In hindsight, what were riot thinking?

Why did we have a tourney in China this early when most Chinese teams have not caught up yet. Were they betting only on EDG and hoping they are going to be a top team? Did they seriously think China will catch up in the first year of franchising? They lowkey looks like 2021 Asia(both east and south east) with some strong teams but unlikely to make a deep run.

Bro Fpx looked good beat 1 team in playoffs and had close games against heretics and geng .

its just for the release of valorant in china

prolly tencent wanted a event in china with the game releasing this year

and for their performance , give them year

u had teams like MIBR KC koi etc all in partnership last year , they will def improve exponentially with the release in china

FPX could have made a run if they beat TH or GENG

PGA1pha [#2]

Bro Fpx looked good beat 1 team in playoffs and had close games against heretics and geng .

They are good , but not enough to make top three in this tourney even if they beat TH. I am very hopeful about them when champs come. But keep in mind this decision was made last year before champs when the only strong Chinese team is EDG

Business wise, it makes huge sense, China is a very big market and they have really good record on all of the esports except CS. But you have to give them time and ample opportunities to improve and get to international level. and if that happens its massively profitable for riot.

Good players, they need experienced coaches and analyst

business wise, it's the only good choice

fpx would've had way closer maps if they were in playoffs tho...edg are fucking dogshit...

retsaot [#4]

FPX could have made a run if they beat TH or GENG

true

sad_gambit_fan [#3]

its just for the release of valorant in china

prolly tencent wanted a event in china with the game releasing this year

and for their performance , give them year

u had teams like MIBR KC koi etc all in partnership last year , they will def improve exponentially with the release in china

Which why imo giving them a master next year would be better. I feel bad for the Chinese fans rn, being humiliated in home soil is probably not good for business

They wanted to reward the fanbase for being so dedicated because China gave champs the most views aside from america

Because Riot likes glazing China so much even though they're so far behind in terms of everything

Only FPX was good 😥
THEY GOT ROBBED

LeCat [#11]

Which why imo giving them a master next year would be better. I feel bad for the Chinese fans rn, being humiliated in home soil is probably not good for business

i def agree , its prolly something riot had to do to get the game released in china ASAP