kinda makes me feel for latam players/fans. it feels like there are so many good players in that region, especially in tier two, who are just not going to get to have a chance to play in tier one now that there is basically only one latam team.
the team itself does look good though, it will be interesting to see demon1 on this and how he will fit
But it's international in a different way, it's not the same thing. Was Kru considered international in 23 having players from Chile, Argentina and Colombia? No, cause they were from the same region, with similar culture, so they were very aligned. In Europe is the same thing, except i think you should divide it in Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western, and Acend was a Eastern Europe team.
Lev would have mainly players from the US, with one EMEA and one LATAM. It's different. No team ever won that way.
I understand because LATAM has a lot of talent. But me personally I really don’t think it’s that deep and don’t mind it as much when it happens to us (not the same but you get the point)
Maybe it’s me that has a different kind of mentality but I would like to see a day where esports becomes a little bit more like sports where you support the badge and there’s a sense of loyalty opposed to just hopping around depending on who signs who. Maybe it’s just me tho
I understand you point, but even in Sports, we cant have loyality to a team that dont have a sense of itself.
Like, Spain have a lot of SA players, still they have Europeans and Spanish players, but imagine Barcelona filled with USA players, and they become a American team, they dont understand Spanish, and dont even try to get used to the culture, you will lose you interest, this team doesnt represent you anymore and are filled with players u dont give a shit.
Its the same with Val orgs, if Loud have 4 USA and 1 Br, and sudenly, all the videos be made in english, the org will lose his sense of itself, there will not have home pride.
Real Madrid has 1 Spanish player on the starting 11, he's getting old and there is no sign of Madrid signing a Spanish replacement, other than that there's Brahim who's now playing for Morocco, Lucas Vazquez, Ceballos, Fran Garcia and fucking Vallejo. And in football I've absolutely never heard a Madrid fan complaining about that
Also in Valorant for example, TH fans have never been happier than now with this roster. Idk I think that is a very sensitive topic but specially in SA I think it's way too overblown
I cant speak for Spanishs to be honest, but i can speak for Latam/Br people, itsnt necessary a overblow, its just that we want people who suffers what we suffer, pass for what we pass, our brothers, our sisters, we want to see our people show to the world of what we are capable of.
Loud has fans, bc they are Brazilians, Lev has fans, bc they are Chilenos and also Latinos.
What unite us latinos is a strong bond with our folk
Maybe this is just cultural diferenfe beetwhen Europe and SA, maybe its a overblow like you said.
I think that the example of Real Madrid is not a good comparison, in the case of Madrid people feel represented because it is the team where they live and they always go to see it and also because it is the biggest team in the world.
In the case of the Spaniards feeling happy for TH it is because in every game they are used to having players from other countries, Spain has no scene in any game.
Disagree with that. LATAM has a lot of players with good potential that can be developed to become great. The region may have a problem with the mentality, sure, but that's fixable and they already proved they can go far. Abandoning it is just denying your own origins and letting your own region to rot. And there's not a problem on bringing a foreigner to the team, but they're making the entire team non-latam, besides Kingg
i dont disagree with continuing to build rosters that include players from your own region. i think the roster with mazino, kingg and aspas was good. i was mostly reffering to the fact that NA and EU are dominating due to the fact that they have better players and therefor have won the most trophies compared to Asia or south america.
i think the reasom why latam doesnt or havent had a world class player in awhile is due to management. we see the same 5-6 brazilian players fail at 1 org and then gets giving another chance, instead of thinking more long term and picking up players from t2/t3.
also its more easier for orgs to deal with visa issues if the players are from na and such so that might also be a factor.
I'm from chile and been into esports for a long time amd the truth is that LATAM isn't built to win championships, we do not have the structure, the big boys organizations behind to build talent at lower levels, it is just by purely themselves, and it has always been that way.
Take a look at yesterday R7 vs Pain, the two imports being summit and keine played their hearts out and the three local players just absolutely shat themselves, in every esport (excluding solo games, like fighting games) LATAM always crumbles, it is just the way it is.
If you really want to win things, specially in valorant, you have to go international. It is sour, and I don't like it THAT much. But from a owners perspective, it is the best way to make some kind of ROI. (KRU is a exception because they shit money, Aguero + Messi but they still can't pass through groups every year.)
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