Nevertheless, Riot should absolutely be dragged through mud for this bullshit, especially on social media. These "contractual breaches" would have amounted to rounding error on their spreadsheets in terms of financial penalties.

I’m 100% sure this is the reason.