hekzy [#34]
No eSport has ever survived or been taken seriously without the west. And valorant is already dying in EMEA/LATAM/BR. It's dead in CIS. Literally the last bastion of Western Valorant is NA, and they are very quick to abandon games. Once NA leaves, which is inevitable because they always do that, we'll be singing kumbayah.
The viewership is constantly declining, the eSport cannot survive without content creators producing clout, franchising literally killed tier2 in half of the world. The integrity is that of a clown show and all those combined will result in EMEA literally leaving the game. And tell me one popular esport that EMEA is not a part of. Omegalulwatch? Mobile games?
No eSport has ever survived or been taken seriously without the west
Someone doesn't know their e-sports history. A game called starcraft: brood war survived just fine for more than a decade in south korea without the west. That game and the influence it's had on the history of e-sports is why for most of the 2000s south korea was called the mecca of e-sports. Also, you're being pretty foolish. We're talking about giving international event slots. You're attempting to loop in a bunch of other bullshit and acting as if it's all because of riot's efforts to support china.
Valorant has never been super popular in europe, primarily because the premier tac fps is still csgo over there. And the reason valorant is dead in CIS is similar to the reason it's struggled in europe except on top of that, Russia invaded Ukraine last year and that event completely fucked over any chance Valorant had in the cis region. Riot has had to completely withdraw any support of the region because of sanctions and that isn't changing any time soon.
As for the viewership, it's fine. Is it exploding like riot would have hoped? No. But it's okay and valorant is definitely one of the most successful e-sports in the west/world. The tier 2 scene definitely hasn't been handled the best but that has fuck all to do with what I was talking about. Also, ever heard of cross-fire, that game has had a vibrant and successful pro scene in china since the late 2000s. Europe isn't some god given region. Even if valorant full on dies in europe, which it won't, it can still do just fine if it persists in NA and asia.
edit: like i said, if you exaggerate shit, no one's gonna take you seriously