Riot Games end of year post (CN)

https://weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404977701638504903
Interesting article on weibo, sadly it is only in chinese at this point.

ENGLISH POST: https://x.com/lhfaria/status/1734042186956919041?s=20

Game Changers:

• some changes in the rules to help make the transition from GC to vct/t2 easier

VCT CN:

• introduction of the new teams

Kickoff dates:

• Americas: February 16th
• Pacific: February 17th
• EMEA: February 20th
• China: February 22nd

Masters Madrid:

• March 8th to 24th
• Starts with a swiss stage?
• Double elimination playoff
• Tickets live December 14th

2025 vct:

• Talks about wanting to spread the season out more.
• Too much free time from September - January

Sustainability:

• $33 million in revenue this year shared with 30 partner teams
  • Of the $33 million shared this year, partner teams distributed nearly $12 million to players and coaches (an average of 35%)

Team skins:

• Slated to go live around Kick//off (feb)
• Promoted teams getting team skins
• VCT CN partner team sets will go live later in 2024

TRACE MADE IT I'M ELATED

Gun skins should b for the team that wins champs

Thought masters was gonna be 8 team double elim over 16 days 💀

melon_fan [#4]

Thought masters was gonna be 8 team double elim over 16 days 💀

The swiss stage will be pretty similar to a normal group stage, except in theory with less duplicate matchups?
8 teams means, 2 wins and you are qualify and 2 losses and you are out.