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Good for NA bad for EU. NA tier 2 scene is well developed with teams that look as good as some of the best in franchising the region having such a high concentration of orgs and players facilitates that. EU has a faltering tier 2 scene, teams are good but little monetization which means its not sustainable unless riot does something about it. Apac feels about the same
EU is bound to falter with soo many regional leagues and no CIS leagues. This shit is stupid, we need like 4 at max, CIS, TR, EU and MENA. Maybe EU 1 and EU 2. Like is there even enough appeal for portugal, france, spain to be completely different? Wouldnt concentrating these orgs and teams in 12 team brackets of EU 1 and EU 2 not be better?
9 Leagues in a region dominated by CS influence + No sponsor interest as almost 80% of funding in EMEA esports comes from betting + low viewership cause of poor marketing and lack of storylines (except France they do some wizard shit) + recession-making tournament organisers make heavy budget cuts (also thanks to the lack of sponsors) + organizations not being interested in the league's cause of all the above stuff + Rito not putting much financial support to help us even though we clearly need it thus making the product even more shit.
isn't fully setup until premier, however it does make it hard for the jump of tier2 to tier1, altho the ascension tourneys were prob the best way riot coulda done it, so its kept the tier2 scenes not completely dead like how people freaked out about it initially. Time will tell but after lockin I'd say alot of teams have shown potential and that its geniunely wide open for masters outside of maybe a few lock teams.
For the players in franchising? Definitely, top salaries, stability that does not rely on performance (your org can't get "kicked" from the league)
For the companys involved? Definitely yes, massive profits
Now... for the true competition? Definitely not, just look at CSGO majors, every single team must qualify, that's real competition
For the upcoming talent, aspiring pros, tier 2 pros and tier 1 pros that didn't have connections to be on a franchised team? Definitely not
For the viewer? Not sure, upsets will be very rare and you'll rarely see a top team emerging from nothing like the guard