can't even sell out an arena with 3k capacity
Who's idea was it to host it in THE country of CS?
What are you on? IEM Dallas was a pretty packed arena. CS has always done well in NA for crowds. NA used to have 6 events till Covid unfortunately.
The issue with hosting in Denmark is that Denmark is a huge CS country. I mean I’ve been told they have CS on TV there and treat it like a sport. EU has great spots to host a tournament but they don’t. I think the UK would be a great choice personally.
Idk about the Dallas event but CSGO events hosted in Asia, especially Beijing had some of the saddest crowds ever.
Moreover, just look at the Tokyo LAN, literally 20K people showed up for it.
Valorant has a huuuge fanbase in Asia, I think if Rito hosts any event in Asia 10K people at least would join for sure.
Even Mumbai will have multiple thousands of people coming to watch if an international LAN takes place and the tickets are cheap. Valorant is pretty big here.
So country does matter and CSGO is not immune to this rule either. Idk what Rito expected when they hosted the event in Denmark the birthplace of Astralis.
That is weird considering how CS has a massive Chinese following. However back when the events in China were happening I didn’t follow CS at all for the longest time so idk. Funny story but the both times when NA had their runs in CS with the c9 major and liquid grand slam. I didn’t pay attention or use my computer at all. I didn’t know they won till a year later.
I know Valorant has a huge asia following. Specifically Japan and India. I know it’s not that big in China and Korea but we will see. Korea is like a Moba country and the only fps they care about is OW.
At the end of the day it’s Riot. Never been a fan of them and they aren’t the brightest bulb. If I were to host in Europe for Val.
UK, Germany, Turkey. Would be my three. Or Spain/Portugal for the SA following.
Valorant LAN kinda has to be in EU somewhat.
If in America: Many player might not able to compete due to obtaining America VISA issues + America covid reputation not greatest e.g. Apex Raleigh
If in Asia: Timezone difference gonna lower viewership
Europe: More friendly towards getting VISA + Middleground timezone between America and Asia
I don’t think Covid is much of an issue anymore. Most of it was over exaggerated anyway but that’s besides the point. I think it’s mainly the visa issues. I mean Navi for example missed IEM Dallas because half the team couldn’t go. Didn’t know if it’s because they are Russian with the whole Russia-Ukraine thing or what.
https://www.vlr.gg/120477/it-will-sell-out-soon-till-the-22th its all good bro it will be sold out till the 22th
ye valorant is kinda dead in Denmark but they need to do LANs in brazil,NA etc but in EU they need to do it in spain Germany france or turkey etc bc that is where valorant is big in EU and i wont go to the event but i just kinda sad to see riot do an event in denmark where is just csgo fans there and and valo is kinda dead there so yeah but it will be full till the 22th for this event but it was so slow how it sold out for this event bc no one in denmark cares about valorant so people had to fly out to denmark to watch masters live for the first time.
and btw i dont live in denmark i just use this flag for this masters
Oh ok Where do you live then? If you don’t mind me asking.
Turkey would be a great choice forgot about that. It’s just more of that CS in Denmark is treated like a sport from what I have heard. The people love it. Back when Astralis was prime form they had their games on regularly. Brazil would be another good one.
And yeah Riot isn’t the smartest bulb. I mean I’m not a big Riot guy anyway but they don’t know how to run their scene. Needs to be way more than 3 tournaments a year.
Where’s my invite to the Irish pub? I’ve always wanted to goto Ireland haha.
I think Germany is a good choice. I think Champions will be there. In Europe though it’s pretty easy to go from one country to another just by driving alone.
In NA it can take you 6 hours just to drive from one state or province to the next where in Europe you can probably drive through some countries in that time.
I mean I live in Newfoundland so only way I’m getting anywhere is by plane unless I wanna take a 6 hour ferry ride.