Format for Challengers EMEA.

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Matrix13e

https://twitter.com/valesports_emea/status/1603090356287021059
https://valorantesports.com/news/challengers-emea-2023-vision-and-format/en-gb

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with ascension teams only being promoted for 2 years.
will this stop players signing these super long contracts for those teams.
cause alot of permanent teams have signed players on 4 year deals

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Yeah. Well, can the teams benefit from signing players to longer contracts? Like if they have T1 players with buyouts when they get relegated maybe they can profit from selling those players?

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Yeah ofcourse.
Im talking about the players though.
Could also see weird scenarios where a team makes franchising and the whole roster gets dropped

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Not necessarily a bad thing, that way you make sure there’s no contract prisons and players have as many opportunities as possible

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unfortunately 3 local player requirement will turn most VRLs into shit shows

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It doesn't. Just look at Challengers APAC. Indonesia, South Asia, Malaysia/Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam, Oceania, Thailand, Hong Kong/Taiwan, all have been using the three home region players rule since 2021 and they've been quite consistent and successful in managing it. It won't be the end of the world.

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Ig he meant in EMEA, most other regions already met that requirement last year so it’s not an issue. It’s here in EMEA where it’s gonna be big issue, or at least gonna lower the level a lot from what we’re used until new players develop

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Just compare the amount of international teams vs the regional teams that made it into t1 events in EMEA the last 2 years. Sweden, Cis and Turkey are the only regions that really managed to do that consistently (2 of which had separate qualifiers).
VRL is the only way to get into tier 1 now, so its supposed to generate the highest quality teams and placing such a hard restriction (that then doesn't apply to t1 anymore) is just gonna end up creating a team skill gap in the long term imo.
It also doesnt help with EMEAs communication problem (talent not being able to shine due to not being comfortable comm'ing in English and as such not getting picked up by better teams).

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It is, Nordics, Turkish and East are gonna dominate a lot, also the one’s with biggest populations. Even tho Russians counting as regionals evens it up a lot in my opinion