csgo is better because there's constantly tournaments for T2 players to play in. Valorant is the opposite where long off seasons make it so there's no point of keeping the roster past the end of the season.
And Riot doesn't care. If Riot allowed T1 orgs to have an academy team, then maybe it'd be a little more stable.
well the big problem with t2 tourneys is with the viewers.
Theres only so much riot can do when no one gives 2 shits about unofficial t2/t3 tournaments
Vlr being horrible with showing these games doesnt help either since you gotta actually follow a scene to know theres a tourney going on
https://www.twitch.tv/evctournaments heres one live rn (grand finals) for Polaris and theyre at 60 viewers
We dont have the same luxury as cs where theres gambling money being thrown at any TO, allowing them to build viewers over time
Hosting tourneys is expensive af and 100 viewers just isnt gonna cut it
cs has a problem that tier 2 could only break into tier 1 thru the major, other parts of the year they would just grind closed qualifiers ( random most of the time) and CCT and league events. Thankfully, volvo have actually fixed that and shut down franchising, now tier 1 events invite top ranking teams, not those who pay money
Partnership is not good for T2. there just isn't enough to play for when there is only one event that actually matters once a year. Orgs should just wait until teams ascend to invest. I know Riot doesn't allow this but why risk paying player and team salaries for a year when the chances are so low? more orgs will drop teams in T2 its just not worth it.
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