Riot terminates VCT partnership with KOI

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Wow
Welcome M8s again.
We for sure aren’t getting the full story here

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Comeback
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Not Goked

Superteam

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Howd koi mess up that bad

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They actually ruined my theory of a Russian superteam build that KOI could have explored. I hope the KOI players find a team.

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Comeback
Minny
Sh1n/GlobeX
Veqaj
DaviH/Illuri

Yaba
Ange1

and they are back in business

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Add Loita or Lar0k theyre gon be 18 this year

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average players, not better than davih, veqaj or minny

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Lar0k is one of the best flex players that will be available next year

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yes

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sh1n was actually in trials for split2 roster, they played 1 last game with both sh1n & proxh and liked proxh more

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oh damm, I always thought it was a shame that Sh1n was dropped from KC cuz he was arguably their best player that too playing smokes

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https://x.com/shinVALORANT/status/1928140561866789079 yea its why he tweeted that

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fuck why are you still here

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common nobody W

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WE want apeks back

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who's we

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catNmouse

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you, me, everyone else

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They will be the first vct team to loose 23 games in a row

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No one wants apeks, no one likes apeks

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Apeks is just unlucky but this doesn't make sense brotha 💀

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I do think judging by by the fact that KOI (according to Ibai) were not given any notice or any chance for negotiation or any sort of warning/ultimatum, it seems pretty likely to me that Riot's mind was already made up because they had a specific org in mind that they wanted to bring on.

Given the timing (a couple of weeks after the end of stage 2), if they bring in Gentle Mates I will be 100% convinced that that was the reason.

Ibai also said that Riot absolutely had the right to kick KOI, but clearly if a team is underperforming wrt their contract requirements I would imagine the natural first step would be to approach them and tell them that they'll have to improve or they're out. No notice means they don't want KOI to get their shit together, which only really makes sense if they have a replacement lined up.

But of course this is all speculation and maybe there was more going on behind the scenes.

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All they wanted to bring M8 with having minimum harm so koi was obvious choice So if they include performance like bs than they must also release furia else I'm not gonna believe that

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https://x.com/valorintel/status/1964584419227840564?s=46

hmmm

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Kicked for a bigger fish.

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aquaa018s_alterego

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if you dont get the refrence

koi = koi fish

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U deserve to get downvoted

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What the FUCK did i do

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you ruined the joke

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thanks for ruining my coffee

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you ruined my life

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downvote of shame, ruined my day

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You ruined my dream journal!

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what didn't you do...

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Thanks for ruining it bro

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Thank you for your service, I was able to understand the reference thanks to you.

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More downvotes than the other dude's upvotes. Vlr hate is strong I respect that.

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Welcome Gentle Mates Back to VCT EMEA!

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Holy shit crazy he's quick to it

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rip bozo you will not be missed top 5 worst org for sure

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W ChickenJoe Post

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feel bad for koi players and coach

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luminescience

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Shitretics next

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W ragebait 8/8 they all fell for it

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You are the only one who fell for it

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o7

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Bye bye! I’m sure all 7 KOI fans are in shambles

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much bigger org than prx btw

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Org, not valorant team, yes.

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ragebaited lmao

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and they somehow had the least bundle sales

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cuz they dont give a shit about valorant, look his team in lec, one of the biggest fanbases in europe esports

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RIP

This comment will be updated after the fully story comes out

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RIP KOI

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here we go again

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GX with the buzzer beater in stage 2 to stay in Franchising instead of KOI

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I dont think mkoi told us the full story

https://x.com/valorintel/status/1964584419227840564?s=46
some update idk

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FURIA staring nervously

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Craziest story I heard there has to be something big happening behind the scenes

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bye bye emea bum

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W

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https://x.com/MovistarKOI/status/1964325222460322276

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what

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W new. W post. W ChickenJoe.

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o7

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Hyxagon

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wait so KOI demon1 was a lie????

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geduelist

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BLEED Aspas was also once a lie 😭😓

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What an absurd week this has been 😭

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what agreement did the breach?

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pkkkk

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THERES NO MORE KOI KANG KANG

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welcome back M8

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so much for the special team they wanted to build and couldnt

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what did they do?

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uhmm... what team do i support now

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Sky1k

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koi is running it back in t2 they signed a coach too in their announcement video

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Foxym

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in the video they said they have been terminated, that they already had singed a coach and that the singed staff and players for 2026 were now without a team and job

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Um.... J*b

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GX

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So much for KOI Keznit

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gentle mates will win every international next year

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What???

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LOL

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What breaches they did??

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dillyy

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FURIA NEXT PLEASE

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KOI intends to continue competing and aims to rejoin the VCT EMEA, most likely through Ascension.

These guys are allergic to money I guess 😭

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FURIA is shaking

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W, Furia next

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I am going to miss them 😭

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pkkkk

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https://x.com/Derke/status/1964341521315983382
what is derke saying dawg

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hes referring to KOI's academy team as the "2nd team"

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pkkkk

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ohhhh im so stupiddd broooo

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gg

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Bruh I just bought the bundle a few days ago...

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its gonna be rare now dw

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it will be turning into nfts

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is GE next? 💀💀

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probably Furia

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oworek1

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so partnership ending with koi for poor performance but somehow furia and global arestill there???

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wtf????

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I really love the hype I had because of them in 2022 end even tho I was not aware about the org before. And the rumored roster was good on paper but they failed to live up to the expectations. But still
o7

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Lmfao that's for choosing broke ass orgs in your franchise league. Next year's it's gonna be even worse.

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Wild

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You are doing badly, but still trying to go again the next year, and suddenly got a call that you are out. How tf are you supposed to tell that to everyone you are working with? Like, coach already signed, talk with players, sponsors. God imagine talking with sponsors that you are suddenly out. Horrible way to handle this by Riot. There are thousands of better ways to handle this. I infer they wanted to do this so it dies quickly before Champions, but this looks straight disrespectful unless there is something missing here, which I doubt, knowing how Riot works.

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o7

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This is insanely fucked up if its not related to players getting paid or something of that sort. Telling the team after they have spent so much money in roster rebuild.

Riot need to clearly state why this happened can't just beat around the bush

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The return of the king

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pls terminate ge aswell

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Great article ChickenJoe

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Lordsalih

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terminate furia aswell, T3 teams would do better

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NO WAY AAHAHAHAHA This is not real lmao xD

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GE next pls, for not representing SA properly

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😹😹😹

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My favourite team gone nooooo 😭

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WHAAATTT LETS GO

I GOT FLASHBANGED BY THIS WHEN I OPENED VLR DAMN LMAO

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The announcment is worrying, especially for other under performing teams (like furia) also, Koi wasnt given a warning, they just got called to a meeting and got told that their contract was terminated

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This has nothing to do with KOI's performance. They're giving the spot to M8 who have been sucking just as much for 2 years now

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good news

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Damn

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Wait wtf

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wow

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Nooooooooooo

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furia next?

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If i see Falcons getting a spot in EMEA I'm going to loose my shiii and crop dust all of riot HQ

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Real

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if riot could kick teams out all this time for underperforming, why is furia still in tier 1? and all these other bums in china, pacific.

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Not for underperforming, contract breach: ibai didn't co stream games

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Please relegate GE next

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L f0ria

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gg deserved
furia should be next

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THIS IS A DISGRACE!!!!

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Boycote valorant hispano del 12 de septiembre Bad decision RIOT

si je suis Partner je sais RIOT fais ça je pense je vais réfléchir a 2 fois pour être Partner pour un équipe Valorant
If I am a Partner, I know RIOT does that, I think I will think twice about being a Partner for a Valorant team.
Si soy socio y sé que RIOT lo hace, creo que lo pensaré dos veces antes de ser socio de un equipo de Valorant.

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only in VCT? but not all Riot based games??

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Actually got to play against a player from there in a DM (baddyG), learned he was inactive, wonder where everyone will go

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NGL i keep telling you all Franchising Valolrant was a mistake LOL

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not doing what the contract says (streaming constantly and promoting the game)
getting kicked
getting surprised

wow I'm impressed that grown ass men cry over what they have failed to do and playing victims
even more surprised by the crying fans who totally ignore that their org HAD TO DO THINGS but didn't

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Any contract of work or otherwise has any sort of warning before such measurements are made.

I don't think it's crazy to get surprised about that when no warning was done whatsoever.

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According to twitter commentary battles, they were informed half the year before that happened
also, do you actually need warnings to do what you are supposed to do? lmao, kindergarten
you know, if you actually fulfill the agreement, there won't be any problems

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"twitter commentary battles" what?

and yes, people need warning because a lot of the time they might be feeling they are doing fine and they are not. You act like that's crazy but that's regular work agreements too my dude.

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so if Ibai had to stream the games and didn't, he never knew he does something wrong?

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You do know the agreements are not like that right? It's more like "stream X amount of hours" so yea, they could think the amount they were streaming was enough, or that it wasn't required given other conversations, idk man, you're acting like this is so absurd, but that's just common decency and the non-asshole thing to do, yes.

Specially in the case of dropping the league, letting them know in one day to officially announce in the other is just asshole behavior from Riot.

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In January 2025, Riot reportedly sent the first real warning to the organization, notifying KOI of its contractual breaches. A few months later, in May, Riot met with Fernando Piquer, Chief Strategy Officer of OverActive, in Berlin to once again discuss these issues.

https://www.sheepesports.com/en/articles/valorant-vct-emea-koi-the-reasons-behind-the-exclusion/en

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"In January 2025, Riot reportedly sent the first real warning to the organization, notifying KOI of its contractual breaches. A few months later, in May, Riot met with Fernando Piquer, Chief Strategy Officer of OverActive, in Berlin to once again discuss these issues. Piquer then outlined the projects and processes the team had implemented to address the situation. From KOI’s perspective, no further warnings came after that meeting. On the contrary, the organization says it had been working actively with Riot on the 2026 bundle, which gave them the impression that their place in the league was no longer in jeopardy."

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Riot was a bit scummy here huh, not saying any warning before and leaving 1 day to let everyone know is crazy

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Unfortunately, these teams are too weak for this league. Consequently, entire player bases stumble tactically in international tournaments. We expect strong squads and solid matches. After the first generation, the number of players who became stars accumulates on certain teams, and the structure may not be entirely accurate. Team Vitality! is the most striking example.

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deserved these guys are wasting the slot. thanks riot!

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Furia when

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Wait, so contracts as such doesn't work like the way team wants to develop it's rosters????

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‘Breach of contract’ is a crazy reason to completely exterminate a team from the league. I mean what kind of clause in a contract says ‘if you are bad we are going to kick you out’? I mean (I am not defending riot whatsoever) but if there was a clause like that and KOI singed it either way then theres nothing KOI could argue against. Even if the contract DID said something like that it’s still poor treatment from riot towards the team. The players and staff deserved better

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Dang, I was looking forward to that rebuild.

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They don't give this position to EMEA Ascension like BLEED situation.
The answer is already clear, they already have an org in mind.

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idgaf about koi but franchising is just ass in general just go back to how it used to be

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WTF

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next GE please

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love m8s but this is fucked 😭

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NRG or EG next 🙏

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Adios furia

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Welcome Falcons

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baddyG curse is real, look at this man's team history