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number1_Demon1_fan

TLDR about KOI situation

They received the mail yesterday (5th september)
They got kicked without any warning
Handled content derpatemnt poorly ||(KC should watch out)||
Worst classic sales this year (top 5-6 last year)
Aknowledge the poor performance, but they expected more from the team
Riot kicked them for the accumulation of all of this (may be more hidden stuff)
Riot could have handled that situation better (understandably so)
Absolutelty NO WARNING (just repeating)
Did not get a say in that (Although they tried)
Ibai tried to say he'll go back to co streaming and sell more skins but Riot still refused
Riot told KOI that announcement was 12h laters after the meeting they were kicked
KOI feel kinda short cutted (idk how to say it, but basically it came as a shock to them so suddenly and had to record that video super fact to defend themselves)
Were joking on twitter about signing those players while they didn't know they were kicked from VCT
Already had a contract with Yaba for 2026, and trialed more than 50 players
Finally felt like they could have the team they wanted from scratch
Annoyed by Riot's handling things but still respect and understand it
Ibai think that M8 was too good for Riot to pass on them so they found any excuse to ban an EMEA team (IT IS IBAI'S OPINION) (It is not confirmed M8 are coming back)
KOI lost tons of jobs from the blink of an eye but looks like they still look motivated (?)
Talked to every instance of riot to see a solution (Spain, USA, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria)
Thank the fan
Mix of performance, content and skin sales

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KINGMANNY42

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wow

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gamergirl

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comeback and minny haven't posted LFT

Leo is already signed per my sources

2026 champs we will be there

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macncheese

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'per my sources' aka the voices in my walls

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gamergirl

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leo and minny were spotted kissing outside of berlin

then we saw minny with a small child in a stroller (presumably leo's son)

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bearmans

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the classic bundle sales aren't supposed to be a thing no? since all bundle are basically the same

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number1_Demon1_fan

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Riot are too shady with classics... first making them all the same then this...

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bearmans

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yea it's not even their fault imo. it's riot's fault. of course the more popular team gets more sale than the midtable team.
that's why last year's bundle were really impressive. each team can sell their identity and creativity more than just a generic, copy-paste shit.

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That's kinda sad 2/3 if the reasons for being kicked shouldn't be reason to be kicked

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macncheese

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tbh riot did some extremely disgustin shi here, koi should not have been kicked like this

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Galactc

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Yeah and unfortunately we'll only ever get this side of the story so it just feels like it'll be negative no matter what

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Just_some_loser

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So you're saying we can get furia kicked?

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THERE'S HOPE

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MrBulbe

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If this is true then why aren't more teams getting removed for being garbage in franchising? FURIA? GE? TS?

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macncheese

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riot is a giant boys club where either you are liked (FURIA/EG) or hated (BLD/KOI)

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MrBulbe

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Bleed had some real financial issues iirc, but this is just weird

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my guess is ascension teams in other regions don't really have more fans/content/sales and vct alr has 3 spanish orgs so kicking one isn't a problem for them

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bearmans

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GE and FURIA might be on the list. TS idk.

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MrBulbe

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TS pissed me off this year, that's why I mentioned them

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GE have been ass since franchising so they may be cooked. FURIA have been aight from the start but they were so bad these past years, TS almost qualified to champs last year so maybe they still might be alright

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dimmed

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Assumming everything Ibai said is true, then this is so stupidly greedy from Riot

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soonwookong

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wtf I didn't think they could do that

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DrudaL

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I dont think thats the only reason

Cuz if thats true, koi not going to be the only org that got kicked
Or is it a warning for all lazy franchised org?

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bearmans

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the problem is if they can do this to KOI, they can do this to other team that fit just like KOI.
so we might see GE, TS, FURIA get kicked out of the league. idk about CN since i have 0 knowledge of the team, but i assume NOVA is also on the chopping block.

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jax05

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If China had one, I think it would probably be JDG, because at the Valorant Championship Series annual awards in China, JDG was given the "Worst Run Organization of the Year" award.

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wouldn't it be TEC now? At least JDG are a big org no?

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jax05

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Chinese teams are generally quite wealthy. Titan is backed by Titan Sports, China's largest print sports media. However, I think it's possible that they might be eliminated.

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xDazeline

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nah riot's decision is too forced I feel like... it's too fishy, too shady...

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trola

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did koi do something really bad that riot have to kicked them suddenly or what

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teilwal

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they just wanted to promote m8 and looked for an easy team to kick

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Maybe but I think M8 being too good of an org motivated riot a tad bit

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A1pha1

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So you are saying Furia might also get dropped and they might bring back 2G?

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Bernazoka

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Surely they kick furia before koi no?

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FeelsBadMan

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TLDR about KOI situation