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Explaining the new competitive system

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SnooTangerines

So there are a lot of people who are unable to understand the current system, here is a breakdown of what I understood so far -

We are moving into a franchise system where a select number of teams play
These teams have permanent spots. They will compete on a weekly basis and play against their own region (Americas, EMEA and Asia) at first.

Then teams will compete in cross region tournaments like Masters and Champions.

This league will be the front face and poster boy of Valorant competitive esports. Riot will most probably focus all media content and maybe do some other fun stuff with these orgs (like we see VCT stories on their YT channel) and skins based on orgs.

We are retaining the VCT circuit as it is

Tier 2 teams should not be scared. They still can participate in Riot-organized tournaments. Each major region (Americas, Asia and EMEA) is divided into multiple leagues. There are some changes to some minor regions like South Asia, Oceania and MENA shifting from tournaments like VCC and VOT which were mostly 3rd party ventures till now to official Riot leagues no different from the rest.

These teams qualify for a tournament called challengers ascended which is just basically a new name for existing tournaments like VCT APAC and VCT NA. Except this time, it will most probably reflect the franchising regions (Asia will compete as a whole instead of just APAC+SA +Oce in one tournament and KR and JP in others).

Teams who win the Challengers ascended will get promoted to the franchised leagues. Their contract will however be a short term of only 2 years. In comparison franchised teams are expected to cycle every 4 years. Through this "promotional period," they are expected to get new fans and hopefully become strong contenders for the next franchising reshuffle.

These matches will also be live streamed and have some sort of benefits but it is mostly similar to the first 2 years of VAL and nothing new. These orgs and teams are definitely less privileged than franchised orgs but at least they get an opportunity to make it to the leagues.

Qualifiers for challengers
Will be ingame now. There might be something like a new game mode where you 5 stack with your friends and if your team is good enough, you qualify for the challengers in your region. Earlier it was up to the TO to organize this like Nodwin in South Asia and PPGL in SEA.

This had obvious drawbacks as literally, anyone could register and you had literally Bronze players registering as a team and wasting time in tournaments like the VCC. Now teams will have to grind their way through this in-game mode to qualify for the challengers in their region.

If you think anything needs to be modified or I misinterpreted anything let me know I will make an edit.

Edit - So the ingame qualification system will probably release in 2024 so the VCT circuit is quite similar to 2021 and 2022 for now.

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Styling911
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CraigGarth01
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upvoted 👍

#4
widepeepofrosty
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no :)

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X_ae_A_12
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Upvoted 👍

#12
hiimnsk
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you really have fell off huh

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chloeburbank
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clout goblin

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luckypleb
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upvoted 👍

#5
SuKa
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This guy reads stuff. W

#6
widepeepofrosty
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#7
SomeDude
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Ty for the explanation

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OREO_FTW
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#10
OREO_FTW
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Então, há muitas pessoas que são incapazes de entender o sistema atual, aqui está um resumo do que eu entendi até agora -

Estamos mudando para um sistema de franquias onde um número seleto de times joga
. Esses times têm vagas permanentes. Eles competirão semanalmente e jogarão primeiro contra sua própria região (Américas, EMEA e Ásia).

Em seguida, as equipes competirão em torneios entre regiões, como Masters e Champions.

Esta liga será a cara da frente e o garoto-propaganda dos e-sports competitivos do Valorant. A Riot provavelmente focará todo o conteúdo de mídia e talvez faça outras coisas divertidas com essas organizações (como vemos histórias de VCT em seu canal do YT) e skins baseadas em organizações.

Estamos mantendo o circuito VCT como é

As equipes de nível 2 não devem ter medo. Eles ainda podem participar de torneios organizados pela Riot. Cada região principal (Américas, Ásia e EMEA) é dividida em várias ligas. Existem algumas mudanças em algumas regiões menores, como o sul da Ásia, Oceania e MENA, mudando de torneios como VCC e VOT, que eram principalmente empreendimentos de terceiros até agora, para ligas oficiais da Riot não diferentes do resto.

Essas equipes se qualificam para um torneio chamado challengers ascended, que é basicamente um novo nome para torneios existentes como VCT APAC e VCT NA. Exceto desta vez, provavelmente refletirá as regiões de franquia (a Ásia competirá como um todo em vez de apenas APAC + SA + Oce em um torneio e KR e JP em outros).

As equipes que vencerem os Challengers ascendidos serão promovidas às ligas franqueadas. No entanto, seu contrato será de curto prazo de apenas 2 anos. Em comparação, espera-se que as equipes franqueadas façam ciclos a cada 4 anos. Durante este "período promocional", espera-se que eles consigam novos fãs e, com sorte, se tornem fortes candidatos para a próxima remodelação de franquias.

Essas partidas também serão transmitidas ao vivo e terão algum tipo de benefício, mas são semelhantes aos primeiros 2 anos do VAL e nada de novo. Essas organizações e equipes são definitivamente menos privilegiadas do que as organizações franqueadas, mas pelo menos têm a oportunidade de chegar às ligas.

Qualificatórias para desafiantes
estarão no jogo agora. Pode haver algo como um novo modo de jogo em que você empilha 5 com seus amigos e, se sua equipe for boa o suficiente, você se qualifica para os desafiantes da sua região. Anteriormente, cabia ao TO organizar isso como o Nodwin no sul da Ásia e o PPGL no SEA.

Isso tinha desvantagens óbvias, pois literalmente qualquer pessoa podia se registrar e você tinha literalmente jogadores Bronze se registrando como uma equipe e perdendo tempo em torneios como o VCC. Agora, as equipes terão que passar por esse modo de jogo para se qualificarem para os desafiantes em sua região.

Se você acha que alguma coisa precisa ser modificada ou eu interpretei mal alguma coisa, me avise que farei uma edição.

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geometrix
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dude. This level of detail is incredible, great explanation. Thank you!

#13
RG
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So all of the franchised teams will compete in masters and champions?

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SnooTangerines
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I did not find any more detail on that. Maybe the top 4 or top 3 or something most probably but that is just an guess from my side.

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meyournightmare
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so is a SA team confirmed in franchise league?

#15
Tr1xxz
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#16
CraigGarth01
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anyone could register and you had literally Bronze players registering as a team and wasting time in tournaments like the VCC

Wait you mean I could have had a chance to compete against VLT or GE?
I could have shown how insane of a bronze player I am 😢

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SnooTangerines
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I remember against the ro128 or something in VCC the first match VLT played was against a team that had a bronze Jett.

I also have a friend from my uni who plays in local tournaments as an unsigned team and he has scrimmed against GE (very old though, now GE only scrims against SEA, China, KR etc).

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Tosspoa
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Ty for the information but this system is pure garbage, FPS talent will probably choose games where they have a real shot at making to big tournaments...

#20
NG1nS
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ty

#21
alwayscorrect
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wonder whats their solution to ping problem for the leagues below franchised league since its probably playing online and grouping whole asia together

#23
queueK
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i think the ascension tournaments will be LANs. before those, there will only be circuits that consist of single countries or geographically close regions.

#24
alwayscorrect
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that would be awesome

#22
queueK
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Qualifiers for challengers
Will be ingame now.

the article mentioned 2024 as their expected launch date for the in-game pathway directly into challengers :

We have huge ambitions for integrating this system directly into the VCT. Looking ahead to 2024, the top teams emerging from this system will get a chance to qualify directly from the game into Challengers.

#27
SnooTangerines
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Will make the change.

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33AJ
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