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So 9-12 at the end of the season means you have to go back through open qualifiers for ascension and then 5-8 is a reserved spot in ascension?
For 9-12, I'm not sure, tbh. All of these are trustworthy orgs (well, as far as we're aware, at least) so if they're gonna keep investing in the VALORANT scene then I don't see why they wouldn't be directly invited into Challengers. That being said, I don't think there's been an actual statement on what happens then. Guess we'll find out later in the year
But yeah, that's how it works for 5-8