Champions

How does China have 3 slots for champions?

who said 3..edg gonna win masters n get that extra slot

https://www.vlr.gg/event/1657/valorant-champions-2023

Check

cuz riot china glazers, i think its valid if EDG make playoffs right here tbh if they lose then rough hope they dont get slammed

I'm not hating just curious on how, not a region btw just a country getting 3 slots when they can barely make it out of group stage LAN.

Ravencrow [#5]

I'm not hating just curious on how, not a region btw just a country getting 3 slots when they can barely make it out of group stage LAN.

they tryna grow the scene

Ravencrow [#5]

I'm not hating just curious on how, not a region btw just a country getting 3 slots when they can barely make it out of group stage LAN.

money, viewers, nepotism rito owned by tencent

There's almost certainly going to be a Chinese International League next year (after the game actually releases officially) so it would make sense for them to send 3 teams (the same as every other region, without LCQ)

Ravencrow [#5]

I'm not hating just curious on how, not a region btw just a country getting 3 slots when they can barely make it out of group stage LAN.

china is considered a region....leaving the obvious reason aside, it also helps the region to grow faster specially since valorant hasnt releases in china yet...otherwise they will just stay competing among themselves for no reason

Ravencrow [#5]

I'm not hating just curious on how, not a region btw just a country getting 3 slots when they can barely make it out of group stage LAN.

china number 1

i mean i think its fine, the chinese scene isn’t bad plus for money and viewership

Ravencrow [#5]

I'm not hating just curious on how, not a region btw just a country getting 3 slots when they can barely make it out of group stage LAN.

Because Riot want them to catch up, giving them the exposure of experiencing international tournament against the best teams in the world. Plus with the exclusive slot they are given by Riot would most definitely grow the scene even bigger in China, since competing against the best team around the world and win against them is the dream of literally every pro players.

riot want to give chine room to grow, just look at jp and br. Both not that good to start but keep getting free direct slot, slow but they're impove.
We get loud and zeta miracle run.
But yeah 3 teams?... uhhhhhhhhh

Ofc they deserved it. China viewers alone carried the whole vct viewers.

because riot wants

Ravencrow [#5]

I'm not hating just curious on how, not a region btw just a country getting 3 slots when they can barely make it out of group stage LAN.

"just a country" has 4x the population of the United States+Canada(NA region)

I hope it really is about the money, although I'm not convince coz riot is known to be cheap with their prize pots still. I mean look at Worlds.

The biggest game in China is League. Riot is trying to grow the scene (as well as scout orgs for franchising) so valorant can also do the same.

derptz [#14]

Ofc they deserved it. China viewers alone carried the whole vct viewers.

you mean bots? I have no idea about val's popularity in China but they're known for stream botting.

Ravencrow [#19]

you mean bots? I have no idea about val's popularity in China but they're known for stream botting.

Yesterday one of the streaming platform in china called huya generated 5m live viewers on EDG vs Navi game.

Ravencrow [#5]

I'm not hating just curious on how, not a region btw just a country getting 3 slots when they can barely make it out of group stage LAN.

now check how many people this little country has

Itsover [#16]

"just a country" has 4x the population of the United States+Canada(NA region)

I'm aware of that, but doesn't mean you should cater them with easily 3 slots on the biggest stage right? Don't you think their "country" should work their way in for those slots first?

Ravencrow [#22]

I'm aware of that, but doesn't mean you should cater them with easily 3 slots on the biggest stage right? Don't you think their "country" should work their way in for those slots first?

JP used to have 2 slots in the past, Brazil had 2 slots with shit results, why not?

So no one's bothered with this? Like they have 1 event to qualify to Champions, meanwhile other regions have to go through a haystack just to qualify?

Ravencrow [#24]

So no one's bothered with this? Like they have 1 event to qualify to Champions, meanwhile other regions have to go through a haystack just to qualify?

It's actually kinda fd the way they did it. EDG could win Masters and if they fail to make top 3 later on, they miss Champs lol. Won't happen, but they should've done points just like normal regions in previous seasons.

Honestly they're a more competitive region than shitmea LMFAOOOOOOOOO

CowboySG2 [#25]

It's actually kinda fd the way they did it. EDG could win Masters and if they fail to make top 3 later on, they miss Champs lol. Won't happen, but they should've done points just like normal regions in previous seasons.

No wonder theres not much quality team coming out of their scene. But that kinda disrupts the quality of matches in majors tho. Like going against a chinese team could easily be a freebie.

derptz [#20]

Yesterday one of the streaming platform in china called huya generated 5m live viewers on EDG vs Navi game.

Funny that this ain't even the only one cracking the million mark...they had like 5 others that hit a million as well on other sites