New possible franchise format

https://x.com/nandoshowww/status/1897721577396924506?s=46

In an interview, Leo Faria comments that Riot may "decrease" the number of "fixed partner" VCT teams in the new 2027 cycle:

"With the end of the cycle in 2026, 2027 is an opportunity for us to make big changes. This is the moment when Ascension teams can become fixed partners, have the chance to play on the big stages. I think we want to be more open.

Being more open can mean many things, today we have 10 "fixed" partners and two Ascension teams, it could be that we change to eight "fixed" and four rotating, six fixed and six rotating. Maybe we'll have an LCQ and tier two teams that aren't from the franchise can play in the Masters. It could be a lot of things"

The opportunity for tier 2 teams to play Masters and Champions would be great, it would certainly attract more investment from organisations to the scene!

six fixed six rotating sounds so good

good changes, but I feel like tier 2 is already too far gone

i wish only one format, a consistent one.
no more changing format of tournament, regional vct, or team lineups each year.

finally some delicious fucking food

12 months in ayear 6 int events every 2 months and Domestic stages between them to see who qualfiies. fuck vacations

Or we could just keep the format and stop changing it

we need more teams not less

there are big ass orgs that would prob throw money into val like Falcons but cant

i think 6 is way too low, especially if you consider regions like americas or pacific where they're basically a bunch of regions in one with regional rep factored into who's partnered

like what, 1 LATAM partner, 2 Brazil, 3 NA? that's insane work. one of LEV/KRU out, and half of NRG SEN 100T C9 EG G2 is a bit crazy

or if you consider pacific, i think there's already an imbalance of regional rep there, it would only exascerbate the issue

make it 8 partnered 4 ascension, i liked riots initial plan of 14 in the future where 10 partnered and 4 ascension, but we know 14 is infeasible

this is all just riot backpedalling because finally they've realized that this isn't actually a super profitable model, and they want to make sure t2 is better. win-win ig, but it doesn't guarantee investment from orgs because now they spend EVEN MORE trying to get an ascension spot.

tldr: bad for orgs, good for players (esp t2), 50/50 for fans since we lose some big names but could get new storylines

Tier two is washed why he's pushing to make a beneficial conflict between tier 1 teams and tier 2 teams for him
Just leave everything as it is just disband 1-2 trashes teams and replace them for another good teams like falcons on eu for example

All I care about is relegating the shittiest VCT teams so we have the highest competition at all times.